Lesotho vs Marshall Islands statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 37.5K in The Marshall Islands (ranked 192/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 69.5 sq mi for The Marshall Islands (ranked 137th vs. 191st).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467).

Lesotho and Marshall Islands: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Marshall Islands economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
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	$8,408,486
1971	$76,480,285	$9,116,810
1972	$80,913,200	$9,973,652
1973	$121,188,716	$11,607,366
1974	$150,851,317	$15,217,532
1975	$149,558,896	$16,691,301
1976	$147,660,037	$18,153,647
1977	$193,315,048	$20,210,069
1978	$266,570,067	$22,209,370
1979	$290,134,593	$25,545,346
1980	$431,542,537	$26,710,653
1981	$434,188,034	$31,020,000
1982	$348,741,684	$34,918,000
1983	$386,699,309	$41,749,000
1984	$333,163,670	$45,144,000
1985	$268,629,926	$43,879,000
1986	$318,858,423	$55,989,000
1987	$402,768,324	$62,983,000
1988	$470,395,801	$70,688,000
1989	$495,409,233	$72,798,000
1990	$596,410,264	$78,476,000
1991	$704,325,367	$82,507,000
1992	$831,029,862	$91,063,000
1993	$835,582,062	$99,461,000
1994	$878,250,945	$108,071,000
1995	$1,001,894,000	$120,230,000
1996	$946,112,493	$110,858,000
1997	$998,004,259	$109,884,700
1998	$928,460,893	$112,070,100
1999	$912,773,681	$113,352,100
2000	$887,291,688	$114,838,500
2001	$825,706,961	$122,406,100
2002	$775,777,239	$131,960,000
2003	$1,157,825,435	$131,128,500
2004	$1,511,236,656	$132,900,000
2005	$1,682,343,527	$138,000,000
2006	$1,800,092,564	$143,200,000
2007	$1,682,131,785	$150,500,000
2008	$1,766,902,709	$146,600,000
2009	$1,740,894,965	$151,200,000
2010	$2,234,754,242	$161,100,000
2011	$2,579,409,620	$172,300,000
2012	$2,477,702,216	$180,700,000
2013	$2,367,112,932	$186,400,000
2014	$2,441,063,054	$186,000,000
2015	$2,359,686,725	$183,700,000
2016	$2,114,426,452	$201,800,000
2017	$2,306,741,672	$213,700,000
2018	$2,556,247,292	$220,000,000
2019	$2,390,702,296	$232,900,000
2020	$2,053,699,870	$241,800,000
2021	$2,412,130,022	$258,900,000
2022	$2,354,980,884	$253,400,000
2023	$2,117,962,430	$259,300,000
2024	$2,271,541,846	$280,357,844

Lesotho and Marshall Islands economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
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	$373
1971	$72.4	$390
1972	$74	$416
1973	$107	$472
1974	$128.7	$602
1975	$123.2	$638
1976	$117.8	$672
1977	$149.9	$724
1978	$200.8	$771
1979	$212.4	$859
1980	$307	$868
1981	$299.8	$969
1982	$233.9	$1,046
1983	$252	$1,199
1984	$211	$1,245
1985	$165.4	$1,162
1986	$191.4	$1,425
1987	$236.5	$1,543
1988	$270.4	$1,670
1989	$279	$1,670
1990	$330	$1,758
1991	$382	$1,811
1992	$444	$1,963
1993	$439	$2,112
1994	$456	$2,265
1995	$513	$2,491
1996	$480	$2,273
1997	$502	$2,231
1998	$465	$2,254
1999	$456	$2,258
2000	$443	$2,265
2001	$413	$2,394
2002	$389	$2,566
2003	$583	$2,539
2004	$767	$2,566
2005	$861	$2,659
2006	$925	$2,754
2007	$861	$2,892
2008	$898	$2,818
2009	$879	$2,907
2010	$1,119	$3,095
2011	$1,281	$3,319
2012	$1,218	$3,514
2013	$1,151	$3,678
2014	$1,174	$3,735
2015	$1,121	$3,764
2016	$992	$4,230
2017	$1,069	$4,593
2018	$1,171	$4,858
2019	$1,082	$5,292
2020	$919	$5,662
2021	$1,067	$6,259
2022	$1,030	$6,323
2023	$916	$6,678
2024	$972	$7,467

Lesotho vs. Marshall Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
1950	44.6	52.6
1951	45.2	52.7
1952	45.9	52.7
1953	46.6	52.8
1954	47.3	52.9
1955	48	53
1956	48.6	53.2
1957	49.2	53.4
1958	49.6	53.6
1959	49.9	54
1960	50.2	54.4
1961	50.3	54.7
1962	50.3	55.2
1963	50.3	55.7
1964	50.3	56.3
1965	50.3	56.8
1966	50.4	57.3
1967	50.5	57.8
1968	50.8	58.2
1969	51.1	58.5
1970	51.5	58.8
1971	51.8	59.1
1972	52.3	59.5
1973	52.6	59.8
1974	52.9	60.1
1975	53.5	60.3
1976	53.9	60.4
1977	54.5	60.6
1978	55.2	60.7
1979	55.8	60.8
1980	56.5	61
1981	57.3	61.1
1982	58	61.3
1983	58.5	61.5
1984	59	61.6
1985	59.2	61.7
1986	59.3	61.8
1987	59.6	61.8
1988	59.6	61.8
1989	59.5	61.7
1990	59.3	61.8
1991	59.1	61.8
1992	58.6	61.9
1993	58.1	62.1
1994	57.3	62.3
1995	56.4	62.5
1996	55.1	62.8
1997	53.7	63
1998	52	63.2
1999	50.4	63.4
2000	48.8	63.3
2001	47.2	63.7
2002	46	63.8
2003	44.9	64
2004	44	64
2005	43.6	64.1
2006	43.2	64.2
2007	43.7	64.3
2008	44.3	64.3
2009	45.1	64.4
2010	46	64.5
2011	46.9	64.6
2012	48.2	64.8
2013	49.5	65
2014	50.8	65.1
2015	51.8	65.3
2016	52.9	65.5
2017	53.9	65.7
2018	54.6	65.9
2019	55.2	66
2020	55.1	65.4
2021	54.2	65.4
2022	56.8	66.7
2023	57.4	66.9
2024	57.8	67.1
2025	58.2	67.2

Lesotho and Marshall Islands population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
1960	736,500	14,703
1961	758,824	15,219
1962	781,814	15,755
1963	805,373	16,302
1964	829,437	16,852
1965	854,090	17,402
1966	881,870	17,927
1967	913,982	18,655
1968	948,105	19,862
1969	983,202	21,305
1970	1,019,273	22,530
1971	1,056,246	23,366
1972	1,094,063	23,992
1973	1,132,697	24,581
1974	1,172,420	25,296
1975	1,213,643	26,154
1976	1,253,214	27,021
1977	1,289,967	27,906
1978	1,327,240	28,809
1979	1,366,169	29,738
1980	1,406,521	30,774
1981	1,448,069	32,017
1982	1,490,732	33,397
1983	1,534,413	34,811
1984	1,578,986	36,264
1985	1,624,379	37,761
1986	1,666,138	39,286
1987	1,703,390	40,828
1988	1,739,841	42,321
1989	1,775,436	43,586
1990	1,809,696	44,629
1991	1,842,379	45,568
1992	1,873,274	46,388
1993	1,901,793	47,093
1994	1,927,707	47,712
1995	1,951,437	48,266
1996	1,972,418	48,775
1997	1,988,130	49,259
1998	1,998,049	49,717
1999	2,003,234	50,202
2000	2,003,913	50,706
2001	2,000,853	51,123
2002	1,994,679	51,425
2003	1,985,059	51,639
2004	1,971,129	51,791
2005	1,953,076	51,906
2006	1,945,063	51,992
2007	1,953,268	52,035
2008	1,966,541	52,030
2009	1,980,883	52,019
2010	1,996,251	52,044
2011	2,014,009	51,907
2012	2,034,354	51,419
2013	2,056,504	50,681
2014	2,080,089	49,796
2015	2,104,611	48,800
2016	2,130,422	47,709
2017	2,157,110	46,529
2018	2,183,603	45,285
2019	2,209,405	44,007
2020	2,235,727	42,706
2021	2,261,542	41,367
2022	2,286,110	40,077
2023	2,311,472	38,827
2024	2,337,423	37,548

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
1960	5.78	8.08
1961	5.79	8.12
1962	5.79	8.12
1963	5.78	8.12
1964	5.77	8.14
1965	5.77	8.16
1966	5.76	8.2
1967	5.75	8.17
1968	5.73	8.14
1969	5.7	8.11
1970	5.7	8.07
1971	5.7	8.04
1972	5.69	8
1973	5.69	7.95
1974	5.75	7.9
1975	5.83	7.83
1976	5.87	7.76
1977	5.85	7.67
1978	5.82	7.58
1979	5.79	7.47
1980	5.75	7.37
1981	5.69	7.27
1982	5.63	7.18
1983	5.56	7.08
1984	5.48	6.99
1985	5.4	6.87
1986	5.32	6.73
1987	5.22	6.57
1988	5.1	6.38
1989	4.96	6.18
1990	4.81	5.97
1991	4.68	5.76
1992	4.54	5.55
1993	4.37	5.38
1994	4.21	5.23
1995	4.13	5.09
1996	4.06	5.02
1997	3.98	4.96
1998	3.82	4.87
1999	3.67	4.78
2000	3.61	4.7
2001	3.63	4.58
2002	3.68	4.49
2003	3.62	4.42
2004	3.51	4.34
2005	3.43	4.28
2006	3.41	4.2
2007	3.44	4.09
2008	3.39	3.97
2009	3.31	3.83
2010	3.25	3.67
2011	3.34	3.53
2012	3.3	3.38
2013	3.28	3.25
2014	3.24	3.18
2015	3.22	3.13
2016	3.18	3.09
2017	3.11	3.06
2018	3.02	3.04
2019	2.92	3.01
2020	2.85	2.99
2021	2.77	2.96
2022	2.72	2.94
2023	2.69	2.92

Lesotho and Marshall Islands demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
1960	17.5	17.4
1961	17.4	17
1962	17.4	16.7
1963	17.4	16.4
1964	17.5	16.3
1965	17.5	16.3
1966	17.5	16.4
1967	17.6	16.6
1968	17.8	16.9
1969	18	17.2
1970	18.2	17.4
1971	18.3	17.1
1972	18.5	16.6
1973	18.6	16.2
1974	18.8	16
1975	18.9	15.9
1976	19	15.7
1977	19	15.5
1978	18.9	15.3
1979	18.8	15.1
1980	18.8	15
1981	18.7	14.9
1982	18.6	14.9
1983	18.6	14.9
1984	18.5	14.8
1985	18.4	14.8
1986	18.6	14.7
1987	18.7	14.7
1988	18.6	14.7
1989	18.5	14.8
1990	18.4	14.9
1991	18.4	15.2
1992	18.4	15.4
1993	18.4	15.8
1994	18.5	16.1
1995	18.6	16.5
1996	18.6	16.9
1997	18.8	17.2
1998	18.9	17.6
1999	19.1	17.9
2000	19.2	18.2
2001	19.4	18.5
2002	19.5	18.8
2003	19.7	19.1
2004	19.8	19.4
2005	19.9	19.7
2006	20	19.9
2007	20.2	20.2
2008	20.4	20.4
2009	20.6	20.5
2010	20.7	20.6
2011	20.9	20.6
2012	21	20.8
2013	21.1	21
2014	21.2	21.3
2015	21.3	21.6
2016	21.4	21.9
2017	21.6	22.2
2018	21.7	22.4
2019	21.8	22.6
2020	22	22.6
2021	22.1	22.5
2022	22.3	22.2
2023	22.5	21.9
2024	22.7	21.8

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