Iran vs Lesotho statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 17th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Iran and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Iran and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Iran

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Lesotho
1960	$4,199,134,390	$34,579,986
1961	$4,426,949,095	$35,699,986
1962	$4,693,566,416	$41,859,983
1963	$4,928,628,018	$47,039,981
1964	$5,379,845,648	$51,939,979
1965	$6,197,319,929	$54,879,978
1966	$6,789,938,672	$56,699,977
1967	$7,555,383,690	$59,261,976
1968	$8,623,172,960	$61,445,975
1969	$9,743,089,607	$65,967,974
1970	$10,976,245,154	$68,739,973
1971	$13,731,802,833	$76,480,285
1972	$17,153,463,263	$80,913,200
1973	$27,081,698,250	$121,188,716
1974	$46,209,092,072	$150,851,317
1975	$51,776,222,350	$149,558,896
1976	$68,055,295,081	$147,660,037
1977	$80,600,122,702	$193,315,048
1978	$77,994,316,621	$266,570,067
1979	$90,391,877,326	$290,134,593
1980	$94,362,275,580	$431,542,537
1981	$100,499,312,750	$434,188,034
1982	$125,948,756,439	$348,741,684
1983	$156,365,156,618	$386,699,309
1984	$162,276,728,620	$333,163,670
1985	$180,183,629,600	$268,629,926
1986	$209,094,561,833	$318,858,423
1987	$134,009,995,923	$402,768,324
1988	$123,057,861,334	$470,395,801
1989	$120,496,362,916	$495,409,233
1990	$124,813,263,926	$596,410,264
1991	$131,637,664,958	$704,325,367
1992	$119,768,691,217	$831,029,862
1993	$63,743,623,231	$835,582,062
1994	$71,841,461,172	$878,250,945
1995	$96,419,225,745	$1,001,894,000
1996	$120,403,931,883	$946,112,493
1997	$113,919,163,421	$998,004,259
1998	$110,276,913,362	$928,460,893
1999	$113,848,450,089	$912,773,681
2000	$109,591,707,801	$887,291,688
2001	$126,878,750,296	$825,706,961
2002	$128,626,917,504	$775,777,239
2003	$151,911,222,120	$1,157,825,435
2004	$187,754,571,247	$1,511,236,656
2005	$224,970,371,329	$1,682,343,527
2006	$265,602,187,406	$1,800,092,564
2007	$349,736,591,836	$1,682,131,785
2008	$406,070,949,551	$1,766,902,709
2009	$414,059,094,950	$1,740,894,965
2010	$487,069,570,461	$2,234,754,242
2011	$629,082,257,472	$2,579,409,620
2012	$644,019,315,004	$2,477,702,216
2013	$500,399,839,840	$2,367,112,932
2014	$462,284,793,281	$2,441,063,054
2015	$409,191,686,497	$2,359,686,725
2016	$459,042,684,193	$2,114,426,452
2017	$489,168,731,811	$2,306,741,672
2018	$398,880,231,367	$2,556,247,292
2019	$333,519,146,339	$2,390,702,296
2020	$262,186,179,356	$2,053,699,870
2021	$383,436,202,447	$2,412,130,022
2022	$394,362,621,793	$2,354,980,884
2023	$404,625,655,076	$2,117,962,430
2024	$436,906,331,672	$2,271,541,846

Iran and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Lesotho
1960	$195.6	$47
1961	$200.1	$47
1962	$205.8	$53.5
1963	$209.6	$58.4
1964	$221.7	$62.6
1965	$247.5	$64.3
1966	$262.9	$64.3
1967	$283.7	$64.8
1968	$314	$64.8
1969	$345	$67.1
1970	$377	$67.4
1971	$457	$72.4
1972	$555	$74
1973	$851	$107
1974	$1,409	$128.7
1975	$1,532	$123.2
1976	$1,954	$117.8
1977	$2,243	$149.9
1978	$2,101	$200.8
1979	$2,352	$212.4
1980	$2,368	$307
1981	$2,393	$299.8
1982	$2,845	$233.9
1983	$3,397	$252
1984	$3,395	$211
1985	$3,634	$165.4
1986	$4,064	$191.4
1987	$2,513	$236.5
1988	$2,234	$270.4
1989	$2,125	$279
1990	$2,138	$330
1991	$2,194	$382
1992	$1,957	$444
1993	$1,038	$439
1994	$1,168	$456
1995	$1,550	$513
1996	$1,915	$480
1997	$1,790	$502
1998	$1,709	$465
1999	$1,740	$456
2000	$1,650	$443
2001	$1,881	$413
2002	$1,891	$389
2003	$2,209	$583
2004	$2,672	$767
2005	$3,132	$861
2006	$3,619	$925
2007	$4,688	$861
2008	$5,377	$898
2009	$5,416	$879
2010	$6,291	$1,119
2011	$8,026	$1,281
2012	$8,114	$1,218
2013	$6,223	$1,151
2014	$5,672	$1,174
2015	$4,953	$1,121
2016	$5,477	$992
2017	$5,753	$1,069
2018	$4,632	$1,171
2019	$3,831	$1,082
2020	$2,989	$919
2021	$4,335	$1,067
2022	$4,405	$1,030
2023	$4,466	$916
2024	$4,771	$972

Iran vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Lesotho
1950	38.2	44.6
1951	38.7	45.2
1952	39.2	45.9
1953	39.5	46.6
1954	40	47.3
1955	40.6	48
1956	41.1	48.6
1957	41.3	49.2
1958	42.2	49.6
1959	42.8	49.9
1960	43.3	50.2
1961	43.9	50.3
1962	43.8	50.3
1963	45.1	50.3
1964	45.7	50.3
1965	46.4	50.3
1966	47.1	50.4
1967	47.8	50.5
1968	47.9	50.8
1969	49.4	51.1
1970	50.2	51.5
1971	51.1	51.8
1972	51.7	52.3
1973	52.9	52.6
1974	53.9	52.9
1975	54.8	53.5
1976	55.8	53.9
1977	56.7	54.5
1978	56	55.2
1979	58.5	55.8
1980	58.4	56.5
1981	56.6	57.3
1982	57.6	58
1983	58.5	58.5
1984	60.9	59
1985	61.5	59.2
1986	62.1	59.3
1987	62.7	59.6
1988	63.3	59.6
1989	65.3	59.5
1990	64.1	59.3
1991	66.2	59.1
1992	66.7	58.6
1993	67	58.1
1994	67.5	57.3
1995	67.9	56.4
1996	68.3	55.1
1997	68.6	53.7
1998	69.2	52
1999	69.7	50.4
2000	70.2	48.8
2001	70.6	47.2
2002	71.1	46
2003	70.5	44.9
2004	72	44
2005	72.4	43.6
2006	72.9	43.2
2007	73.3	43.7
2008	73.7	44.3
2009	74	45.1
2010	74.4	46
2011	74.7	46.9
2012	75	48.2
2013	75.3	49.5
2014	75.6	50.8
2015	75.9	51.8
2016	76.2	52.9
2017	76.4	53.9
2018	76.6	54.6
2019	76.9	55.2
2020	74.1	55.1
2021	73.8	54.2
2022	76.8	56.8
2023	77.7	57.4
2024	77.9	57.8
2025	78.1	58.2

Iran and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Lesotho
1960	21,470,434	736,500
1961	22,125,726	758,824
1962	22,807,907	781,814
1963	23,519,005	805,373
1964	24,262,859	829,437
1965	25,036,978	854,090
1966	25,829,270	881,870
1967	26,628,432	913,982
1968	27,437,391	948,105
1969	28,273,482	983,202
1970	29,145,100	1,019,273
1971	30,029,071	1,056,246
1972	30,921,179	1,094,063
1973	31,839,838	1,132,697
1974	32,796,463	1,172,420
1975	33,802,973	1,213,643
1976	34,837,271	1,253,214
1977	35,933,181	1,289,967
1978	37,126,535	1,327,240
1979	38,424,952	1,366,169
1980	39,842,324	1,406,521
1981	41,989,312	1,448,069
1982	44,272,141	1,490,732
1983	46,029,535	1,534,413
1984	47,793,998	1,578,986
1985	49,582,289	1,624,379
1986	51,446,045	1,666,138
1987	53,323,493	1,703,390
1988	55,072,694	1,739,841
1989	56,704,914	1,775,436
1990	58,380,092	1,809,696
1991	59,986,931	1,842,379
1992	61,184,983	1,873,274
1993	61,403,543	1,901,793
1994	61,520,598	1,927,707
1995	62,205,567	1,951,437
1996	62,881,300	1,972,418
1997	63,639,638	1,988,130
1998	64,519,859	1,998,049
1999	65,445,391	2,003,234
2000	66,418,659	2,003,913
2001	67,452,005	2,000,853
2002	68,011,317	1,994,679
2003	68,769,340	1,985,059
2004	70,256,316	1,971,129
2005	71,828,455	1,953,076
2006	73,392,747	1,945,063
2007	74,602,648	1,953,268
2008	75,514,204	1,966,541
2009	76,457,825	1,980,883
2010	77,420,842	1,996,251
2011	78,383,598	2,014,009
2012	79,370,580	2,034,354
2013	80,414,686	2,056,504
2014	81,502,045	2,080,089
2015	82,619,362	2,104,611
2016	83,812,228	2,130,422
2017	85,026,754	2,157,110
2018	86,117,998	2,183,603
2019	87,051,648	2,209,405
2020	87,723,443	2,235,727
2021	88,455,488	2,261,542
2022	89,524,246	2,286,110
2023	90,608,707	2,311,472
2024	91,567,738	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Iran and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Iran

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Lesotho
1960	7.52	5.78
1961	7.46	5.79
1962	7.4	5.79
1963	7.32	5.78
1964	7.24	5.77
1965	7.22	5.77
1966	7.21	5.76
1967	7.19	5.75
1968	7.12	5.73
1969	7.01	5.7
1970	6.8	5.7
1971	6.55	5.7
1972	6.26	5.69
1973	6.06	5.69
1974	5.97	5.75
1975	5.95	5.83
1976	6.07	5.87
1977	6.18	5.85
1978	6.34	5.82
1979	6.55	5.79
1980	6.63	5.75
1981	6.62	5.69
1982	6.59	5.63
1983	6.53	5.56
1984	6.43	5.48
1985	6.24	5.4
1986	6.01	5.32
1987	5.72	5.22
1988	5.43	5.1
1989	5.17	4.96
1990	4.93	4.81
1991	4.57	4.68
1992	4.1	4.54
1993	3.67	4.37
1994	3.24	4.21
1995	2.85	4.13
1996	2.54	4.06
1997	2.32	3.98
1998	2.19	3.82
1999	2.09	3.67
2000	2	3.61
2001	1.92	3.63
2002	1.84	3.68
2003	1.8	3.62
2004	1.78	3.51
2005	1.76	3.43
2006	1.76	3.41
2007	1.75	3.44
2008	1.74	3.39
2009	1.74	3.31
2010	1.75	3.25
2011	1.79	3.34
2012	1.85	3.3
2013	1.91	3.28
2014	1.98	3.24
2015	2.02	3.22
2016	2.05	3.18
2017	2.02	3.11
2018	1.92	3.02
2019	1.77	2.92
2020	1.7	2.85
2021	1.71	2.77
2022	1.7	2.72
2023	1.7	2.69

Iran and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Lesotho
1960	19.1	17.5
1961	18.7	17.4
1962	18.4	17.4
1963	18.1	17.4
1964	17.9	17.5
1965	17.8	17.5
1966	17.7	17.5
1967	17.7	17.6
1968	17.6	17.8
1969	17.6	18
1970	17.6	18.2
1971	17.7	18.3
1972	17.8	18.5
1973	17.9	18.6
1974	18	18.8
1975	18.1	18.9
1976	18.2	19
1977	18.3	19
1978	18.3	18.9
1979	18.3	18.8
1980	18.2	18.8
1981	18.4	18.7
1982	18.6	18.6
1983	18.5	18.6
1984	18.4	18.5
1985	18.3	18.4
1986	18.2	18.6
1987	18.2	18.7
1988	18.2	18.6
1989	18.1	18.5
1990	18.2	18.4
1991	18.3	18.4
1992	18.4	18.4
1993	18.3	18.4
1994	18.4	18.5
1995	18.7	18.6
1996	19.1	18.6
1997	19.5	18.8
1998	20	18.9
1999	20.7	19.1
2000	21.4	19.2
2001	22	19.4
2002	22.6	19.5
2003	23.1	19.7
2004	23.7	19.8
2005	24.3	19.9
2006	24.8	20
2007	25.5	20.2
2008	26.1	20.4
2009	26.6	20.6
2010	27.2	20.7
2011	27.7	20.9
2012	28.2	21
2013	28.7	21.1
2014	29.2	21.2
2015	29.7	21.3
2016	30.2	21.4
2017	30.7	21.6
2018	31.2	21.7
2019	31.7	21.8
2020	32.3	22
2021	32.8	22.1
2022	33.3	22.3
2023	33.8	22.5
2024	34.3	22.7

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