Lesotho vs Malawi statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 137th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Lesotho and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Malawi
1960	$34,579,986	-
1961	$35,699,986	-
1962	$41,859,983	-
1963	$47,039,981	-
1964	$51,939,979	-
1965	$54,879,978	-
1966	$56,699,977	-
1967	$59,261,976	-
1968	$61,445,975	-
1969	$65,967,974	-
1970	$68,739,973	-
1971	$76,480,285	-
1972	$80,913,200	-
1973	$121,188,716	-
1974	$150,851,317	-
1975	$149,558,896	-
1976	$147,660,037	-
1977	$193,315,048	-
1978	$266,570,067	-
1979	$290,134,593	-
1980	$431,542,537	$1,801,156,775
1981	$434,188,034	$1,801,193,910
1982	$348,741,684	$1,717,379,495
1983	$386,699,309	$1,780,148,049
1984	$333,163,670	$1,758,028,656
1985	$268,629,926	$1,646,442,273
1986	$318,858,423	$1,722,586,299
1987	$402,768,324	$1,721,711,808
1988	$470,395,801	$2,008,189,508
1989	$495,409,233	$2,314,205,130
1990	$596,410,264	$2,737,087,862
1991	$704,325,367	$3,206,783,830
1992	$831,029,862	$2,618,837,835
1993	$835,582,062	$3,013,392,658
1994	$878,250,945	$1,719,864,761
1995	$1,001,894,000	$2,033,701,498
1996	$946,112,493	$3,319,573,750
1997	$998,004,259	$3,875,785,863
1998	$928,460,893	$2,547,609,590
1999	$912,773,681	$2,584,478,924
2000	$887,291,688	$2,537,307,580
2001	$825,706,961	$2,498,008,665
2002	$775,777,239	$5,087,328,438
2003	$1,157,825,435	$4,669,789,300
2004	$1,511,236,656	$5,058,726,350
2005	$1,682,343,527	$5,320,409,651
2006	$1,800,092,564	$5,818,279,739
2007	$1,682,131,785	$6,451,210,219
2008	$1,766,902,709	$7,743,617,352
2009	$1,740,894,965	$9,009,887,947
2010	$2,234,754,242	$10,128,323,011
2011	$2,579,409,620	$11,648,142,958
2012	$2,477,702,216	$8,773,203,178
2013	$2,367,112,932	$8,031,571,928
2014	$2,441,063,054	$8,801,326,169
2015	$2,359,686,725	$9,219,474,379
2016	$2,114,426,452	$7,909,868,618
2017	$2,306,741,672	$8,943,543,794
2018	$2,556,247,292	$9,879,231,592
2019	$2,390,702,296	$11,051,865,580
2020	$2,053,699,870	$11,769,313,598
2021	$2,412,130,022	$12,378,129,751
2022	$2,354,980,884	$12,429,060,151
2023	$2,117,962,430	$12,712,150,082
2024	$2,271,541,846	$11,008,925,323

Lesotho and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Malawi
1960	$47	-
1961	$47	-
1962	$53.5	-
1963	$58.4	-
1964	$62.6	-
1965	$64.3	-
1966	$64.3	-
1967	$64.8	-
1968	$64.8	-
1969	$67.1	-
1970	$67.4	-
1971	$72.4	-
1972	$74	-
1973	$107	-
1974	$128.7	-
1975	$123.2	-
1976	$117.8	-
1977	$149.9	-
1978	$200.8	-
1979	$212.4	-
1980	$307	$287.5
1981	$299.8	$276.4
1982	$233.9	$253.3
1983	$252	$252.4
1984	$211	$239.7
1985	$165.4	$216.1
1986	$191.4	$217.9
1987	$236.5	$207.6
1988	$270.4	$229.4
1989	$279	$252.2
1990	$330	$286.7
1991	$382	$326
1992	$444	$258.4
1993	$439	$293
1994	$456	$169.2
1995	$513	$200.4
1996	$480	$321
1997	$502	$367
1998	$465	$236
1999	$456	$233.9
2000	$443	$224.2
2001	$413	$215.5
2002	$389	$428
2003	$583	$383
2004	$767	$405
2005	$861	$414
2006	$925	$441
2007	$861	$475
2008	$898	$554
2009	$879	$626
2010	$1,119	$683
2011	$1,281	$763
2012	$1,218	$558
2013	$1,151	$497
2014	$1,174	$530
2015	$1,121	$540
2016	$992	$451
2017	$1,069	$496
2018	$1,171	$533
2019	$1,082	$581
2020	$919	$603
2021	$1,067	$617
2022	$1,030	$604
2023	$916	$602
2024	$972	$508

Lesotho vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Malawi
1950	44.6	32.7
1951	45.2	32.8
1952	45.9	33
1953	46.6	33.2
1954	47.3	33.3
1955	48	33.6
1956	48.6	33.8
1957	49.2	34.1
1958	49.6	34.4
1959	49.9	34.8
1960	50.2	35
1961	50.3	35.2
1962	50.3	35.4
1963	50.3	35.6
1964	50.3	35.7
1965	50.3	35.7
1966	50.4	35.8
1967	50.5	35.9
1968	50.8	36.1
1969	51.1	36.3
1970	51.5	36.6
1971	51.8	37.1
1972	52.3	37.6
1973	52.6	38.4
1974	52.9	39.2
1975	53.5	40.1
1976	53.9	41
1977	54.5	42
1978	55.2	43
1979	55.8	43.7
1980	56.5	44.3
1981	57.3	44.7
1982	58	44.8
1983	58.5	45
1984	59	44.8
1985	59.2	44.6
1986	59.3	44.3
1987	59.6	43.9
1988	59.6	43.6
1989	59.5	43.5
1990	59.3	43.6
1991	59.1	43.5
1992	58.6	43.6
1993	58.1	43.6
1994	57.3	43.8
1995	56.4	43.8
1996	55.1	44
1997	53.7	44.2
1998	52	44.3
1999	50.4	45.1
2000	48.8	46.2
2001	47.2	47.2
2002	46	48.2
2003	44.9	49.6
2004	44	51.1
2005	43.6	52.5
2006	43.2	53.7
2007	43.7	54.7
2008	44.3	55.7
2009	45.1	56.7
2010	46	57.8
2011	46.9	58.9
2012	48.2	59.9
2013	49.5	60.8
2014	50.8	61.7
2015	51.8	62.3
2016	52.9	63.2
2017	53.9	63.9
2018	54.6	64.5
2019	55.2	65
2020	55.1	65.2
2021	54.2	64.8
2022	56.8	66
2023	57.4	67.4
2024	57.8	67.6
2025	58.2	67.7

Lesotho and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Malawi
1960	736,500	3,628,134
1961	758,824	3,715,534
1962	781,814	3,806,307
1963	805,373	3,900,506
1964	829,437	3,997,305
1965	854,090	4,096,157
1966	881,870	4,197,926
1967	913,982	4,303,012
1968	948,105	4,411,054
1969	983,202	4,521,184
1970	1,019,273	4,633,944
1971	1,056,246	4,751,434
1972	1,094,063	4,874,475
1973	1,132,697	5,003,938
1974	1,172,420	5,141,337
1975	1,213,643	5,287,367
1976	1,253,214	5,443,384
1977	1,289,967	5,614,983
1978	1,327,240	5,810,132
1979	1,366,169	6,028,749
1980	1,406,521	6,265,529
1981	1,448,069	6,516,454
1982	1,490,732	6,778,879
1983	1,534,413	7,051,709
1984	1,578,986	7,332,810
1985	1,624,379	7,620,508
1986	1,666,138	7,906,480
1987	1,703,390	8,293,174
1988	1,739,841	8,753,262
1989	1,775,436	9,176,220
1990	1,809,696	9,545,852
1991	1,842,379	9,844,227
1992	1,873,274	10,135,079
1993	1,901,793	10,284,024
1994	1,927,707	10,164,894
1995	1,951,437	10,150,117
1996	1,972,418	10,352,228
1997	1,988,130	10,562,035
1998	1,998,049	10,792,876
1999	2,003,234	11,047,804
2000	2,003,913	11,315,942
2001	2,000,853	11,593,058
2002	1,994,679	11,880,440
2003	1,985,059	12,181,574
2004	1,971,129	12,500,737
2005	1,953,076	12,840,031
2006	1,945,063	13,198,701
2007	1,953,268	13,576,343
2008	1,966,541	13,976,417
2009	1,980,883	14,395,788
2010	1,996,251	14,826,463
2011	2,014,009	15,265,022
2012	2,034,354	15,709,577
2013	2,056,504	16,161,816
2014	2,080,089	16,621,538
2015	2,104,611	17,085,587
2016	2,130,422	17,557,739
2017	2,157,110	18,039,715
2018	2,183,603	18,528,081
2019	2,209,405	19,025,752
2020	2,235,727	19,533,888
2021	2,261,542	20,047,258
2022	2,286,110	20,568,728
2023	2,311,472	21,104,482
2024	2,337,423	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Malawi

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Malawi
1960	5.78	7.04
1961	5.79	7.07
1962	5.79	7.1
1963	5.78	7.13
1964	5.77	7.11
1965	5.77	7.13
1966	5.76	7.17
1967	5.75	7.21
1968	5.73	7.26
1969	5.7	7.27
1970	5.7	7.3
1971	5.7	7.31
1972	5.69	7.33
1973	5.69	7.34
1974	5.75	7.34
1975	5.83	7.36
1976	5.87	7.39
1977	5.85	7.41
1978	5.82	7.43
1979	5.79	7.47
1980	5.75	7.52
1981	5.69	7.49
1982	5.63	7.45
1983	5.56	7.36
1984	5.48	7.27
1985	5.4	7.17
1986	5.32	7.07
1987	5.22	6.97
1988	5.1	6.88
1989	4.96	6.8
1990	4.81	6.74
1991	4.68	6.68
1992	4.54	6.63
1993	4.37	6.57
1994	4.21	6.49
1995	4.13	6.39
1996	4.06	6.29
1997	3.98	6.23
1998	3.82	6.21
1999	3.67	6.12
2000	3.61	6
2001	3.63	5.94
2002	3.68	5.9
2003	3.62	5.88
2004	3.51	5.86
2005	3.43	5.85
2006	3.41	5.8
2007	3.44	5.72
2008	3.39	5.61
2009	3.31	5.45
2010	3.25	5.26
2011	3.34	5.08
2012	3.3	4.9
2013	3.28	4.76
2014	3.24	4.57
2015	3.22	4.38
2016	3.18	4.22
2017	3.11	4.11
2018	3.02	4.02
2019	2.92	3.95
2020	2.85	3.88
2021	2.77	3.79
2022	2.72	3.72
2023	2.69	3.65

Lesotho and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Malawi

Table

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

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