Lesotho vs Malta statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 137th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Lesotho and Malta: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Malta economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Malta

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Malta
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	$250,728,796
1971	$76,480,285	$264,578,485
1972	$80,913,200	$295,106,628
1973	$121,188,716	$345,616,106
1974	$150,851,317	$376,081,124
1975	$149,558,896	$474,618,321
1976	$147,660,037	$527,936,989
1977	$193,315,048	$625,563,171
1978	$266,570,067	$793,673,402
1979	$290,134,593	$1,001,288,847
1980	$431,542,537	$1,250,198,601
1981	$434,188,034	$1,243,509,394
1982	$348,741,684	$1,234,474,404
1983	$386,699,309	$1,165,729,707
1984	$333,163,670	$1,101,807,023
1985	$268,629,926	$1,117,797,439
1986	$318,858,423	$1,435,038,441
1987	$402,768,324	$1,751,293,461
1988	$470,395,801	$2,019,503,068
1989	$495,409,233	$2,118,655,677
1990	$596,410,264	$2,547,328,748
1991	$704,325,367	$2,750,216,747
1992	$831,029,862	$3,021,942,759
1993	$835,582,062	$2,709,193,538
1994	$878,250,945	$2,998,505,428
1995	$1,001,894,000	$3,709,360,097
1996	$946,112,493	$3,822,489,746
1997	$998,004,259	$3,787,070,704
1998	$928,460,893	$4,010,092,091
1999	$912,773,681	$4,111,891,845
2000	$887,291,688	$4,036,809,865
2001	$825,706,961	$4,070,867,153
2002	$775,777,239	$4,455,127,398
2003	$1,157,825,435	$5,418,315,225
2004	$1,511,236,656	$6,104,141,501
2005	$1,682,343,527	$6,393,234,965
2006	$1,800,092,564	$6,749,838,862
2007	$1,682,131,785	$7,908,412,374
2008	$1,766,902,709	$9,135,419,490
2009	$1,740,894,965	$8,734,745,632
2010	$2,234,754,242	$9,097,044,182
2011	$2,579,409,620	$9,789,361,705
2012	$2,477,702,216	$9,609,532,106
2013	$2,367,112,932	$10,796,782,634
2014	$2,441,063,054	$11,888,032,862
2015	$2,359,686,725	$11,340,795,033
2016	$2,114,426,452	$12,025,782,885
2017	$2,306,741,672	$14,161,366,733
2018	$2,556,247,292	$16,153,779,511
2019	$2,390,702,296	$16,337,793,531
2020	$2,053,699,870	$16,409,900,599
2021	$2,412,130,022	$19,723,563,355
2022	$2,354,980,884	$19,239,187,084
2023	$2,117,962,430	$22,210,718,401
2024	$2,271,541,846	$24,322,006,608

Lesotho and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Malta

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Malta
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	$828
1971	$72.4	$874
1972	$74	$976
1973	$107	$1,144
1974	$128.7	$1,245
1975	$123.2	$1,560
1976	$117.8	$1,727
1977	$149.9	$2,038
1978	$200.8	$2,559
1979	$212.4	$3,196
1980	$307	$3,948
1981	$299.8	$3,898
1982	$233.9	$3,788
1983	$252	$3,527
1984	$211	$3,333
1985	$165.4	$3,322
1986	$191.4	$4,195
1987	$236.5	$5,084
1988	$270.4	$5,814
1989	$279	$6,041
1990	$330	$7,192
1991	$382	$7,559
1992	$444	$8,220
1993	$439	$7,296
1994	$456	$8,000
1995	$513	$9,828
1996	$480	$10,062
1997	$502	$9,893
1998	$465	$10,408
1999	$456	$10,609
2000	$443	$10,348
2001	$413	$10,358
2002	$389	$11,251
2003	$583	$13,594
2004	$767	$15,212
2005	$861	$15,831
2006	$925	$16,654
2007	$861	$19,444
2008	$898	$22,315
2009	$879	$21,176
2010	$1,119	$21,947
2011	$1,281	$23,517
2012	$1,218	$22,878
2013	$1,151	$25,416
2014	$1,174	$27,425
2015	$1,121	$25,530
2016	$992	$26,459
2017	$1,069	$30,317
2018	$1,171	$33,382
2019	$1,082	$32,422
2020	$919	$31,834
2021	$1,067	$38,065
2022	$1,030	$36,224
2023	$916	$40,182
2024	$972	$42,347

Lesotho vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Malta

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Malta
1950	44.6	63.5
1951	45.2	63.9
1952	45.9	64.1
1953	46.6	64.3
1954	47.3	65.1
1955	48	66.3
1956	48.6	66.8
1957	49.2	67.5
1958	49.6	67.8
1959	49.9	68.4
1960	50.2	68.4
1961	50.3	68.4
1962	50.3	69.2
1963	50.3	69.2
1964	50.3	69.3
1965	50.3	69.5
1966	50.4	69.7
1967	50.5	69.8
1968	50.8	69.9
1969	51.1	70.1
1970	51.5	70.4
1971	51.8	70.1
1972	52.3	70.7
1973	52.6	71.3
1974	52.9	71.9
1975	53.5	72.1
1976	53.9	72.2
1977	54.5	72.3
1978	55.2	72.3
1979	55.8	72.5
1980	56.5	72.3
1981	57.3	72.4
1982	58	72.8
1983	58.5	73.1
1984	59	73.3
1985	59.2	73.9
1986	59.3	74.5
1987	59.6	75.3
1988	59.6	75.9
1989	59.5	76.2
1990	59.3	76.2
1991	59.1	76.5
1992	58.6	76.7
1993	58.1	76.8
1994	57.3	76.9
1995	56.4	77
1996	55.1	76.3
1997	53.7	77.3
1998	52	77.8
1999	50.4	77.8
2000	48.8	77.9
2001	47.2	78.9
2002	46	78.5
2003	44.9	78.7
2004	44	79.2
2005	43.6	79.5
2006	43.2	79.6
2007	43.7	79.7
2008	44.3	79.7
2009	45.1	80.4
2010	46	81.4
2011	46.9	80.8
2012	48.2	81.1
2013	49.5	81.8
2014	50.8	82.3
2015	51.8	82.6
2016	52.9	82.7
2017	53.9	83.1
2018	54.6	82.9
2019	55.2	82.8
2020	55.1	82.3
2021	54.2	82.3
2022	56.8	82.2
2023	57.4	83.3
2024	57.8	83.5
2025	58.2	83.6

Lesotho and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Malta

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Malta
1960	736,500	326,550
1961	758,824	325,250
1962	781,814	323,900
1963	805,373	322,550
1964	829,437	321,250
1965	854,090	318,800
1966	881,870	315,200
1967	913,982	311,550
1968	948,105	307,900
1969	983,202	304,300
1970	1,019,273	302,650
1971	1,056,246	302,700
1972	1,094,063	302,450
1973	1,132,697	302,200
1974	1,172,420	301,996
1975	1,213,643	304,222
1976	1,253,214	305,774
1977	1,289,967	306,970
1978	1,327,240	310,182
1979	1,366,169	313,342
1980	1,406,521	316,645
1981	1,448,069	318,982
1982	1,490,732	325,898
1983	1,534,413	330,524
1984	1,578,986	330,593
1985	1,624,379	336,452
1986	1,666,138	342,121
1987	1,703,390	344,485
1988	1,739,841	347,325
1989	1,775,436	350,722
1990	1,809,696	354,170
1991	1,842,379	363,845
1992	1,873,274	367,618
1993	1,901,793	371,308
1994	1,927,707	374,797
1995	1,951,437	377,419
1996	1,972,418	379,905
1997	1,988,130	382,791
1998	1,998,049	385,287
1999	2,003,234	387,578
2000	2,003,913	390,087
2001	2,000,853	393,028
2002	1,994,679	395,969
2003	1,985,059	398,582
2004	1,971,129	401,268
2005	1,953,076	403,834
2006	1,945,063	405,308
2007	1,953,268	406,724
2008	1,966,541	409,379
2009	1,980,883	412,477
2010	1,996,251	414,508
2011	2,014,009	416,268
2012	2,034,354	420,028
2013	2,056,504	424,810
2014	2,080,089	433,481
2015	2,104,611	444,220
2016	2,130,422	454,505
2017	2,157,110	467,106
2018	2,183,603	483,903
2019	2,209,405	503,912
2020	2,235,727	515,490
2021	2,261,542	518,150
2022	2,286,110	531,113
2023	2,311,472	552,747
2024	2,337,423	574,346

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Malta

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Malta

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Malta
1960	5.78	3.62
1961	5.79	3.27
1962	5.79	3.24
1963	5.78	2.9
1964	5.77	2.79
1965	5.77	2.52
1966	5.76	2.33
1967	5.75	2.24
1968	5.73	2.12
1969	5.7	2.02
1970	5.7	2.03
1971	5.7	2.06
1972	5.69	2.01
1973	5.69	1.65
1974	5.75	1.64
1975	5.83	2.27
1976	5.87	2.21
1977	5.85	2.14
1978	5.82	2.05
1979	5.79	2.1
1980	5.75	1.99
1981	5.69	1.87
1982	5.63	1.9
1983	5.56	1.92
1984	5.48	1.95
1985	5.4	1.95
1986	5.32	1.93
1987	5.22	1.97
1988	5.1	2.06
1989	4.96	2.1
1990	4.81	2.02
1991	4.68	1.99
1992	4.54	2.07
1993	4.37	1.96
1994	4.21	1.84
1995	4.13	1.77
1996	4.06	1.99
1997	3.98	1.93
1998	3.82	1.84
1999	3.67	1.73
2000	3.61	1.68
2001	3.63	1.48
2002	3.68	1.45
2003	3.62	1.48
2004	3.51	1.4
2005	3.43	1.38
2006	3.41	1.36
2007	3.44	1.35
2008	3.39	1.43
2009	3.31	1.42
2010	3.25	1.36
2011	3.34	1.45
2012	3.3	1.42
2013	3.28	1.36
2014	3.24	1.38
2015	3.22	1.37
2016	3.18	1.37
2017	3.11	1.26
2018	3.02	1.23
2019	2.92	1.14
2020	2.85	1.13
2021	2.77	1.13
2022	2.72	1.08
2023	2.69	1.06

Lesotho and Malta demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Malta

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Malta
1960	17.5	23.6
1961	17.4	23.8
1962	17.4	24
1963	17.4	24.2
1964	17.5	24.4
1965	17.5	24.5
1966	17.5	24.6
1967	17.6	24.8
1968	17.8	25
1969	18	25.5
1970	18.2	25.9
1971	18.3	26.3
1972	18.5	26.8
1973	18.6	27.2
1974	18.8	27.6
1975	18.9	28
1976	19	28.4
1977	19	28.7
1978	18.9	29.2
1979	18.8	29.6
1980	18.8	30
1981	18.7	30.3
1982	18.6	30.6
1983	18.6	30.9
1984	18.5	31.2
1985	18.4	31.4
1986	18.6	31.7
1987	18.7	32
1988	18.6	32.4
1989	18.5	32.7
1990	18.4	33
1991	18.4	33.3
1992	18.4	33.7
1993	18.4	34
1994	18.5	34.3
1995	18.6	34.7
1996	18.6	35.1
1997	18.8	35.5
1998	18.9	35.8
1999	19.1	36.1
2000	19.2	36.4
2001	19.4	36.7
2002	19.5	37
2003	19.7	37.4
2004	19.8	37.7
2005	19.9	38.1
2006	20	38.4
2007	20.2	38.7
2008	20.4	39
2009	20.6	39.3
2010	20.7	39.6
2011	20.9	39.9
2012	21	40.2
2013	21.1	40.4
2014	21.2	40.6
2015	21.3	40.6
2016	21.4	40.6
2017	21.6	40.5
2018	21.7	40.2
2019	21.8	39.9
2020	22	39.9
2021	22.1	40.2
2022	22.3	40.8
2023	22.5	41.4
2024	22.7	41.8

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