Lesotho vs Nepal statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 29.7M in Nepal (ranked 51/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 55,348 sq mi for Nepal (ranked 137th vs. 92nd).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Nepal ranks 101/197 ($42.9B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Nepal ranks 164/197 ($1,447).

Lesotho and Nepal: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Nepal economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Nepal

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Nepal
1960	$34,579,986	$508,334,414
1961	$35,699,986	$531,959,562
1962	$41,859,983	$574,091,101
1963	$47,039,981	$496,947,904
1964	$51,939,979	$496,098,775
1965	$54,879,978	$735,267,082
1966	$56,699,977	$906,811,944
1967	$59,261,976	$841,974,025
1968	$61,445,975	$772,231,387
1969	$65,967,974	$788,641,965
1970	$68,739,973	$865,975,309
1971	$76,480,285	$882,765,472
1972	$80,913,200	$1,024,098,400
1973	$121,188,716	$972,101,725
1974	$150,851,317	$1,217,953,547
1975	$149,558,896	$1,575,789,254
1976	$147,660,037	$1,452,788,985
1977	$193,315,048	$1,382,400,000
1978	$266,570,067	$1,604,162,497
1979	$290,134,593	$1,851,250,008
1980	$431,542,537	$1,945,916,583
1981	$434,188,034	$2,275,583,317
1982	$348,741,684	$2,395,423,742
1983	$386,699,309	$2,447,174,803
1984	$333,163,670	$2,581,207,388
1985	$268,629,926	$2,619,913,956
1986	$318,858,423	$2,850,782,044
1987	$402,768,324	$2,957,255,380
1988	$470,395,801	$3,487,009,748
1989	$495,409,233	$3,525,225,787
1990	$596,410,264	$3,627,560,239
1991	$704,325,367	$3,921,476,085
1992	$831,029,862	$3,401,211,581
1993	$835,582,062	$3,660,041,667
1994	$878,250,945	$4,066,775,510
1995	$1,001,894,000	$4,401,104,418
1996	$946,112,493	$4,521,580,381
1997	$998,004,259	$4,918,691,917
1998	$928,460,893	$4,856,255,044
1999	$912,773,681	$5,033,642,384
2000	$887,291,688	$5,494,252,208
2001	$825,706,961	$6,007,055,042
2002	$775,777,239	$6,050,875,807
2003	$1,157,825,435	$6,330,473,097
2004	$1,511,236,656	$7,273,938,315
2005	$1,682,343,527	$8,130,258,378
2006	$1,800,092,564	$9,043,715,356
2007	$1,682,131,785	$10,325,618,017
2008	$1,766,902,709	$12,545,438,605
2009	$1,740,894,965	$12,854,985,464
2010	$2,234,754,242	$16,002,656,434
2011	$2,579,409,620	$21,573,872,421
2012	$2,477,702,216	$21,703,100,877
2013	$2,367,112,932	$22,162,204,925
2014	$2,441,063,054	$22,731,612,922
2015	$2,359,686,725	$24,360,801,287
2016	$2,114,426,452	$24,524,109,484
2017	$2,306,741,672	$28,971,588,940
2018	$2,556,247,292	$33,111,525,237
2019	$2,390,702,296	$34,186,180,699
2020	$2,053,699,870	$33,433,659,301
2021	$2,412,130,022	$36,924,841,394
2022	$2,354,980,884	$41,182,939,601
2023	$2,117,962,430	$41,047,772,331
2024	$2,271,541,846	$42,914,268,287

Lesotho and Nepal economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Nepal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Nepal
1960	$47	$50.2
1961	$47	$51.6
1962	$53.5	$54.6
1963	$58.4	$46.3
1964	$62.6	$45.3
1965	$64.3	$65.8
1966	$64.3	$79.5
1967	$64.8	$72.3
1968	$64.8	$64.9
1969	$67.1	$64.8
1970	$67.4	$69.6
1971	$72.4	$69.5
1972	$74	$78.8
1973	$107	$73.2
1974	$128.7	$89.8
1975	$123.2	$113.6
1976	$117.8	$102.5
1977	$149.9	$95.3
1978	$200.8	$108.1
1979	$212.4	$121.9
1980	$307	$125.1
1981	$299.8	$142.9
1982	$233.9	$147
1983	$252	$146.6
1984	$211	$151.1
1985	$165.4	$149.9
1986	$191.4	$159.5
1987	$236.5	$162
1988	$270.4	$187.1
1989	$279	$185
1990	$330	$185.8
1991	$382	$195.7
1992	$444	$165
1993	$439	$172.8
1994	$456	$187.3
1995	$513	$197.8
1996	$480	$198.8
1997	$502	$211.8
1998	$465	$205.1
1999	$456	$208.6
2000	$443	$223.8
2001	$413	$240.8
2002	$389	$238.9
2003	$583	$246.4
2004	$767	$279.6
2005	$861	$309
2006	$925	$340
2007	$861	$385
2008	$898	$465
2009	$879	$473
2010	$1,119	$585
2011	$1,281	$786
2012	$1,218	$788
2013	$1,151	$803
2014	$1,174	$821
2015	$1,121	$876
2016	$992	$877
2017	$1,069	$1,034
2018	$1,171	$1,179
2019	$1,082	$1,203
2020	$919	$1,154
2021	$1,067	$1,253
2022	$1,030	$1,386
2023	$916	$1,382
2024	$972	$1,447

Lesotho vs. Nepal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Nepal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Nepal
1950	44.6	37.6
1951	45.2	37.6
1952	45.9	37.7
1953	46.6	37.7
1954	47.3	37.8
1955	48	37.9
1956	48.6	37.9
1957	49.2	38
1958	49.6	38.1
1959	49.9	38.4
1960	50.2	38.7
1961	50.3	39
1962	50.3	39.3
1963	50.3	39.6
1964	50.3	40.2
1965	50.3	40.7
1966	50.4	41.2
1967	50.5	41.7
1968	50.8	42.2
1969	51.1	42.7
1970	51.5	43.2
1971	51.8	43.6
1972	52.3	44.1
1973	52.6	44.5
1974	52.9	44.9
1975	53.5	45.5
1976	53.9	46
1977	54.5	46.6
1978	55.2	47.2
1979	55.8	47.8
1980	56.5	48.3
1981	57.3	48.7
1982	58	49.2
1983	58.5	49.7
1984	59	50.2
1985	59.2	50.9
1986	59.3	51.6
1987	59.6	52.4
1988	59.6	53.1
1989	59.5	54
1990	59.3	54.8
1991	59.1	55.6
1992	58.6	56.7
1993	58.1	57.6
1994	57.3	58.6
1995	56.4	59.3
1996	55.1	60
1997	53.7	60.8
1998	52	61.5
1999	50.4	62
2000	48.8	62.6
2001	47.2	63.3
2002	46	63.5
2003	44.9	64.2
2004	44	64.7
2005	43.6	65.3
2006	43.2	65.9
2007	43.7	66.2
2008	44.3	66.4
2009	45.1	66.6
2010	46	66.8
2011	46.9	67.1
2012	48.2	67.4
2013	49.5	67.6
2014	50.8	67.8
2015	51.8	67.4
2016	52.9	68.4
2017	53.9	68.7
2018	54.6	69
2019	55.2	69.3
2020	55.1	69.1
2021	54.2	68.4
2022	56.8	70.1
2023	57.4	70.4
2024	57.8	70.6
2025	58.2	70.9

Lesotho and Nepal population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Nepal

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Nepal
1960	736,500	10,123,658
1961	758,824	10,318,396
1962	781,814	10,521,116
1963	805,373	10,729,818
1964	829,437	10,946,392
1965	854,090	11,173,411
1966	881,870	11,408,710
1967	913,982	11,652,716
1968	948,105	11,906,266
1969	983,202	12,167,036
1970	1,019,273	12,436,190
1971	1,056,246	12,710,061
1972	1,094,063	12,989,099
1973	1,132,697	13,275,239
1974	1,172,420	13,568,435
1975	1,213,643	13,870,695
1976	1,253,214	14,177,649
1977	1,289,967	14,499,175
1978	1,327,240	14,839,695
1979	1,366,169	15,190,590
1980	1,406,521	15,553,105
1981	1,448,069	15,922,423
1982	1,490,732	16,297,987
1983	1,534,413	16,689,119
1984	1,578,986	17,085,242
1985	1,624,379	17,477,692
1986	1,666,138	17,868,124
1987	1,703,390	18,250,505
1988	1,739,841	18,638,661
1989	1,775,436	19,057,807
1990	1,809,696	19,524,573
1991	1,842,379	20,036,500
1992	1,873,274	20,609,707
1993	1,901,793	21,180,159
1994	1,927,707	21,717,479
1995	1,951,437	22,245,439
1996	1,972,418	22,741,862
1997	1,988,130	23,219,463
1998	1,998,049	23,680,357
1999	2,003,234	24,125,199
2000	2,003,913	24,546,509
2001	2,000,853	24,946,748
2002	1,994,679	25,328,981
2003	1,985,059	25,688,758
2004	1,971,129	26,016,656
2005	1,953,076	26,309,458
2006	1,945,063	26,565,425
2007	1,953,268	26,788,492
2008	1,966,541	26,990,037
2009	1,980,883	27,173,035
2010	1,996,251	27,341,952
2011	2,014,009	27,464,494
2012	2,034,354	27,534,915
2013	2,056,504	27,589,996
2014	2,080,089	27,672,370
2015	2,104,611	27,823,629
2016	2,130,422	27,955,462
2017	2,157,110	28,011,258
2018	2,183,603	28,079,689
2019	2,209,405	28,414,064
2020	2,235,727	28,966,574
2021	2,261,542	29,475,010
2022	2,286,110	29,715,436
2023	2,311,472	29,694,614
2024	2,337,423	29,651,054

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Nepal

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Nepal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Nepal
1960	5.78	6.07
1961	5.79	6.09
1962	5.79	6.08
1963	5.78	6.06
1964	5.77	6.04
1965	5.77	6.01
1966	5.76	5.98
1967	5.75	5.95
1968	5.73	5.94
1969	5.7	5.89
1970	5.7	5.87
1971	5.7	5.85
1972	5.69	5.8
1973	5.69	5.7
1974	5.75	5.75
1975	5.83	5.73
1976	5.87	5.72
1977	5.85	5.69
1978	5.82	5.68
1979	5.79	5.64
1980	5.75	5.6
1981	5.69	5.58
1982	5.63	5.55
1983	5.56	5.54
1984	5.48	5.51
1985	5.4	5.46
1986	5.32	5.4
1987	5.22	5.35
1988	5.1	5.31
1989	4.96	5.26
1990	4.81	5.21
1991	4.68	5.15
1992	4.54	5.07
1993	4.37	5.04
1994	4.21	4.96
1995	4.13	4.87
1996	4.06	4.67
1997	3.98	4.44
1998	3.82	4.28
1999	3.67	4.13
2000	3.61	3.98
2001	3.63	3.79
2002	3.68	3.6
2003	3.62	3.44
2004	3.51	3.28
2005	3.43	3.12
2006	3.41	2.97
2007	3.44	2.86
2008	3.39	2.74
2009	3.31	2.63
2010	3.25	2.54
2011	3.34	2.46
2012	3.3	2.42
2013	3.28	2.36
2014	3.24	2.32
2015	3.22	2.27
2016	3.18	2.23
2017	3.11	2.17
2018	3.02	2.12
2019	2.92	2.08
2020	2.85	2.05
2021	2.77	2.03
2022	2.72	2
2023	2.69	1.98

Lesotho and Nepal demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Nepal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Nepal
1960	17.5	19.5
1961	17.4	19.5
1962	17.4	19.6
1963	17.4	19.6
1964	17.5	19.6
1965	17.5	19.6
1966	17.5	19.6
1967	17.6	19.7
1968	17.8	19.7
1969	18	19.7
1970	18.2	19.7
1971	18.3	19.7
1972	18.5	19.7
1973	18.6	19.7
1974	18.8	19.7
1975	18.9	19.7
1976	19	19.7
1977	19	19.7
1978	18.9	19.6
1979	18.8	19.6
1980	18.8	19.6
1981	18.7	19.5
1982	18.6	19.5
1983	18.6	19.5
1984	18.5	19.5
1985	18.4	19.4
1986	18.6	19.4
1987	18.7	19.3
1988	18.6	19.2
1989	18.5	19.2
1990	18.4	19.2
1991	18.4	19.2
1992	18.4	19.2
1993	18.4	19.2
1994	18.5	19.2
1995	18.6	19.2
1996	18.6	19.2
1997	18.8	19.2
1998	18.9	19.2
1999	19.1	19.3
2000	19.2	19.3
2001	19.4	19.4
2002	19.5	19.5
2003	19.7	19.7
2004	19.8	19.8
2005	19.9	20
2006	20	20.3
2007	20.2	20.5
2008	20.4	20.8
2009	20.6	21
2010	20.7	21.3
2011	20.9	21.6
2012	21	21.8
2013	21.1	22
2014	21.2	22.2
2015	21.3	22.4
2016	21.4	22.7
2017	21.6	22.9
2018	21.7	23.2
2019	21.8	23.7
2020	22	24.5
2021	22.1	25
2022	22.3	25.4
2023	22.5	25.7
2024	22.7	26

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