Lesotho vs Mauritania statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 5.17M in Mauritania (ranked 125/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 397,955 sq mi for Mauritania (ranked 137th vs. 28th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083).

Lesotho and Mauritania: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Mauritania economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Mauritania

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Mauritania
1960	$34,579,986	-
1961	$35,699,986	$159,213,430
1962	$41,859,983	$164,271,558
1963	$47,039,981	$168,186,297
1964	$51,939,979	$224,495,744
1965	$54,879,978	$255,340,475
1966	$56,699,977	$266,533,605
1967	$59,261,976	$282,615,310
1968	$61,445,975	$311,395,937
1969	$65,967,974	$295,062,308
1970	$68,739,973	$309,405,316
1971	$76,480,285	$335,568,907
1972	$80,913,200	$391,669,449
1973	$121,188,716	$493,237,876
1974	$150,851,317	$613,010,553
1975	$149,558,896	$703,377,837
1976	$147,660,037	$775,045,517
1977	$193,315,048	$799,030,017
1978	$266,570,067	$804,629,877
1979	$290,134,593	$951,900,945
1980	$431,542,537	$1,047,925,106
1981	$434,188,034	$1,105,494,682
1982	$348,741,684	$1,108,776,653
1983	$386,699,309	$1,165,171,263
1984	$333,163,670	$1,074,373,230
1985	$268,629,926	$1,009,723,326
1986	$318,858,423	$1,186,628,778
1987	$402,768,324	$1,344,664,725
1988	$470,395,801	$1,414,951,290
1989	$495,409,233	$1,450,647,019
1990	$596,410,264	$1,506,914,408
1991	$704,325,367	$2,133,692,697
1992	$831,029,862	$2,164,298,425
1993	$835,582,062	$1,847,353,211
1994	$878,250,945	$1,944,876,755
1995	$1,001,894,000	$2,091,726,101
1996	$946,112,493	$2,132,087,009
1997	$998,004,259	$2,071,996,564
1998	$928,460,893	$2,032,347,665
1999	$912,773,681	$1,985,922,776
2000	$887,291,688	$1,779,520,886
2001	$825,706,961	$1,746,063,558
2002	$775,777,239	$1,777,057,481
2003	$1,157,825,435	$2,051,147,607
2004	$1,511,236,656	$2,362,501,023
2005	$1,682,343,527	$2,936,019,526
2006	$1,800,092,564	$3,919,577,286
2007	$1,682,131,785	$4,346,212,355
2008	$1,766,902,709	$5,206,437,194
2009	$1,740,894,965	$4,714,595,548
2010	$2,234,754,242	$5,628,878,798
2011	$2,579,409,620	$6,764,627,746
2012	$2,477,702,216	$6,728,208,836
2013	$2,367,112,932	$7,223,071,097
2014	$2,441,063,054	$6,592,537,782
2015	$2,359,686,725	$6,166,863,897
2016	$2,114,426,452	$6,398,747,592
2017	$2,306,741,672	$6,800,135,898
2018	$2,556,247,292	$7,473,550,557
2019	$2,390,702,296	$7,894,764,886
2020	$2,053,699,870	$8,260,752,385
2021	$2,412,130,022	$9,222,536,364
2022	$2,354,980,884	$9,557,966,698
2023	$2,117,962,430	$10,651,709,314
2024	$2,271,541,846	$10,766,731,874

Lesotho and Mauritania economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Mauritania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Mauritania
1960	$47	-
1961	$47	$188.2
1962	$53.5	$189
1963	$58.4	$188.2
1964	$62.6	$244.3
1965	$64.3	$270
1966	$64.3	$273.6
1967	$64.8	$281.5
1968	$64.8	$301
1969	$67.1	$276.6
1970	$67.4	$281.3
1971	$72.4	$296
1972	$74	$335
1973	$107	$410
1974	$128.7	$494
1975	$123.2	$551
1976	$117.8	$589
1977	$149.9	$590
1978	$200.8	$578
1979	$212.4	$664
1980	$307	$711
1981	$299.8	$729
1982	$233.9	$710
1983	$252	$725
1984	$211	$650
1985	$165.4	$593
1986	$191.4	$677
1987	$236.5	$746
1988	$270.4	$762
1989	$279	$762
1990	$330	$772
1991	$382	$1,062
1992	$444	$1,036
1993	$439	$850
1994	$456	$865
1995	$513	$905
1996	$480	$904
1997	$502	$859
1998	$465	$821
1999	$456	$781
2000	$443	$681
2001	$413	$652
2002	$389	$649
2003	$583	$732
2004	$767	$824
2005	$861	$999
2006	$925	$1,301
2007	$861	$1,405
2008	$898	$1,636
2009	$879	$1,435
2010	$1,119	$1,660
2011	$1,281	$1,931
2012	$1,218	$1,859
2013	$1,151	$1,934
2014	$1,174	$1,713
2015	$1,121	$1,555
2016	$992	$1,566
2017	$1,069	$1,615
2018	$1,171	$1,723
2019	$1,082	$1,767
2020	$919	$1,796
2021	$1,067	$1,948
2022	$1,030	$1,960
2023	$916	$2,121
2024	$972	$2,083

Lesotho vs. Mauritania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Mauritania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Mauritania
1950	44.6	38.4
1951	45.2	38.8
1952	45.9	39.2
1953	46.6	39.6
1954	47.3	40.1
1955	48	40.6
1956	48.6	41.1
1957	49.2	41.7
1958	49.6	42.3
1959	49.9	42.9
1960	50.2	43.6
1961	50.3	44.3
1962	50.3	45
1963	50.3	45.8
1964	50.3	46.6
1965	50.3	47.4
1966	50.4	48.1
1967	50.5	48.9
1968	50.8	49.5
1969	51.1	50.1
1970	51.5	50.5
1971	51.8	50.8
1972	52.3	51
1973	52.6	51.2
1974	52.9	51.4
1975	53.5	51.6
1976	53.9	51.8
1977	54.5	52
1978	55.2	52.3
1979	55.8	52.8
1980	56.5	53.2
1981	57.3	53.7
1982	58	54.2
1983	58.5	54.6
1984	59	55.2
1985	59.2	55.8
1986	59.3	56.3
1987	59.6	57
1988	59.6	57.5
1989	59.5	57.7
1990	59.3	58.1
1991	59.1	58.3
1992	58.6	58.6
1993	58.1	58.7
1994	57.3	58.8
1995	56.4	58.9
1996	55.1	58.9
1997	53.7	59.4
1998	52	59.9
1999	50.4	60.4
2000	48.8	61
2001	47.2	61.7
2002	46	62.2
2003	44.9	62.8
2004	44	63.4
2005	43.6	63.9
2006	43.2	64.5
2007	43.7	64.9
2008	44.3	65.2
2009	45.1	65.5
2010	46	65.7
2011	46.9	65.8
2012	48.2	65.8
2013	49.5	65.9
2014	50.8	66.2
2015	51.8	66.5
2016	52.9	66.8
2017	53.9	67.1
2018	54.6	67.4
2019	55.2	67.6
2020	55.1	66.8
2021	54.2	66.8
2022	56.8	68.3
2023	57.4	68.5
2024	57.8	68.7
2025	58.2	68.9

Lesotho and Mauritania population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Mauritania

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Mauritania
1960	736,500	824,298
1961	758,824	846,167
1962	781,814	869,184
1963	805,373	893,423
1964	829,437	918,955
1965	854,090	945,838
1966	881,870	974,157
1967	913,982	1,003,843
1968	948,105	1,034,739
1969	983,202	1,066,754
1970	1,019,273	1,099,806
1971	1,056,246	1,133,702
1972	1,094,063	1,168,355
1973	1,132,697	1,203,838
1974	1,172,420	1,240,188
1975	1,213,643	1,277,330
1976	1,253,214	1,315,336
1977	1,289,967	1,353,768
1978	1,327,240	1,392,713
1979	1,366,169	1,432,758
1980	1,406,521	1,474,043
1981	1,448,069	1,516,877
1982	1,490,732	1,561,176
1983	1,534,413	1,606,746
1984	1,578,986	1,653,693
1985	1,624,379	1,702,107
1986	1,666,138	1,751,835
1987	1,703,390	1,803,014
1988	1,739,841	1,855,859
1989	1,775,436	1,903,048
1990	1,809,696	1,951,878
1991	1,842,379	2,009,738
1992	1,873,274	2,088,135
1993	1,901,793	2,174,328
1994	1,927,707	2,249,454
1995	1,951,437	2,312,017
1996	1,972,418	2,358,188
1997	1,988,130	2,411,306
1998	1,998,049	2,474,651
1999	2,003,234	2,541,698
2000	2,003,913	2,613,441
2001	2,000,853	2,678,760
2002	1,994,679	2,738,655
2003	1,985,059	2,802,046
2004	1,971,129	2,868,664
2005	1,953,076	2,939,059
2006	1,945,063	3,013,660
2007	1,953,268	3,093,059
2008	1,966,541	3,183,269
2009	1,980,883	3,284,448
2010	1,996,251	3,390,965
2011	2,014,009	3,502,811
2012	2,034,354	3,619,034
2013	2,056,504	3,734,318
2014	2,080,089	3,848,514
2015	2,104,611	3,965,959
2016	2,130,422	4,086,657
2017	2,157,110	4,210,600
2018	2,183,603	4,337,685
2019	2,209,405	4,467,708
2020	2,235,727	4,600,131
2021	2,261,542	4,734,874
2022	2,286,110	4,875,637
2023	2,311,472	5,022,441
2024	2,337,423	5,169,395

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Mauritania

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Mauritania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Mauritania
1960	5.78	6.15
1961	5.79	6.2
1962	5.79	6.24
1963	5.78	6.31
1964	5.77	6.37
1965	5.77	6.44
1966	5.76	6.52
1967	5.75	6.57
1968	5.73	6.6
1969	5.7	6.64
1970	5.7	6.68
1971	5.7	6.7
1972	5.69	6.71
1973	5.69	6.72
1974	5.75	6.73
1975	5.83	6.71
1976	5.87	6.73
1977	5.85	6.74
1978	5.82	6.73
1979	5.79	6.7
1980	5.75	6.67
1981	5.69	6.64
1982	5.63	6.59
1983	5.56	6.54
1984	5.48	6.48
1985	5.4	6.42
1986	5.32	6.34
1987	5.22	6.27
1988	5.1	6.21
1989	4.96	6.2
1990	4.81	6.18
1991	4.68	6.16
1992	4.54	6.13
1993	4.37	6.09
1994	4.21	6.06
1995	4.13	5.96
1996	4.06	5.86
1997	3.98	5.74
1998	3.82	5.62
1999	3.67	5.52
2000	3.61	5.46
2001	3.63	5.41
2002	3.68	5.37
2003	3.62	5.36
2004	3.51	5.37
2005	3.43	5.38
2006	3.41	5.4
2007	3.44	5.43
2008	3.39	5.44
2009	3.31	5.41
2010	3.25	5.38
2011	3.34	5.38
2012	3.3	5.35
2013	3.28	5.32
2014	3.24	5.26
2015	3.22	5.21
2016	3.18	5.16
2017	3.11	5.11
2018	3.02	5.04
2019	2.92	4.98
2020	2.85	4.91
2021	2.77	4.85
2022	2.72	4.77
2023	2.69	4.7

Lesotho and Mauritania demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Mauritania

Table

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

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