Lesotho vs Libya statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 137th vs. 16th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Lesotho and Libya: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Libya economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Libya
1960	$34,579,986	$401,644,249
1961	$35,699,986	$443,905,612
1962	$41,859,983	$619,725,785
1963	$47,039,981	$892,327,911
1964	$51,939,979	$1,341,395,421
1965	$54,879,978	$1,804,979,680
1966	$56,699,977	$2,312,438,536
1967	$59,261,976	$2,726,986,913
1968	$61,445,975	$3,850,623,095
1969	$65,967,974	$4,380,987,481
1970	$68,739,973	$4,601,649,451
1971	$76,480,285	$5,260,185,125
1972	$80,913,200	$6,299,395,544
1973	$121,188,716	$8,625,889,430
1974	$150,851,317	$15,112,543,717
1975	$149,558,896	$14,710,912,458
1976	$147,660,037	$19,096,943,017
1977	$193,315,048	$22,428,297,108
1978	$266,570,067	$22,136,422,643
1979	$290,134,593	$30,536,429,497
1980	$431,542,537	$40,953,924,949
1981	$434,188,034	$36,374,353,880
1982	$348,741,684	$33,760,146,991
1983	$386,699,309	$33,200,520,140
1984	$333,163,670	$29,476,109,153
1985	$268,629,926	$31,530,566,324
1986	$318,858,423	$24,180,400,959
1987	$402,768,324	$26,697,659,335
1988	$470,395,801	$24,308,959,591
1989	$495,409,233	$25,156,707,899
1990	$596,410,264	$28,904,183,602
1991	$704,325,367	$31,991,821,265
1992	$831,029,862	$33,887,047,909
1993	$835,582,062	$30,660,051,911
1994	$878,250,945	$28,610,549,763
1995	$1,001,894,000	$25,541,379,187
1996	$946,112,493	$27,884,615,385
1997	$998,004,259	$30,700,897,875
1998	$928,460,893	$27,251,301,398
1999	$912,773,681	$35,975,860,857
2000	$887,291,688	$38,270,954,138
2001	$825,706,961	$34,112,093,927
2002	$775,777,239	$20,481,889,764
2003	$1,157,825,435	$26,265,625,000
2004	$1,511,236,656	$33,122,307,692
2005	$1,682,343,527	$47,334,691,241
2006	$1,800,092,564	$60,094,231,607
2007	$1,682,131,785	$68,032,978,391
2008	$1,766,902,709	$86,710,767,415
2009	$1,740,894,965	$60,808,562,033
2010	$2,234,754,242	$75,380,825,062
2011	$2,579,409,620	$48,169,263,294
2012	$2,477,702,216	$92,540,938,129
2013	$2,367,112,932	$75,351,107,029
2014	$2,441,063,054	$57,372,355,592
2015	$2,359,686,725	$48,717,501,321
2016	$2,114,426,452	$49,912,073,701
2017	$2,306,741,672	$67,157,452,182
2018	$2,556,247,292	$76,686,029,772
2019	$2,390,702,296	$69,254,496,472
2020	$2,053,699,870	$46,854,285,441
2021	$2,412,130,022	$35,217,995,647
2022	$2,354,980,884	$43,246,297,922
2023	$2,117,962,430	$45,096,462,972
2024	$2,271,541,846	$46,636,278,902

Lesotho and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Libya
1960	$47	$269
1961	$47	$285.3
1962	$53.5	$382
1963	$58.4	$528
1964	$62.6	$765
1965	$64.3	$1,001
1966	$64.3	$1,251
1967	$64.8	$1,437
1968	$64.8	$1,972
1969	$67.1	$2,175
1970	$67.4	$2,210
1971	$72.4	$2,443
1972	$74	$2,830
1973	$107	$3,727
1974	$128.7	$6,214
1975	$123.2	$5,721
1976	$117.8	$7,018
1977	$149.9	$7,783
1978	$200.8	$7,252
1979	$212.4	$9,443
1980	$307	$11,960
1981	$299.8	$10,044
1982	$233.9	$9,064
1983	$252	$8,927
1984	$211	$7,811
1985	$165.4	$8,087
1986	$191.4	$6,019
1987	$236.5	$6,465
1988	$270.4	$5,736
1989	$279	$5,793
1990	$330	$6,502
1991	$382	$7,040
1992	$444	$7,303
1993	$439	$6,478
1994	$456	$5,933
1995	$513	$5,205
1996	$480	$5,591
1997	$502	$6,062
1998	$465	$5,301
1999	$456	$6,895
2000	$443	$7,214
2001	$413	$6,313
2002	$389	$3,718
2003	$583	$4,674
2004	$767	$5,774
2005	$861	$8,079
2006	$925	$10,049
2007	$861	$11,145
2008	$898	$13,906
2009	$879	$9,551
2010	$1,119	$11,601
2011	$1,281	$7,594
2012	$1,218	$14,976
2013	$1,151	$11,952
2014	$1,174	$8,926
2015	$1,121	$7,458
2016	$992	$7,526
2017	$1,069	$9,966
2018	$1,171	$11,197
2019	$1,082	$9,963
2020	$919	$6,650
2021	$1,067	$4,936
2022	$1,030	$5,987
2023	$916	$6,173
2024	$972	$6,318

Lesotho vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Libya
1950	44.6	33.1
1951	45.2	33.5
1952	45.9	33.8
1953	46.6	34.2
1954	47.3	34.7
1955	48	35.2
1956	48.6	36
1957	49.2	36.9
1958	49.6	38
1959	49.9	39.3
1960	50.2	40.8
1961	50.3	42.4
1962	50.3	44.1
1963	50.3	45.6
1964	50.3	47.7
1965	50.3	49.3
1966	50.4	50.9
1967	50.5	52.5
1968	50.8	53.8
1969	51.1	55.2
1970	51.5	56.4
1971	51.8	57.6
1972	52.3	58.7
1973	52.6	59.7
1974	52.9	60.7
1975	53.5	61.6
1976	53.9	62.4
1977	54.5	63.1
1978	55.2	63.8
1979	55.8	64.3
1980	56.5	64.8
1981	57.3	65.3
1982	58	65.8
1983	58.5	66.3
1984	59	66.7
1985	59.2	67.3
1986	59.3	67.8
1987	59.6	68.3
1988	59.6	68.6
1989	59.5	69
1990	59.3	69.3
1991	59.1	69.6
1992	58.6	70
1993	58.1	70.2
1994	57.3	70.5
1995	56.4	70.6
1996	55.1	70.7
1997	53.7	70.7
1998	52	70.7
1999	50.4	70.6
2000	48.8	70.5
2001	47.2	70.7
2002	46	70.8
2003	44.9	71
2004	44	71.2
2005	43.6	71.4
2006	43.2	71.6
2007	43.7	71.8
2008	44.3	71.9
2009	45.1	72.1
2010	46	72.2
2011	46.9	69.9
2012	48.2	72.2
2013	49.5	72.3
2014	50.8	71.3
2015	51.8	71.6
2016	52.9	71.8
2017	53.9	72.7
2018	54.6	73.2
2019	55.2	72.9
2020	55.1	72.4
2021	54.2	72.1
2022	56.8	74.5
2023	57.4	69.3
2024	57.8	71.1
2025	58.2	73.2

Lesotho and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Libya
1960	736,500	1,492,890
1961	758,824	1,555,699
1962	781,814	1,621,960
1963	805,373	1,690,457
1964	829,437	1,753,691
1965	854,090	1,804,015
1966	881,870	1,849,063
1967	913,982	1,898,199
1968	948,105	1,952,781
1969	983,202	2,014,293
1970	1,019,273	2,082,589
1971	1,056,246	2,153,534
1972	1,094,063	2,226,091
1973	1,132,697	2,314,193
1974	1,172,420	2,432,211
1975	1,213,643	2,571,556
1976	1,253,214	2,721,237
1977	1,289,967	2,881,533
1978	1,327,240	3,052,526
1979	1,366,169	3,233,846
1980	1,406,521	3,424,378
1981	1,448,069	3,621,486
1982	1,490,732	3,724,765
1983	1,534,413	3,718,961
1984	1,578,986	3,773,633
1985	1,624,379	3,898,745
1986	1,666,138	4,017,403
1987	1,703,390	4,129,739
1988	1,739,841	4,237,755
1989	1,775,436	4,342,920
1990	1,809,696	4,445,239
1991	1,842,379	4,544,400
1992	1,873,274	4,640,352
1993	1,901,793	4,733,045
1994	1,927,707	4,822,037
1995	1,951,437	4,906,843
1996	1,972,418	4,987,393
1997	1,988,130	5,064,639
1998	1,998,049	5,140,704
1999	2,003,234	5,218,038
2000	2,003,913	5,305,021
2001	2,000,853	5,403,639
2002	1,994,679	5,508,410
2003	1,985,059	5,619,398
2004	1,971,129	5,736,693
2005	1,953,076	5,858,798
2006	1,945,063	5,980,211
2007	1,953,268	6,104,380
2008	1,966,541	6,235,430
2009	1,980,883	6,366,686
2010	1,996,251	6,497,839
2011	2,014,009	6,343,203
2012	2,034,354	6,179,328
2013	2,056,504	6,304,628
2014	2,080,089	6,427,252
2015	2,104,611	6,531,819
2016	2,130,422	6,632,126
2017	2,157,110	6,738,770
2018	2,183,603	6,849,055
2019	2,209,405	6,951,033
2020	2,235,727	7,045,399
2021	2,261,542	7,135,175
2022	2,286,110	7,223,805
2023	2,311,472	7,305,659
2024	2,337,423	7,381,023

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Libya

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Libya
1960	5.78	7.51
1961	5.79	7.56
1962	5.79	7.61
1963	5.78	7.69
1964	5.77	7.75
1965	5.77	7.82
1966	5.76	7.89
1967	5.75	7.93
1968	5.73	7.97
1969	5.7	8.01
1970	5.7	8.05
1971	5.7	8.1
1972	5.69	8.07
1973	5.69	8.05
1974	5.75	8.02
1975	5.83	7.98
1976	5.87	7.93
1977	5.85	7.87
1978	5.82	7.79
1979	5.79	7.68
1980	5.75	7.54
1981	5.69	7.37
1982	5.63	7.16
1983	5.56	6.91
1984	5.48	6.62
1985	5.4	6.33
1986	5.32	6.02
1987	5.22	5.72
1988	5.1	5.41
1989	4.96	5.09
1990	4.81	4.78
1991	4.68	4.46
1992	4.54	4.16
1993	4.37	3.88
1994	4.21	3.65
1995	4.13	3.44
1996	4.06	3.26
1997	3.98	3.13
1998	3.82	3.04
1999	3.67	2.97
2000	3.61	2.91
2001	3.63	2.87
2002	3.68	2.83
2003	3.62	2.8
2004	3.51	2.77
2005	3.43	2.77
2006	3.41	2.7
2007	3.44	2.65
2008	3.39	2.6
2009	3.31	2.56
2010	3.25	2.6
2011	3.34	2.65
2012	3.3	2.68
2013	3.28	2.72
2014	3.24	2.75
2015	3.22	2.71
2016	3.18	2.67
2017	3.11	2.63
2018	3.02	2.58
2019	2.92	2.54
2020	2.85	2.51
2021	2.77	2.46
2022	2.72	2.4
2023	2.69	2.36

Lesotho and Libya demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Libya
1960	17.5	18.5
1961	17.4	18.2
1962	17.4	17.9
1963	17.4	17.5
1964	17.5	17.2
1965	17.5	16.7
1966	17.5	15.9
1967	17.6	15.3
1968	17.8	14.9
1969	18	14.7
1970	18.2	14.7
1971	18.3	14.7
1972	18.5	14.7
1973	18.6	14.9
1974	18.8	15.3
1975	18.9	15.5
1976	19	15.6
1977	19	15.8
1978	18.9	15.9
1979	18.8	15.9
1980	18.8	16
1981	18.7	16.1
1982	18.6	16.3
1983	18.6	16.5
1984	18.5	16.8
1985	18.4	17.1
1986	18.6	17.3
1987	18.7	17.6
1988	18.6	17.9
1989	18.5	18.2
1990	18.4	18.6
1991	18.4	18.9
1992	18.4	19.3
1993	18.4	19.7
1994	18.5	20.1
1995	18.6	20.6
1996	18.6	21.1
1997	18.8	21.5
1998	18.9	22
1999	19.1	22.4
2000	19.2	22.7
2001	19.4	22.9
2002	19.5	23.1
2003	19.7	23.2
2004	19.8	23.4
2005	19.9	23.6
2006	20	23.8
2007	20.2	24.2
2008	20.4	24.6
2009	20.6	25
2010	20.7	25.3
2011	20.9	25.5
2012	21	25.7
2013	21.1	25.9
2014	21.2	26.2
2015	21.3	26.4
2016	21.4	26.6
2017	21.6	26.8
2018	21.7	27
2019	21.8	27.2
2020	22	27.5
2021	22.1	27.7
2022	22.3	28
2023	22.5	28.2
2024	22.7	28.5

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