Lesotho vs Madagascar statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 32M in Madagascar (ranked 49/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 224,634 sq mi for Madagascar (ranked 137th vs. 44th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545).

Lesotho and Madagascar: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Madagascar economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Madagascar
1960	$34,579,986	$673,081,725
1961	$35,699,986	$699,161,945
1962	$41,859,983	$739,286,908
1963	$47,039,981	$759,345,864
1964	$51,939,979	$802,482,184
1965	$54,879,978	$833,563,473
1966	$56,699,977	$900,264,585
1967	$59,261,976	$956,436,932
1968	$61,445,975	$1,031,669,637
1969	$65,967,974	$1,056,391,056
1970	$68,739,973	$1,111,859,571
1971	$76,480,285	$1,199,507,631
1972	$80,913,200	$1,341,590,690
1973	$121,188,716	$1,653,062,335
1974	$150,851,317	$1,917,508,190
1975	$149,558,896	$2,283,049,215
1976	$147,660,037	$2,181,844,179
1977	$193,315,048	$2,358,930,406
1978	$266,570,067	$2,669,755,115
1979	$290,134,593	$3,463,565,854
1980	$431,542,537	$5,201,818,348
1981	$434,188,034	$4,759,333,998
1982	$348,741,684	$4,784,977,326
1983	$386,699,309	$4,686,457,031
1984	$333,163,670	$3,905,938,481
1985	$268,629,926	$3,802,557,895
1986	$318,858,423	$4,347,989,788
1987	$402,768,324	$3,212,900,556
1988	$470,395,801	$3,189,456,965
1989	$495,409,233	$3,175,638,333
1990	$596,410,264	$3,931,334,875
1991	$704,325,367	$3,254,713,056
1992	$831,029,862	$3,714,966,678
1993	$835,582,062	$4,063,298,919
1994	$878,250,945	$3,522,227,092
1995	$1,001,894,000	$3,838,100,904
1996	$946,112,493	$4,931,861,039
1997	$998,004,259	$4,262,965,420
1998	$928,460,893	$4,401,967,633
1999	$912,773,681	$4,277,903,780
2000	$887,291,688	$4,629,247,204
2001	$825,706,961	$5,438,332,602
2002	$775,777,239	$5,351,701,663
2003	$1,157,825,435	$6,372,498,890
2004	$1,511,236,656	$5,064,732,626
2005	$1,682,343,527	$5,859,269,753
2006	$1,800,092,564	$6,395,712,491
2007	$1,682,131,785	$8,524,620,890
2008	$1,766,902,709	$10,725,137,724
2009	$1,740,894,965	$9,616,879,409
2010	$2,234,754,242	$9,982,711,338
2011	$2,579,409,620	$11,551,819,618
2012	$2,477,702,216	$11,578,975,062
2013	$2,367,112,932	$12,423,555,455
2014	$2,441,063,054	$12,522,957,399
2015	$2,359,686,725	$11,323,020,701
2016	$2,114,426,452	$11,848,613,858
2017	$2,306,741,672	$13,176,313,594
2018	$2,556,247,292	$13,760,033,282
2019	$2,390,702,296	$14,104,664,679
2020	$2,053,699,870	$13,051,441,204
2021	$2,412,130,022	$14,354,731,964
2022	$2,354,980,884	$15,325,603,273
2023	$2,117,962,430	$15,869,945,478
2024	$2,271,541,846	$17,420,814,801

Lesotho and Madagascar economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Madagascar
1960	$47	$131.7
1961	$47	$133.3
1962	$53.5	$137.3
1963	$58.4	$137.4
1964	$62.6	$141.5
1965	$64.3	$143.2
1966	$64.3	$150.7
1967	$64.8	$155.9
1968	$64.8	$163.6
1969	$67.1	$162.9
1970	$67.4	$166.6
1971	$72.4	$174.6
1972	$74	$189.6
1973	$107	$226.8
1974	$128.7	$255.3
1975	$123.2	$295
1976	$117.8	$273.5
1977	$149.9	$286.9
1978	$200.8	$315
1979	$212.4	$396
1980	$307	$578
1981	$299.8	$513
1982	$233.9	$501
1983	$252	$476
1984	$211	$385
1985	$165.4	$364
1986	$191.4	$405
1987	$236.5	$290.8
1988	$270.4	$280.5
1989	$279	$271.3
1990	$330	$326
1991	$382	$262
1992	$444	$290.2
1993	$439	$308
1994	$456	$258.7
1995	$513	$273.1
1996	$480	$340
1997	$502	$284.4
1998	$465	$284.2
1999	$456	$267.4
2000	$443	$280.3
2001	$413	$319
2002	$389	$305
2003	$583	$353
2004	$767	$272.2
2005	$861	$306
2006	$925	$324
2007	$861	$420
2008	$898	$513
2009	$879	$446
2010	$1,119	$450
2011	$1,281	$506
2012	$1,218	$494
2013	$1,151	$515
2014	$1,174	$506
2015	$1,121	$445
2016	$992	$454
2017	$1,069	$492
2018	$1,171	$500
2019	$1,082	$500
2020	$919	$451
2021	$1,067	$483
2022	$1,030	$504
2023	$916	$509
2024	$972	$545

Lesotho vs. Madagascar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Madagascar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Madagascar
1950	44.6	39.7
1951	45.2	39.9
1952	45.9	40.3
1953	46.6	40.7
1954	47.3	40.9
1955	48	41.3
1956	48.6	41.7
1957	49.2	42.1
1958	49.6	42.5
1959	49.9	43
1960	50.2	43.3
1961	50.3	43.8
1962	50.3	44.2
1963	50.3	44.6
1964	50.3	45
1965	50.3	45.4
1966	50.4	46
1967	50.5	46.5
1968	50.8	46.9
1969	51.1	47.3
1970	51.5	47.9
1971	51.8	48.2
1972	52.3	48.5
1973	52.6	48.9
1974	52.9	49.3
1975	53.5	49.6
1976	53.9	49.8
1977	54.5	49.9
1978	55.2	50
1979	55.8	50.1
1980	56.5	50
1981	57.3	49.8
1982	58	50
1983	58.5	50.1
1984	59	50.2
1985	59.2	50.4
1986	59.3	50.7
1987	59.6	51.1
1988	59.6	51.4
1989	59.5	51.8
1990	59.3	52.1
1991	59.1	52.6
1992	58.6	52.9
1993	58.1	53.7
1994	57.3	54.2
1995	56.4	54.8
1996	55.1	55.5
1997	53.7	56.1
1998	52	56.8
1999	50.4	57.4
2000	48.8	58
2001	47.2	58.7
2002	46	59.2
2003	44.9	59.7
2004	44	60.2
2005	43.6	60.7
2006	43.2	61.1
2007	43.7	61.5
2008	44.3	62
2009	45.1	62.3
2010	46	62.6
2011	46.9	62.9
2012	48.2	63
2013	49.5	63.2
2014	50.8	63.3
2015	51.8	63.4
2016	52.9	63.4
2017	53.9	63.4
2018	54.6	63.5
2019	55.2	63.5
2020	55.1	62.7
2021	54.2	62.5
2022	56.8	63.1
2023	57.4	63.6
2024	57.8	63.8
2025	58.2	64

Lesotho and Madagascar population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Madagascar

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Madagascar
1960	736,500	5,111,029
1961	758,824	5,246,158
1962	781,814	5,384,150
1963	805,373	5,525,185
1964	829,437	5,669,863
1965	854,090	5,819,116
1966	881,870	5,974,279
1967	913,982	6,136,486
1968	948,105	6,306,493
1969	983,202	6,484,716
1970	1,019,273	6,672,003
1971	1,056,246	6,868,868
1972	1,094,063	7,074,398
1973	1,132,697	7,288,048
1974	1,172,420	7,509,726
1975	1,213,643	7,739,336
1976	1,253,214	7,976,831
1977	1,289,967	8,222,240
1978	1,327,240	8,475,864
1979	1,366,169	8,737,581
1980	1,406,521	9,006,032
1981	1,448,069	9,279,011
1982	1,490,732	9,557,671
1983	1,534,413	9,843,044
1984	1,578,986	10,134,550
1985	1,624,379	10,433,142
1986	1,666,138	10,736,857
1987	1,703,390	11,047,291
1988	1,739,841	11,369,462
1989	1,775,436	11,704,998
1990	1,809,696	12,055,639
1991	1,842,379	12,421,412
1992	1,873,274	12,800,870
1993	1,901,793	13,197,345
1994	1,927,707	13,613,850
1995	1,951,437	14,051,275
1996	1,972,418	14,510,711
1997	1,988,130	14,990,814
1998	1,998,049	15,489,364
1999	2,003,234	16,000,506
2000	2,003,913	16,516,338
2001	2,000,853	17,032,939
2002	1,994,679	17,549,913
2003	1,985,059	18,071,854
2004	1,971,129	18,606,608
2005	1,953,076	19,159,707
2006	1,945,063	19,730,909
2007	1,953,268	20,318,583
2008	1,966,541	20,923,840
2009	1,980,883	21,547,280
2010	1,996,251	22,183,340
2011	2,014,009	22,822,300
2012	2,034,354	23,462,438
2013	2,056,504	24,109,290
2014	2,080,089	24,764,348
2015	2,104,611	25,426,702
2016	2,130,422	26,099,952
2017	2,157,110	26,788,375
2018	2,183,603	27,494,926
2019	2,209,405	28,219,554
2020	2,235,727	28,953,556
2021	2,261,542	29,691,083
2022	2,286,110	30,437,261
2023	2,311,472	31,195,932
2024	2,337,423	31,964,956

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Madagascar

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Madagascar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Madagascar
1960	5.78	7.34
1961	5.79	7.3
1962	5.79	7.26
1963	5.78	7.21
1964	5.77	7.19
1965	5.77	7.17
1966	5.76	7.16
1967	5.75	7.14
1968	5.73	7.13
1969	5.7	7.12
1970	5.7	7.1
1971	5.7	7.07
1972	5.69	7.04
1973	5.69	7.01
1974	5.75	6.99
1975	5.83	6.97
1976	5.87	6.95
1977	5.85	6.93
1978	5.82	6.9
1979	5.79	6.87
1980	5.75	6.84
1981	5.69	6.77
1982	5.63	6.7
1983	5.56	6.63
1984	5.48	6.55
1985	5.4	6.46
1986	5.32	6.34
1987	5.22	6.24
1988	5.1	6.18
1989	4.96	6.15
1990	4.81	6.14
1991	4.68	6.12
1992	4.54	6.08
1993	4.37	6.06
1994	4.21	6.04
1995	4.13	6.04
1996	4.06	6.03
1997	3.98	6.02
1998	3.82	5.99
1999	3.67	5.84
2000	3.61	5.67
2001	3.63	5.53
2002	3.68	5.41
2003	3.62	5.33
2004	3.51	5.26
2005	3.43	5.2
2006	3.41	5.13
2007	3.44	5.08
2008	3.39	5.04
2009	3.31	5
2010	3.25	4.9
2011	3.34	4.74
2012	3.3	4.61
2013	3.28	4.53
2014	3.24	4.42
2015	3.22	4.34
2016	3.18	4.29
2017	3.11	4.26
2018	3.02	4.25
2019	2.92	4.22
2020	2.85	4.17
2021	2.77	4.1
2022	2.72	4.04
2023	2.69	3.97

Lesotho and Madagascar demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Madagascar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Madagascar
1960	17.5	17.9
1961	17.4	17.5
1962	17.4	17.2
1963	17.4	17
1964	17.5	16.8
1965	17.5	16.8
1966	17.5	16.7
1967	17.6	16.7
1968	17.8	16.7
1969	18	16.6
1970	18.2	16.7
1971	18.3	16.7
1972	18.5	16.6
1973	18.6	16.6
1974	18.8	16.6
1975	18.9	16.6
1976	19	16.6
1977	19	16.5
1978	18.9	16.5
1979	18.8	16.5
1980	18.8	16.4
1981	18.7	16.4
1982	18.6	16.4
1983	18.6	16.4
1984	18.5	16.5
1985	18.4	16.5
1986	18.6	16.6
1987	18.7	16.6
1988	18.6	16.7
1989	18.5	16.8
1990	18.4	16.9
1991	18.4	16.9
1992	18.4	17
1993	18.4	17
1994	18.5	17.1
1995	18.6	17.1
1996	18.6	17.1
1997	18.8	17.1
1998	18.9	17.2
1999	19.1	17.2
2000	19.2	17.2
2001	19.4	17.2
2002	19.5	17.2
2003	19.7	17.2
2004	19.8	17.3
2005	19.9	17.3
2006	20	17.4
2007	20.2	17.5
2008	20.4	17.6
2009	20.6	17.7
2010	20.7	17.8
2011	20.9	17.9
2012	21	18.1
2013	21.1	18.2
2014	21.2	18.4
2015	21.3	18.6
2016	21.4	18.7
2017	21.6	18.9
2018	21.7	19.1
2019	21.8	19.3
2020	22	19.4
2021	22.1	19.6
2022	22.3	19.7
2023	22.5	19.9
2024	22.7	20

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