Lesotho vs Namibia statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 3.03M in Namibia (ranked 136/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 317,874 sq mi for Namibia (ranked 137th vs. 33rd).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413).

Lesotho and Namibia: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Namibia economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Namibia
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	-
1971	$76,480,285	-
1972	$80,913,200	-
1973	$121,188,716	-
1974	$150,851,317	-
1975	$149,558,896	-
1976	$147,660,037	-
1977	$193,315,048	-
1978	$266,570,067	-
1979	$290,134,593	-
1980	$431,542,537	$2,421,990,338
1981	$434,188,034	$2,249,908,578
1982	$348,741,684	$2,118,710,248
1983	$386,699,309	$2,297,400,688
1984	$333,163,670	$1,951,260,038
1985	$268,629,926	$1,608,237,350
1986	$318,858,423	$1,809,048,527
1987	$402,768,324	$2,300,068,217
1988	$470,395,801	$2,495,094,746
1989	$495,409,233	$2,535,135,798
1990	$596,410,264	$2,789,921,854
1991	$704,325,367	$2,996,869,281
1992	$831,029,862	$3,429,521,699
1993	$835,582,062	$3,251,188,833
1994	$878,250,945	$3,666,503,530
1995	$1,001,894,000	$3,978,514,206
1996	$946,112,493	$3,989,163,197
1997	$998,004,259	$4,154,989,950
1998	$928,460,893	$3,873,109,866
1999	$912,773,681	$3,868,551,730
2000	$887,291,688	$3,922,232,165
2001	$825,706,961	$3,557,341,215
2002	$775,777,239	$3,349,169,826
2003	$1,157,825,435	$4,926,439,384
2004	$1,511,236,656	$6,609,205,995
2005	$1,682,343,527	$7,248,374,838
2006	$1,800,092,564	$8,001,779,551
2007	$1,682,131,785	$8,839,536,476
2008	$1,766,902,709	$8,607,431,497
2009	$1,740,894,965	$8,938,847,189
2010	$2,234,754,242	$11,431,412,421
2011	$2,579,409,620	$12,523,359,441
2012	$2,477,702,216	$13,042,053,592
2013	$2,367,112,932	$12,043,307,277
2014	$2,441,063,054	$12,435,430,970
2015	$2,359,686,725	$11,335,161,084
2016	$2,114,426,452	$10,722,018,732
2017	$2,306,741,672	$12,895,153,371
2018	$2,556,247,292	$13,682,019,076
2019	$2,390,702,296	$12,541,928,303
2020	$2,053,699,870	$10,583,748,542
2021	$2,412,130,022	$12,402,486,184
2022	$2,354,980,884	$12,569,449,123
2023	$2,117,962,430	$12,408,271,448
2024	$2,271,541,846	$13,372,354,269

Lesotho and Namibia economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Namibia
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	-
1971	$72.4	-
1972	$74	-
1973	$107	-
1974	$128.7	-
1975	$123.2	-
1976	$117.8	-
1977	$149.9	-
1978	$200.8	-
1979	$212.4	-
1980	$307	$2,468
1981	$299.8	$2,267
1982	$233.9	$2,097
1983	$252	$2,214
1984	$211	$1,830
1985	$165.4	$1,466
1986	$191.4	$1,599
1987	$236.5	$1,969
1988	$270.4	$2,063
1989	$279	$1,967
1990	$330	$2,037
1991	$382	$2,117
1992	$444	$2,347
1993	$439	$2,155
1994	$456	$2,356
1995	$513	$2,483
1996	$480	$2,423
1997	$502	$2,460
1998	$465	$2,235
1999	$456	$2,178
2000	$443	$2,157
2001	$413	$1,916
2002	$389	$1,772
2003	$583	$2,569
2004	$767	$3,403
2005	$861	$3,686
2006	$925	$4,017
2007	$861	$4,379
2008	$898	$4,205
2009	$879	$4,303
2010	$1,119	$5,418
2011	$1,281	$5,835
2012	$1,218	$5,943
2013	$1,151	$5,347
2014	$1,174	$5,378
2015	$1,121	$4,774
2016	$992	$4,396
2017	$1,069	$5,144
2018	$1,171	$5,309
2019	$1,082	$4,732
2020	$919	$3,879
2021	$1,067	$4,413
2022	$1,030	$4,350
2023	$916	$4,188
2024	$972	$4,413

Lesotho vs. Namibia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Namibia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Namibia
1950	44.6	41.9
1951	45.2	42.5
1952	45.9	43.1
1953	46.6	43.8
1954	47.3	44.4
1955	48	45
1956	48.6	45.7
1957	49.2	46.4
1958	49.6	47.1
1959	49.9	47.8
1960	50.2	48.5
1961	50.3	49.2
1962	50.3	50
1963	50.3	50.6
1964	50.3	51.3
1965	50.3	52
1966	50.4	52.3
1967	50.5	52.9
1968	50.8	53.6
1969	51.1	54.1
1970	51.5	54.7
1971	51.8	55.3
1972	52.3	55.8
1973	52.6	56.4
1974	52.9	56.9
1975	53.5	57.6
1976	53.9	58
1977	54.5	58.6
1978	55.2	59.1
1979	55.8	59.5
1980	56.5	56.6
1981	57.3	56.9
1982	58	57.3
1983	58.5	57.6
1984	59	58.1
1985	59.2	58.5
1986	59.3	58.7
1987	59.6	59.1
1988	59.6	59
1989	59.5	60.8
1990	59.3	61.4
1991	59.1	60.8
1992	58.6	60.2
1993	58.1	59.3
1994	57.3	58.4
1995	56.4	57.5
1996	55.1	56.6
1997	53.7	55.8
1998	52	54.8
1999	50.4	54
2000	48.8	52.9
2001	47.2	52
2002	46	52
2003	44.9	51.9
2004	44	52.2
2005	43.6	52.6
2006	43.2	53.2
2007	43.7	54
2008	44.3	54.7
2009	45.1	55.3
2010	46	56.1
2011	46.9	56.6
2012	48.2	57.7
2013	49.5	58.5
2014	50.8	59.3
2015	51.8	60
2016	52.9	60.8
2017	53.9	61.7
2018	54.6	62.6
2019	55.2	63.5
2020	55.1	64.1
2021	54.2	60.8
2022	56.8	64.2
2023	57.4	67.4
2024	57.8	67.5
2025	58.2	67.7

Lesotho and Namibia population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Namibia

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Namibia
1960	736,500	591,465
1961	758,824	603,067
1962	781,814	615,759
1963	805,373	629,589
1964	829,437	644,530
1965	854,090	660,558
1966	881,870	677,655
1967	913,982	696,045
1968	948,105	715,542
1969	983,202	736,120
1970	1,019,273	757,868
1971	1,056,246	780,584
1972	1,094,063	804,399
1973	1,132,697	828,928
1974	1,172,420	854,320
1975	1,213,643	881,032
1976	1,253,214	906,566
1977	1,289,967	931,104
1978	1,327,240	947,269
1979	1,366,169	962,825
1980	1,406,521	981,434
1981	1,448,069	992,500
1982	1,490,732	1,010,308
1983	1,534,413	1,037,511
1984	1,578,986	1,065,989
1985	1,624,379	1,096,890
1986	1,666,138	1,131,081
1987	1,703,390	1,167,889
1988	1,739,841	1,209,696
1989	1,775,436	1,288,947
1990	1,809,696	1,369,303
1991	1,842,379	1,415,684
1992	1,873,274	1,461,322
1993	1,901,793	1,508,697
1994	1,927,707	1,556,304
1995	1,951,437	1,602,170
1996	1,972,418	1,646,103
1997	1,988,130	1,689,264
1998	1,998,049	1,732,745
1999	2,003,234	1,776,368
2000	2,003,913	1,818,647
2001	2,000,853	1,857,048
2002	1,994,679	1,889,970
2003	1,985,059	1,917,464
2004	1,971,129	1,942,082
2005	1,953,076	1,966,582
2006	1,945,063	1,991,888
2007	1,953,268	2,018,600
2008	1,966,541	2,047,056
2009	1,980,883	2,077,394
2010	1,996,251	2,109,811
2011	2,014,009	2,146,325
2012	2,034,354	2,194,654
2013	2,056,504	2,252,508
2014	2,080,089	2,312,139
2015	2,104,611	2,374,300
2016	2,130,422	2,439,213
2017	2,157,110	2,506,853
2018	2,183,603	2,577,327
2019	2,209,405	2,650,494
2020	2,235,727	2,728,762
2021	2,261,542	2,810,548
2022	2,286,110	2,889,662
2023	2,311,472	2,963,095
2024	2,337,423	3,030,131

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Namibia

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Namibia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Namibia
1960	5.78	6.24
1961	5.79	6.29
1962	5.79	6.35
1963	5.78	6.41
1964	5.77	6.43
1965	5.77	6.45
1966	5.76	6.47
1967	5.75	6.49
1968	5.73	6.5
1969	5.7	6.51
1970	5.7	6.52
1971	5.7	6.52
1972	5.69	6.53
1973	5.69	6.54
1974	5.75	6.55
1975	5.83	6.53
1976	5.87	6.49
1977	5.85	6.44
1978	5.82	6.38
1979	5.79	6.31
1980	5.75	6.24
1981	5.69	6.16
1982	5.63	6.08
1983	5.56	6
1984	5.48	5.94
1985	5.4	5.88
1986	5.32	5.79
1987	5.22	5.7
1988	5.1	5.61
1989	4.96	5.52
1990	4.81	5.4
1991	4.68	5.29
1992	4.54	5.11
1993	4.37	4.91
1994	4.21	4.68
1995	4.13	4.42
1996	4.06	4.2
1997	3.98	4.17
1998	3.82	4.18
1999	3.67	4.14
2000	3.61	3.99
2001	3.63	3.83
2002	3.68	3.69
2003	3.62	3.58
2004	3.51	3.55
2005	3.43	3.57
2006	3.41	3.6
2007	3.44	3.61
2008	3.39	3.62
2009	3.31	3.63
2010	3.25	3.66
2011	3.34	3.66
2012	3.3	3.68
2013	3.28	3.65
2014	3.24	3.64
2015	3.22	3.6
2016	3.18	3.57
2017	3.11	3.51
2018	3.02	3.46
2019	2.92	3.4
2020	2.85	3.35
2021	2.77	3.3
2022	2.72	3.25
2023	2.69	3.21

Lesotho and Namibia demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Namibia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Namibia
1960	17.5	18.9
1961	17.4	18.7
1962	17.4	18.6
1963	17.4	18.5
1964	17.5	18.4
1965	17.5	18.4
1966	17.5	18.3
1967	17.6	18.3
1968	17.8	18.2
1969	18	18.1
1970	18.2	18.1
1971	18.3	18
1972	18.5	17.9
1973	18.6	17.8
1974	18.8	17.7
1975	18.9	17.6
1976	19	17.5
1977	19	17.3
1978	18.9	17
1979	18.8	16.8
1980	18.8	16.6
1981	18.7	16.4
1982	18.6	16.3
1983	18.6	16.4
1984	18.5	16.5
1985	18.4	16.7
1986	18.6	16.9
1987	18.7	17
1988	18.6	17.3
1989	18.5	17.8
1990	18.4	18.3
1991	18.4	18.4
1992	18.4	18.4
1993	18.4	18.5
1994	18.5	18.5
1995	18.6	18.6
1996	18.6	18.7
1997	18.8	18.8
1998	18.9	18.9
1999	19.1	18.9
2000	19.2	19
2001	19.4	19.1
2002	19.5	19.2
2003	19.7	19.3
2004	19.8	19.4
2005	19.9	19.6
2006	20	19.7
2007	20.2	19.9
2008	20.4	20
2009	20.6	20.3
2010	20.7	20.5
2011	20.9	20.7
2012	21	20.9
2013	21.1	21.1
2014	21.2	21.3
2015	21.3	21.4
2016	21.4	21.5
2017	21.6	21.6
2018	21.7	21.7
2019	21.8	21.8
2020	22	21.8
2021	22.1	21.8
2022	22.3	21.8
2023	22.5	21.9
2024	22.7	22.1

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