Lesotho vs Mauritius statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 1.26M in Mauritius (ranked 156/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 771 sq mi for Mauritius (ranked 137th vs. 170th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Mauritius ranks 143/197 ($15B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Mauritius ranks 79/197 ($11,872).

Lesotho and Mauritius: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Mauritius economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Mauritius

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Mauritius
1960	$34,579,986	$162,089,564
1961	$35,699,986	$191,757,729
1962	$41,859,983	$197,738,208
1963	$47,039,981	$253,839,558
1964	$51,939,979	$218,914,569
1965	$54,879,978	$230,024,161
1966	$56,699,977	$227,534,083
1967	$59,261,976	$238,439,291
1968	$61,445,975	$206,576,631
1969	$65,967,974	$221,553,613
1970	$68,739,973	$224,125,805
1971	$76,480,285	$251,437,338
1972	$80,913,200	$318,664,900
1973	$121,188,716	$404,285,775
1974	$150,851,317	$669,894,030
1975	$149,558,896	$673,311,287
1976	$147,660,037	$713,510,052
1977	$193,315,048	$834,722,972
1978	$266,570,067	$1,029,040,323
1979	$290,134,593	$1,227,446,632
1980	$431,542,537	$1,147,027,924
1981	$434,188,034	$1,157,769,444
1982	$348,741,684	$1,092,923,636
1983	$386,699,309	$1,104,956,573
1984	$333,163,670	$1,054,564,759
1985	$268,629,926	$1,090,611,325
1986	$318,858,423	$1,482,601,552
1987	$402,768,324	$1,906,174,438
1988	$470,395,801	$2,163,252,449
1989	$495,409,233	$2,211,312,823
1990	$596,410,264	$2,689,212,760
1991	$704,325,367	$2,895,354,736
1992	$831,029,862	$3,267,677,814
1993	$835,582,062	$3,307,302,126
1994	$878,250,945	$3,606,050,873
1995	$1,001,894,000	$4,094,741,652
1996	$946,112,493	$4,481,489,762
1997	$998,004,259	$4,243,755,308
1998	$928,460,893	$4,225,813,976
1999	$912,773,681	$4,402,193,195
2000	$887,291,688	$4,726,108,622
2001	$825,706,961	$4,675,755,867
2002	$775,777,239	$4,906,494,249
2003	$1,157,825,435	$5,894,873,920
2004	$1,511,236,656	$6,667,418,752
2005	$1,682,343,527	$6,576,108,447
2006	$1,800,092,564	$7,028,810,681
2007	$1,682,131,785	$8,150,150,209
2008	$1,766,902,709	$9,990,356,674
2009	$1,740,894,965	$9,128,843,109
2010	$2,234,754,242	$10,003,670,690
2011	$2,579,409,620	$11,518,413,430
2012	$2,477,702,216	$11,668,696,397
2013	$2,367,112,932	$12,292,974,141
2014	$2,441,063,054	$13,074,129,952
2015	$2,359,686,725	$12,007,291,046
2016	$2,114,426,452	$12,594,155,464
2017	$2,306,741,672	$13,713,506,131
2018	$2,556,247,292	$14,735,695,931
2019	$2,390,702,296	$14,436,346,980
2020	$2,053,699,870	$11,408,106,446
2021	$2,412,130,022	$11,484,348,858
2022	$2,354,980,884	$12,907,767,790
2023	$2,117,962,430	$14,101,195,733
2024	$2,271,541,846	$14,952,555,415

Lesotho and Mauritius economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Mauritius

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Mauritius
1960	$47	$238.3
1961	$47	$281.7
1962	$53.5	$282.3
1963	$58.4	$353
1964	$62.6	$297.3
1965	$64.3	$305
1966	$64.3	$296
1967	$64.8	$304
1968	$64.8	$258.7
1969	$67.1	$272.7
1970	$67.4	$271.3
1971	$72.4	$299.6
1972	$74	$374
1973	$107	$467
1974	$128.7	$763
1975	$123.2	$755
1976	$117.8	$787
1977	$149.9	$906
1978	$200.8	$1,102
1979	$212.4	$1,292
1980	$307	$1,187
1981	$299.8	$1,181
1982	$233.9	$1,101
1983	$252	$1,103
1984	$211	$1,042
1985	$165.4	$1,069
1986	$191.4	$1,442
1987	$236.5	$1,840
1988	$270.4	$2,074
1989	$279	$2,103
1990	$330	$2,540
1991	$382	$2,705
1992	$444	$3,013
1993	$439	$3,014
1994	$456	$3,240
1995	$513	$3,648
1996	$480	$3,952
1997	$502	$3,696
1998	$465	$3,642
1999	$456	$3,746
2000	$443	$3,982
2001	$413	$3,909
2002	$389	$4,073
2003	$583	$4,858
2004	$767	$5,461
2005	$861	$5,354
2006	$925	$5,696
2007	$861	$6,575
2008	$898	$8,030
2009	$879	$7,318
2010	$1,119	$8,000
2011	$1,281	$9,197
2012	$1,218	$9,291
2013	$1,151	$9,765
2014	$1,174	$10,366
2015	$1,121	$9,508
2016	$992	$9,966
2017	$1,069	$10,842
2018	$1,171	$11,643
2019	$1,082	$11,403
2020	$919	$9,011
2021	$1,067	$9,069
2022	$1,030	$10,224
2023	$916	$11,182
2024	$972	$11,872

Lesotho vs. Mauritius life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Mauritius

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Mauritius
1950	44.6	51.9
1951	45.2	52.5
1952	45.9	52.1
1953	46.6	51.5
1954	47.3	52.2
1955	48	53.8
1956	48.6	55.1
1957	49.2	55.7
1958	49.6	56.4
1959	49.9	57.4
1960	50.2	58.4
1961	50.3	59.5
1962	50.3	60.5
1963	50.3	61.1
1964	50.3	61.5
1965	50.3	62.1
1966	50.4	62.1
1967	50.5	61.7
1968	50.8	62.1
1969	51.1	62.7
1970	51.5	63.7
1971	51.8	63.8
1972	52.3	63.8
1973	52.6	64.3
1974	52.9	64.2
1975	53.5	64.4
1976	53.9	64
1977	54.5	64.8
1978	55.2	65.3
1979	55.8	66
1980	56.5	66.5
1981	57.3	67.2
1982	58	67.9
1983	58.5	68.4
1984	59	68.6
1985	59.2	68.7
1986	59.3	68.9
1987	59.6	69.2
1988	59.6	69.4
1989	59.5	69.5
1990	59.3	69.8
1991	59.1	70.1
1992	58.6	70.2
1993	58.1	70.4
1994	57.3	70.4
1995	56.4	70.6
1996	55.1	70.5
1997	53.7	70.7
1998	52	70.9
1999	50.4	71.4
2000	48.8	71.8
2001	47.2	72
2002	46	72.1
2003	44.9	72.3
2004	44	72.5
2005	43.6	72.6
2006	43.2	72.8
2007	43.7	72.9
2008	44.3	73.1
2009	45.1	73.3
2010	46	73.6
2011	46.9	74.1
2012	48.2	74.3
2013	49.5	74.4
2014	50.8	74.6
2015	51.8	74.7
2016	52.9	74.9
2017	53.9	75
2018	54.6	74.5
2019	55.2	74.2
2020	55.1	74.7
2021	54.2	72.9
2022	56.8	73.5
2023	57.4	74.9
2024	57.8	75.1
2025	58.2	75.3

Lesotho and Mauritius population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Mauritius

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Mauritius
1960	736,500	680,331
1961	758,824	680,757
1962	781,814	700,349
1963	805,373	718,861
1964	829,437	736,381
1965	854,090	753,000
1966	881,870	768,813
1967	913,982	783,917
1968	948,105	798,413
1969	983,202	812,405
1970	1,019,273	826,000
1971	1,056,246	839,230
1972	1,094,063	852,053
1973	1,132,697	864,819
1974	1,172,420	878,042
1975	1,213,643	892,000
1976	1,253,214	906,507
1977	1,289,967	921,379
1978	1,327,240	933,499
1979	1,366,169	949,888
1980	1,406,521	966,039
1981	1,448,069	980,462
1982	1,490,732	992,521
1983	1,534,413	1,001,691
1984	1,578,986	1,012,221
1985	1,624,379	1,020,528
1986	1,666,138	1,028,360
1987	1,703,390	1,036,082
1988	1,739,841	1,043,239
1989	1,775,436	1,051,260
1990	1,809,696	1,058,775
1991	1,842,379	1,070,266
1992	1,873,274	1,084,441
1993	1,901,793	1,097,374
1994	1,927,707	1,112,846
1995	1,951,437	1,122,457
1996	1,972,418	1,133,996
1997	1,988,130	1,148,284
1998	1,998,049	1,160,421
1999	2,003,234	1,175,267
2000	2,003,913	1,186,873
2001	2,000,853	1,196,287
2002	1,994,679	1,204,621
2003	1,985,059	1,213,370
2004	1,971,129	1,221,003
2005	1,953,076	1,228,254
2006	1,945,063	1,233,996
2007	1,953,268	1,239,630
2008	1,966,541	1,244,121
2009	1,980,883	1,247,429
2010	1,996,251	1,250,400
2011	2,014,009	1,252,404
2012	2,034,354	1,255,882
2013	2,056,504	1,258,927
2014	2,080,089	1,261,208
2015	2,104,611	1,262,879
2016	2,130,422	1,263,747
2017	2,157,110	1,264,887
2018	2,183,603	1,265,577
2019	2,209,405	1,265,985
2020	2,235,727	1,266,014
2021	2,261,542	1,266,334
2022	2,286,110	1,262,523
2023	2,311,472	1,261,041
2024	2,337,423	1,259,509

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Mauritius

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Mauritius

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Mauritius
1960	5.78	5.9
1961	5.79	5.98
1962	5.79	5.88
1963	5.78	6.18
1964	5.77	5.96
1965	5.77	5.51
1966	5.76	5.46
1967	5.75	4.63
1968	5.73	4.6
1969	5.7	3.97
1970	5.7	3.82
1971	5.7	3.51
1972	5.69	3.41
1973	5.69	3.07
1974	5.75	3.45
1975	5.83	3.2
1976	5.87	3.13
1977	5.85	3.07
1978	5.82	3.01
1979	5.79	2.91
1980	5.75	2.8
1981	5.69	2.67
1982	5.63	2.53
1983	5.56	2.4
1984	5.48	2.16
1985	5.4	2.02
1986	5.32	1.99
1987	5.22	2.05
1988	5.1	2.14
1989	4.96	2.23
1990	4.81	2.32
1991	4.68	2.3
1992	4.54	2.37
1993	4.37	2.21
1994	4.21	2.25
1995	4.13	2.14
1996	4.06	2.12
1997	3.98	2.04
1998	3.82	1.97
1999	3.67	2.05
2000	3.61	1.99
2001	3.63	1.91
2002	3.68	1.94
2003	3.62	1.87
2004	3.51	1.92
2005	3.43	1.88
2006	3.41	1.77
2007	3.44	1.74
2008	3.39	1.67
2009	3.31	1.59
2010	3.25	1.57
2011	3.34	1.55
2012	3.3	1.54
2013	3.28	1.44
2014	3.24	1.43
2015	3.22	1.36
2016	3.18	1.4
2017	3.11	1.44
2018	3.02	1.41
2019	2.92	1.4
2020	2.85	1.44
2021	2.77	1.41
2022	2.72	1.32
2023	2.69	1.39

Lesotho and Mauritius demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Mauritius

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Mauritius
1960	17.5	17.4
1961	17.4	17.5
1962	17.4	17.6
1963	17.4	17.6
1964	17.5	17.6
1965	17.5	17.7
1966	17.5	17.8
1967	17.6	17.9
1968	17.8	18.1
1969	18	18.3
1970	18.2	18.5
1971	18.3	18.8
1972	18.5	19.1
1973	18.6	19.5
1974	18.8	19.8
1975	18.9	20.2
1976	19	20.6
1977	19	21
1978	18.9	21.3
1979	18.8	21.6
1980	18.8	21.9
1981	18.7	22.1
1982	18.6	22.4
1983	18.6	22.8
1984	18.5	23.2
1985	18.4	23.5
1986	18.6	23.9
1987	18.7	24.3
1988	18.6	24.7
1989	18.5	25.2
1990	18.4	25.6
1991	18.4	26
1992	18.4	26.3
1993	18.4	26.6
1994	18.5	26.9
1995	18.6	27.3
1996	18.6	27.6
1997	18.8	28
1998	18.9	28.4
1999	19.1	28.7
2000	19.2	29
2001	19.4	29.4
2002	19.5	29.7
2003	19.7	30
2004	19.8	30.3
2005	19.9	30.7
2006	20	31.1
2007	20.2	31.6
2008	20.4	32
2009	20.6	32.5
2010	20.7	32.9
2011	20.9	33.4
2012	21	33.8
2013	21.1	34.2
2014	21.2	34.6
2015	21.3	35
2016	21.4	35.4
2017	21.6	35.8
2018	21.7	36.2
2019	21.8	36.5
2020	22	36.8
2021	22.1	37.1
2022	22.3	37.5
2023	22.5	38
2024	22.7	38.5

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