Iceland vs Lesotho statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 104th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Iceland and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Lesotho
1960	$252,169,712	$34,579,986
1961	$257,703,245	$35,699,986
1962	$289,200,704	$41,859,983
1963	$345,175,036	$47,039,981
1964	$440,797,869	$51,939,979
1965	$531,569,564	$54,879,978
1966	$638,349,755	$56,699,977
1967	$630,567,116	$59,261,976
1968	$481,532,848	$61,445,975
1969	$420,945,148	$65,967,974
1970	$526,704,545	$68,739,973
1971	$670,251,136	$76,480,285
1972	$839,652,164	$80,913,200
1973	$1,154,440,253	$121,188,716
1974	$1,515,190,595	$150,851,317
1975	$1,406,875,081	$149,558,896
1976	$1,669,488,390	$147,660,037
1977	$2,208,509,076	$193,315,048
1978	$2,511,826,196	$266,570,067
1979	$2,853,435,054	$290,134,593
1980	$3,381,419,251	$431,542,537
1981	$3,492,997,010	$434,188,034
1982	$3,206,626,645	$348,741,684
1983	$2,765,950,336	$386,699,309
1984	$2,864,441,387	$333,163,670
1985	$2,984,052,357	$268,629,926
1986	$3,989,622,739	$318,858,423
1987	$5,520,318,405	$402,768,324
1988	$6,106,635,816	$470,395,801
1989	$5,672,569,449	$495,409,233
1990	$6,468,736,356	$596,410,264
1991	$6,909,730,288	$704,325,367
1992	$7,080,981,738	$831,029,862
1993	$6,218,581,532	$835,582,062
1994	$6,389,460,343	$878,250,945
1995	$7,123,633,418	$1,001,894,000
1996	$7,426,082,271	$946,112,493
1997	$7,569,672,925	$998,004,259
1998	$8,503,746,468	$928,460,893
1999	$8,982,047,589	$912,773,681
2000	$9,025,660,362	$887,291,688
2001	$8,234,846,805	$825,706,961
2002	$9,318,395,055	$775,777,239
2003	$11,429,333,038	$1,157,825,435
2004	$13,825,302,536	$1,511,236,656
2005	$16,852,963,067	$1,682,343,527
2006	$17,465,318,552	$1,800,092,564
2007	$21,652,505,597	$1,682,131,785
2008	$18,074,622,987	$1,766,902,709
2009	$13,154,414,219	$1,740,894,965
2010	$13,751,161,918	$2,234,754,242
2011	$15,221,622,926	$2,579,409,620
2012	$14,751,508,134	$2,477,702,216
2013	$16,125,060,515	$2,367,112,932
2014	$17,867,662,178	$2,441,063,054
2015	$17,517,210,519	$2,359,686,725
2016	$20,793,168,031	$2,114,426,452
2017	$24,728,285,177	$2,306,741,672
2018	$26,260,850,582	$2,556,247,292
2019	$24,681,343,649	$2,390,702,296
2020	$21,629,953,194	$2,053,699,870
2021	$25,770,339,317	$2,412,130,022
2022	$28,696,453,180	$2,354,980,884
2023	$31,452,223,862	$2,117,962,430
2024	$33,462,807,983	$2,271,541,846

Iceland and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Lesotho
1960	$1,436	$47
1961	$1,439	$47
1962	$1,586	$53.5
1963	$1,859	$58.4
1964	$2,332	$62.6
1965	$2,764	$64.3
1966	$3,264	$64.3
1967	$3,173	$64.8
1968	$2,390	$64.8
1969	$2,070	$67.1
1970	$2,576	$67.4
1971	$3,252	$72.4
1972	$4,015	$74
1973	$5,437	$107
1974	$7,041	$128.7
1975	$6,454	$123.2
1976	$7,583	$117.8
1977	$9,957	$149.9
1978	$11,237	$200.8
1979	$12,641	$212.4
1980	$14,822	$307
1981	$15,137	$299.8
1982	$13,712	$233.9
1983	$11,672	$252
1984	$11,960	$211
1985	$12,361	$165.4
1986	$16,406	$191.4
1987	$22,453	$236.5
1988	$24,452	$270.4
1989	$22,434	$279
1990	$25,385	$330
1991	$26,803	$382
1992	$27,124	$444
1993	$23,580	$439
1994	$24,019	$456
1995	$26,634	$513
1996	$27,615	$480
1997	$27,919	$502
1998	$31,030	$465
1999	$32,382	$456
2000	$32,096	$443
2001	$28,897	$413
2002	$32,409	$389
2003	$39,477	$583
2004	$47,335	$767
2005	$56,795	$861
2006	$57,493	$925
2007	$69,496	$861
2008	$56,943	$898
2009	$41,301	$879
2010	$43,237	$1,119
2011	$47,715	$1,281
2012	$45,996	$1,218
2013	$49,805	$1,151
2014	$54,577	$1,174
2015	$52,952	$1,121
2016	$61,988	$992
2017	$72,010	$1,069
2018	$74,452	$1,171
2019	$68,452	$1,082
2020	$59,024	$919
2021	$69,178	$1,067
2022	$75,121	$1,030
2023	$79,960	$916
2024	$82,704	$972

Iceland vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Lesotho
1950	71	44.6
1951	71	45.2
1952	72.4	45.9
1953	72.3	46.6
1954	73.3	47.3
1955	73.3	48
1956	72.9	48.6
1957	73.4	49.2
1958	73.3	49.6
1959	72.6	49.9
1960	74	50.2
1961	73.4	50.3
1962	73.6	50.3
1963	72.9	50.3
1964	73.5	50.3
1965	73.8	50.3
1966	73.1	50.4
1967	73.7	50.5
1968	73.9	50.8
1969	73.7	51.1
1970	73.8	51.5
1971	73.5	51.8
1972	74.4	52.3
1973	74.3	52.6
1974	74.1	52.9
1975	75.3	53.5
1976	76.6	53.9
1977	76.1	54.5
1978	76.4	55.2
1979	76.5	55.8
1980	76.6	56.5
1981	76.2	57.3
1982	76.8	58
1983	76.4	58.5
1984	77.3	59
1985	77.4	59.2
1986	77.9	59.3
1987	77.1	59.6
1988	76.9	59.6
1989	77.9	59.5
1990	77.7	59.3
1991	77.8	59.1
1992	78.6	58.6
1993	78.8	58.1
1994	79	57.3
1995	77.5	56.4
1996	78.6	55.1
1997	78.7	53.7
1998	79.4	52
1999	79.2	50.4
2000	79.5	48.8
2001	80.4	47.2
2002	80.3	46
2003	80.8	44.9
2004	80.7	44
2005	81.2	43.6
2006	80.9	43.2
2007	81.1	43.7
2008	81.2	44.3
2009	81.4	45.1
2010	81.6	46
2011	82	46.9
2012	82.3	48.2
2013	81.7	49.5
2014	82.4	50.8
2015	82.2	51.8
2016	81.8	52.9
2017	82.2	53.9
2018	82.5	54.6
2019	82.8	55.2
2020	82.7	55.1
2021	82.8	54.2
2022	81.6	56.8
2023	82.7	57.4
2024	83	57.8
2025	83.2	58.2

Iceland and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Lesotho
1960	175,574	736,500
1961	179,029	758,824
1962	182,378	781,814
1963	185,653	805,373
1964	188,983	829,437
1965	192,286	854,090
1966	195,570	881,870
1967	198,751	913,982
1968	201,488	948,105
1969	203,369	983,202
1970	204,438	1,019,273
1971	206,098	1,056,246
1972	209,137	1,094,063
1973	212,317	1,132,697
1974	215,209	1,172,420
1975	217,979	1,213,643
1976	220,154	1,253,214
1977	221,799	1,289,967
1978	223,537	1,327,240
1979	225,735	1,366,169
1980	228,138	1,406,521
1981	230,755	1,448,069
1982	233,860	1,490,732
1983	236,977	1,534,413
1984	239,511	1,578,986
1985	241,405	1,624,379
1986	243,180	1,666,138
1987	245,859	1,703,390
1988	249,740	1,739,841
1989	252,852	1,775,436
1990	254,826	1,809,696
1991	257,797	1,842,379
1992	261,057	1,873,274
1993	263,725	1,901,793
1994	266,021	1,927,707
1995	267,468	1,951,437
1996	268,916	1,972,418
1997	271,128	1,988,130
1998	274,047	1,998,049
1999	277,381	2,003,234
2000	281,205	2,003,913
2001	284,968	2,000,853
2002	287,523	1,994,679
2003	289,521	1,985,059
2004	292,074	1,971,129
2005	296,734	1,953,076
2006	303,782	1,945,063
2007	311,566	1,953,268
2008	317,414	1,966,541
2009	318,499	1,980,883
2010	318,041	1,996,251
2011	319,014	2,014,009
2012	320,716	2,034,354
2013	323,764	2,056,504
2014	327,386	2,080,089
2015	330,815	2,104,611
2016	335,439	2,130,422
2017	343,400	2,157,110
2018	352,721	2,183,603
2019	360,563	2,209,405
2020	366,463	2,235,727
2021	372,520	2,261,542
2022	382,003	2,286,110
2023	393,349	2,311,472
2024	404,610	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Iceland and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Iceland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Lesotho
1960	4.29	5.78
1961	3.88	5.79
1962	3.98	5.79
1963	3.99	5.78
1964	3.88	5.77
1965	3.73	5.77
1966	3.59	5.76
1967	3.28	5.75
1968	3.06	5.73
1969	2.99	5.7
1970	2.81	5.7
1971	2.92	5.7
1972	3.09	5.69
1973	2.94	5.69
1974	2.66	5.75
1975	2.65	5.83
1976	2.52	5.87
1977	2.31	5.85
1978	2.35	5.82
1979	2.49	5.79
1980	2.48	5.75
1981	2.33	5.69
1982	2.27	5.63
1983	2.24	5.56
1984	2.08	5.48
1985	1.93	5.4
1986	1.92	5.32
1987	2.06	5.22
1988	2.26	5.1
1989	2.19	4.96
1990	2.3	4.81
1991	2.18	4.68
1992	2.21	4.54
1993	2.22	4.37
1994	2.14	4.21
1995	2.08	4.13
1996	2.12	4.06
1997	2.04	3.98
1998	2.05	3.82
1999	1.99	3.67
2000	2.08	3.61
2001	1.95	3.63
2002	1.93	3.68
2003	1.99	3.62
2004	2.04	3.51
2005	2.05	3.43
2006	2.08	3.41
2007	2.09	3.44
2008	2.15	3.39
2009	2.23	3.31
2010	2.2	3.25
2011	2.02	3.34
2012	2.04	3.3
2013	1.93	3.28
2014	1.93	3.24
2015	1.8	3.22
2016	1.74	3.18
2017	1.71	3.11
2018	1.71	3.02
2019	1.74	2.92
2020	1.72	2.85
2021	1.82	2.77
2022	1.59	2.72
2023	1.59	2.69

Iceland and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Lesotho
1960	25.4	17.5
1961	25.2	17.4
1962	24.9	17.4
1963	24.7	17.4
1964	24.4	17.5
1965	24.2	17.5
1966	24.1	17.5
1967	24.1	17.6
1968	24.2	17.8
1969	24.3	18
1970	24.5	18.2
1971	24.7	18.3
1972	24.8	18.5
1973	24.9	18.6
1974	25.1	18.8
1975	25.4	18.9
1976	25.7	19
1977	26	19
1978	26.4	18.9
1979	26.7	18.8
1980	26.9	18.8
1981	27.2	18.7
1982	27.5	18.6
1983	27.7	18.6
1984	28	18.5
1985	28.4	18.4
1986	28.8	18.6
1987	29.1	18.7
1988	29.3	18.6
1989	29.6	18.5
1990	30	18.4
1991	30.2	18.4
1992	30.5	18.4
1993	30.8	18.4
1994	31.1	18.5
1995	31.5	18.6
1996	31.8	18.6
1997	32.1	18.8
1998	32.4	18.9
1999	32.6	19.1
2000	32.8	19.2
2001	33	19.4
2002	33.4	19.5
2003	33.7	19.7
2004	34	19.8
2005	34.2	19.9
2006	34.5	20
2007	34.6	20.2
2008	34.5	20.4
2009	34.6	20.6
2010	34.9	20.7
2011	35.1	20.9
2012	35.4	21
2013	35.5	21.1
2014	35.7	21.2
2015	36	21.3
2016	36.2	21.4
2017	36.3	21.6
2018	36.4	21.7
2019	36.5	21.8
2020	36.6	22
2021	36.7	22.1
2022	36.7	22.3
2023	36.9	22.5
2024	37.1	22.7

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