Congo vs Lesotho statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 64th vs. 137th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Congo and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Congo and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Lesotho
1960	$131,731,863	$34,579,986
1961	$151,675,739	$35,699,986
1962	$166,521,240	$41,859,983
1963	$172,233,431	$47,039,981
1964	$185,693,725	$51,939,979
1965	$198,318,064	$54,879,978
1966	$220,613,582	$56,699,977
1967	$237,397,428	$59,261,976
1968	$251,247,458	$61,445,975
1969	$265,040,036	$65,967,974
1970	$274,960,700	$68,739,973
1971	$322,128,019	$76,480,285
1972	$410,669,264	$80,913,200
1973	$541,973,363	$121,188,716
1974	$585,364,634	$150,851,317
1975	$767,102,680	$149,558,896
1976	$754,549,601	$147,660,037
1977	$765,224,029	$193,315,048
1978	$878,771,772	$266,570,067
1979	$1,198,749,667	$290,134,593
1980	$1,705,796,853	$431,542,537
1981	$1,993,512,323	$434,188,034
1982	$2,160,640,565	$348,741,684
1983	$2,097,274,290	$386,699,309
1984	$2,193,581,365	$333,163,670
1985	$2,160,872,540	$268,629,926
1986	$1,849,268,212	$318,858,423
1987	$2,297,753,652	$402,768,324
1988	$2,212,536,312	$470,395,801
1989	$2,389,593,026	$495,409,233
1990	$2,798,746,050	$596,410,264
1991	$2,724,853,506	$704,325,367
1992	$2,933,222,703	$831,029,862
1993	$2,684,323,623	$835,582,062
1994	$1,769,365,438	$878,250,945
1995	$2,116,003,868	$1,001,894,000
1996	$2,540,697,539	$946,112,493
1997	$2,322,719,103	$998,004,259
1998	$1,949,481,379	$928,460,893
1999	$2,354,772,960	$912,773,681
2000	$3,227,927,698	$887,291,688
2001	$2,796,704,604	$825,706,961
2002	$3,034,250,924	$775,777,239
2003	$3,503,723,088	$1,157,825,435
2004	$4,656,974,940	$1,511,236,656
2005	$6,650,001,680	$1,682,343,527
2006	$8,072,305,029	$1,800,092,564
2007	$8,782,703,437	$1,682,131,785
2008	$11,649,857,673	$1,766,902,709
2009	$9,723,299,915	$1,740,894,965
2010	$13,148,396,212	$2,234,754,242
2011	$15,655,383,577	$2,579,409,620
2012	$17,692,911,296	$2,477,702,216
2013	$17,958,720,699	$2,367,112,932
2014	$17,919,321,078	$2,441,063,054
2015	$12,434,793,867	$2,359,686,725
2016	$10,931,328,151	$2,114,426,452
2017	$11,834,473,039	$2,306,741,672
2018	$14,773,900,289	$2,556,247,292
2019	$13,976,637,780	$2,390,702,296
2020	$11,468,687,464	$2,053,699,870
2021	$14,825,690,211	$2,412,130,022
2022	$15,817,030,157	$2,354,980,884
2023	$15,321,055,818	$2,117,962,430
2024	$15,719,985,776	$2,271,541,846

Congo and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Lesotho
1960	$124.7	$47
1961	$139.9	$47
1962	$149.6	$53.5
1963	$150.7	$58.4
1964	$158.1	$62.6
1965	$164.2	$64.3
1966	$177.6	$64.3
1967	$185.7	$64.8
1968	$190.8	$64.8
1969	$195.4	$67.1
1970	$196.7	$67.4
1971	$223.5	$72.4
1972	$276.3	$74
1973	$353	$107
1974	$370	$128.7
1975	$471	$123.2
1976	$453	$117.8
1977	$448	$149.9
1978	$503	$200.8
1979	$670	$212.4
1980	$933	$307
1981	$1,066	$299.8
1982	$1,131	$233.9
1983	$1,075	$252
1984	$1,097	$211
1985	$1,049	$165.4
1986	$872	$191.4
1987	$1,052	$236.5
1988	$984	$270.4
1989	$1,033	$279
1990	$1,176	$330
1991	$1,113	$382
1992	$1,164	$444
1993	$1,034	$439
1994	$662	$456
1995	$770	$513
1996	$899	$480
1997	$804	$502
1998	$660	$465
1999	$776	$456
2000	$1,024	$443
2001	$855	$413
2002	$906	$389
2003	$1,017	$583
2004	$1,306	$767
2005	$1,799	$861
2006	$2,104	$925
2007	$2,206	$861
2008	$2,832	$898
2009	$2,271	$879
2010	$2,947	$1,119
2011	$3,396	$1,281
2012	$3,732	$1,218
2013	$3,697	$1,151
2014	$3,601	$1,174
2015	$2,439	$1,121
2016	$2,093	$992
2017	$2,212	$1,069
2018	$2,694	$1,171
2019	$2,488	$1,082
2020	$1,994	$919
2021	$2,516	$1,067
2022	$2,621	$1,030
2023	$2,478	$916
2024	$2,482	$972

Congo vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Lesotho
1950	39.6	44.6
1951	40.3	45.2
1952	41.1	45.9
1953	41.9	46.6
1954	42.6	47.3
1955	43.4	48
1956	44.3	48.6
1957	45.1	49.2
1958	46	49.6
1959	46.8	49.9
1960	47.6	50.2
1961	48.4	50.3
1962	49	50.3
1963	49.7	50.3
1964	50.4	50.3
1965	51	50.3
1966	51.6	50.4
1967	51.9	50.5
1968	52.6	50.8
1969	53.1	51.1
1970	53.6	51.5
1971	54	51.8
1972	54.4	52.3
1973	54.7	52.6
1974	55.1	52.9
1975	55.4	53.5
1976	55.7	53.9
1977	56	54.5
1978	56.2	55.2
1979	56.5	55.8
1980	56.8	56.5
1981	57.1	57.3
1982	57.2	58
1983	57.4	58.5
1984	57.5	59
1985	57.6	59.2
1986	57.6	59.3
1987	57.6	59.6
1988	57.5	59.6
1989	57.3	59.5
1990	57.1	59.3
1991	56.8	59.1
1992	56.5	58.6
1993	56	58.1
1994	55.6	57.3
1995	55.5	56.4
1996	55.2	55.1
1997	48.6	53.7
1998	52.6	52
1999	54.4	50.4
2000	55.4	48.8
2001	55.9	47.2
2002	56.4	46
2003	57.1	44.9
2004	58	44
2005	58.7	43.6
2006	59.5	43.2
2007	60.1	43.7
2008	60.8	44.3
2009	61.2	45.1
2010	61.7	46
2011	62.3	46.9
2012	62.7	48.2
2013	63	49.5
2014	63.3	50.8
2015	63.7	51.8
2016	63.9	52.9
2017	64.2	53.9
2018	64.5	54.6
2019	63.2	55.2
2020	64.4	55.1
2021	64.2	54.2
2022	65	56.8
2023	65.8	57.4
2024	66	57.8
2025	66.2	58.2

Congo and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Lesotho
1960	1,056,732	736,500
1961	1,084,389	758,824
1962	1,113,175	781,814
1963	1,143,263	805,373
1964	1,174,816	829,437
1965	1,207,880	854,090
1966	1,242,534	881,870
1967	1,278,691	913,982
1968	1,316,519	948,105
1969	1,356,182	983,202
1970	1,397,638	1,019,273
1971	1,441,039	1,056,246
1972	1,486,468	1,094,063
1973	1,533,680	1,132,697
1974	1,582,301	1,172,420
1975	1,627,032	1,213,643
1976	1,667,225	1,253,214
1977	1,707,568	1,289,967
1978	1,748,089	1,327,240
1979	1,788,524	1,366,169
1980	1,828,985	1,406,521
1981	1,869,759	1,448,069
1982	1,910,430	1,490,732
1983	1,950,321	1,534,413
1984	1,999,528	1,578,986
1985	2,059,311	1,624,379
1986	2,120,602	1,666,138
1987	2,183,473	1,703,390
1988	2,247,653	1,739,841
1989	2,313,558	1,775,436
1990	2,380,560	1,809,696
1991	2,449,229	1,842,379
1992	2,519,465	1,873,274
1993	2,595,124	1,901,793
1994	2,673,144	1,927,707
1995	2,749,461	1,951,437
1996	2,826,785	1,972,418
1997	2,887,862	1,988,130
1998	2,952,061	1,998,049
1999	3,032,874	2,003,234
2000	3,151,345	2,003,913
2001	3,272,537	2,000,853
2002	3,350,771	1,994,679
2003	3,445,753	1,985,059
2004	3,565,554	1,971,129
2005	3,696,393	1,953,076
2006	3,837,409	1,945,063
2007	3,980,430	1,953,268
2008	4,113,517	1,966,541
2009	4,281,219	1,980,883
2010	4,462,290	1,996,251
2011	4,609,724	2,014,009
2012	4,740,450	2,034,354
2013	4,857,099	2,056,504
2014	4,975,880	2,080,089
2015	5,097,581	2,104,611
2016	5,222,536	2,130,422
2017	5,351,011	2,157,110
2018	5,483,118	2,183,603
2019	5,616,661	2,209,405
2020	5,752,791	2,235,727
2021	5,892,183	2,261,542
2022	6,035,104	2,286,110
2023	6,182,885	2,311,472
2024	6,332,961	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Congo and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Lesotho
1960	6.09	5.78
1961	6.09	5.79
1962	6.1	5.79
1963	6.15	5.78
1964	6.18	5.77
1965	6.23	5.77
1966	6.27	5.76
1967	6.29	5.75
1968	6.33	5.73
1969	6.35	5.7
1970	6.38	5.7
1971	6.42	5.7
1972	6.44	5.69
1973	6.42	5.69
1974	6.39	5.75
1975	6.36	5.83
1976	6.32	5.87
1977	6.27	5.85
1978	6.21	5.82
1979	6.14	5.79
1980	6.07	5.75
1981	5.98	5.69
1982	5.85	5.63
1983	5.76	5.56
1984	5.66	5.48
1985	5.59	5.4
1986	5.51	5.32
1987	5.46	5.22
1988	5.39	5.1
1989	5.33	4.96
1990	5.27	4.81
1991	5.22	4.68
1992	5.18	4.54
1993	5.13	4.37
1994	5.1	4.21
1995	5.07	4.13
1996	5.03	4.06
1997	5	3.98
1998	4.91	3.82
1999	4.81	3.67
2000	4.72	3.61
2001	4.67	3.63
2002	4.7	3.68
2003	4.7	3.62
2004	4.69	3.51
2005	4.67	3.43
2006	4.65	3.41
2007	4.65	3.44
2008	4.73	3.39
2009	4.81	3.31
2010	4.85	3.25
2011	4.83	3.34
2012	4.79	3.3
2013	4.73	3.28
2014	4.67	3.24
2015	4.61	3.22
2016	4.55	3.18
2017	4.5	3.11
2018	4.44	3.02
2019	4.38	2.92
2020	4.33	2.85
2021	4.28	2.77
2022	4.22	2.72
2023	4.16	2.69

Congo and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Lesotho
1960	18.8	17.5
1961	18.7	17.4
1962	18.6	17.4
1963	18.4	17.4
1964	18.3	17.5
1965	18.2	17.5
1966	18.1	17.5
1967	17.9	17.6
1968	17.8	17.8
1969	17.7	18
1970	17.6	18.2
1971	17.5	18.3
1972	17.4	18.5
1973	17.4	18.6
1974	17.3	18.8
1975	17.2	18.9
1976	17.1	19
1977	17	19
1978	17	18.9
1979	17	18.8
1980	17	18.8
1981	17	18.7
1982	17.1	18.6
1983	17.2	18.6
1984	17.2	18.5
1985	17.3	18.4
1986	17.4	18.6
1987	17.4	18.7
1988	17.5	18.6
1989	17.6	18.5
1990	17.7	18.4
1991	17.7	18.4
1992	17.8	18.4
1993	17.9	18.4
1994	18	18.5
1995	18.1	18.6
1996	18.1	18.6
1997	18.1	18.8
1998	18.1	18.9
1999	18.2	19.1
2000	18.5	19.2
2001	18.8	19.4
2002	18.8	19.5
2003	18.9	19.7
2004	19	19.8
2005	19.2	19.9
2006	19.3	20
2007	19.5	20.2
2008	19.5	20.4
2009	19.7	20.6
2010	19.8	20.7
2011	19.7	20.9
2012	19.6	21
2013	19.5	21.1
2014	19.4	21.2
2015	19.3	21.3
2016	19.2	21.4
2017	19.2	21.6
2018	19.1	21.7
2019	19.1	21.8
2020	19.2	22
2021	19.2	22.1
2022	19.3	22.3
2023	19.4	22.5
2024	19.5	22.7

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