Ethiopia vs Lesotho statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 25th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Ethiopia and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Lesotho
1960	$1,610,511,694	$34,579,986
1961	$1,680,859,514	$35,699,986
1962	$1,747,566,307	$41,859,983
1963	$1,825,058,828	$47,039,981
1964	$1,984,129,186	$51,939,979
1965	$2,159,998,591	$54,879,978
1966	$2,324,466,416	$56,699,977
1967	$2,461,762,003	$59,261,976
1968	$2,619,948,865	$61,445,975
1969	$2,768,987,372	$65,967,974
1970	$3,045,354,455	$68,739,973
1971	$3,224,280,835	$76,480,285
1972	$3,520,252,938	$80,913,200
1973	$4,070,570,550	$121,188,716
1974	$4,577,209,966	$150,851,317
1975	$4,577,047,854	$149,558,896
1976	$4,943,806,093	$147,660,037
1977	$5,651,840,585	$193,315,048
1978	$6,014,961,435	$266,570,067
1979	$6,586,048,398	$290,134,593
1980	$7,012,585,454	$431,542,537
1981	$7,507,663,567	$434,188,034
1982	$7,899,988,841	$348,741,684
1983	$8,781,664,427	$386,699,309
1984	$8,298,309,581	$333,163,670
1985	$9,717,392,687	$268,629,926
1986	$10,094,328,898	$318,858,423
1987	$10,790,001,558	$402,768,324
1988	$11,181,119,718	$470,395,801
1989	$11,762,932,007	$495,409,233
1990	$12,478,943,895	$596,410,264
1991	$13,799,799,324	$704,325,367
1992	$10,754,799,037	$831,029,862
1993	$9,051,043,870	$835,582,062
1994	$7,100,806,754	$878,250,945
1995	$7,855,205,207	$1,001,894,000
1996	$8,761,215,548	$946,112,493
1997	$8,803,539,988	$998,004,259
1998	$8,013,274,132	$928,460,893
1999	$7,892,973,532	$912,773,681
2000	$8,242,349,618	$887,291,688
2001	$8,231,326,016	$825,706,961
2002	$7,850,809,498	$775,777,239
2003	$8,623,691,300	$1,157,825,435
2004	$10,131,187,261	$1,511,236,656
2005	$12,401,139,454	$1,682,343,527
2006	$15,280,861,835	$1,800,092,564
2007	$19,707,616,773	$1,682,131,785
2008	$27,066,912,635	$1,766,902,709
2009	$32,437,389,116	$1,740,894,965
2010	$29,933,790,334	$2,234,754,242
2011	$31,952,763,089	$2,579,409,620
2012	$43,310,721,414	$2,477,702,216
2013	$47,648,276,605	$2,367,112,932
2014	$55,612,228,234	$2,441,063,054
2015	$64,589,328,551	$2,359,686,725
2016	$74,296,766,562	$2,114,426,452
2017	$81,770,885,148	$2,306,741,672
2018	$84,269,180,857	$2,556,247,292
2019	$95,912,620,248	$2,390,702,296
2020	$107,657,732,424	$2,053,699,870
2021	$111,261,888,669	$2,412,130,022
2022	$126,772,707,851	$2,354,980,884
2023	-	$2,117,962,430
2024	-	$2,271,541,846

Ethiopia and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Lesotho
1960	$75.3	$47
1961	$76.7	$47
1962	$77.8	$53.5
1963	$79.2	$58.4
1964	$83.8	$62.6
1965	$88.9	$64.3
1966	$93.2	$64.3
1967	$96.1	$64.8
1968	$99.5	$64.8
1969	$102.3	$67.1
1970	$109.4	$67.4
1971	$112.7	$72.4
1972	$119.8	$74
1973	$134.9	$107
1974	$147.9	$128.7
1975	$144.3	$123.2
1976	$152	$117.8
1977	$170.4	$149.9
1978	$178.3	$200.8
1979	$192.4	$212.4
1980	$203.7	$307
1981	$212.7	$299.8
1982	$215.3	$233.9
1983	$232.7	$252
1984	$214.2	$211
1985	$243.9	$165.4
1986	$246	$191.4
1987	$254.1	$236.5
1988	$253.2	$270.4
1989	$256.4	$279
1990	$262.1	$330
1991	$277.6	$382
1992	$207.4	$444
1993	$168.5	$439
1994	$127.7	$456
1995	$136.5	$513
1996	$147.3	$480
1997	$143.4	$502
1998	$126.5	$465
1999	$120.7	$456
2000	$122.3	$443
2001	$118.5	$413
2002	$109.6	$389
2003	$116.8	$583
2004	$133.2	$767
2005	$158.2	$861
2006	$189.3	$925
2007	$237.1	$861
2008	$316	$898
2009	$369	$879
2010	$331	$1,119
2011	$343	$1,281
2012	$452	$1,218
2013	$484	$1,151
2014	$550	$1,174
2015	$622	$1,121
2016	$696	$992
2017	$746	$1,069
2018	$748	$1,171
2019	$829	$1,082
2020	$905	$919
2021	$911	$1,067
2022	$1,011	$1,030
2023	-	$916
2024	-	$972

Ethiopia vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Lesotho
1950	35.5	44.6
1951	35.9	45.2
1952	36.2	45.9
1953	36.6	46.6
1954	37	47.3
1955	37.3	48
1956	37.8	48.6
1957	32.2	49.2
1958	32.6	49.6
1959	39.2	49.9
1960	39.6	50.2
1961	40.2	50.3
1962	40.5	50.3
1963	41	50.3
1964	41.3	50.3
1965	41.4	50.3
1966	39.3	50.4
1967	41.9	50.5
1968	42.1	50.8
1969	42.1	51.1
1970	42.1	51.5
1971	42.2	51.8
1972	41	52.3
1973	41.1	52.6
1974	39.1	52.9
1975	38.9	53.5
1976	41.3	53.9
1977	41.4	54.5
1978	41.5	55.2
1979	42.4	55.8
1980	42.8	56.5
1981	43.1	57.3
1982	43.4	58
1983	36.3	58.5
1984	36.7	59
1985	37.7	59.2
1986	38.4	59.3
1987	45.9	59.6
1988	45.7	59.6
1989	45.6	59.5
1990	45.1	59.3
1991	46.7	59.1
1992	47.3	58.6
1993	47.7	58.1
1994	47.9	57.3
1995	48.2	56.4
1996	48.7	55.1
1997	49.2	53.7
1998	49.8	52
1999	49.5	50.4
2000	50.9	48.8
2001	51.4	47.2
2002	52.1	46
2003	52.9	44.9
2004	53.7	44
2005	54.4	43.6
2006	55.4	43.2
2007	56.6	43.7
2008	57.7	44.3
2009	58.7	45.1
2010	59.7	46
2011	60.6	46.9
2012	61.4	48.2
2013	62.2	49.5
2014	62.9	50.8
2015	63.6	51.8
2016	64.2	52.9
2017	64.8	53.9
2018	65.3	54.6
2019	65.7	55.2
2020	66	55.1
2021	65.3	54.2
2022	66.9	56.8
2023	67.3	57.4
2024	67.6	57.8
2025	67.9	58.2

Ethiopia and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Lesotho
1960	21,376,693	736,500
1961	21,906,102	758,824
1962	22,465,126	781,814
1963	23,051,637	805,373
1964	23,666,548	829,437
1965	24,310,612	854,090
1966	24,952,689	881,870
1967	25,620,276	913,982
1968	26,337,930	948,105
1969	27,072,571	983,202
1970	27,829,128	1,019,273
1971	28,600,106	1,056,246
1972	29,374,608	1,094,063
1973	30,166,785	1,132,697
1974	30,957,273	1,172,420
1975	31,723,252	1,213,643
1976	32,534,418	1,253,214
1977	33,167,272	1,289,967
1978	33,734,592	1,327,240
1979	34,238,652	1,366,169
1980	34,428,514	1,406,521
1981	35,304,012	1,448,069
1982	36,701,290	1,490,732
1983	37,740,817	1,534,413
1984	38,735,722	1,578,986
1985	39,842,136	1,624,379
1986	41,037,656	1,666,138
1987	42,460,039	1,703,390
1988	44,150,825	1,739,841
1989	45,879,690	1,775,436
1990	47,609,755	1,809,696
1991	49,717,198	1,842,379
1992	51,853,747	1,873,274
1993	53,708,891	1,901,793
1994	55,611,508	1,927,707
1995	57,537,335	1,951,437
1996	59,467,635	1,972,418
1997	61,404,539	1,988,130
1998	63,363,524	1,998,049
1999	65,374,561	2,003,234
2000	67,411,494	2,003,913
2001	69,487,762	2,000,853
2002	71,635,517	1,994,679
2003	73,832,663	1,985,059
2004	76,077,206	1,971,129
2005	78,367,470	1,953,076
2006	80,703,490	1,945,063
2007	83,103,217	1,953,268
2008	85,543,668	1,966,541
2009	88,007,636	1,980,883
2010	90,538,514	1,996,251
2011	93,149,970	2,014,009
2012	95,798,767	2,034,354
2013	98,438,751	2,056,504
2014	101,115,610	2,080,089
2015	103,867,135	2,104,611
2016	106,718,162	2,130,422
2017	109,666,481	2,157,110
2018	112,664,152	2,183,603
2019	115,737,383	2,209,405
2020	118,917,671	2,235,727
2021	122,138,588	2,261,542
2022	125,384,287	2,286,110
2023	128,691,692	2,311,472
2024	132,059,767	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Lesotho
1960	6.51	5.78
1961	6.53	5.79
1962	6.56	5.79
1963	6.59	5.78
1964	6.61	5.77
1965	6.63	5.77
1966	6.66	5.76
1967	6.68	5.75
1968	6.7	5.73
1969	6.72	5.7
1970	6.78	5.7
1971	6.84	5.7
1972	6.9	5.69
1973	6.96	5.69
1974	7.02	5.75
1975	7.08	5.83
1976	7.13	5.87
1977	7.19	5.85
1978	7.23	5.82
1979	7.25	5.79
1980	7.29	5.75
1981	7.31	5.69
1982	7.34	5.63
1983	7.35	5.56
1984	7.36	5.48
1985	7.34	5.4
1986	7.32	5.32
1987	7.29	5.22
1988	7.26	5.1
1989	7.23	4.96
1990	7.2	4.81
1991	7.16	4.68
1992	7.13	4.54
1993	7.09	4.37
1994	7.05	4.21
1995	7	4.13
1996	6.93	4.06
1997	6.87	3.98
1998	6.79	3.82
1999	6.72	3.67
2000	6.65	3.61
2001	6.58	3.63
2002	6.5	3.68
2003	6.4	3.62
2004	6.3	3.51
2005	6.19	3.43
2006	6.05	3.41
2007	5.89	3.44
2008	5.7	3.39
2009	5.49	3.31
2010	5.28	3.25
2011	5.08	3.34
2012	4.89	3.3
2013	4.71	3.28
2014	4.61	3.24
2015	4.53	3.22
2016	4.47	3.18
2017	4.4	3.11
2018	4.37	3.02
2019	4.35	2.92
2020	4.27	2.85
2021	4.18	2.77
2022	4.08	2.72
2023	3.99	2.69

Ethiopia and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Lesotho
1960	18.6	17.5
1961	18.6	17.4
1962	18.6	17.4
1963	18.6	17.4
1964	18.6	17.5
1965	18.6	17.5
1966	18.5	17.5
1967	18.5	17.6
1968	18.4	17.8
1969	18.3	18
1970	18.1	18.2
1971	17.9	18.3
1972	17.7	18.5
1973	17.6	18.6
1974	17.5	18.8
1975	17.3	18.9
1976	17.2	19
1977	17.1	19
1978	17	18.9
1979	16.9	18.8
1980	16.8	18.8
1981	16.8	18.7
1982	16.7	18.6
1983	16.7	18.6
1984	16.8	18.5
1985	16.9	18.4
1986	16.9	18.6
1987	16.9	18.7
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	16.9	18.5
1990	16.9	18.4
1991	16.9	18.4
1992	16.9	18.4
1993	16.8	18.4
1994	16.7	18.5
1995	16.6	18.6
1996	16.5	18.6
1997	16.4	18.8
1998	16.3	18.9
1999	16.2	19.1
2000	16.2	19.2
2001	16.1	19.4
2002	16.1	19.5
2003	16.1	19.7
2004	16.2	19.8
2005	16.2	19.9
2006	16.3	20
2007	16.4	20.2
2008	16.5	20.4
2009	16.7	20.6
2010	16.9	20.7
2011	17.1	20.9
2012	17.4	21
2013	17.6	21.1
2014	17.9	21.2
2015	18.1	21.3
2016	18.3	21.4
2017	18.6	21.6
2018	18.8	21.7
2019	19	21.8
2020	19.2	22
2021	19.4	22.1
2022	19.6	22.3
2023	19.7	22.5
2024	19.9	22.7

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