Botswana vs Lesotho statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 47th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Botswana and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Lesotho
1960	$30,411,414	$34,579,986
1961	$32,902,613	$35,699,986
1962	$35,644,957	$41,859,983
1963	$38,091,843	$47,039,981
1964	$41,616,348	$51,939,979
1965	$45,788,696	$54,879,978
1966	$51,465,655	$56,699,977
1967	$58,642,354	$59,261,976
1968	$66,248,441	$61,445,975
1969	$77,361,547	$65,967,974
1970	$96,243,234	$68,739,973
1971	$127,448,614	$76,480,285
1972	$164,460,915	$80,913,200
1973	$244,124,164	$121,188,716
1974	$306,044,208	$150,851,317
1975	$355,168,572	$149,558,896
1976	$372,025,093	$147,660,037
1977	$451,624,780	$193,315,048
1978	$590,407,374	$266,570,067
1979	$819,870,259	$290,134,593
1980	$1,060,889,704	$431,542,537
1981	$1,073,812,830	$434,188,034
1982	$1,014,945,696	$348,741,684
1983	$1,172,230,397	$386,699,309
1984	$1,240,822,167	$333,163,670
1985	$1,114,783,343	$268,629,926
1986	$1,392,602,164	$318,858,423
1987	$1,965,226,890	$402,768,324
1988	$2,644,554,159	$470,395,801
1989	$3,083,822,112	$495,409,233
1990	$3,790,636,324	$596,410,264
1991	$3,942,876,703	$704,325,367
1992	$4,146,464,587	$831,029,862
1993	$4,160,129,175	$835,582,062
1994	$4,259,259,604	$878,250,945
1995	$4,730,599,122	$1,001,894,000
1996	$4,847,757,218	$946,112,493
1997	$5,020,265,627	$998,004,259
1998	$4,790,481,509	$928,460,893
1999	$5,484,263,347	$912,773,681
2000	$5,788,329,609	$887,291,688
2001	$5,489,608,300	$825,706,961
2002	$5,438,863,983	$775,777,239
2003	$7,511,582,173	$1,157,825,435
2004	$8,957,467,707	$1,511,236,656
2005	$9,918,907,108	$1,682,343,527
2006	$9,919,158,482	$1,800,092,564
2007	$10,567,270,656	$1,682,131,785
2008	$10,730,829,116	$1,766,902,709
2009	$10,118,459,242	$1,740,894,965
2010	$12,637,273,429	$2,234,754,242
2011	$15,110,643,612	$2,579,409,620
2012	$13,907,464,500	$2,477,702,216
2013	$14,271,738,933	$2,367,112,932
2014	$15,470,088,501	$2,441,063,054
2015	$13,530,748,845	$2,359,686,725
2016	$15,082,637,184	$2,114,426,452
2017	$16,105,155,857	$2,306,741,672
2018	$17,031,943,186	$2,556,247,292
2019	$16,725,908,149	$2,390,702,296
2020	$14,960,251,611	$2,053,699,870
2021	$18,750,182,235	$2,412,130,022
2022	$20,321,150,598	$2,354,980,884
2023	$19,411,266,967	$2,117,962,430
2024	$19,400,774,882	$2,271,541,846

Botswana and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Lesotho
1960	$58.9	$47
1961	$62.3	$47
1962	$66	$53.5
1963	$68.9	$58.4
1964	$73.5	$62.6
1965	$79.7	$64.3
1966	$89.1	$64.3
1967	$100.9	$64.8
1968	$113.4	$64.8
1969	$131.8	$67.1
1970	$163	$67.4
1971	$212.2	$72.4
1972	$264.2	$74
1973	$374	$107
1974	$446	$128.7
1975	$493	$123.2
1976	$490	$117.8
1977	$565	$149.9
1978	$695	$200.8
1979	$909	$212.4
1980	$1,132	$307
1981	$1,107	$299.8
1982	$1,006	$233.9
1983	$1,121	$252
1984	$1,145	$211
1985	$994	$165.4
1986	$1,200	$191.4
1987	$1,639	$236.5
1988	$2,141	$270.4
1989	$2,428	$279
1990	$2,903	$330
1991	$2,939	$382
1992	$3,005	$444
1993	$2,929	$439
1994	$2,917	$456
1995	$3,156	$513
1996	$3,156	$480
1997	$3,194	$502
1998	$2,981	$465
1999	$3,340	$456
2000	$3,451	$443
2001	$3,206	$413
2002	$3,117	$389
2003	$4,230	$583
2004	$4,957	$767
2005	$5,391	$861
2006	$5,292	$925
2007	$5,529	$861
2008	$5,503	$898
2009	$5,083	$879
2010	$6,216	$1,119
2011	$7,287	$1,281
2012	$6,596	$1,218
2013	$6,667	$1,151
2014	$7,122	$1,174
2015	$6,141	$1,121
2016	$6,749	$992
2017	$7,105	$1,069
2018	$7,408	$1,171
2019	$7,172	$1,082
2020	$6,323	$919
2021	$7,808	$1,067
2022	$8,329	$1,030
2023	$7,826	$916
2024	$7,695	$972

Botswana vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Lesotho
1950	46.2	44.6
1951	46.6	45.2
1952	47	45.9
1953	47.5	46.6
1954	48	47.3
1955	48.5	48
1956	49	48.6
1957	49.5	49.2
1958	50.1	49.6
1959	50.7	49.9
1960	51.2	50.2
1961	51.8	50.3
1962	52.3	50.3
1963	52.8	50.3
1964	53.4	50.3
1965	53.9	50.3
1966	54.4	50.4
1967	54.9	50.5
1968	55.4	50.8
1969	55.9	51.1
1970	56.4	51.5
1971	57.1	51.8
1972	57.7	52.3
1973	58.3	52.6
1974	58.9	52.9
1975	59.5	53.5
1976	60.2	53.9
1977	60.9	54.5
1978	61.5	55.2
1979	62	55.8
1980	62.5	56.5
1981	63	57.3
1982	63.4	58
1983	63.6	58.5
1984	63.7	59
1985	63.6	59.2
1986	63.4	59.3
1987	62.8	59.6
1988	61.7	59.6
1989	61.2	59.5
1990	60.1	59.3
1991	58.9	59.1
1992	58.2	58.6
1993	57.3	58.1
1994	56	57.3
1995	54.7	56.4
1996	54.3	55.1
1997	53.6	53.7
1998	53	52
1999	52.5	50.4
2000	52.3	48.8
2001	52.2	47.2
2002	52.4	46
2003	52.9	44.9
2004	53.6	44
2005	54.4	43.6
2006	55.1	43.2
2007	56.7	43.7
2008	57.7	44.3
2009	58.3	45.1
2010	59.1	46
2011	59.7	46.9
2012	60.4	48.2
2013	61.2	49.5
2014	62.2	50.8
2015	63.2	51.8
2016	64.3	52.9
2017	65.4	53.9
2018	66.4	54.6
2019	67.2	55.2
2020	67.6	55.1
2021	63.3	54.2
2022	68.7	56.8
2023	69.2	57.4
2024	69.3	57.8
2025	69.4	58.2

Botswana and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Lesotho
1960	516,165	736,500
1961	527,942	758,824
1962	540,186	781,814
1963	552,966	805,373
1964	566,266	829,437
1965	574,664	854,090
1966	577,866	881,870
1967	580,933	913,982
1968	583,966	948,105
1969	587,066	983,202
1970	590,334	1,019,273
1971	600,481	1,056,246
1972	622,407	1,094,063
1973	652,408	1,132,697
1974	685,448	1,172,420
1975	720,380	1,213,643
1976	758,508	1,253,214
1977	799,574	1,289,967
1978	849,239	1,327,240
1979	901,742	1,366,169
1980	937,485	1,406,521
1981	969,996	1,448,069
1982	1,009,269	1,490,732
1983	1,046,137	1,534,413
1984	1,083,660	1,578,986
1985	1,121,945	1,624,379
1986	1,160,650	1,666,138
1987	1,199,167	1,703,390
1988	1,235,476	1,739,841
1989	1,270,274	1,775,436
1990	1,305,696	1,809,696
1991	1,341,756	1,842,379
1992	1,380,033	1,873,274
1993	1,420,115	1,901,793
1994	1,460,023	1,927,707
1995	1,498,836	1,951,437
1996	1,535,914	1,972,418
1997	1,571,691	1,988,130
1998	1,606,899	1,998,049
1999	1,641,997	2,003,234
2000	1,677,382	2,003,913
2001	1,712,254	2,000,853
2002	1,744,763	1,994,679
2003	1,775,736	1,985,059
2004	1,807,146	1,971,129
2005	1,839,877	1,953,076
2006	1,874,516	1,945,063
2007	1,911,201	1,953,268
2008	1,949,970	1,966,541
2009	1,990,673	1,980,883
2010	2,033,111	1,996,251
2011	2,073,535	2,014,009
2012	2,108,617	2,034,354
2013	2,140,682	2,056,504
2014	2,172,044	2,080,089
2015	2,203,273	2,104,611
2016	2,234,776	2,130,422
2017	2,266,747	2,157,110
2018	2,299,141	2,183,603
2019	2,332,083	2,209,405
2020	2,365,894	2,235,727
2021	2,401,441	2,261,542
2022	2,439,892	2,286,110
2023	2,480,244	2,311,472
2024	2,521,139	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Botswana and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Botswana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Lesotho
1960	6.6	5.78
1961	6.56	5.79
1962	6.54	5.79
1963	6.58	5.78
1964	6.61	5.77
1965	6.6	5.77
1966	6.61	5.76
1967	6.6	5.75
1968	6.58	5.73
1969	6.56	5.7
1970	6.55	5.7
1971	6.54	5.7
1972	6.56	5.69
1973	6.59	5.69
1974	6.61	5.75
1975	6.61	5.83
1976	6.6	5.87
1977	6.54	5.85
1978	6.48	5.82
1979	6.4	5.79
1980	6.29	5.75
1981	6.16	5.69
1982	5.97	5.63
1983	5.79	5.56
1984	5.63	5.48
1985	5.48	5.4
1986	5.33	5.32
1987	5.1	5.22
1988	4.88	5.1
1989	4.67	4.96
1990	4.51	4.81
1991	4.37	4.68
1992	4.26	4.54
1993	4.15	4.37
1994	4.02	4.21
1995	3.79	4.13
1996	3.57	4.06
1997	3.43	3.98
1998	3.36	3.82
1999	3.31	3.67
2000	3.29	3.61
2001	3.25	3.63
2002	3.18	3.68
2003	3.11	3.62
2004	3.06	3.51
2005	3.08	3.43
2006	3.11	3.41
2007	3.13	3.44
2008	3.13	3.39
2009	3.13	3.31
2010	3.14	3.25
2011	3.1	3.34
2012	3.07	3.3
2013	3.05	3.28
2014	3.03	3.24
2015	3.01	3.22
2016	2.99	3.18
2017	2.97	3.11
2018	2.94	3.02
2019	2.91	2.92
2020	2.86	2.85
2021	2.83	2.77
2022	2.79	2.72
2023	2.73	2.69

Botswana and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Lesotho
1960	17.7	17.5
1961	17.4	17.4
1962	17.1	17.4
1963	16.8	17.4
1964	16.6	17.5
1965	16.4	17.5
1966	16.2	17.5
1967	15.9	17.6
1968	15.7	17.8
1969	15.6	18
1970	15.4	18.2
1971	15.3	18.3
1972	15.4	18.5
1973	15.6	18.6
1974	15.8	18.8
1975	16	18.9
1976	16.2	19
1977	16.4	19
1978	16.6	18.9
1979	16.9	18.8
1980	16.8	18.8
1981	16.8	18.7
1982	16.8	18.6
1983	16.8	18.6
1984	16.8	18.5
1985	16.8	18.4
1986	16.9	18.6
1987	16.9	18.7
1988	17	18.6
1989	17.1	18.5
1990	17.3	18.4
1991	17.4	18.4
1992	17.6	18.4
1993	17.8	18.4
1994	18	18.5
1995	18.3	18.6
1996	18.6	18.6
1997	18.8	18.8
1998	19.1	18.9
1999	19.4	19.1
2000	19.7	19.2
2001	20	19.4
2002	20.3	19.5
2003	20.6	19.7
2004	20.9	19.8
2005	21.2	19.9
2006	21.5	20
2007	21.7	20.2
2008	22	20.4
2009	22.2	20.6
2010	22.5	20.7
2011	22.7	20.9
2012	22.8	21
2013	22.7	21.1
2014	22.7	21.2
2015	22.7	21.3
2016	22.7	21.4
2017	22.8	21.6
2018	22.9	21.7
2019	23.1	21.8
2020	23.3	22
2021	23.4	22.1
2022	23.6	22.3
2023	23.9	22.5
2024	24.2	22.7

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