Kenya vs Lesotho statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 45th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Kenya and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Lesotho
1960	$791,265,459	$34,579,986
1961	$792,959,473	$35,699,986
1962	$868,111,401	$41,859,983
1963	$926,589,349	$47,039,981
1964	$998,759,334	$51,939,979
1965	$997,919,321	$54,879,978
1966	$1,164,519,674	$56,699,977
1967	$1,232,559,507	$59,261,976
1968	$1,353,295,459	$61,445,975
1969	$1,458,379,417	$65,967,974
1970	$1,603,447,359	$68,739,973
1971	$1,778,391,289	$76,480,285
1972	$2,107,279,157	$80,913,200
1973	$2,509,001,324	$121,188,716
1974	$2,969,958,812	$150,851,317
1975	$3,259,345,083	$149,558,896
1976	$3,474,542,392	$147,660,037
1977	$4,494,378,764	$193,315,048
1978	$5,303,735,111	$266,570,067
1979	$6,234,391,113	$290,134,593
1980	$7,265,315,820	$431,542,537
1981	$6,854,491,706	$434,188,034
1982	$6,431,579,357	$348,741,684
1983	$5,979,198,314	$386,699,309
1984	$6,191,437,070	$333,163,670
1985	$6,135,034,214	$268,629,926
1986	$7,239,126,568	$318,858,423
1987	$7,970,820,369	$402,768,324
1988	$8,355,380,879	$470,395,801
1989	$8,283,114,514	$495,409,233
1990	$8,572,359,038	$596,410,264
1991	$8,151,488,783	$704,325,367
1992	$8,209,120,763	$831,029,862
1993	$5,751,786,643	$835,582,062
1994	$7,148,148,564	$878,250,945
1995	$9,046,320,255	$1,001,894,000
1996	$12,045,865,396	$946,112,493
1997	$13,115,764,358	$998,004,259
1998	$14,093,998,844	$928,460,893
1999	$12,896,010,459	$912,773,681
2000	$12,705,350,098	$887,291,688
2001	$12,986,007,426	$825,706,961
2002	$13,147,736,899	$775,777,239
2003	$14,904,517,650	$1,157,825,435
2004	$16,095,337,094	$1,511,236,656
2005	$18,737,895,513	$1,682,343,527
2006	$25,825,512,284	$1,800,092,564
2007	$31,958,195,182	$1,682,131,785
2008	$35,895,153,328	$1,766,902,709
2009	$42,347,217,913	$1,740,894,965
2010	$45,405,615,064	$2,234,754,242
2011	$46,869,473,151	$2,579,409,620
2012	$56,396,704,672	$2,477,702,216
2013	$61,671,440,408	$2,367,112,932
2014	$68,285,796,514	$2,441,063,054
2015	$70,120,446,897	$2,359,686,725
2016	$74,815,144,164	$2,114,426,452
2017	$82,036,510,877	$2,306,741,672
2018	$92,202,979,985	$2,556,247,292
2019	$100,378,436,207	$2,390,702,296
2020	$100,657,505,751	$2,053,699,870
2021	$109,703,658,905	$2,412,130,022
2022	$114,448,978,153	$2,354,980,884
2023	$108,038,588,971	$2,117,962,430
2024	$124,498,691,699	$2,271,541,846

Kenya and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Lesotho
1960	$102.8	$47
1961	$99.3	$47
1962	$104.6	$53.5
1963	$107.4	$58.4
1964	$111.3	$62.6
1965	$106.9	$64.3
1966	$119.8	$64.3
1967	$121.9	$64.8
1968	$128.7	$64.8
1969	$133.3	$67.1
1970	$141	$67.4
1971	$150.9	$72.4
1972	$172.6	$74
1973	$198.6	$107
1974	$227.2	$128.7
1975	$241.2	$123.2
1976	$248.9	$117.8
1977	$311	$149.9
1978	$355	$200.8
1979	$403	$212.4
1980	$454	$307
1981	$413	$299.8
1982	$374	$233.9
1983	$335	$252
1984	$334	$211
1985	$320	$165.4
1986	$364	$191.4
1987	$387	$236.5
1988	$391	$270.4
1989	$374	$279
1990	$374	$330
1991	$345	$382
1992	$337	$444
1993	$229	$439
1994	$276.4	$456
1995	$340	$513
1996	$441	$480
1997	$467	$502
1998	$488	$465
1999	$434	$456
2000	$415	$443
2001	$411	$413
2002	$403	$389
2003	$443	$583
2004	$464	$767
2005	$523	$861
2006	$700	$925
2007	$840	$861
2008	$916	$898
2009	$1,048	$879
2010	$1,092	$1,119
2011	$1,096	$1,281
2012	$1,285	$1,218
2013	$1,371	$1,151
2014	$1,483	$1,174
2015	$1,489	$1,121
2016	$1,554	$992
2017	$1,667	$1,069
2018	$1,836	$1,171
2019	$1,960	$1,082
2020	$1,928	$919
2021	$2,061	$1,067
2022	$2,110	$1,030
2023	$1,952	$916
2024	$2,206	$972

Kenya vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Lesotho
1950	36.9	44.6
1951	38	45.2
1952	38.6	45.9
1953	39.8	46.6
1954	41	47.3
1955	42.3	48
1956	43.5	48.6
1957	45.3	49.2
1958	46.5	49.6
1959	47.5	49.9
1960	48.5	50.2
1961	49.3	50.3
1962	50.1	50.3
1963	50.8	50.3
1964	51.3	50.3
1965	51.9	50.3
1966	52.4	50.4
1967	52.8	50.5
1968	53.3	50.8
1969	53.7	51.1
1970	54.1	51.5
1971	54.5	51.8
1972	55	52.3
1973	55.5	52.6
1974	56	52.9
1975	56.6	53.5
1976	57.2	53.9
1977	57.7	54.5
1978	58.2	55.2
1979	58.7	55.8
1980	59.2	56.5
1981	59.6	57.3
1982	59.9	58
1983	60.3	58.5
1984	60.6	59
1985	60.9	59.2
1986	60.8	59.3
1987	60.7	59.6
1988	60.3	59.6
1989	60	59.5
1990	58.3	59.3
1991	57.8	59.1
1992	57.1	58.6
1993	56.7	58.1
1994	56.1	57.3
1995	55.9	56.4
1996	55.6	55.1
1997	55.5	53.7
1998	55.6	52
1999	55.9	50.4
2000	56.1	48.8
2001	56.5	47.2
2002	56.8	46
2003	57.4	44.9
2004	57.9	44
2005	58.5	43.6
2006	59.1	43.2
2007	59.4	43.7
2008	60	44.3
2009	60.5	45.1
2010	60.9	46
2011	61.3	46.9
2012	61.5	48.2
2013	61.7	49.5
2014	62	50.8
2015	62.3	51.8
2016	62.5	52.9
2017	62.7	53.9
2018	62.8	54.6
2019	62.9	55.2
2020	61.6	55.1
2021	61.2	54.2
2022	63.5	56.8
2023	63.6	57.4
2024	63.8	57.8
2025	64	58.2

Kenya and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Lesotho
1960	7,695,307	736,500
1961	7,987,770	758,824
1962	8,299,308	781,814
1963	8,627,971	805,373
1964	8,973,535	829,437
1965	9,338,078	854,090
1966	9,717,816	881,870
1967	10,111,057	913,982
1968	10,518,823	948,105
1969	10,939,695	983,202
1970	11,368,791	1,019,273
1971	11,788,904	1,056,246
1972	12,206,060	1,094,063
1973	12,634,835	1,132,697
1974	13,070,078	1,172,420
1975	13,511,671	1,213,643
1976	13,957,623	1,253,214
1977	14,428,819	1,289,967
1978	14,934,126	1,327,240
1979	15,460,666	1,366,169
1980	16,018,459	1,406,521
1981	16,601,507	1,448,069
1982	17,206,175	1,490,732
1983	17,846,374	1,534,413
1984	18,514,906	1,578,986
1985	19,201,768	1,624,379
1986	19,901,646	1,666,138
1987	20,616,096	1,703,390
1988	21,356,219	1,739,841
1989	22,118,434	1,775,436
1990	22,892,651	1,809,696
1991	23,646,514	1,842,379
1992	24,382,460	1,873,274
1993	25,117,188	1,901,793
1994	25,857,130	1,927,707
1995	26,601,751	1,951,437
1996	27,344,211	1,972,418
1997	28,101,768	1,988,130
1998	28,888,057	1,998,049
1999	29,733,408	2,003,234
2000	30,642,890	2,003,913
2001	31,619,170	2,000,853
2002	32,629,808	1,994,679
2003	33,652,223	1,985,059
2004	34,713,455	1,971,129
2005	35,796,484	1,953,076
2006	36,904,008	1,945,063
2007	38,036,349	1,953,268
2008	39,206,351	1,966,541
2009	40,408,891	1,980,883
2010	41,598,567	1,996,251
2011	42,758,461	2,014,009
2012	43,888,303	2,034,354
2013	44,986,791	2,056,504
2014	46,051,440	2,080,089
2015	47,088,526	2,104,611
2016	48,139,687	2,130,422
2017	49,197,766	2,157,110
2018	50,207,107	2,183,603
2019	51,202,827	2,209,405
2020	52,217,334	2,235,727
2021	53,219,166	2,261,542
2022	54,252,461	2,286,110
2023	55,339,003	2,311,472
2024	56,432,944	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Kenya and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Kenya

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Lesotho
1960	7.65	5.78
1961	7.72	5.79
1962	7.77	5.79
1963	7.82	5.78
1964	7.87	5.77
1965	7.92	5.77
1966	7.96	5.76
1967	7.95	5.75
1968	7.95	5.73
1969	7.95	5.7
1970	7.94	5.7
1971	7.92	5.7
1972	7.89	5.69
1973	7.86	5.69
1974	7.82	5.75
1975	7.8	5.83
1976	7.77	5.87
1977	7.73	5.85
1978	7.67	5.82
1979	7.6	5.79
1980	7.53	5.75
1981	7.45	5.69
1982	7.35	5.63
1983	7.22	5.56
1984	7.08	5.48
1985	6.96	5.4
1986	6.84	5.32
1987	6.69	5.22
1988	6.52	5.1
1989	6.33	4.96
1990	6.14	4.81
1991	5.94	4.68
1992	5.74	4.54
1993	5.57	4.37
1994	5.44	4.21
1995	5.37	4.13
1996	5.31	4.06
1997	5.27	3.98
1998	5.24	3.82
1999	5.18	3.67
2000	5.14	3.61
2001	5.09	3.63
2002	5.03	3.68
2003	4.94	3.62
2004	4.86	3.51
2005	4.8	3.43
2006	4.75	3.41
2007	4.72	3.44
2008	4.66	3.39
2009	4.57	3.31
2010	4.45	3.25
2011	4.28	3.34
2012	4.12	3.3
2013	3.96	3.28
2014	3.84	3.24
2015	3.77	3.22
2016	3.69	3.18
2017	3.61	3.11
2018	3.54	3.02
2019	3.43	2.92
2020	3.36	2.85
2021	3.31	2.77
2022	3.26	2.72
2023	3.21	2.69

Kenya and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Lesotho
1960	15.7	17.5
1961	15.5	17.4
1962	15.3	17.4
1963	15.2	17.4
1964	15.1	17.5
1965	14.9	17.5
1966	14.8	17.5
1967	14.6	17.6
1968	14.5	17.8
1969	14.5	18
1970	14.4	18.2
1971	14.4	18.3
1972	14.3	18.5
1973	14.3	18.6
1974	14.3	18.8
1975	14.3	18.9
1976	14.3	19
1977	14.3	19
1978	14.3	18.9
1979	14.4	18.8
1980	14.5	18.8
1981	14.5	18.7
1982	14.6	18.6
1983	14.7	18.6
1984	14.8	18.5
1985	14.9	18.4
1986	15	18.6
1987	15	18.7
1988	15.1	18.6
1989	15.2	18.5
1990	15.3	18.4
1991	15.5	18.4
1992	15.6	18.4
1993	15.7	18.4
1994	15.9	18.5
1995	16	18.6
1996	16.1	18.6
1997	16.2	18.8
1998	16.4	18.9
1999	16.5	19.1
2000	16.7	19.2
2001	16.8	19.4
2002	17	19.5
2003	17.1	19.7
2004	17.3	19.8
2005	17.4	19.9
2006	17.5	20
2007	17.6	20.2
2008	17.7	20.4
2009	17.8	20.6
2010	17.9	20.7
2011	18.1	20.9
2012	18.2	21
2013	18.4	21.1
2014	18.5	21.2
2015	18.7	21.3
2016	18.9	21.4
2017	19.1	21.6
2018	19.3	21.7
2019	19.6	21.8
2020	19.8	22
2021	20	22.1
2022	20.3	22.3
2023	20.6	22.5
2024	20.8	22.7

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