Gambia vs Lesotho statistics compared

The Gambia has a population of 2.76M (ranked 140/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). The Gambia's land area is 3,907 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 161st vs. 137th).

By GDP, The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Gambia and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Gambia and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Gambia

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Gambia	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	$44,212,081	$56,699,977
1967	$46,695,007	$59,261,976
1968	$41,160,066	$61,445,975
1969	$45,168,072	$65,967,974
1970	$52,296,084	$68,739,973
1971	$55,728,663	$76,480,285
1972	$59,160,569	$80,913,200
1973	$75,187,749	$121,188,716
1974	$95,796,022	$150,851,317
1975	$115,179,719	$149,558,896
1976	$112,190,829	$147,660,037
1977	$138,093,099	$193,315,048
1978	$171,833,086	$266,570,067
1979	$207,112,628	$290,134,593
1980	$241,083,090	$431,542,537
1981	$218,767,743	$434,188,034
1982	$216,050,552	$348,741,684
1983	$213,448,585	$386,699,309
1984	$177,340,880	$333,163,670
1985	$225,726,359	$268,629,926
1986	$185,646,987	$318,858,423
1987	$220,626,484	$402,768,324
1988	$266,672,212	$470,395,801
1989	$284,120,329	$495,409,233
1990	$317,083,695	$596,410,264
1991	$690,311,081	$704,325,367
1992	$714,254,256	$831,029,862
1993	$755,040,974	$835,582,062
1994	$746,493,952	$878,250,945
1995	$785,999,865	$1,001,894,000
1996	$848,239,446	$946,112,493
1997	$803,633,342	$998,004,259
1998	$840,285,265	$928,460,893
1999	$814,724,032	$912,773,681
2000	$782,913,872	$887,291,688
2001	$687,410,645	$825,706,961
2002	$578,235,309	$775,777,239
2003	$487,038,685	$1,157,825,435
2004	$961,900,651	$1,511,236,656
2005	$1,027,701,068	$1,682,343,527
2006	$1,054,112,488	$1,800,092,564
2007	$1,279,703,047	$1,682,131,785
2008	$1,561,766,956	$1,766,902,709
2009	$1,450,142,509	$1,740,894,965
2010	$1,543,294,927	$2,234,754,242
2011	$1,409,693,597	$2,579,409,620
2012	$1,415,004,738	$2,477,702,216
2013	$1,375,609,453	$2,367,112,932
2014	$1,229,461,721	$2,441,063,054
2015	$1,378,176,609	$2,359,686,725
2016	$1,484,578,886	$2,114,426,452
2017	$1,504,909,463	$2,306,741,672
2018	$1,670,671,328	$2,556,247,292
2019	$1,813,609,692	$2,390,702,296
2020	$1,812,170,891	$2,053,699,870
2021	$2,014,158,842	$2,412,130,022
2022	$2,204,734,527	$2,354,980,884
2023	$2,396,111,021	$2,117,962,430
2024	$2,507,519,958	$2,271,541,846

Gambia and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Gambia

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gambia	Lesotho
1960	-	$47
1961	-	$47
1962	-	$53.5
1963	-	$58.4
1964	-	$62.6
1965	-	$64.3
1966	$94.4	$64.3
1967	$97	$64.8
1968	$83.1	$64.8
1969	$88.7	$67.1
1970	$99.8	$67.4
1971	$103.3	$72.4
1972	$106.5	$74
1973	$131.4	$107
1974	$162.6	$128.7
1975	$189.8	$123.2
1976	$179.3	$117.8
1977	$213.8	$149.9
1978	$257.6	$200.8
1979	$300	$212.4
1980	$338	$307
1981	$296	$299.8
1982	$282.1	$233.9
1983	$268.6	$252
1984	$214.8	$211
1985	$262.8	$165.4
1986	$207.7	$191.4
1987	$237	$236.5
1988	$274.9	$270.4
1989	$280.9	$279
1990	$301	$330
1991	$628	$382
1992	$623	$444
1993	$635	$439
1994	$608	$456
1995	$622	$513
1996	$652	$480
1997	$600	$502
1998	$610	$465
1999	$575	$456
2000	$538	$443
2001	$460	$413
2002	$377	$389
2003	$309	$583
2004	$593	$767
2005	$616	$861
2006	$615	$925
2007	$725	$861
2008	$859	$898
2009	$775	$879
2010	$801	$1,119
2011	$711	$1,281
2012	$693	$1,218
2013	$654	$1,151
2014	$568	$1,174
2015	$620	$1,121
2016	$650	$992
2017	$643	$1,069
2018	$696	$1,171
2019	$738	$1,082
2020	$720	$919
2021	$782	$1,067
2022	$836	$1,030
2023	$888	$916
2024	$909	$972

Gambia vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gambia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gambia	Lesotho
1950	31.2	44.6
1951	31.5	45.2
1952	31.7	45.9
1953	31.9	46.6
1954	32.2	47.3
1955	32.4	48
1956	32.8	48.6
1957	33.1	49.2
1958	33.6	49.6
1959	34.1	49.9
1960	34.6	50.2
1961	35.1	50.3
1962	35.6	50.3
1963	36.1	50.3
1964	36.6	50.3
1965	37.1	50.3
1966	37.6	50.4
1967	38.1	50.5
1968	38.5	50.8
1969	39	51.1
1970	39.5	51.5
1971	40	51.8
1972	40.5	52.3
1973	41.1	52.6
1974	41.7	52.9
1975	42.2	53.5
1976	42.9	53.9
1977	43.4	54.5
1978	43.6	55.2
1979	44.5	55.8
1980	45	56.5
1981	44.5	57.3
1982	46.3	58
1983	46.9	58.5
1984	47.5	59
1985	48.2	59.2
1986	48.8	59.3
1987	49.4	59.6
1988	50.1	59.6
1989	50.7	59.5
1990	51.3	59.3
1991	51.9	59.1
1992	52.5	58.6
1993	53.2	58.1
1994	53.8	57.3
1995	54.3	56.4
1996	54.8	55.1
1997	55.2	53.7
1998	56	52
1999	56.5	50.4
2000	56.9	48.8
2001	57.3	47.2
2002	57.7	46
2003	58.2	44.9
2004	58.7	44
2005	59.1	43.6
2006	59.7	43.2
2007	60	43.7
2008	60.5	44.3
2009	60.7	45.1
2010	61.2	46
2011	61.6	46.9
2012	61.9	48.2
2013	62.3	49.5
2014	62.6	50.8
2015	63	51.8
2016	63.4	52.9
2017	63.7	53.9
2018	64	54.6
2019	64.4	55.2
2020	64.4	55.1
2021	63.8	54.2
2022	64.9	56.8
2023	65.9	57.4
2024	66.1	57.8
2025	66.3	58.2

Gambia and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Gambia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Gambia	Lesotho
1960	398,060	736,500
1961	408,930	758,824
1962	420,163	781,814
1963	431,757	805,373
1964	443,687	829,437
1965	455,952	854,090
1966	468,516	881,870
1967	481,588	913,982
1968	495,269	948,105
1969	509,440	983,202
1970	524,105	1,019,273
1971	539,388	1,056,246
1972	555,370	1,094,063
1973	571,991	1,132,697
1974	589,085	1,172,420
1975	606,821	1,213,643
1976	625,667	1,253,214
1977	645,770	1,289,967
1978	667,103	1,327,240
1979	689,781	1,366,169
1980	713,913	1,406,521
1981	739,125	1,448,069
1982	765,753	1,490,732
1983	794,525	1,534,413
1984	825,631	1,578,986
1985	858,874	1,624,379
1986	894,019	1,666,138
1987	931,091	1,703,390
1988	970,160	1,739,841
1989	1,011,357	1,775,436
1990	1,054,696	1,809,696
1991	1,099,959	1,842,379
1992	1,145,582	1,873,274
1993	1,188,365	1,901,793
1994	1,227,226	1,927,707
1995	1,264,313	1,951,437
1996	1,301,410	1,972,418
1997	1,338,889	1,988,130
1998	1,376,987	1,998,049
1999	1,415,779	2,003,234
2000	1,455,084	2,003,913
2001	1,495,011	2,000,853
2002	1,535,691	1,994,679
2003	1,577,611	1,985,059
2004	1,621,312	1,971,129
2005	1,667,037	1,953,076
2006	1,715,275	1,945,063
2007	1,765,774	1,953,268
2008	1,817,852	1,966,541
2009	1,871,422	1,980,883
2010	1,926,630	1,996,251
2011	1,983,784	2,014,009
2012	2,043,094	2,034,354
2013	2,103,820	2,056,504
2014	2,164,528	2,080,089
2015	2,224,529	2,104,611
2016	2,283,769	2,130,422
2017	2,342,189	2,157,110
2018	2,399,632	2,183,603
2019	2,456,844	2,209,405
2020	2,515,733	2,235,727
2021	2,576,010	2,261,542
2022	2,636,470	2,286,110
2023	2,697,845	2,311,472
2024	2,759,988	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Gambia and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Gambia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Lesotho
1960	6.25	5.78
1961	6.23	5.79
1962	6.21	5.79
1963	6.2	5.78
1964	6.2	5.77
1965	6.19	5.77
1966	6.18	5.76
1967	6.21	5.75
1968	6.22	5.73
1969	6.25	5.7
1970	6.26	5.7
1971	6.33	5.7
1972	6.37	5.69
1973	6.41	5.69
1974	6.42	5.75
1975	6.43	5.83
1976	6.43	5.87
1977	6.43	5.85
1978	6.42	5.82
1979	6.41	5.79
1980	6.41	5.75
1981	6.4	5.69
1982	6.4	5.63
1983	6.39	5.56
1984	6.39	5.48
1985	6.36	5.4
1986	6.34	5.32
1987	6.3	5.22
1988	6.26	5.1
1989	6.25	4.96
1990	6.25	4.81
1991	6.19	4.68
1992	6.11	4.54
1993	6.03	4.37
1994	6.04	4.21
1995	5.99	4.13
1996	5.93	4.06
1997	5.85	3.98
1998	5.82	3.82
1999	5.77	3.67
2000	5.72	3.61
2001	5.67	3.63
2002	5.66	3.68
2003	5.66	3.62
2004	5.68	3.51
2005	5.71	3.43
2006	5.74	3.41
2007	5.69	3.44
2008	5.63	3.39
2009	5.57	3.31
2010	5.56	3.25
2011	5.54	3.34
2012	5.52	3.3
2013	5.39	3.28
2014	5.2	3.24
2015	5	3.22
2016	4.81	3.18
2017	4.61	3.11
2018	4.42	3.02
2019	4.33	2.92
2020	4.25	2.85
2021	4.17	2.77
2022	4.08	2.72
2023	4.01	2.69

Gambia and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Gambia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gambia	Lesotho
1960	19.4	17.5
1961	19.4	17.4
1962	19.5	17.4
1963	19.6	17.4
1964	19.6	17.5
1965	19.7	17.5
1966	19.7	17.5
1967	19.8	17.6
1968	19.7	17.8
1969	19.6	18
1970	19.5	18.2
1971	19.4	18.3
1972	19.3	18.5
1973	19.2	18.6
1974	19.1	18.8
1975	18.9	18.9
1976	18.8	19
1977	18.6	19
1978	18.5	18.9
1979	18.4	18.8
1980	18.2	18.8
1981	18.1	18.7
1982	17.9	18.6
1983	17.8	18.6
1984	17.6	18.5
1985	17.5	18.4
1986	17.4	18.6
1987	17.4	18.7
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.2	18.5
1990	17.2	18.4
1991	17.1	18.4
1992	17.1	18.4
1993	17	18.4
1994	16.9	18.5
1995	16.8	18.6
1996	16.7	18.6
1997	16.6	18.8
1998	16.5	18.9
1999	16.5	19.1
2000	16.5	19.2
2001	16.6	19.4
2002	16.6	19.5
2003	16.7	19.7
2004	16.8	19.8
2005	16.9	19.9
2006	17	20
2007	17.1	20.2
2008	17.2	20.4
2009	17.3	20.6
2010	17.4	20.7
2011	17.5	20.9
2012	17.6	21
2013	17.7	21.1
2014	17.8	21.2
2015	17.9	21.3
2016	18.1	21.4
2017	18.2	21.6
2018	18.4	21.7
2019	18.5	21.8
2020	18.7	22
2021	18.9	22.1
2022	19.1	22.3
2023	19.2	22.5
2024	19.4	22.7

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