Lesotho vs Nauru statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 11.9K in Nauru (ranked 195/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 7.72 sq mi for Nauru (ranked 137th vs. 195th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422).

Lesotho and Nauru: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Nauru economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Nauru
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	$17,570,366
1971	$76,480,285	$19,009,433
1972	$80,913,200	$21,734,269
1973	$121,188,716	$26,529,817
1974	$150,851,317	$35,994,511
1975	$149,558,896	$40,106,776
1976	$147,660,037	$40,287,427
1977	$193,315,048	$40,444,702
1978	$266,570,067	$41,754,147
1979	$290,134,593	$44,431,330
1980	$431,542,537	$46,947,124
1981	$434,188,034	$51,689,637
1982	$348,741,684	$52,877,742
1983	$386,699,309	$48,439,093
1984	$333,163,670	$47,363,231
1985	$268,629,926	$41,548,741
1986	$318,858,423	$39,939,391
1987	$402,768,324	$40,118,410
1988	$470,395,801	$45,931,134
1989	$495,409,233	$53,736,786
1990	$596,410,264	$55,572,376
1991	$704,325,367	$52,533,789
1992	$831,029,862	$51,133,123
1993	$835,582,062	$43,542,088
1994	$878,250,945	$39,742,511
1995	$1,001,894,000	$39,969,706
1996	$946,112,493	$37,458,801
1997	$998,004,259	$37,331,507
1998	$928,460,893	$29,664,451
1999	$912,773,681	$27,328,613
2000	$887,291,688	$26,930,980
2001	$825,706,961	$22,613,288
2002	$775,777,239	$21,017,424
2003	$1,157,825,435	$24,778,160
2004	$1,511,236,656	$30,587,566
2005	$1,682,343,527	$30,282,840
2006	$1,800,092,564	$29,183,627
2007	$1,682,131,785	$23,068,623
2008	$1,766,902,709	$37,184,925
2009	$1,740,894,965	$44,024,970
2010	$2,234,754,242	$47,442,299
2011	$2,579,409,620	$65,444,174
2012	$2,477,702,216	$100,794,925
2013	$2,367,112,932	$94,385,015
2014	$2,441,063,054	$98,752,257
2015	$2,359,686,725	$84,383,389
2016	$2,114,426,452	$97,276,023
2017	$2,306,741,672	$108,862,279
2018	$2,556,247,292	$130,937,590
2019	$2,390,702,296	$124,871,111
2020	$2,053,699,870	$124,530,027
2021	$2,412,130,022	$175,513,985
2022	$2,354,980,884	$152,190,819
2023	$2,117,962,430	$151,455,968
2024	$2,271,541,846	$160,350,640

Lesotho and Nauru economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Nauru
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	$2,619
1971	$72.4	$2,811
1972	$74	$3,191
1973	$107	$3,864
1974	$128.7	$5,199
1975	$123.2	$5,740
1976	$117.8	$5,703
1977	$149.9	$5,646
1978	$200.8	$5,721
1979	$212.4	$5,950
1980	$307	$6,138
1981	$299.8	$6,594
1982	$233.9	$6,577
1983	$252	$5,896
1984	$211	$5,654
1985	$165.4	$4,859
1986	$191.4	$4,569
1987	$236.5	$4,485
1988	$270.4	$5,012
1989	$279	$5,723
1990	$330	$5,776
1991	$382	$5,333
1992	$444	$5,103
1993	$439	$4,310
1994	$456	$3,921
1995	$513	$3,932
1996	$480	$3,679
1997	$502	$3,661
1998	$465	$2,909
1999	$456	$2,683
2000	$443	$2,649
2001	$413	$2,232
2002	$389	$2,085
2003	$583	$2,463
2004	$767	$3,041
2005	$861	$3,014
2006	$925	$2,908
2007	$861	$2,302
2008	$898	$3,715
2009	$879	$4,395
2010	$1,119	$4,724
2011	$1,281	$6,481
2012	$1,218	$9,817
2013	$1,151	$8,975
2014	$1,174	$9,193
2015	$1,121	$7,703
2016	$992	$8,724
2017	$1,069	$9,613
2018	$1,171	$11,409
2019	$1,082	$10,777
2020	$919	$10,696
2021	$1,067	$14,990
2022	$1,030	$12,896
2023	$916	$12,754
2024	$972	$13,422

Lesotho vs. Nauru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Nauru

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Nauru
1950	44.6	56.6
1951	45.2	56.8
1952	45.9	57
1953	46.6	57.2
1954	47.3	57.4
1955	48	57.5
1956	48.6	57.6
1957	49.2	57.7
1958	49.6	57.8
1959	49.9	57.9
1960	50.2	57.9
1961	50.3	58
1962	50.3	58
1963	50.3	58.1
1964	50.3	58.2
1965	50.3	58.3
1966	50.4	58.4
1967	50.5	58.6
1968	50.8	58.6
1969	51.1	58.4
1970	51.5	58.4
1971	51.8	58.4
1972	52.3	58.4
1973	52.6	58.4
1974	52.9	58.3
1975	53.5	58.3
1976	53.9	58.2
1977	54.5	58.1
1978	55.2	58.3
1979	55.8	58.4
1980	56.5	58.5
1981	57.3	58.6
1982	58	58.6
1983	58.5	58.7
1984	59	58.7
1985	59.2	58.6
1986	59.3	58.6
1987	59.6	58.6
1988	59.6	58.7
1989	59.5	58.9
1990	59.3	59.1
1991	59.1	59.3
1992	58.6	59.5
1993	58.1	59.8
1994	57.3	60
1995	56.4	60.1
1996	55.1	60.1
1997	53.7	60
1998	52	59.9
1999	50.4	59.7
2000	48.8	59.6
2001	47.2	59.5
2002	46	59.4
2003	44.9	59.4
2004	44	59.3
2005	43.6	59.4
2006	43.2	59.4
2007	43.7	59.5
2008	44.3	59.7
2009	45.1	59.9
2010	46	60.1
2011	46.9	60.3
2012	48.2	60.5
2013	49.5	60.7
2014	50.8	60.8
2015	51.8	60.9
2016	52.9	61
2017	53.9	61.1
2018	54.6	61.2
2019	55.2	61.4
2020	55.1	61.5
2021	54.2	61.3
2022	56.8	61.9
2023	57.4	62.1
2024	57.8	62.3
2025	58.2	62.4

Lesotho and Nauru population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Nauru

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Nauru
1960	736,500	4,607
1961	758,824	4,774
1962	781,814	4,979
1963	805,373	5,226
1964	829,437	5,515
1965	854,090	5,832
1966	881,870	6,043
1967	913,982	6,135
1968	948,105	6,328
1969	983,202	6,581
1970	1,019,273	6,710
1971	1,056,246	6,762
1972	1,094,063	6,812
1973	1,132,697	6,866
1974	1,172,420	6,923
1975	1,213,643	6,987
1976	1,253,214	7,064
1977	1,289,967	7,163
1978	1,327,240	7,298
1979	1,366,169	7,468
1980	1,406,521	7,649
1981	1,448,069	7,839
1982	1,490,732	8,040
1983	1,534,413	8,216
1984	1,578,986	8,377
1985	1,624,379	8,551
1986	1,666,138	8,742
1987	1,703,390	8,946
1988	1,739,841	9,165
1989	1,775,436	9,390
1990	1,809,696	9,622
1991	1,842,379	9,850
1992	1,873,274	10,021
1993	1,901,793	10,102
1994	1,927,707	10,137
1995	1,951,437	10,165
1996	1,972,418	10,183
1997	1,988,130	10,197
1998	1,998,049	10,198
1999	2,003,234	10,187
2000	2,003,913	10,168
2001	2,000,853	10,130
2002	1,994,679	10,082
2003	1,985,059	10,059
2004	1,971,129	10,060
2005	1,953,076	10,049
2006	1,945,063	10,034
2007	1,953,268	10,020
2008	1,966,541	10,009
2009	1,980,883	10,016
2010	1,996,251	10,043
2011	2,014,009	10,098
2012	2,034,354	10,267
2013	2,056,504	10,517
2014	2,080,089	10,742
2015	2,104,611	10,954
2016	2,130,422	11,150
2017	2,157,110	11,324
2018	2,183,603	11,477
2019	2,209,405	11,587
2020	2,235,727	11,643
2021	2,261,542	11,709
2022	2,286,110	11,801
2023	2,311,472	11,875
2024	2,337,423	11,947

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Nauru

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Nauru

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Nauru
1960	5.78	5.34
1961	5.79	5.38
1962	5.79	5.42
1963	5.78	5.44
1964	5.77	5.47
1965	5.77	5.48
1966	5.76	5.41
1967	5.75	5.29
1968	5.73	5.14
1969	5.7	4.94
1970	5.7	4.74
1971	5.7	4.54
1972	5.69	4.36
1973	5.69	4.19
1974	5.75	4.07
1975	5.83	3.97
1976	5.87	3.9
1977	5.85	3.86
1978	5.82	3.84
1979	5.79	3.85
1980	5.75	3.88
1981	5.69	3.94
1982	5.63	3.99
1983	5.56	4.06
1984	5.48	4.11
1985	5.4	4.14
1986	5.32	4.15
1987	5.22	4.14
1988	5.1	4.11
1989	4.96	4.07
1990	4.81	4.02
1991	4.68	3.99
1992	4.54	3.95
1993	4.37	3.89
1994	4.21	3.84
1995	4.13	3.81
1996	4.06	3.78
1997	3.98	3.74
1998	3.82	3.68
1999	3.67	3.64
2000	3.61	3.54
2001	3.63	3.46
2002	3.68	3.4
2003	3.62	3.39
2004	3.51	3.38
2005	3.43	3.38
2006	3.41	3.4
2007	3.44	3.5
2008	3.39	3.67
2009	3.31	3.85
2010	3.25	4.02
2011	3.34	4.12
2012	3.3	4.12
2013	3.28	4.1
2014	3.24	4.09
2015	3.22	4.08
2016	3.18	4.03
2017	3.11	3.88
2018	3.02	3.68
2019	2.92	3.53
2020	2.85	3.47
2021	2.77	3.43
2022	2.72	3.38
2023	2.69	3.33

Lesotho and Nauru demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Nauru

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Nauru
1960	17.5	23.8
1961	17.4	24
1962	17.4	23.9
1963	17.4	23.7
1964	17.5	23.4
1965	17.5	23.1
1966	17.5	22.9
1967	17.6	22.9
1968	17.8	21.2
1969	18	18.9
1970	18.2	18.7
1971	18.3	19.1
1972	18.5	19.4
1973	18.6	19.8
1974	18.8	20.4
1975	18.9	21
1976	19	21.5
1977	19	22.1
1978	18.9	22.9
1979	18.8	23.6
1980	18.8	24.2
1981	18.7	24.7
1982	18.6	25.1
1983	18.6	25.2
1984	18.5	24.5
1985	18.4	23.7
1986	18.6	22.8
1987	18.7	22.1
1988	18.6	21.4
1989	18.5	20.8
1990	18.4	20.2
1991	18.4	19.7
1992	18.4	19.4
1993	18.4	19.3
1994	18.5	19.3
1995	18.6	19.3
1996	18.6	19.4
1997	18.8	19.5
1998	18.9	19.6
1999	19.1	19.8
2000	19.2	20.1
2001	19.4	20.4
2002	19.5	20.6
2003	19.7	20.8
2004	19.8	21
2005	19.9	21.2
2006	20	21.3
2007	20.2	21.5
2008	20.4	21.7
2009	20.6	21.8
2010	20.7	21.8
2011	20.9	21.8
2012	21	21.7
2013	21.1	21.6
2014	21.2	21.5
2015	21.3	21.4
2016	21.4	21.5
2017	21.6	21.6
2018	21.7	21.8
2019	21.8	21.9
2020	22	21.8
2021	22.1	21.7
2022	22.3	21.6
2023	22.5	21.5
2024	22.7	21.4

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