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Cayman Islands vs Lesotho statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 190th vs. 137th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Lesotho
Population
76930
2384217
Population rank 187/197 144/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$2.27B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 174/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$972
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 180/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$2,998
2024
Government debt n/a
$1.36B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
59.7%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$581
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 160/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$7,614
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
11,722 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
199.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
2.69
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
22.7 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
58.2 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Lesotho economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Lesotho
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Lesotho
1960 - $34,579,986
1961 - $35,699,986
1962 - $41,859,983
1963 - $47,039,981
1964 - $51,939,979
1965 - $54,879,978
1966 - $56,699,977
1967 - $59,261,976
1968 - $61,445,975
1969 - $65,967,974
1970 - $68,739,973
1971 - $76,480,285
1972 - $80,913,200
1973 - $121,188,716
1974 - $150,851,317
1975 - $149,558,896
1976 - $147,660,037
1977 - $193,315,048
1978 - $266,570,067
1979 - $290,134,593
1980 - $431,542,537
1981 - $434,188,034
1982 - $348,741,684
1983 - $386,699,309
1984 - $333,163,670
1985 - $268,629,926
1986 - $318,858,423
1987 - $402,768,324
1988 - $470,395,801
1989 - $495,409,233
1990 - $596,410,264
1991 - $704,325,367
1992 - $831,029,862
1993 - $835,582,062
1994 - $878,250,945
1995 - $1,001,894,000
1996 - $946,112,493
1997 - $998,004,259
1998 - $928,460,893
1999 - $912,773,681
2000 - $887,291,688
2001 - $825,706,961
2002 - $775,777,239
2003 - $1,157,825,435
2004 - $1,511,236,656
2005 - $1,682,343,527
2006 $4,200,288,241 $1,800,092,564
2007 $4,466,278,065 $1,682,131,785
2008 $4,585,949,024 $1,766,902,709
2009 $4,281,714,567 $1,740,894,965
2010 $4,156,841,107 $2,234,754,242
2011 $4,186,073,104 $2,579,409,620
2012 $4,291,004,524 $2,477,702,216
2013 $4,405,796,023 $2,367,112,932
2014 $4,562,853,611 $2,441,063,054
2015 $4,708,167,233 $2,359,686,725
2016 $4,909,322,237 $2,114,426,452
2017 $5,166,281,305 $2,306,741,672
2018 $5,530,178,441 $2,556,247,292
2019 $5,941,896,608 $2,390,702,296
2020 $5,655,358,021 $2,053,699,870
2021 $6,060,026,520 $2,412,130,022
2022 $6,600,843,963 $2,354,980,884
2023 $7,139,428,558 $2,117,962,430
2024 - $2,271,541,846

Cayman Islands and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Lesotho
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Lesotho
1960 - $47
1961 - $47
1962 - $53.5
1963 - $58.4
1964 - $62.6
1965 - $64.3
1966 - $64.3
1967 - $64.8
1968 - $64.8
1969 - $67.1
1970 - $67.4
1971 - $72.4
1972 - $74
1973 - $107
1974 - $128.7
1975 - $123.2
1976 - $117.8
1977 - $149.9
1978 - $200.8
1979 - $212.4
1980 - $307
1981 - $299.8
1982 - $233.9
1983 - $252
1984 - $211
1985 - $165.4
1986 - $191.4
1987 - $236.5
1988 - $270.4
1989 - $279
1990 - $330
1991 - $382
1992 - $444
1993 - $439
1994 - $456
1995 - $513
1996 - $480
1997 - $502
1998 - $465
1999 - $456
2000 - $443
2001 - $413
2002 - $389
2003 - $583
2004 - $767
2005 - $861
2006 $87,085 $925
2007 $89,888 $861
2008 $89,655 $898
2009 $81,374 $879
2010 $76,838 $1,119
2011 $75,281 $1,281
2012 $75,102 $1,218
2013 $75,114 $1,151
2014 $75,845 $1,174
2015 $76,379 $1,121
2016 $77,802 $992
2017 $80,054 $1,069
2018 $83,866 $1,171
2019 $88,254 $1,082
2020 $82,339 $919
2021 $86,438 $1,067
2022 $92,202 $1,030
2023 $97,750 $916
2024 - $972

Cayman Islands vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Lesotho
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Lesotho
1950 54 44.6
1951 54.5 45.2
1952 55 45.9
1953 55.4 46.6
1954 55.9 47.3
1955 56.4 48
1956 56.8 48.6
1957 57.3 49.2
1958 57.7 49.6
1959 58.2 49.9
1960 58.8 50.2
1961 59.4 50.3
1962 60.1 50.3
1963 60.8 50.3
1964 61.4 50.3
1965 62.2 50.3
1966 62.8 50.4
1967 63.2 50.5
1968 63.6 50.8
1969 64 51.1
1970 64.4 51.5
1971 64.8 51.8
1972 65.4 52.3
1973 65.9 52.6
1974 66.5 52.9
1975 67 53.5
1976 67.5 53.9
1977 68.1 54.5
1978 68.5 55.2
1979 69 55.8
1980 69.5 56.5
1981 70 57.3
1982 70.4 58
1983 70.8 58.5
1984 71.2 59
1985 71.6 59.2
1986 71.9 59.3
1987 72.1 59.6
1988 72.4 59.6
1989 72.5 59.5
1990 72.7 59.3
1991 72.9 59.1
1992 73.1 58.6
1993 73.2 58.1
1994 73.4 57.3
1995 73.6 56.4
1996 73.7 55.1
1997 73.9 53.7
1998 74.1 52
1999 74.2 50.4
2000 74.4 48.8
2001 74.5 47.2
2002 74.6 46
2003 74.6 44.9
2004 74.6 44
2005 74.9 43.6
2006 75 43.2
2007 75.2 43.7
2008 75.4 44.3
2009 75.7 45.1
2010 76.1 46
2011 76.6 46.9
2012 77.1 48.2
2013 77.7 49.5
2014 77.9 50.8
2015 78.1 51.8
2016 78.4 52.9
2017 78.6 53.9
2018 78.8 54.6
2019 79.1 55.2
2020 79.2 55.1
2021 79.3 54.2
2022 80 56.8
2023 80.4 57.4
2024 80.5 57.8
2025 80.7 58.2

Cayman Islands and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Lesotho
Year Population
Cayman Islands Lesotho
1960 8,428 736,500
1961 8,601 758,824
1962 8,781 781,814
1963 8,970 805,373
1964 9,166 829,437
1965 9,361 854,090
1966 9,560 881,870
1967 9,769 913,982
1968 9,971 948,105
1969 10,165 983,202
1970 10,517 1,019,273
1971 11,098 1,056,246
1972 11,764 1,094,063
1973 12,438 1,132,697
1974 13,114 1,172,420
1975 13,788 1,213,643
1976 14,454 1,253,214
1977 15,105 1,289,967
1978 15,727 1,327,240
1979 16,351 1,366,169
1980 17,079 1,406,521
1981 17,905 1,448,069
1982 18,750 1,490,732
1983 19,598 1,534,413
1984 20,454 1,578,986
1985 21,324 1,624,379
1986 22,197 1,666,138
1987 23,073 1,703,390
1988 23,951 1,739,841
1989 24,874 1,775,436
1990 25,999 1,809,696
1991 27,294 1,842,379
1992 28,621 1,873,274
1993 29,976 1,901,793
1994 31,352 1,927,707
1995 32,743 1,951,437
1996 34,143 1,972,418
1997 35,543 1,988,130
1998 36,922 1,998,049
1999 38,284 2,003,234
2000 39,674 2,003,913
2001 41,089 2,000,853
2002 42,514 1,994,679
2003 43,934 1,985,059
2004 45,352 1,971,129
2005 46,788 1,953,076
2006 48,232 1,945,063
2007 49,687 1,953,268
2008 51,151 1,966,541
2009 52,618 1,980,883
2010 54,099 1,996,251
2011 55,606 2,014,009
2012 57,136 2,034,354
2013 58,655 2,056,504
2014 60,160 2,080,089
2015 61,642 2,104,611
2016 63,100 2,130,422
2017 64,535 2,157,110
2018 65,941 2,183,603
2019 67,327 2,209,405
2020 68,684 2,235,727
2021 70,108 2,261,542
2022 71,591 2,286,110
2023 73,038 2,311,472
2024 74,457 2,337,423

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Lesotho

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Lesotho
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Lesotho
1960 4.71 5.78
1961 4.78 5.79
1962 4.79 5.79
1963 4.69 5.78
1964 4.41 5.77
1965 4.16 5.77
1966 4.08 5.76
1967 4.05 5.75
1968 3.99 5.73
1969 3.52 5.7
1970 4.66 5.7
1971 3.47 5.7
1972 4.89 5.69
1973 3.56 5.69
1974 2.96 5.75
1975 2.72 5.83
1976 2.53 5.87
1977 2.41 5.85
1978 2.37 5.82
1979 2.37 5.79
1980 2.4 5.75
1981 2.38 5.69
1982 2.01 5.63
1983 1.83 5.56
1984 1.79 5.48
1985 1.75 5.4
1986 1.69 5.32
1987 1.58 5.22
1988 1.63 5.1
1989 1.76 4.96
1990 1.78 4.81
1991 1.85 4.68
1992 1.73 4.54
1993 1.67 4.37
1994 1.66 4.21
1995 1.67 4.13
1996 1.69 4.06
1997 1.7 3.98
1998 1.7 3.82
1999 1.71 3.67
2000 1.71 3.61
2001 1.7 3.63
2002 1.68 3.68
2003 1.67 3.62
2004 1.67 3.51
2005 1.67 3.43
2006 1.67 3.41
2007 1.68 3.44
2008 1.7 3.39
2009 1.72 3.31
2010 1.69 3.25
2011 1.64 3.34
2012 1.53 3.3
2013 1.45 3.28
2014 1.33 3.24
2015 1.27 3.22
2016 1.23 3.18
2017 1.22 3.11
2018 1.28 3.02
2019 1.51 2.92
2020 1.55 2.85
2021 1.55 2.77
2022 1.54 2.72
2023 1.53 2.69

Cayman Islands and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Lesotho
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Lesotho
1960 23.5 17.5
1961 23.3 17.4
1962 22.9 17.4
1963 22.6 17.4
1964 22.3 17.5
1965 22.1 17.5
1966 21.8 17.5
1967 21.6 17.6
1968 21.3 17.8
1969 21.2 18
1970 21.2 18.2
1971 21.4 18.3
1972 21.8 18.5
1973 22.2 18.6
1974 22.6 18.8
1975 23.1 18.9
1976 23.7 19
1977 24.3 19
1978 25 18.9
1979 25.7 18.8
1980 26 18.8
1981 26.1 18.7
1982 26.2 18.6
1983 26.4 18.6
1984 26.8 18.5
1985 27.2 18.4
1986 27.6 18.6
1987 28.1 18.7
1988 28.6 18.6
1989 29.1 18.5
1990 29.5 18.4
1991 29.6 18.4
1992 29.9 18.4
1993 30.1 18.4
1994 30.5 18.5
1995 30.8 18.6
1996 31.3 18.6
1997 31.8 18.8
1998 32.3 18.9
1999 32.9 19.1
2000 33.2 19.2
2001 33.3 19.4
2002 33.4 19.5
2003 33.5 19.7
2004 33.7 19.8
2005 33.9 19.9
2006 34.2 20
2007 34.5 20.2
2008 34.8 20.4
2009 35.1 20.6
2010 35.4 20.7
2011 35.7 20.9
2012 35.8 21
2013 35.9 21.1
2014 36.1 21.2
2015 36.3 21.3
2016 36.5 21.4
2017 36.8 21.6
2018 37.1 21.7
2019 37.4 21.8
2020 37.8 22
2021 38.1 22.1
2022 38.5 22.3
2023 38.9 22.5
2024 39.3 22.7

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Lesotho
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$2.75B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
52.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
6.62%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.54%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
+6.05%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
18.7%
2024
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
48%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
31%
2024
Economic freedom index
74
2025
54.1
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
32.9%
2017
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
1.7%
2017
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$476M
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
1,142,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
10.1%
1999
Banked people share n/a
61.6%
2024

Energy

Cayman Islands Lesotho
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
9.73 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$198.7
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
0.88 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
0.38 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
34.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
99.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
99.6%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
57.3%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Lesotho
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.03%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
-5,107
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
30.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.51 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
20.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
37
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
37.7
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
31.9
2019
Visa free countries n/a
82
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
90.4%
2024
English speaking
76.6%
2023
27.9%
2023
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
48%
2023

Health

Cayman Islands Lesotho
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$133.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$16.9
2022
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
58.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
36.3%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
0.15
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
20.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
478
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
58.9
2023
Obesity rate n/a
21.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
6.2%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
28
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
24.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
4.3 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Lesotho
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
5,015 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
9,115 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
133.3 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
3,691 mi
2011

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