Ireland vs Lesotho statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 119th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Ireland and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Lesotho
1960	$1,998,550,222	$34,579,986
1961	$2,151,772,980	$35,699,986
1962	$2,329,372,972	$41,859,983
1963	$2,505,073,358	$47,039,981
1964	$2,851,091,646	$51,939,979
1965	$3,035,655,794	$54,879,978
1966	$3,198,820,904	$56,699,977
1967	$3,445,739,915	$59,261,976
1968	$3,378,701,147	$61,445,975
1969	$3,902,721,632	$65,967,974
1970	$4,395,995,086	$68,739,973
1971	$5,098,250,287	$76,480,285
1972	$6,318,060,582	$80,913,200
1973	$7,481,173,066	$121,188,716
1974	$7,896,860,615	$150,851,317
1975	$9,483,808,362	$149,558,896
1976	$9,453,756,015	$147,660,037
1977	$11,248,340,431	$193,315,048
1978	$14,647,996,074	$266,570,067
1979	$18,319,334,300	$290,134,593
1980	$21,747,855,640	$431,542,537
1981	$20,670,190,138	$434,188,034
1982	$21,474,754,080	$348,741,684
1983	$20,766,047,764	$386,699,309
1984	$20,106,648,455	$333,163,670
1985	$21,270,013,326	$268,629,926
1986	$28,714,571,852	$318,858,423
1987	$33,920,518,493	$402,768,324
1988	$37,772,897,421	$470,395,801
1989	$39,238,392,678	$495,409,233
1990	$49,305,632,408	$596,410,264
1991	$49,787,502,852	$704,325,367
1992	$55,918,538,121	$831,029,862
1993	$52,417,477,614	$835,582,062
1994	$57,097,656,066	$878,250,945
1995	$69,139,823,232	$1,001,894,000
1996	$75,790,785,030	$946,112,493
1997	$82,856,648,758	$998,004,259
1998	$90,199,410,116	$928,460,893
1999	$98,893,958,263	$912,773,681
2000	$100,207,610,430	$887,291,688
2001	$109,346,669,230	$825,706,961
2002	$128,596,035,288	$775,777,239
2003	$164,670,771,260	$1,157,825,435
2004	$194,372,115,041	$1,511,236,656
2005	$211,876,989,656	$1,682,343,527
2006	$232,180,617,162	$1,800,092,564
2007	$270,079,279,420	$1,682,131,785
2008	$275,447,471,451	$1,766,902,709
2009	$236,443,117,248	$1,740,894,965
2010	$221,985,621,538	$2,234,754,242
2011	$241,337,364,610	$2,579,409,620
2012	$227,270,922,957	$2,477,702,216
2013	$243,301,556,085	$2,367,112,932
2014	$266,787,238,499	$2,441,063,054
2015	$302,391,428,540	$2,359,686,725
2016	$305,733,136,181	$2,114,426,452
2017	$348,532,394,024	$2,306,741,672
2018	$395,461,216,460	$2,556,247,292
2019	$407,124,824,065	$2,390,702,296
2020	$436,555,518,400	$2,053,699,870
2021	$531,306,516,908	$2,412,130,022
2022	$548,570,250,342	$2,354,980,884
2023	$551,394,889,340	$2,117,962,430
2024	$577,389,475,010	$2,271,541,846

Ireland and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Lesotho
1960	$707	$47
1961	$762	$47
1962	$821	$53.5
1963	$878	$58.4
1964	$995	$62.6
1965	$1,055	$64.3
1966	$1,107	$64.3
1967	$1,187	$64.8
1968	$1,159	$64.8
1969	$1,331	$67.1
1970	$1,487	$67.4
1971	$1,704	$72.4
1972	$2,080	$74
1973	$2,424	$107
1974	$2,517	$128.7
1975	$2,973	$123.2
1976	$2,920	$117.8
1977	$3,427	$149.9
1978	$4,400	$200.8
1979	$5,430	$212.4
1980	$6,372	$307
1981	$5,986	$299.8
1982	$6,161	$233.9
1983	$5,915	$252
1984	$5,692	$211
1985	$6,012	$165.4
1986	$8,112	$191.4
1987	$9,582	$236.5
1988	$10,716	$270.4
1989	$11,176	$279
1990	$14,031	$330
1991	$14,087	$382
1992	$15,714	$444
1993	$14,657	$439
1994	$15,903	$456
1995	$19,158	$513
1996	$20,836	$480
1997	$22,551	$502
1998	$24,295	$465
1999	$26,338	$456
2000	$26,335	$443
2001	$28,282	$413
2002	$32,705	$389
2003	$41,204	$583
2004	$47,754	$767
2005	$50,933	$861
2006	$54,329	$925
2007	$61,396	$861
2008	$61,353	$898
2009	$52,133	$879
2010	$48,679	$1,119
2011	$52,693	$1,281
2012	$49,412	$1,218
2013	$52,619	$1,151
2014	$57,278	$1,174
2015	$64,312	$1,121
2016	$64,193	$992
2017	$72,198	$1,069
2018	$80,739	$1,171
2019	$81,810	$1,082
2020	$86,623	$919
2021	$103,962	$1,067
2022	$105,235	$1,030
2023	$103,888	$916
2024	$107,316	$972

Ireland vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Lesotho
1950	65.6	44.6
1951	64.8	45.2
1952	67.2	45.9
1953	67.9	46.6
1954	68	47.3
1955	68	48
1956	69	48.6
1957	69	49.2
1958	69.3	49.6
1959	69.4	49.9
1960	70.2	50.2
1961	69.6	50.3
1962	69.9	50.3
1963	70.2	50.3
1964	70.4	50.3
1965	70.6	50.3
1966	70.2	50.4
1967	71.2	50.5
1968	70.9	50.8
1969	70.8	51.1
1970	70.8	51.5
1971	71.6	51.8
1972	71	52.3
1973	71.2	52.6
1974	71.1	52.9
1975	71.7	53.5
1976	71.8	53.9
1977	71.9	54.5
1978	71.9	55.2
1979	72.2	55.8
1980	72.5	56.5
1981	72.9	57.3
1982	73.2	58
1983	73.2	58.5
1984	73.6	59
1985	73.6	59.2
1986	73.6	59.3
1987	74.4	59.6
1988	74.4	59.6
1989	74.5	59.5
1990	74.8	59.3
1991	75	59.1
1992	75.4	58.6
1993	75.3	58.1
1994	75.8	57.3
1995	75.5	56.4
1996	75.8	55.1
1997	76	53.7
1998	76.2	52
1999	76.1	50.4
2000	76.5	48.8
2001	77.1	47.2
2002	77.6	46
2003	78.1	44.9
2004	78.5	44
2005	78.9	43.6
2006	79.2	43.2
2007	79.6	43.7
2008	79.8	44.3
2009	80.1	45.1
2010	80.6	46
2011	80.7	46.9
2012	80.9	48.2
2013	81.1	49.5
2014	81.4	50.8
2015	81.5	51.8
2016	81.7	52.9
2017	82.1	53.9
2018	82.1	54.6
2019	82.4	55.2
2020	82.4	55.1
2021	81.9	54.2
2022	82.1	56.8
2023	82.4	57.4
2024	82.6	57.8
2025	82.7	58.2

Ireland and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Lesotho
1960	2,828,600	736,500
1961	2,824,400	758,824
1962	2,836,050	781,814
1963	2,852,650	805,373
1964	2,866,550	829,437
1965	2,877,300	854,090
1966	2,888,800	881,870
1967	2,902,450	913,982
1968	2,915,550	948,105
1969	2,932,650	983,202
1970	2,957,250	1,019,273
1971	2,992,050	1,056,246
1972	3,036,850	1,094,063
1973	3,085,950	1,132,697
1974	3,137,500	1,172,420
1975	3,189,550	1,213,643
1976	3,238,050	1,253,214
1977	3,282,200	1,289,967
1978	3,329,100	1,327,240
1979	3,373,750	1,366,169
1980	3,412,800	1,406,521
1981	3,453,000	1,448,069
1982	3,485,800	1,490,732
1983	3,510,600	1,534,413
1984	3,532,423	1,578,986
1985	3,538,082	1,624,379
1986	3,539,690	1,666,138
1987	3,540,057	1,703,390
1988	3,524,949	1,739,841
1989	3,511,009	1,775,436
1990	3,513,974	1,809,696
1991	3,534,235	1,842,379
1992	3,558,430	1,873,274
1993	3,576,261	1,901,793
1994	3,590,386	1,927,707
1995	3,608,841	1,951,437
1996	3,637,510	1,972,418
1997	3,674,171	1,988,130
1998	3,712,696	1,998,049
1999	3,754,786	2,003,234
2000	3,805,174	2,003,913
2001	3,866,243	2,000,853
2002	3,931,947	1,994,679
2003	3,996,521	1,985,059
2004	4,070,262	1,971,129
2005	4,159,914	1,953,076
2006	4,273,591	1,945,063
2007	4,398,942	1,953,268
2008	4,489,544	1,966,541
2009	4,535,375	1,980,883
2010	4,560,155	1,996,251
2011	4,580,084	2,014,009
2012	4,599,533	2,034,354
2013	4,623,816	2,056,504
2014	4,657,740	2,080,089
2015	4,701,957	2,104,611
2016	4,762,722	2,130,422
2017	4,827,445	2,157,110
2018	4,898,022	2,183,603
2019	4,976,456	2,209,405
2020	5,039,747	2,235,727
2021	5,110,585	2,261,542
2022	5,212,836	2,286,110
2023	5,307,600	2,311,472
2024	5,380,257	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Ireland and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Ireland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Lesotho
1960	3.78	5.78
1961	3.78	5.79
1962	3.92	5.79
1963	4.01	5.78
1964	4.07	5.77
1965	4.04	5.77
1966	3.94	5.76
1967	3.84	5.75
1968	3.77	5.73
1969	3.83	5.7
1970	3.85	5.7
1971	3.93	5.7
1972	3.84	5.69
1973	3.71	5.69
1974	3.59	5.75
1975	3.37	5.83
1976	3.29	5.87
1977	3.24	5.85
1978	3.21	5.82
1979	3.21	5.79
1980	3.21	5.75
1981	3.05	5.69
1982	2.94	5.63
1983	2.74	5.56
1984	2.58	5.48
1985	2.48	5.4
1986	2.44	5.32
1987	2.32	5.22
1988	2.17	5.1
1989	2.08	4.96
1990	2.11	4.81
1991	2.08	4.68
1992	1.99	4.54
1993	1.9	4.37
1994	1.85	4.21
1995	1.84	4.13
1996	1.88	4.06
1997	1.93	3.98
1998	1.94	3.82
1999	1.9	3.67
2000	1.89	3.61
2001	1.94	3.63
2002	1.97	3.68
2003	1.96	3.62
2004	1.93	3.51
2005	1.86	3.43
2006	1.91	3.41
2007	2.01	3.44
2008	2.06	3.39
2009	2.06	3.31
2010	2.05	3.25
2011	2.03	3.34
2012	1.98	3.3
2013	1.93	3.28
2014	1.89	3.24
2015	1.85	3.22
2016	1.81	3.18
2017	1.77	3.11
2018	1.75	3.02
2019	1.71	2.92
2020	1.63	2.85
2021	1.78	2.77
2022	1.54	2.72
2023	1.5	2.69

Ireland and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Lesotho
1960	30.1	17.5
1961	29.8	17.4
1962	29.5	17.4
1963	29.2	17.4
1964	28.9	17.5
1965	28.6	17.5
1966	28.2	17.5
1967	28	17.6
1968	27.8	17.8
1969	27.6	18
1970	27.4	18.2
1971	27.1	18.3
1972	26.9	18.5
1973	26.7	18.6
1974	26.5	18.8
1975	26.5	18.9
1976	26.4	19
1977	26.5	19
1978	26.5	18.9
1979	26.5	18.8
1980	26.5	18.8
1981	26.6	18.7
1982	26.7	18.6
1983	26.9	18.6
1984	27.1	18.5
1985	27.3	18.4
1986	27.6	18.6
1987	27.9	18.7
1988	28.4	18.6
1989	28.8	18.5
1990	29.2	18.4
1991	29.6	18.4
1992	29.9	18.4
1993	30.2	18.4
1994	30.6	18.5
1995	30.9	18.6
1996	31.3	18.6
1997	31.6	18.8
1998	31.9	18.9
1999	32.2	19.1
2000	32.5	19.2
2001	32.7	19.4
2002	33	19.5
2003	33.2	19.7
2004	33.4	19.8
2005	33.4	19.9
2006	33.4	20
2007	33.4	20.2
2008	33.5	20.4
2009	33.9	20.6
2010	34.3	20.7
2011	34.8	20.9
2012	35.2	21
2013	35.6	21.1
2014	36	21.2
2015	36.4	21.3
2016	36.8	21.4
2017	37.1	21.6
2018	37.4	21.7
2019	37.8	21.8
2020	38.2	22
2021	38.6	22.1
2022	38.9	22.3
2023	39.4	22.5
2024	39.7	22.7

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