Jamaica vs Lesotho statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 159th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Jamaica and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Lesotho
1960	$699,064,380	$34,579,986
1961	$748,043,501	$35,699,986
1962	$777,727,689	$41,859,983
1963	$826,706,669	$47,039,981
1964	$897,949,001	$51,939,979
1965	$972,159,611	$54,879,978
1966	$1,096,759,561	$56,699,977
1967	$1,148,014,311	$59,261,976
1968	$1,083,839,133	$61,445,975
1969	$1,191,239,047	$65,967,974
1970	$1,404,720,442	$68,739,973
1971	$1,539,861,816	$76,480,285
1972	$1,875,146,587	$80,913,200
1973	$1,905,917,553	$121,188,716
1974	$2,375,122,375	$150,851,317
1975	$2,860,442,750	$149,558,896
1976	$2,966,042,856	$147,660,037
1977	$3,249,733,140	$193,315,048
1978	$2,644,527,822	$266,570,067
1979	$2,425,064,229	$290,134,593
1980	$2,679,379,372	$431,542,537
1981	$2,979,027,966	$434,188,034
1982	$3,293,496,312	$348,741,684
1983	$3,619,262,277	$386,699,309
1984	$2,373,564,549	$333,163,670
1985	$2,100,239,019	$268,629,926
1986	$2,754,549,582	$318,858,423
1987	$3,287,007,322	$402,768,324
1988	$3,828,342,820	$470,395,801
1989	$4,404,937,853	$495,409,233
1990	$4,592,208,087	$596,410,264
1991	$4,106,207,649	$704,325,367
1992	$3,535,460,090	$831,029,862
1993	$5,440,075,676	$835,582,062
1994	$5,452,558,947	$878,250,945
1995	$6,577,520,643	$1,001,894,000
1996	$7,393,891,921	$946,112,493
1997	$8,400,041,724	$998,004,259
1998	$8,787,195,622	$928,460,893
1999	$8,887,057,997	$912,773,681
2000	$9,005,064,475	$887,291,688
2001	$9,194,727,831	$825,706,961
2002	$9,719,009,495	$775,777,239
2003	$9,430,234,811	$1,157,825,435
2004	$10,174,664,854	$1,511,236,656
2005	$11,243,865,778	$1,682,343,527
2006	$11,930,179,090	$1,800,092,564
2007	$12,799,600,047	$1,682,131,785
2008	$13,709,401,520	$1,766,902,709
2009	$12,120,458,115	$1,740,894,965
2010	$13,220,549,908	$2,234,754,242
2011	$14,444,661,522	$2,579,409,620
2012	$14,807,086,556	$2,477,702,216
2013	$14,264,205,153	$2,367,112,932
2014	$13,899,217,680	$2,441,063,054
2015	$14,188,936,918	$2,359,686,725
2016	$14,077,096,677	$2,114,426,452
2017	$14,808,985,133	$2,306,741,672
2018	$15,730,792,876	$2,556,247,292
2019	$15,830,766,531	$2,390,702,296
2020	$13,812,421,836	$2,053,699,870
2021	$14,657,586,159	$2,412,130,022
2022	$17,097,760,687	$2,354,980,884
2023	$19,423,355,367	$2,117,962,430
2024	$19,930,288,337	$2,271,541,846

Jamaica and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Lesotho
1960	$424	$47
1961	$447	$47
1962	$458	$53.5
1963	$480	$58.4
1964	$514	$62.6
1965	$549	$64.3
1966	$612	$64.3
1967	$633	$64.8
1968	$591	$64.8
1969	$642	$67.1
1970	$748	$67.4
1971	$809	$72.4
1972	$971	$74
1973	$972	$107
1974	$1,193	$128.7
1975	$1,417	$123.2
1976	$1,450	$117.8
1977	$1,569	$149.9
1978	$1,262	$200.8
1979	$1,144	$212.4
1980	$1,249	$307
1981	$1,370	$299.8
1982	$1,494	$233.9
1983	$1,619	$252
1984	$1,048	$211
1985	$917	$165.4
1986	$1,191	$191.4
1987	$1,411	$236.5
1988	$1,632	$270.4
1989	$1,865	$279
1990	$1,930	$330
1991	$1,710	$382
1992	$1,458	$444
1993	$2,221	$439
1994	$2,203	$456
1995	$2,631	$513
1996	$2,929	$480
1997	$3,297	$502
1998	$3,419	$465
1999	$3,432	$456
2000	$3,453	$443
2001	$3,504	$413
2002	$3,681	$389
2003	$3,550	$583
2004	$3,808	$767
2005	$4,184	$861
2006	$4,417	$925
2007	$4,716	$861
2008	$5,030	$898
2009	$4,428	$879
2010	$4,810	$1,119
2011	$5,233	$1,281
2012	$5,341	$1,218
2013	$5,124	$1,151
2014	$4,975	$1,174
2015	$5,063	$1,121
2016	$5,010	$992
2017	$5,259	$1,069
2018	$5,578	$1,171
2019	$5,607	$1,082
2020	$4,879	$919
2021	$5,165	$1,067
2022	$6,022	$1,030
2023	$6,840	$916
2024	$7,020	$972

Jamaica vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Lesotho
1950	56.6	44.6
1951	57.1	45.2
1952	58.1	45.9
1953	58.9	46.6
1954	59.6	47.3
1955	60.4	48
1956	61.2	48.6
1957	61.9	49.2
1958	62.6	49.6
1959	63.2	49.9
1960	63.8	50.2
1961	64.3	50.3
1962	64.6	50.3
1963	65	50.3
1964	65.3	50.3
1965	65.7	50.3
1966	65.9	50.4
1967	66.1	50.5
1968	66.3	50.8
1969	66.5	51.1
1970	66.7	51.5
1971	67	51.8
1972	67.3	52.3
1973	67.6	52.6
1974	67.9	52.9
1975	68.2	53.5
1976	68.4	53.9
1977	68.6	54.5
1978	68.7	55.2
1979	68.8	55.8
1980	69	56.5
1981	69.1	57.3
1982	69.3	58
1983	69.5	58.5
1984	69.8	59
1985	70.1	59.2
1986	70.4	59.3
1987	70.9	59.6
1988	71.2	59.6
1989	71.5	59.5
1990	71.7	59.3
1991	71.8	59.1
1992	71.8	58.6
1993	71.8	58.1
1994	71.6	57.3
1995	71.5	56.4
1996	71.3	55.1
1997	71.2	53.7
1998	71.2	52
1999	71.2	50.4
2000	71.3	48.8
2001	71.3	47.2
2002	71.5	46
2003	71.6	44.9
2004	71.5	44
2005	71.5	43.6
2006	71.4	43.2
2007	71.4	43.7
2008	71.5	44.3
2009	71.7	45.1
2010	72	46
2011	72.2	46.9
2012	72.4	48.2
2013	72.4	49.5
2014	72.4	50.8
2015	72.2	51.8
2016	72.1	52.9
2017	71.9	53.9
2018	71.6	54.6
2019	71.5	55.2
2020	71.5	55.1
2021	69.1	54.2
2022	71.5	56.8
2023	71.5	57.4
2024	71.6	57.8
2025	71.7	58.2

Jamaica and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Lesotho
1960	1,650,005	736,500
1961	1,673,261	758,824
1962	1,696,932	781,814
1963	1,721,099	805,373
1964	1,745,568	829,437
1965	1,769,192	854,090
1966	1,791,475	881,870
1967	1,812,865	913,982
1968	1,833,765	948,105
1969	1,855,127	983,202
1970	1,878,196	1,019,273
1971	1,903,728	1,056,246
1972	1,931,542	1,094,063
1973	1,961,219	1,132,697
1974	1,990,906	1,172,420
1975	2,018,981	1,213,643
1976	2,045,578	1,253,214
1977	2,070,657	1,289,967
1978	2,094,836	1,327,240
1979	2,119,486	1,366,169
1980	2,145,658	1,406,521
1981	2,173,818	1,448,069
1982	2,203,889	1,490,732
1983	2,234,832	1,534,413
1984	2,264,562	1,578,986
1985	2,290,656	1,624,379
1986	2,312,125	1,666,138
1987	2,329,813	1,703,390
1988	2,345,777	1,739,841
1989	2,361,916	1,775,436
1990	2,379,877	1,809,696
1991	2,400,869	1,842,379
1992	2,424,701	1,873,274
1993	2,449,916	1,901,793
1994	2,475,220	1,927,707
1995	2,500,151	1,951,437
1996	2,524,463	1,972,418
1997	2,547,848	1,988,130
1998	2,569,736	1,998,049
1999	2,589,795	2,003,234
2000	2,607,826	2,003,913
2001	2,624,403	2,000,853
2002	2,640,572	1,994,679
2003	2,656,623	1,985,059
2004	2,672,225	1,971,129
2005	2,687,066	1,953,076
2006	2,700,968	1,945,063
2007	2,713,800	1,953,268
2008	2,725,635	1,966,541
2009	2,736,995	1,980,883
2010	2,748,568	1,996,251
2011	2,760,494	2,014,009
2012	2,772,430	2,034,354
2013	2,783,687	2,056,504
2014	2,793,749	2,080,089
2015	2,802,534	2,104,611
2016	2,809,915	2,130,422
2017	2,815,764	2,157,110
2018	2,820,097	2,183,603
2019	2,823,271	2,209,405
2020	2,830,739	2,235,727
2021	2,837,682	2,261,542
2022	2,839,144	2,286,110
2023	2,839,786	2,311,472
2024	2,839,175	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Lesotho
1960	5.54	5.78
1961	5.6	5.79
1962	5.64	5.79
1963	5.73	5.78
1964	5.79	5.77
1965	5.72	5.77
1966	5.69	5.76
1967	5.67	5.75
1968	5.58	5.73
1969	5.47	5.7
1970	5.35	5.7
1971	5.21	5.7
1972	5.06	5.69
1973	5	5.69
1974	4.67	5.75
1975	4.44	5.83
1976	4.21	5.87
1977	4	5.85
1978	3.84	5.82
1979	3.72	5.79
1980	3.59	5.75
1981	3.51	5.69
1982	3.46	5.63
1983	3.41	5.56
1984	3.32	5.48
1985	3.21	5.4
1986	3.11	5.32
1987	3.02	5.22
1988	2.98	5.1
1989	2.93	4.96
1990	2.96	4.81
1991	3	4.68
1992	3.03	4.54
1993	2.99	4.37
1994	2.93	4.21
1995	2.85	4.13
1996	2.77	4.06
1997	2.68	3.98
1998	2.57	3.82
1999	2.47	3.67
2000	2.35	3.61
2001	2.3	3.63
2002	2.27	3.68
2003	2.24	3.62
2004	2.2	3.51
2005	2.15	3.43
2006	2.09	3.41
2007	2.02	3.44
2008	1.95	3.39
2009	1.88	3.31
2010	1.8	3.25
2011	1.72	3.34
2012	1.65	3.3
2013	1.59	3.28
2014	1.54	3.24
2015	1.51	3.22
2016	1.46	3.18
2017	1.43	3.11
2018	1.4	3.02
2019	1.39	2.92
2020	1.38	2.85
2021	1.38	2.77
2022	1.37	2.72
2023	1.36	2.69

Jamaica and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Lesotho
1960	19.8	17.5
1961	19.5	17.4
1962	19.3	17.4
1963	19	17.4
1964	18.8	17.5
1965	18.5	17.5
1966	18.3	17.5
1967	18.1	17.6
1968	17.9	17.8
1969	17.8	18
1970	17.7	18.2
1971	17.7	18.3
1972	17.8	18.5
1973	17.9	18.6
1974	18	18.8
1975	18.2	18.9
1976	18.4	19
1977	18.6	19
1978	18.9	18.9
1979	19.1	18.8
1980	19.4	18.8
1981	19.6	18.7
1982	19.9	18.6
1983	20.1	18.6
1984	20.4	18.5
1985	20.6	18.4
1986	20.8	18.6
1987	21.1	18.7
1988	21.3	18.6
1989	21.6	18.5
1990	21.8	18.4
1991	22	18.4
1992	22.2	18.4
1993	22.3	18.4
1994	22.4	18.5
1995	22.5	18.6
1996	22.6	18.6
1997	22.7	18.8
1998	22.9	18.9
1999	23.1	19.1
2000	23.3	19.2
2001	23.6	19.4
2002	23.8	19.5
2003	24.1	19.7
2004	24.4	19.8
2005	24.6	19.9
2006	24.9	20
2007	25.3	20.2
2008	25.7	20.4
2009	26.1	20.6
2010	26.5	20.7
2011	27	20.9
2012	27.4	21
2013	27.9	21.1
2014	28.3	21.2
2015	28.8	21.3
2016	29.3	21.4
2017	29.8	21.6
2018	30.3	21.7
2019	30.8	21.8
2020	31.3	22
2021	31.7	22.1
2022	32.2	22.3
2023	32.8	22.5
2024	33.3	22.7

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