Lesotho vs Maldives statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 137th vs. 188th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Lesotho and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Maldives economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Maldives
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	$19,328,038
1971	$76,480,285	$21,566,404
1972	$80,913,200	$25,177,138
1973	$121,188,716	$30,862,042
1974	$150,851,317	$39,120,171
1975	$149,558,896	$24,540,878
1976	$147,660,037	$22,399,467
1977	$193,315,048	$20,853,789
1978	$266,570,067	$24,369,109
1979	$290,134,593	$38,523,364
1980	$431,542,537	$42,463,576
1981	$434,188,034	$44,781,457
1982	$348,741,684	$47,911,340
1983	$386,699,309	$57,829,787
1984	$333,163,670	$109,503,546
1985	$268,629,926	$127,190,758
1986	$318,858,423	$141,882,254
1987	$402,768,324	$141,223,029
1988	$470,395,801	$168,514,513
1989	$495,409,233	$189,514,434
1990	$596,410,264	$215,043,970
1991	$704,325,367	$244,396,762
1992	$831,029,862	$284,875,809
1993	$835,582,062	$322,417,837
1994	$878,250,945	$356,014,932
1995	$1,001,894,000	$398,988,955
1996	$946,112,493	$450,382,328
1997	$998,004,259	$508,223,602
1998	$928,460,893	$540,096,398
1999	$912,773,681	$589,239,754
2000	$887,291,688	$624,337,145
2001	$825,706,961	$870,031,677
2002	$775,777,239	$897,031,250
2003	$1,157,825,435	$1,052,121,055
2004	$1,511,236,656	$1,226,829,563
2005	$1,682,343,527	$1,163,362,438
2006	$1,800,092,564	$1,575,200,391
2007	$1,682,131,785	$1,868,383,461
2008	$1,766,902,709	$2,271,646,188
2009	$1,740,894,965	$2,345,294,875
2010	$2,234,754,242	$2,588,176,055
2011	$2,579,409,620	$2,774,350,240
2012	$2,477,702,216	$2,886,163,997
2013	$2,367,112,932	$3,295,009,238
2014	$2,441,063,054	$3,697,353,039
2015	$2,359,686,725	$4,129,505,319
2016	$2,114,426,452	$4,409,942,624
2017	$2,306,741,672	$4,816,426,257
2018	$2,556,247,292	$5,404,344,163
2019	$2,390,702,296	$5,726,094,799
2020	$2,053,699,870	$3,712,604,583
2021	$2,412,130,022	$5,252,457,370
2022	$2,354,980,884	$6,177,118,114
2023	$2,117,962,430	$6,590,894,302
2024	$2,271,541,846	$6,975,146,349

Lesotho and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Maldives
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	$156.9
1971	$72.4	$169.8
1972	$74	$192.2
1973	$107	$228.7
1974	$128.7	$281.5
1975	$123.2	$171.4
1976	$117.8	$151.8
1977	$149.9	$137.3
1978	$200.8	$156.1
1979	$212.4	$240.2
1980	$307	$257.6
1981	$299.8	$264.1
1982	$233.9	$274.8
1983	$252	$323
1984	$211	$594
1985	$165.4	$669
1986	$191.4	$720
1987	$236.5	$692
1988	$270.4	$799
1989	$279	$870
1990	$330	$957
1991	$382	$1,054
1992	$444	$1,194
1993	$439	$1,317
1994	$456	$1,419
1995	$513	$1,555
1996	$480	$1,717
1997	$502	$1,898
1998	$465	$1,980
1999	$456	$2,124
2000	$443	$2,214
2001	$413	$3,034
2002	$389	$3,076
2003	$583	$3,549
2004	$767	$4,070
2005	$861	$3,797
2006	$925	$5,019
2007	$861	$5,758
2008	$898	$6,757
2009	$879	$6,734
2010	$1,119	$7,174
2011	$1,281	$7,425
2012	$1,218	$7,461
2013	$1,151	$8,236
2014	$1,174	$8,939
2015	$1,121	$9,645
2016	$992	$9,948
2017	$1,069	$10,510
2018	$1,171	$11,423
2019	$1,082	$11,740
2020	$919	$7,394
2021	$1,067	$10,176
2022	$1,030	$11,786
2023	$916	$12,530
2024	$972	$13,216

Lesotho vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Maldives

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Maldives
1950	44.6	36.5
1951	45.2	37.1
1952	45.9	37
1953	46.6	36.9
1954	47.3	36.9
1955	48	37
1956	48.6	37.1
1957	49.2	37.3
1958	49.6	37.6
1959	49.9	37.9
1960	50.2	38.2
1961	50.3	38.6
1962	50.3	39.1
1963	50.3	39.6
1964	50.3	40.2
1965	50.3	40.8
1966	50.4	41.4
1967	50.5	42.1
1968	50.8	42.9
1969	51.1	43.7
1970	51.5	44.5
1971	51.8	45.5
1972	52.3	46.4
1973	52.6	47.5
1974	52.9	48.5
1975	53.5	49.6
1976	53.9	50.8
1977	54.5	51.8
1978	55.2	50.4
1979	55.8	53.9
1980	56.5	54.8
1981	57.3	55.7
1982	58	56.6
1983	58.5	57.5
1984	59	58.3
1985	59.2	59.2
1986	59.3	60
1987	59.6	60.8
1988	59.6	61.6
1989	59.5	62.4
1990	59.3	63.1
1991	59.1	63.9
1992	58.6	64.7
1993	58.1	65.4
1994	57.3	66.2
1995	56.4	67
1996	55.1	67.7
1997	53.7	68.5
1998	52	69.3
1999	50.4	70.2
2000	48.8	70.9
2001	47.2	71.7
2002	46	72.4
2003	44.9	73.3
2004	44	73
2005	43.6	74.8
2006	43.2	75.3
2007	43.7	75.7
2008	44.3	76
2009	45.1	76.4
2010	46	76.8
2011	46.9	77.1
2012	48.2	77.5
2013	49.5	77.8
2014	50.8	78.2
2015	51.8	78.6
2016	52.9	78.9
2017	53.9	79.2
2018	54.6	79.4
2019	55.2	79.7
2020	55.1	78.7
2021	54.2	78.1
2022	56.8	80.8
2023	57.4	81
2024	57.8	81.3
2025	58.2	81.5

Lesotho and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Maldives

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Maldives
1960	736,500	91,189
1961	758,824	93,450
1962	781,814	95,802
1963	805,373	98,222
1964	829,437	100,662
1965	854,090	104,102
1966	881,870	108,507
1967	913,982	112,528
1968	948,105	116,075
1969	983,202	119,564
1970	1,019,273	123,219
1971	1,056,246	127,035
1972	1,094,063	130,968
1973	1,132,697	134,952
1974	1,172,420	138,978
1975	1,213,643	143,158
1976	1,253,214	147,525
1977	1,289,967	151,930
1978	1,327,240	156,159
1979	1,366,169	160,360
1980	1,406,521	164,835
1981	1,448,069	169,532
1982	1,490,732	174,333
1983	1,534,413	179,128
1984	1,578,986	184,198
1985	1,624,379	190,169
1986	1,666,138	196,935
1987	1,703,390	203,944
1988	1,739,841	210,885
1989	1,775,436	217,738
1990	1,809,696	224,762
1991	1,842,379	231,802
1992	1,873,274	238,543
1993	1,901,793	244,884
1994	1,927,707	250,822
1995	1,951,437	256,649
1996	1,972,418	262,347
1997	1,988,130	267,707
1998	1,998,049	272,723
1999	2,003,234	277,412
2000	2,003,913	282,019
2001	2,000,853	286,767
2002	1,994,679	291,616
2003	1,985,059	296,491
2004	1,971,129	301,413
2005	1,953,076	306,429
2006	1,945,063	313,851
2007	1,953,268	324,479
2008	1,966,541	336,170
2009	1,980,883	348,275
2010	1,996,251	360,792
2011	2,014,009	373,674
2012	2,034,354	386,818
2013	2,056,504	400,070
2014	2,080,089	413,617
2015	2,104,611	428,154
2016	2,130,422	443,308
2017	2,157,110	458,287
2018	2,183,603	473,099
2019	2,209,405	487,731
2020	2,235,727	502,118
2021	2,261,542	516,154
2022	2,286,110	524,106
2023	2,311,472	525,994
2024	2,337,423	527,799

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Maldives

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Maldives

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Maldives
1960	5.78	6.71
1961	5.79	6.79
1962	5.79	6.89
1963	5.78	6.94
1964	5.77	7
1965	5.77	7.07
1966	5.76	7.15
1967	5.75	7.23
1968	5.73	7.28
1969	5.7	7.33
1970	5.7	7.39
1971	5.7	7.38
1972	5.69	7.37
1973	5.69	7.4
1974	5.75	7.38
1975	5.83	7.32
1976	5.87	7.29
1977	5.85	7.27
1978	5.82	7.23
1979	5.79	7.23
1980	5.75	7.23
1981	5.69	7.19
1982	5.63	7.15
1983	5.56	7.09
1984	5.48	7.03
1985	5.4	6.94
1986	5.32	6.85
1987	5.22	6.73
1988	5.1	6.58
1989	4.96	6.39
1990	4.81	6.13
1991	4.68	5.8
1992	4.54	5.44
1993	4.37	5.06
1994	4.21	4.69
1995	4.13	4.29
1996	4.06	3.86
1997	3.98	3.48
1998	3.82	3.17
1999	3.67	2.9
2000	3.61	2.69
2001	3.63	2.53
2002	3.68	2.42
2003	3.62	2.34
2004	3.51	2.26
2005	3.43	2.2
2006	3.41	2.2
2007	3.44	2.29
2008	3.39	2.37
2009	3.31	2.39
2010	3.25	2.35
2011	3.34	2.31
2012	3.3	2.25
2013	3.28	2.17
2014	3.24	2.09
2015	3.22	2
2016	3.18	1.9
2017	3.11	1.8
2018	3.02	1.71
2019	2.92	1.64
2020	2.85	1.61
2021	2.77	1.6
2022	2.72	1.58
2023	2.69	1.58

Lesotho and Maldives demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Maldives

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Maldives
1960	17.5	20.6
1961	17.4	20.6
1962	17.4	20.6
1963	17.4	20.6
1964	17.5	20.5
1965	17.5	19.9
1966	17.5	18.9
1967	17.6	18.2
1968	17.8	17.8
1969	18	17.6
1970	18.2	17.4
1971	18.3	17.3
1972	18.5	17.2
1973	18.6	17.2
1974	18.8	17.2
1975	18.9	17.1
1976	19	17
1977	19	17
1978	18.9	17
1979	18.8	16.9
1980	18.8	16.8
1981	18.7	16.8
1982	18.6	16.9
1983	18.6	16.9
1984	18.5	17
1985	18.4	17
1986	18.6	16.9
1987	18.7	16.7
1988	18.6	16.6
1989	18.5	16.5
1990	18.4	16.4
1991	18.4	16.4
1992	18.4	16.4
1993	18.4	16.5
1994	18.5	16.7
1995	18.6	16.9
1996	18.6	17.3
1997	18.8	17.6
1998	18.9	18
1999	19.1	18.4
2000	19.2	18.9
2001	19.4	19.3
2002	19.5	19.8
2003	19.7	20.3
2004	19.8	20.9
2005	19.9	21.5
2006	20	22.1
2007	20.2	22.7
2008	20.4	23.2
2009	20.6	23.8
2010	20.7	24.4
2011	20.9	25.1
2012	21	25.8
2013	21.1	26.5
2014	21.2	27.1
2015	21.3	27.6
2016	21.4	28
2017	21.6	28.5
2018	21.7	29
2019	21.8	29.5
2020	22	30.1
2021	22.1	30.7
2022	22.3	31.4
2023	22.5	32.1
2024	22.7	32.9

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