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Lesotho vs Monaco statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 38.6K in Monaco (ranked 191/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 0.8 sq mi for Monaco (ranked 137th vs. 196th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Monaco ranks 153/197 ($10B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Monaco ranks 1/197 ($256,581).

Main facts and rankings

Lesotho Monaco
Population
2384217
38341
Population rank 144/197 191/197
GDP
$2.27B
2024
$10B
2023
GDP rank 174/197 153/197
GDP per capita
$972
2024
$256,581
2023
GDP per capita rank 180/197 1/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,998
2024
$115,700
2015
Government debt
$1.36B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.7%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$581
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 160/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,614
2025
$97,128
2025
Land area
11,722 sq mi
2025
0.8 sq mi
2025
Population density
199.4 ppl/mi²
2024
48,010 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.69
2023
2.11
2023
Median age
22.7 years
2024
55 years
2024
Life expectancy
58.2 years
2025
86.6 years
2025

Lesotho and Monaco: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Monaco economies compared

GDP
Lesotho

Monaco
Year GDP
Lesotho Monaco
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 $293,127,333
1971 $76,480,285 $327,706,210
1972 $80,913,200 $402,451,901
1973 $121,188,716 $523,554,039
1974 $150,851,317 $563,949,254
1975 $149,558,896 $711,978,962
1976 $147,660,037 $735,324,245
1977 $193,315,048 $811,191,392
1978 $266,570,067 $1,000,555,218
1979 $290,134,593 $1,209,870,147
1980 $431,542,537 $1,378,175,524
1981 $434,188,034 $1,205,188,648
1982 $348,741,684 $1,143,216,457
1983 $386,699,309 $1,092,560,365
1984 $333,163,670 $1,037,329,604
1985 $268,629,926 $1,082,867,507
1986 $318,858,423 $1,515,234,743
1987 $402,768,324 $1,839,081,463
1988 $470,395,801 $2,000,704,745
1989 $495,409,233 $2,010,083,833
1990 $596,410,264 $2,481,307,077
1991 $704,325,367 $2,480,540,845
1992 $831,029,862 $2,737,049,231
1993 $835,582,062 $2,574,494,356
1994 $878,250,945 $2,720,332,135
1995 $1,001,894,000 $3,130,309,995
1996 $946,112,493 $3,137,886,995
1997 $998,004,259 $2,840,195,190
1998 $928,460,893 $2,934,593,468
1999 $912,773,681 $2,907,118,641
2000 $887,291,688 $2,654,462,665
2001 $825,706,961 $2,673,723,034
2002 $775,777,239 $2,919,647,982
2003 $1,157,825,435 $3,597,089,751
2004 $1,511,236,656 $4,043,551,489
2005 $1,682,343,527 $4,204,652,899
2006 $1,800,092,564 $4,586,826,513
2007 $1,682,131,785 $5,875,790,766
2008 $1,766,902,709 $6,502,942,245
2009 $1,740,894,965 $5,474,379,252
2010 $2,234,754,242 $5,367,561,570
2011 $2,579,409,620 $6,088,689,808
2012 $2,477,702,216 $5,742,749,294
2013 $2,367,112,932 $6,555,591,710
2014 $2,441,063,054 $7,070,017,324
2015 $2,359,686,725 $6,264,756,528
2016 $2,114,426,452 $6,471,290,794
2017 $2,306,741,672 $6,430,254,653
2018 $2,556,247,292 $7,184,333,936
2019 $2,390,702,296 $7,383,496,254
2020 $2,053,699,870 $6,730,736,283
2021 $2,412,130,022 $8,623,242,743
2022 $2,354,980,884 $8,800,430,486
2023 $2,117,962,430 $9,995,350,547
2024 $2,271,541,846 -

Lesotho and Monaco economies compared

GDP per capita
Lesotho

Monaco
Year GDP per capita
Lesotho Monaco
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 $12,098
1971 $72.4 $13,334
1972 $74 $16,187
1973 $107 $20,882
1974 $128.7 $22,348
1975 $123.2 $27,921
1976 $117.8 $28,396
1977 $149.9 $30,875
1978 $200.8 $37,608
1979 $212.4 $44,990
1980 $307 $50,814
1981 $299.8 $44,157
1982 $233.9 $41,479
1983 $252 $39,076
1984 $211 $36,582
1985 $165.4 $37,690
1986 $191.4 $52,082
1987 $236.5 $62,456
1988 $270.4 $67,181
1989 $279 $66,816
1990 $330 $81,735
1991 $382 $80,997
1992 $444 $88,615
1993 $439 $82,685
1994 $456 $86,704
1995 $513 $99,032
1996 $480 $98,561
1997 $502 $88,582
1998 $465 $90,947
1999 $456 $89,698
2000 $443 $81,789
2001 $413 $82,403
2002 $389 $90,051
2003 $583 $111,110
2004 $767 $125,160
2005 $861 $130,539
2006 $925 $143,083
2007 $861 $184,559
2008 $898 $204,264
2009 $879 $169,150
2010 $1,119 $161,854
2011 $1,281 $179,364
2012 $1,218 $165,445
2013 $1,151 $184,941
2014 $1,174 $195,694
2015 $1,121 $170,437
2016 $992 $173,605
2017 $1,069 $170,663
2018 $1,171 $188,298
2019 $1,082 $193,747
2020 $919 $176,892
2021 $1,067 $223,823
2022 $1,030 $226,052
2023 $916 $256,581
2024 $972 -

Lesotho vs. Monaco life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Lesotho

Monaco
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho Monaco
1950 44.6 68
1951 45.2 68.4
1952 45.9 68.9
1953 46.6 69.6
1954 47.3 70
1955 48 70.4
1956 48.6 70.7
1957 49.2 70.9
1958 49.6 71.1
1959 49.9 71.4
1960 50.2 71.9
1961 50.3 72.2
1962 50.3 72.4
1963 50.3 72.5
1964 50.3 72.7
1965 50.3 72.9
1966 50.4 73
1967 50.5 73.1
1968 50.8 73.2
1969 51.1 73.2
1970 51.5 73.3
1971 51.8 73.4
1972 52.3 73.4
1973 52.6 73.4
1974 52.9 73.4
1975 53.5 73.5
1976 53.9 73.8
1977 54.5 74.2
1978 55.2 74.7
1979 55.8 74.9
1980 56.5 74.9
1981 57.3 75
1982 58 75.3
1983 58.5 75.7
1984 59 76.4
1985 59.2 77.4
1986 59.3 78.4
1987 59.6 79.3
1988 59.6 79.4
1989 59.5 79.4
1990 59.3 79.4
1991 59.1 79.7
1992 58.6 80.1
1993 58.1 80.4
1994 57.3 80.7
1995 56.4 80.9
1996 55.1 81.1
1997 53.7 81.4
1998 52 81.6
1999 50.4 81.8
2000 48.8 82.1
2001 47.2 82.5
2002 46 83.1
2003 44.9 83.6
2004 44 84.2
2005 43.6 84.3
2006 43.2 84.2
2007 43.7 83.9
2008 44.3 83.8
2009 45.1 84.2
2010 46 84.6
2011 46.9 85
2012 48.2 85
2013 49.5 85.1
2014 50.8 85.1
2015 51.8 85.3
2016 52.9 85.6
2017 53.9 85.9
2018 54.6 86.1
2019 55.2 86.2
2020 55.1 86.1
2021 54.2 85.1
2022 56.8 85.7
2023 57.4 86.4
2024 57.8 86.5
2025 58.2 86.6

Lesotho and Monaco population clocks and comparison

Population
Lesotho

Monaco
Year Population
Lesotho Monaco
1960 736,500 21,808
1961 758,824 21,901
1962 781,814 22,078
1963 805,373 22,385
1964 829,437 22,686
1965 854,090 22,941
1966 881,870 23,131
1967 913,982 23,230
1968 948,105 23,437
1969 983,202 23,831
1970 1,019,273 24,229
1971 1,056,246 24,576
1972 1,094,063 24,862
1973 1,132,697 25,072
1974 1,172,420 25,235
1975 1,213,643 25,500
1976 1,253,214 25,895
1977 1,289,967 26,273
1978 1,327,240 26,605
1979 1,366,169 26,892
1980 1,406,521 27,122
1981 1,448,069 27,293
1982 1,490,732 27,561
1983 1,534,413 27,960
1984 1,578,986 28,356
1985 1,624,379 28,731
1986 1,666,138 29,093
1987 1,703,390 29,446
1988 1,739,841 29,781
1989 1,775,436 30,084
1990 1,809,696 30,358
1991 1,842,379 30,625
1992 1,873,274 30,887
1993 1,901,793 31,136
1994 1,927,707 31,375
1995 1,951,437 31,609
1996 1,972,418 31,837
1997 1,988,130 32,063
1998 1,998,049 32,267
1999 2,003,234 32,410
2000 2,003,913 32,455
2001 2,000,853 32,447
2002 1,994,679 32,422
2003 1,985,059 32,374
2004 1,971,129 32,307
2005 1,953,076 32,210
2006 1,945,063 32,057
2007 1,953,268 31,837
2008 1,966,541 31,836
2009 1,980,883 32,364
2010 1,996,251 33,163
2011 2,014,009 33,946
2012 2,034,354 34,711
2013 2,056,504 35,447
2014 2,080,089 36,128
2015 2,104,611 36,757
2016 2,130,422 37,276
2017 2,157,110 37,678
2018 2,183,603 38,154
2019 2,209,405 38,109
2020 2,235,727 38,050
2021 2,261,542 38,527
2022 2,286,110 38,931
2023 2,311,472 38,956
2024 2,337,423 38,631

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Monaco

Fertility rate
Lesotho

Monaco
Year Fertility rate
Lesotho Monaco
1960 5.78 2.81
1961 5.79 2.78
1962 5.79 2.76
1963 5.78 2.73
1964 5.77 2.69
1965 5.77 2.66
1966 5.76 2.63
1967 5.75 2.59
1968 5.73 2.57
1969 5.7 2.54
1970 5.7 2.5
1971 5.7 2.47
1972 5.69 2.44
1973 5.69 2.41
1974 5.75 2.38
1975 5.83 2.35
1976 5.87 2.33
1977 5.85 2.31
1978 5.82 2.28
1979 5.79 2.26
1980 5.75 2.24
1981 5.69 2.22
1982 5.63 2.2
1983 5.56 2.18
1984 5.48 2.17
1985 5.4 2.14
1986 5.32 2.11
1987 5.22 2.06
1988 5.1 2.01
1989 4.96 1.93
1990 4.81 1.85
1991 4.68 1.79
1992 4.54 1.76
1993 4.37 1.75
1994 4.21 1.76
1995 4.13 1.78
1996 4.06 1.82
1997 3.98 1.88
1998 3.82 1.95
1999 3.67 2.01
2000 3.61 2.08
2001 3.63 2.18
2002 3.68 2.01
2003 3.62 1.91
2004 3.51 1.99
2005 3.43 2.01
2006 3.41 2.1
2007 3.44 2.21
2008 3.39 2.38
2009 3.31 2.4
2010 3.25 2.38
2011 3.34 2.22
2012 3.3 2.29
2013 3.28 2.31
2014 3.24 2.49
2015 3.22 2.5
2016 3.18 2.58
2017 3.11 2.42
2018 3.02 2.49
2019 2.92 2.4
2020 2.85 2.38
2021 2.77 2.12
2022 2.72 2.11
2023 2.69 2.11

Lesotho and Monaco demographics compared

Median age
Lesotho

Monaco
Year Median age, years
Lesotho Monaco
1960 17.5 45.4
1961 17.4 45.4
1962 17.4 45.3
1963 17.4 45
1964 17.5 44.8
1965 17.5 44.8
1966 17.5 45
1967 17.6 45.2
1968 17.8 45.3
1969 18 45
1970 18.2 44.8
1971 18.3 44.7
1972 18.5 44.7
1973 18.6 44.9
1974 18.8 45.1
1975 18.9 45
1976 19 44.6
1977 19 44.2
1978 18.9 44
1979 18.8 44
1980 18.8 44.1
1981 18.7 44.2
1982 18.6 44.1
1983 18.6 43.8
1984 18.5 43.5
1985 18.4 43.4
1986 18.6 43.4
1987 18.7 43.5
1988 18.6 43.7
1989 18.5 43.9
1990 18.4 44.2
1991 18.4 44.3
1992 18.4 44.3
1993 18.4 44.4
1994 18.5 44.5
1995 18.6 44.7
1996 18.6 44.8
1997 18.8 44.9
1998 18.9 45
1999 19.1 45.3
2000 19.2 45.6
2001 19.4 45.8
2002 19.5 45.9
2003 19.7 46
2004 19.8 46.2
2005 19.9 46.5
2006 20 46.8
2007 20.2 47.1
2008 20.4 47.6
2009 20.6 48.3
2010 20.7 49.2
2011 20.9 50.1
2012 21 51.1
2013 21.1 52
2014 21.2 52.8
2015 21.3 53.7
2016 21.4 54.4
2017 21.6 55
2018 21.7 55.5
2019 21.8 55.6
2020 22 55.7
2021 22.1 56.2
2022 22.3 56
2023 22.5 55.3
2024 22.7 55

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Finance

Lesotho Monaco
GNI, Atlas method
$2.75B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
52.4%
2025
20%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.62%
2024
1.73%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.54%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+6.05%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
18.7%
2024
6.33%
2016
Services, % of GDP
48%
2024
88.5%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
31%
2024
11.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
54.1
2025
83
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.9%
2017
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
1.7%
2017
n/a
Number of billionaires n/a
2
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.006%
2025
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$476M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
1,142,000
2019
159,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.1%
1999
n/a
Banked people share
61.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Lesotho Monaco
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
9.73 kg
2007
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$198.7
2007
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.88 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.38 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
n/a
Renewable energy use share
34.9%
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
99.8%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
99.6%
2021
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
57.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Lesotho Monaco
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.0005%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,107
2024
+110
2024
Urban population
30.9%
2024
100%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.51 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.14 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
20.5
2025
85.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
37
2024
82
2025
Higher education index
26
2025
38
2025
Homicides per 100K people
37.7
2008
0
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
31.9
2019
0
2013
Visa free countries
82
2025
167
2025
Adult literacy rate
90.4%
2024
99%
2003
English speaking
27.9%
2023
40%
2025
People using the Internet
48%
2023
99.1%
2023

Health

Lesotho Monaco
Government health expenditure per capita
$133.7
2022
$7,656
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$16.9
2022
$579
2022
Life expectancy
58.2 years
2025
86.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
36.3%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.15
2022
8.89
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.9 years
2025
32.5 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
478
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
58.9
2023
2.7
2023
Obesity rate
21.7%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
6.2%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
28
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.3 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Lesotho Monaco
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.000001%
2025
Land area per capita
5,015 sq mi
2024
20.8 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,115 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
133.3 sq mi
2025
0 sq mi
2025
Roads length
3,691 mi
2011
47.8 mi
2019

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