France vs Lesotho statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 48th vs. 137th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

France and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

France and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

France

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Lesotho
1960	$61,756,878,990	$34,579,986
1961	$66,806,595,975	$35,699,986
1962	$74,888,595,286	$41,859,983
1963	$83,957,182,115	$47,039,981
1964	$93,079,224,076	$51,939,979
1965	$100,522,559,916	$54,879,978
1966	$108,928,356,519	$56,699,977
1967	$117,751,396,249	$59,261,976
1968	$128,427,504,709	$61,445,975
1969	$140,361,802,782	$65,967,974
1970	$146,926,998,937	$68,739,973
1971	$164,238,872,973	$76,480,285
1972	$201,621,751,625	$80,913,200
1973	$262,343,828,816	$121,188,716
1974	$283,102,178,123	$150,851,317
1975	$356,780,728,163	$149,558,896
1976	$368,488,292,816	$147,660,037
1977	$406,736,454,934	$193,315,048
1978	$501,724,418,605	$266,570,067
1979	$608,218,624,730	$290,134,593
1980	$694,529,183,483	$431,542,537
1981	$609,184,791,792	$434,188,034
1982	$578,152,310,610	$348,741,684
1983	$553,356,312,936	$386,699,309
1984	$525,033,325,828	$333,163,670
1985	$547,220,981,165	$268,629,926
1986	$764,946,585,851	$318,858,423
1987	$926,320,855,615	$402,768,324
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$470,395,801
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$495,409,233
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$596,410,264
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$704,325,367
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$831,029,862
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$835,582,062
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$878,250,945
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$1,001,894,000
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$946,112,493
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$998,004,259
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$928,460,893
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$912,773,681
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$887,291,688
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$825,706,961
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$775,777,239
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$1,157,825,435
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$1,511,236,656
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$1,682,343,527
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$1,800,092,564
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$1,682,131,785
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$1,766,902,709
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$1,740,894,965
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$2,234,754,242
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$2,579,409,620
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$2,477,702,216
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$2,367,112,932
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$2,441,063,054
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$2,359,686,725
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$2,114,426,452
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$2,306,741,672
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$2,556,247,292
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$2,390,702,296
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$2,053,699,870
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$2,412,130,022
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$2,354,980,884
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$2,117,962,430
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$2,271,541,846

France and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Lesotho
1960	$1,303	$47
1961	$1,395	$47
1962	$1,548	$53.5
1963	$1,718	$58.4
1964	$1,884	$62.6
1965	$2,015	$64.3
1966	$2,165	$64.3
1967	$2,321	$64.8
1968	$2,513	$64.8
1969	$2,724	$67.1
1970	$2,825	$67.4
1971	$3,128	$72.4
1972	$3,807	$74
1973	$4,914	$107
1974	$5,267	$128.7
1975	$6,607	$123.2
1976	$6,795	$117.8
1977	$7,465	$149.9
1978	$9,167	$200.8
1979	$11,063	$212.4
1980	$12,565	$307
1981	$10,956	$299.8
1982	$10,360	$233.9
1983	$9,862	$252
1984	$9,312	$211
1985	$9,657	$165.4
1986	$13,430	$191.4
1987	$16,176	$236.5
1988	$17,550	$270.4
1989	$17,547	$279
1990	$21,586	$330
1991	$21,501	$382
1992	$23,615	$444
1993	$22,239	$439
1994	$23,360	$456
1995	$26,792	$513
1996	$26,758	$480
1997	$24,169	$502
1998	$24,869	$465
1999	$24,576	$456
2000	$22,341	$443
2001	$22,332	$413
2002	$24,145	$389
2003	$29,480	$583
2004	$33,645	$767
2005	$34,696	$861
2006	$36,432	$925
2007	$41,486	$861
2008	$45,465	$898
2009	$41,728	$879
2010	$40,695	$1,119
2011	$43,930	$1,281
2012	$40,864	$1,218
2013	$42,669	$1,151
2014	$43,148	$1,174
2015	$36,702	$1,121
2016	$37,024	$992
2017	$38,687	$1,069
2018	$41,418	$1,171
2019	$40,408	$1,082
2020	$39,170	$919
2021	$43,725	$1,067
2022	$41,083	$1,030
2023	$44,691	$916
2024	$46,150	$972

France vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Lesotho
1950	66.4	44.6
1951	66.1	45.2
1952	67.4	45.9
1953	67.3	46.6
1954	68.2	47.3
1955	68.4	48
1956	68.5	48.6
1957	68.9	49.2
1958	70.1	49.6
1959	70.2	49.9
1960	70.4	50.2
1961	71	50.3
1962	70.5	50.3
1963	70.3	50.3
1964	71.3	50.3
1965	71.1	50.3
1966	71.5	50.4
1967	71.5	50.5
1968	71.5	50.8
1969	71.2	51.1
1970	72.1	51.5
1971	72.1	51.8
1972	72.3	52.3
1973	72.5	52.6
1974	72.8	52.9
1975	72.9	53.5
1976	73.1	53.9
1977	73.7	54.5
1978	73.8	55.2
1979	74.1	55.8
1980	74.2	56.5
1981	74.4	57.3
1982	74.8	58
1983	74.7	58.5
1984	75.2	59
1985	75.3	59.2
1986	75.6	59.3
1987	76.1	59.6
1988	76.4	59.6
1989	76.5	59.5
1990	76.8	59.3
1991	77	59.1
1992	77.3	58.6
1993	77.3	58.1
1994	77.8	57.3
1995	77.9	56.4
1996	78.1	55.1
1997	78.4	53.7
1998	78.6	52
1999	78.7	50.4
2000	79	48.8
2001	79.2	47.2
2002	79.4	46
2003	79.4	44.9
2004	80.3	44
2005	80.3	43.6
2006	80.7	43.2
2007	81	43.7
2008	81	44.3
2009	81.2	45.1
2010	81.4	46
2011	81.8	46.9
2012	81.7	48.2
2013	82	49.5
2014	82.4	50.8
2015	82.1	51.8
2016	82.4	52.9
2017	82.4	53.9
2018	82.6	54.6
2019	82.7	55.2
2020	82.2	55.1
2021	82.3	54.2
2022	82.5	56.8
2023	83.3	57.4
2024	83.5	57.8
2025	83.6	58.2

France and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	France	Lesotho
1960	47,412,964	736,500
1961	47,905,982	758,824
1962	48,389,516	781,814
1963	48,877,567	805,373
1964	49,401,492	829,437
1965	49,877,725	854,090
1966	50,311,637	881,870
1967	50,722,791	913,982
1968	51,112,980	948,105
1969	51,536,014	983,202
1970	52,007,169	1,019,273
1971	52,499,553	1,056,246
1972	52,962,356	1,094,063
1973	53,392,161	1,132,697
1974	53,746,571	1,172,420
1975	54,002,853	1,213,643
1976	54,232,383	1,253,214
1977	54,486,467	1,289,967
1978	54,734,030	1,327,240
1979	54,979,851	1,366,169
1980	55,274,184	1,406,521
1981	55,603,353	1,448,069
1982	55,806,789	1,490,732
1983	56,108,330	1,534,413
1984	56,383,085	1,578,986
1985	56,665,619	1,624,379
1986	56,956,002	1,666,138
1987	57,266,167	1,703,390
1988	57,598,186	1,739,841
1989	57,943,062	1,775,436
1990	58,261,012	1,809,696
1991	58,554,242	1,842,379
1992	58,846,584	1,873,274
1993	59,103,094	1,901,793
1994	59,324,863	1,927,707
1995	59,541,294	1,951,437
1996	59,754,504	1,972,418
1997	59,968,066	1,988,130
1998	60,190,684	1,998,049
1999	60,501,986	2,003,234
2000	60,918,661	2,003,913
2001	61,364,377	2,000,853
2002	61,812,142	1,994,679
2003	62,249,855	1,985,059
2004	62,707,588	1,971,129
2005	63,180,854	1,953,076
2006	63,622,342	1,945,063
2007	64,016,890	1,953,268
2008	64,375,116	1,966,541
2009	64,706,436	1,980,883
2010	65,026,211	1,996,251
2011	65,340,830	2,014,009
2012	65,657,659	2,034,354
2013	65,997,932	2,056,504
2014	66,312,067	2,080,089
2015	66,548,272	2,104,611
2016	66,724,104	2,130,422
2017	66,918,020	2,157,110
2018	67,158,348	2,183,603
2019	67,382,061	2,209,405
2020	67,601,110	2,235,727
2021	67,842,811	2,261,542
2022	68,065,015	2,286,110
2023	68,287,487	2,311,472
2024	68,516,699	2,337,423

Fertility rates in France and Lesotho

Fertility rate

France

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Lesotho
1960	2.85	5.78
1961	2.87	5.79
1962	2.89	5.79
1963	2.89	5.78
1964	2.87	5.77
1965	2.84	5.77
1966	2.8	5.76
1967	2.75	5.75
1968	2.69	5.73
1969	2.62	5.7
1970	2.55	5.7
1971	2.47	5.7
1972	2.38	5.69
1973	2.28	5.69
1974	2.18	5.75
1975	2.09	5.83
1976	2.01	5.87
1977	1.94	5.85
1978	1.89	5.82
1979	1.87	5.79
1980	1.85	5.75
1981	1.85	5.69
1982	1.86	5.63
1983	1.86	5.56
1984	1.86	5.48
1985	1.86	5.4
1986	1.85	5.32
1987	1.83	5.22
1988	1.81	5.1
1989	1.79	4.96
1990	1.77	4.81
1991	1.75	4.68
1992	1.74	4.54
1993	1.73	4.37
1994	1.73	4.21
1995	1.74	4.13
1996	1.75	4.06
1997	1.77	3.98
1998	1.78	3.82
1999	1.81	3.67
2000	1.89	3.61
2001	1.9	3.63
2002	1.88	3.68
2003	1.89	3.62
2004	1.92	3.51
2005	1.94	3.43
2006	2	3.41
2007	1.98	3.44
2008	2.01	3.39
2009	2	3.31
2010	2.03	3.25
2011	2.01	3.34
2012	2.01	3.3
2013	1.99	3.28
2014	2	3.24
2015	1.96	3.22
2016	1.92	3.18
2017	1.89	3.11
2018	1.87	3.02
2019	1.86	2.92
2020	1.83	2.85
2021	1.84	2.77
2022	1.79	2.72
2023	1.66	2.69

France and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

France

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Lesotho
1960	32.8	17.5
1961	32.8	17.4
1962	32.9	17.4
1963	32.8	17.4
1964	32.8	17.5
1965	32.7	17.5
1966	32.7	17.5
1967	32.7	17.6
1968	32.6	17.8
1969	32.5	18
1970	32.4	18.2
1971	32.2	18.3
1972	32	18.5
1973	31.8	18.6
1974	31.7	18.8
1975	31.6	18.9
1976	31.7	19
1977	31.9	19
1978	32.1	18.9
1979	32.3	18.8
1980	32.4	18.8
1981	32.6	18.7
1982	32.8	18.6
1983	33	18.6
1984	33.3	18.5
1985	33.5	18.4
1986	33.7	18.6
1987	34	18.7
1988	34.2	18.6
1989	34.5	18.5
1990	34.7	18.4
1991	35	18.4
1992	35.3	18.4
1993	35.6	18.4
1994	35.9	18.5
1995	36.2	18.6
1996	36.5	18.6
1997	36.8	18.8
1998	37.1	18.9
1999	37.4	19.1
2000	37.7	19.2
2001	37.9	19.4
2002	38.2	19.5
2003	38.4	19.7
2004	38.6	19.8
2005	38.9	19.9
2006	39.1	20
2007	39.4	20.2
2008	39.6	20.4
2009	39.8	20.6
2010	40	20.7
2011	40.3	20.9
2012	40.5	21
2013	40.8	21.1
2014	41	21.2
2015	41.2	21.3
2016	41.4	21.4
2017	41.6	21.6
2018	41.9	21.7
2019	42.1	21.8
2020	42.3	22
2021	42.4	22.1
2022	42.6	22.3
2023	42.8	22.5
2024	43	22.7

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