Cameroon vs Lesotho statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 52nd vs. 137th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Cameroon and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Lesotho
1960	$614,206,068	$34,579,986
1961	$652,777,608	$35,699,986
1962	$694,247,864	$41,859,983
1963	$718,320,845	$47,039,981
1964	$776,650,177	$51,939,979
1965	$814,083,266	$54,879,978
1966	$851,112,535	$56,699,977
1967	$936,175,260	$59,261,976
1968	$1,046,191,218	$61,445,975
1969	$1,100,551,489	$65,967,974
1970	$1,151,216,993	$68,739,973
1971	$1,236,941,394	$76,480,285
1972	$1,498,251,890	$80,913,200
1973	$1,901,393,361	$121,188,716
1974	$2,157,415,533	$150,851,317
1975	$2,857,037,371	$149,558,896
1976	$2,898,090,002	$147,660,037
1977	$3,394,664,024	$193,315,048
1978	$4,662,852,583	$266,570,067
1979	$5,919,002,983	$290,134,593
1980	$6,674,569,047	$431,542,537
1981	$6,610,938,617	$434,188,034
1982	$6,611,255,964	$348,741,684
1983	$6,870,200,010	$386,699,309
1984	$7,311,938,026	$333,163,670
1985	$8,544,810,498	$268,629,926
1986	$11,857,056,199	$318,858,423
1987	$13,049,659,981	$402,768,324
1988	$12,236,057,362	$470,395,801
1989	$11,012,566,195	$495,409,233
1990	$12,314,482,628	$596,410,264
1991	$11,840,192,296	$704,325,367
1992	$12,071,775,335	$831,029,862
1993	$16,181,814,713	$835,582,062
1994	$8,902,446,252	$878,250,945
1995	$10,864,772,471	$1,001,894,000
1996	$11,093,538,846	$946,112,493
1997	$10,789,458,433	$998,004,259
1998	$11,298,144,990	$928,460,893
1999	$11,565,826,465	$912,773,681
2000	$10,566,579,295	$887,291,688
2001	$10,953,485,349	$825,706,961
2002	$12,417,251,350	$775,777,239
2003	$15,970,315,035	$1,157,825,435
2004	$18,826,214,136	$1,511,236,656
2005	$19,509,852,207	$1,682,343,527
2006	$20,910,512,975	$1,800,092,564
2007	$23,928,250,433	$1,682,131,785
2008	$27,715,142,033	$1,766,902,709
2009	$27,932,970,317	$1,740,894,965
2010	$27,507,501,821	$2,234,754,242
2011	$30,630,910,495	$2,579,409,620
2012	$30,155,062,329	$2,477,702,216
2013	$33,728,621,180	$2,367,112,932
2014	$36,386,544,706	$2,441,063,054
2015	$32,210,233,020	$2,359,686,725
2016	$33,814,337,044	$2,114,426,452
2017	$36,098,547,033	$2,306,741,672
2018	$39,955,552,190	$2,556,247,292
2019	$39,667,757,528	$2,390,702,296
2020	$40,773,241,177	$2,053,699,870
2021	$45,011,937,347	$2,412,130,022
2022	$44,347,206,073	$2,354,980,884
2023	$49,279,410,983	$2,117,962,430
2024	$51,326,764,685	$2,271,541,846

Cameroon and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Lesotho
1960	$119.1	$47
1961	$124.6	$47
1962	$130	$53.5
1963	$131.6	$58.4
1964	$139.2	$62.6
1965	$142.7	$64.3
1966	$145.8	$64.3
1967	$156.6	$64.8
1968	$170.8	$64.8
1969	$175.2	$67.1
1970	$178.5	$67.4
1971	$186.7	$72.4
1972	$220.1	$74
1973	$271.8	$107
1974	$299.9	$128.7
1975	$386	$123.2
1976	$381	$117.8
1977	$435	$149.9
1978	$582	$200.8
1979	$718	$212.4
1980	$784	$307
1981	$750	$299.8
1982	$732	$233.9
1983	$746	$252
1984	$772	$211
1985	$875	$165.4
1986	$1,179	$191.4
1987	$1,258	$236.5
1988	$1,145	$270.4
1989	$1,001	$279
1990	$1,087	$330
1991	$1,015	$382
1992	$1,005	$444
1993	$1,310	$439
1994	$701	$456
1995	$832	$513
1996	$827	$480
1997	$783	$502
1998	$799	$465
1999	$796	$456
2000	$709	$443
2001	$715	$413
2002	$790	$389
2003	$988	$583
2004	$1,133	$767
2005	$1,143	$861
2006	$1,191	$925
2007	$1,326	$861
2008	$1,492	$898
2009	$1,461	$879
2010	$1,399	$1,119
2011	$1,514	$1,281
2012	$1,449	$1,218
2013	$1,576	$1,151
2014	$1,649	$1,174
2015	$1,415	$1,121
2016	$1,442	$992
2017	$1,496	$1,069
2018	$1,611	$1,171
2019	$1,555	$1,082
2020	$1,556	$919
2021	$1,672	$1,067
2022	$1,605	$1,030
2023	$1,737	$916
2024	$1,762	$972

Cameroon vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Lesotho
1950	33.1	44.6
1951	33.9	45.2
1952	34.6	45.9
1953	35.5	46.6
1954	36.5	47.3
1955	37.5	48
1956	38.4	48.6
1957	38.3	49.2
1958	39.1	49.6
1959	39.8	49.9
1960	34.7	50.2
1961	35.2	50.3
1962	42.6	50.3
1963	43.1	50.3
1964	43.6	50.3
1965	44.2	50.3
1966	44.8	50.4
1967	45.6	50.5
1968	46.4	50.8
1969	47.2	51.1
1970	48	51.5
1971	48.6	51.8
1972	49.1	52.3
1973	49.5	52.6
1974	49.7	52.9
1975	49.9	53.5
1976	50	53.9
1977	50.1	54.5
1978	50.3	55.2
1979	50.5	55.8
1980	50.9	56.5
1981	51.2	57.3
1982	51.8	58
1983	52.4	58.5
1984	52.9	59
1985	53.5	59.2
1986	53.6	59.3
1987	54.2	59.6
1988	54.4	59.6
1989	54.4	59.5
1990	54.3	59.3
1991	54.2	59.1
1992	54.1	58.6
1993	53.9	58.1
1994	53.5	57.3
1995	53.3	56.4
1996	53.2	55.1
1997	53.1	53.7
1998	53	52
1999	53.2	50.4
2000	53.3	48.8
2001	53.6	47.2
2002	53.9	46
2003	54.3	44.9
2004	54.6	44
2005	54.9	43.6
2006	55.3	43.2
2007	55.7	43.7
2008	56.1	44.3
2009	56.5	45.1
2010	57	46
2011	57.5	46.9
2012	58.2	48.2
2013	58.7	49.5
2014	59.1	50.8
2015	59.7	51.8
2016	60.3	52.9
2017	60.8	53.9
2018	61.2	54.6
2019	61.7	55.2
2020	61.7	55.1
2021	61.1	54.2
2022	62.4	56.8
2023	63.7	57.4
2024	64	57.8
2025	64.2	58.2

Cameroon and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Lesotho
1960	5,159,057	736,500
1961	5,239,273	758,824
1962	5,338,620	781,814
1963	5,456,623	805,373
1964	5,578,257	829,437
1965	5,704,686	854,090
1966	5,837,295	881,870
1967	5,977,318	913,982
1968	6,125,863	948,105
1969	6,283,462	983,202
1970	6,449,793	1,019,273
1971	6,624,408	1,056,246
1972	6,806,872	1,094,063
1973	6,996,660	1,132,697
1974	7,193,583	1,172,420
1975	7,397,120	1,213,643
1976	7,597,962	1,253,214
1977	7,796,501	1,289,967
1978	8,011,921	1,327,240
1979	8,239,641	1,366,169
1980	8,512,219	1,406,521
1981	8,816,377	1,448,069
1982	9,028,678	1,490,732
1983	9,215,397	1,534,413
1984	9,475,078	1,578,986
1985	9,761,730	1,624,379
1986	10,060,342	1,666,138
1987	10,370,749	1,703,390
1988	10,684,968	1,739,841
1989	11,002,745	1,775,436
1990	11,331,821	1,809,696
1991	11,667,180	1,842,379
1992	12,006,353	1,873,274
1993	12,353,131	1,901,793
1994	12,704,903	1,927,707
1995	13,058,516	1,951,437
1996	13,414,757	1,972,418
1997	13,775,214	1,988,130
1998	14,144,860	1,998,049
1999	14,525,140	2,003,234
2000	14,912,631	2,003,913
2001	15,309,490	2,000,853
2002	15,725,528	1,994,679
2003	16,160,340	1,985,059
2004	16,610,487	1,971,129
2005	17,074,594	1,953,076
2006	17,550,407	1,945,063
2007	18,049,896	1,953,268
2008	18,574,056	1,966,541
2009	19,113,974	1,980,883
2010	19,668,066	1,996,251
2011	20,232,304	2,014,009
2012	20,809,529	2,034,354
2013	21,402,376	2,056,504
2014	22,059,893	2,080,089
2015	22,763,414	2,104,611
2016	23,454,161	2,130,422
2017	24,128,601	2,157,110
2018	24,806,383	2,183,603
2019	25,506,095	2,209,405
2020	26,210,558	2,235,727
2021	26,915,758	2,261,542
2022	27,632,771	2,286,110
2023	28,372,687	2,311,472
2024	29,123,744	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Lesotho
1960	5.73	5.78
1961	5.73	5.79
1962	5.73	5.79
1963	5.73	5.78
1964	5.74	5.77
1965	5.8	5.77
1966	5.85	5.76
1967	5.95	5.75
1968	6.04	5.73
1969	6.14	5.7
1970	6.2	5.7
1971	6.26	5.7
1972	6.29	5.69
1973	6.33	5.69
1974	6.36	5.75
1975	6.4	5.83
1976	6.45	5.87
1977	6.51	5.85
1978	6.55	5.82
1979	6.58	5.79
1980	6.61	5.75
1981	6.61	5.69
1982	6.59	5.63
1983	6.58	5.56
1984	6.56	5.48
1985	6.56	5.4
1986	6.57	5.32
1987	6.54	5.22
1988	6.48	5.1
1989	6.41	4.96
1990	6.36	4.81
1991	6.32	4.68
1992	6.26	4.54
1993	6.16	4.37
1994	6.04	4.21
1995	5.92	4.13
1996	5.8	4.06
1997	5.71	3.98
1998	5.66	3.82
1999	5.6	3.67
2000	5.51	3.61
2001	5.44	3.63
2002	5.44	3.68
2003	5.43	3.62
2004	5.44	3.51
2005	5.42	3.43
2006	5.37	3.41
2007	5.34	3.44
2008	5.29	3.39
2009	5.24	3.31
2010	5.15	3.25
2011	5.05	3.34
2012	4.98	3.3
2013	4.91	3.28
2014	4.84	3.24
2015	4.84	3.22
2016	4.84	3.18
2017	4.8	3.11
2018	4.74	3.02
2019	4.65	2.92
2020	4.56	2.85
2021	4.47	2.77
2022	4.4	2.72
2023	4.32	2.69

Cameroon and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Lesotho
1960	20.5	17.5
1961	20.3	17.4
1962	20.1	17.4
1963	20.1	17.4
1964	20	17.5
1965	19.9	17.5
1966	19.8	17.5
1967	19.7	17.6
1968	19.5	17.8
1969	19.4	18
1970	19.2	18.2
1971	19	18.3
1972	18.9	18.5
1973	18.8	18.6
1974	18.6	18.8
1975	18.5	18.9
1976	18.3	19
1977	18.2	19
1978	18	18.9
1979	17.9	18.8
1980	17.8	18.8
1981	17.8	18.7
1982	17.5	18.6
1983	17.3	18.6
1984	17.1	18.5
1985	17.1	18.4
1986	17	18.6
1987	16.9	18.7
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	16.8	18.5
1990	16.8	18.4
1991	16.8	18.4
1992	16.8	18.4
1993	16.8	18.4
1994	16.9	18.5
1995	16.9	18.6
1996	17	18.6
1997	17.1	18.8
1998	17.1	18.9
1999	17.2	19.1
2000	17.3	19.2
2001	17.4	19.4
2002	17.5	19.5
2003	17.5	19.7
2004	17.6	19.8
2005	17.6	19.9
2006	17.7	20
2007	17.7	20.2
2008	17.8	20.4
2009	17.8	20.6
2010	17.9	20.7
2011	17.9	20.9
2012	18	21
2013	18.1	21.1
2014	18.2	21.2
2015	18.3	21.3
2016	18.3	21.4
2017	18.4	21.6
2018	18.4	21.7
2019	18.5	21.8
2020	18.5	22
2021	18.6	22.1
2022	18.7	22.3
2023	18.8	22.5
2024	19	22.7

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