Japan vs Lesotho statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 61st vs. 137th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Japan and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Japan and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Japan

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Lesotho
1960	$47,419,238,274	$34,579,986
1961	$57,266,758,180	$35,699,986
1962	$64,987,857,542	$41,859,983
1963	$74,379,284,603	$47,039,981
1964	$87,490,590,818	$51,939,979
1965	$97,338,107,606	$54,879,978
1966	$113,046,784,179	$56,699,977
1967	$132,475,614,227	$59,261,976
1968	$156,897,496,759	$61,445,975
1969	$184,298,841,305	$65,967,974
1970	$217,223,652,719	$68,739,973
1971	$245,364,056,622	$76,480,285
1972	$324,933,841,269	$80,913,200
1973	$441,460,582,536	$121,188,716
1974	$490,035,789,970	$150,851,317
1975	$532,861,438,885	$149,558,896
1976	$598,883,902,156	$147,660,037
1977	$737,069,290,928	$193,315,048
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$266,570,067
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$290,134,593
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$431,542,537
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$434,188,034
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$348,741,684
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$386,699,309
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$333,163,670
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$268,629,926
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$318,858,423
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$402,768,324
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$470,395,801
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$495,409,233
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$596,410,264
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$704,325,367
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$831,029,862
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$835,582,062
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$878,250,945
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$1,001,894,000
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$946,112,493
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$998,004,259
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$928,460,893
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$912,773,681
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$887,291,688
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$825,706,961
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$775,777,239
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$1,157,825,435
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$1,511,236,656
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$1,682,343,527
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$1,800,092,564
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$1,682,131,785
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$1,766,902,709
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$1,740,894,965
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$2,234,754,242
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$2,579,409,620
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$2,477,702,216
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$2,367,112,932
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$2,441,063,054
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$2,359,686,725
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$2,114,426,452
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$2,306,741,672
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$2,556,247,292
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$2,390,702,296
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$2,053,699,870
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$2,412,130,022
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$2,354,980,884
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$2,117,962,430
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$2,271,541,846

Japan and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Lesotho
1960	$509	$47
1961	$609	$47
1962	$685	$53.5
1963	$776	$58.4
1964	$903	$62.6
1965	$994	$64.3
1966	$1,144	$64.3
1967	$1,326	$64.8
1968	$1,553	$64.8
1969	$1,803	$67.1
1970	$2,101	$67.4
1971	$2,321	$72.4
1972	$3,031	$74
1973	$4,061	$107
1974	$4,448	$128.7
1975	$4,776	$123.2
1976	$5,310	$117.8
1977	$6,473	$149.9
1978	$9,012	$200.8
1979	$9,301	$212.4
1980	$9,669	$307
1981	$10,583	$299.8
1982	$9,780	$233.9
1983	$10,652	$252
1984	$11,207	$211
1985	$11,809	$165.4
1986	$17,452	$191.4
1987	$21,142	$236.5
1988	$25,500	$270.4
1989	$25,266	$279
1990	$25,801	$330
1991	$29,428	$382
1992	$31,993	$444
1993	$36,345	$439
1994	$39,934	$456
1995	$44,198	$513
1996	$39,150	$480
1997	$35,638	$502
1998	$32,424	$465
1999	$36,610	$456
2000	$39,169	$443
2001	$34,406	$413
2002	$32,821	$389
2003	$35,387	$583
2004	$38,299	$767
2005	$37,813	$861
2006	$35,992	$925
2007	$35,779	$861
2008	$39,876	$898
2009	$41,309	$879
2010	$44,968	$1,119
2011	$48,760	$1,281
2012	$49,145	$1,218
2013	$40,899	$1,151
2014	$38,475	$1,174
2015	$34,961	$1,121
2016	$39,375	$992
2017	$38,834	$1,069
2018	$39,751	$1,171
2019	$40,416	$1,082
2020	$40,029	$919
2021	$40,095	$1,067
2022	$34,066	$1,030
2023	$33,836	$916
2024	$32,476	$972

Japan vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Lesotho
1950	59.3	44.6
1951	61	45.2
1952	63	45.9
1953	63.3	46.6
1954	64.5	47.3
1955	65.7	48
1956	65.6	48.6
1957	65.4	49.2
1958	67	49.6
1959	67.5	49.9
1960	67.7	50.2
1961	68.4	50.3
1962	68.7	50.3
1963	69.7	50.3
1964	70.2	50.3
1965	70.3	50.3
1966	71.1	50.4
1967	71.4	50.5
1968	71.7	50.8
1969	71.9	51.1
1970	72	51.5
1971	72.8	51.8
1972	73.3	52.3
1973	73.4	52.6
1974	73.8	52.9
1975	74.4	53.5
1976	74.8	53.9
1977	75.3	54.5
1978	75.7	55.2
1979	76.2	55.8
1980	76.1	56.5
1981	76.6	57.3
1982	77.1	58
1983	77.1	58.5
1984	77.5	59
1985	77.8	59.2
1986	78.2	59.3
1987	78.6	59.6
1988	78.5	59.6
1989	79	59.5
1990	79	59.3
1991	79.3	59.1
1992	79.3	58.6
1993	79.4	58.1
1994	79.8	57.3
1995	79.7	56.4
1996	80.4	55.1
1997	80.6	53.7
1998	80.6	52
1999	80.6	50.4
2000	81.2	48.8
2001	81.5	47.2
2002	81.8	46
2003	81.9	44.9
2004	82.1	44
2005	82	43.6
2006	82.4	43.2
2007	82.5	43.7
2008	82.6	44.3
2009	83	45.1
2010	82.9	46
2011	82.7	46.9
2012	83.2	48.2
2013	83.4	49.5
2014	83.6	50.8
2015	83.9	51.8
2016	84.1	52.9
2017	84.2	53.9
2018	84.3	54.6
2019	84.4	55.2
2020	84.7	55.1
2021	84.6	54.2
2022	84.1	56.8
2023	84.7	57.4
2024	84.9	57.8
2025	85	58.2

Japan and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Lesotho
1960	93,216,000	736,500
1961	94,055,000	758,824
1962	94,933,000	781,814
1963	95,900,000	805,373
1964	96,903,000	829,437
1965	97,952,000	854,090
1966	98,851,000	881,870
1967	99,879,000	913,982
1968	101,011,000	948,105
1969	102,219,000	983,202
1970	103,403,000	1,019,273
1971	105,697,000	1,056,246
1972	107,188,000	1,094,063
1973	108,707,000	1,132,697
1974	110,162,000	1,172,420
1975	111,573,000	1,213,643
1976	112,775,000	1,253,214
1977	113,872,000	1,289,967
1978	114,913,000	1,327,240
1979	115,890,000	1,366,169
1980	116,807,000	1,406,521
1981	117,661,000	1,448,069
1982	118,480,000	1,490,732
1983	119,307,000	1,534,413
1984	120,083,000	1,578,986
1985	120,837,000	1,624,379
1986	121,482,000	1,666,138
1987	122,069,000	1,703,390
1988	122,578,000	1,739,841
1989	123,069,000	1,775,436
1990	123,478,000	1,809,696
1991	123,964,000	1,842,379
1992	124,425,000	1,873,274
1993	124,829,000	1,901,793
1994	125,178,000	1,927,707
1995	125,472,000	1,951,437
1996	125,757,000	1,972,418
1997	126,057,000	1,988,130
1998	126,400,000	1,998,049
1999	126,631,000	2,003,234
2000	126,843,000	2,003,913
2001	127,149,000	2,000,853
2002	127,445,000	1,994,679
2003	127,718,000	1,985,059
2004	127,761,000	1,971,129
2005	127,773,000	1,953,076
2006	127,854,000	1,945,063
2007	128,001,000	1,953,268
2008	128,063,000	1,966,541
2009	128,047,000	1,980,883
2010	128,070,000	1,996,251
2011	127,833,000	2,014,009
2012	127,629,000	2,034,354
2013	127,445,000	2,056,504
2014	127,276,000	2,080,089
2015	127,141,000	2,104,611
2016	127,076,000	2,130,422
2017	126,972,000	2,157,110
2018	126,811,000	2,183,603
2019	126,633,000	2,209,405
2020	126,261,000	2,235,727
2021	125,681,593	2,261,542
2022	125,124,989	2,286,110
2023	124,516,650	2,311,472
2024	123,975,371	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Japan and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Japan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Lesotho
1960	2	5.78
1961	1.96	5.79
1962	1.98	5.79
1963	2	5.78
1964	2.05	5.77
1965	2.14	5.77
1966	1.58	5.76
1967	2.23	5.75
1968	2.13	5.73
1969	2.13	5.7
1970	2.13	5.7
1971	2.16	5.7
1972	2.14	5.69
1973	2.14	5.69
1974	2.05	5.75
1975	1.91	5.83
1976	1.85	5.87
1977	1.8	5.85
1978	1.79	5.82
1979	1.77	5.79
1980	1.75	5.75
1981	1.74	5.69
1982	1.77	5.63
1983	1.8	5.56
1984	1.81	5.48
1985	1.76	5.4
1986	1.72	5.32
1987	1.69	5.22
1988	1.66	5.1
1989	1.57	4.96
1990	1.54	4.81
1991	1.53	4.68
1992	1.5	4.54
1993	1.46	4.37
1994	1.5	4.21
1995	1.42	4.13
1996	1.43	4.06
1997	1.39	3.98
1998	1.38	3.82
1999	1.34	3.67
2000	1.36	3.61
2001	1.33	3.63
2002	1.32	3.68
2003	1.29	3.62
2004	1.29	3.51
2005	1.26	3.43
2006	1.32	3.41
2007	1.34	3.44
2008	1.37	3.39
2009	1.37	3.31
2010	1.39	3.25
2011	1.39	3.34
2012	1.41	3.3
2013	1.43	3.28
2014	1.42	3.24
2015	1.45	3.22
2016	1.44	3.18
2017	1.43	3.11
2018	1.42	3.02
2019	1.36	2.92
2020	1.33	2.85
2021	1.3	2.77
2022	1.26	2.72
2023	1.2	2.69

Japan and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Lesotho
1960	25.8	17.5
1961	26.2	17.4
1962	26.5	17.4
1963	26.9	17.4
1964	27.2	17.5
1965	27.6	17.5
1966	28	17.5
1967	28.4	17.6
1968	28.6	17.8
1969	28.9	18
1970	29.2	18.2
1971	29.6	18.3
1972	29.9	18.5
1973	30.2	18.6
1974	30.4	18.8
1975	30.6	18.9
1976	30.9	19
1977	31.5	19
1978	32	18.9
1979	32.4	18.8
1980	32.8	18.8
1981	33.1	18.7
1982	33.7	18.6
1983	34.3	18.6
1984	34.9	18.5
1985	35.4	18.4
1986	35.9	18.6
1987	36.3	18.7
1988	36.8	18.6
1989	37.2	18.5
1990	37.7	18.4
1991	38.2	18.4
1992	38.7	18.4
1993	39.2	18.4
1994	39.6	18.5
1995	40	18.6
1996	40.3	18.6
1997	40.7	18.8
1998	41	18.9
1999	41.4	19.1
2000	41.8	19.2
2001	42.1	19.4
2002	42.5	19.5
2003	42.8	19.7
2004	43.2	19.8
2005	43.6	19.9
2006	43.9	20
2007	44.2	20.2
2008	44.6	20.4
2009	44.9	20.6
2010	45.2	20.7
2011	45.5	20.9
2012	45.8	21
2013	46.2	21.1
2014	46.6	21.2
2015	47	21.3
2016	47.3	21.4
2017	47.6	21.6
2018	48	21.7
2019	48.3	21.8
2020	48.7	22
2021	49.1	22.1
2022	49.5	22.3
2023	50	22.5
2024	50.4	22.7

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