Lesotho vs Netherlands statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 137th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Lesotho and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Netherlands
1960	$34,579,986	$13,282,979,015
1961	$35,699,986	$14,599,836,396
1962	$41,859,983	$15,847,582,341
1963	$47,039,981	$17,193,744,109
1964	$51,939,979	$20,232,048,553
1965	$54,879,978	$22,721,869,808
1966	$56,699,977	$24,741,480,717
1967	$59,261,976	$27,143,828,099
1968	$61,445,975	$30,097,635,751
1969	$65,967,974	$34,086,038,090
1970	$68,739,973	$38,220,884,519
1971	$76,480,285	$44,644,730,576
1972	$80,913,200	$54,787,070,173
1973	$121,188,716	$71,946,639,603
1974	$150,851,317	$87,371,810,804
1975	$149,558,896	$100,397,061,694
1976	$147,660,037	$109,329,386,564
1977	$193,315,048	$127,203,923,857
1978	$266,570,067	$156,089,077,205
1979	$290,134,593	$179,933,827,310
1980	$431,542,537	$195,439,301,707
1981	$434,188,034	$164,375,775,854
1982	$348,741,684	$158,712,765,536
1983	$386,699,309	$153,671,294,109
1984	$333,163,670	$144,124,462,912
1985	$268,629,926	$144,057,523,222
1986	$318,858,423	$201,157,708,221
1987	$402,768,324	$245,406,949,521
1988	$470,395,801	$262,295,966,105
1989	$495,409,233	$258,716,904,292
1990	$596,410,264	$318,799,003,994
1991	$704,325,367	$327,982,316,124
1992	$831,029,862	$363,497,050,125
1993	$835,582,062	$354,070,495,966
1994	$878,250,945	$379,688,232,232
1995	$1,001,894,000	$452,967,334,614
1996	$946,112,493	$451,372,549,020
1997	$998,004,259	$417,506,211,882
1998	$928,460,893	$438,612,530,549
1999	$912,773,681	$447,778,514,140
2000	$887,291,688	$417,649,282,154
2001	$825,706,961	$432,536,219,669
2002	$775,777,239	$475,529,972,123
2003	$1,157,825,435	$582,435,617,082
2004	$1,511,236,656	$661,224,886,143
2005	$1,682,343,527	$688,133,699,636
2006	$1,800,092,564	$737,593,995,289
2007	$1,682,131,785	$853,499,460,873
2008	$1,766,902,709	$957,901,566,041
2009	$1,740,894,965	$878,954,223,140
2010	$2,234,754,242	$852,464,982,433
2011	$2,579,409,620	$913,140,741,333
2012	$2,477,702,216	$845,689,017,066
2013	$2,367,112,932	$883,951,539,007
2014	$2,441,063,054	$901,556,501,756
2015	$2,359,686,725	$775,743,675,303
2016	$2,114,426,452	$797,163,949,290
2017	$2,306,741,672	$848,233,537,846
2018	$2,556,247,292	$929,733,599,797
2019	$2,390,702,296	$928,903,005,576
2020	$2,053,699,870	$932,560,861,701
2021	$2,412,130,022	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$2,354,980,884	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$2,117,962,430	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$2,271,541,846	$1,227,543,925,316

Lesotho and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Netherlands
1960	$47	$1,156
1961	$47	$1,254
1962	$53.5	$1,342
1963	$58.4	$1,437
1964	$62.6	$1,668
1965	$64.3	$1,848
1966	$64.3	$1,986
1967	$64.8	$2,155
1968	$64.8	$2,364
1969	$67.1	$2,647
1970	$67.4	$2,931
1971	$72.4	$3,384
1972	$74	$4,110
1973	$107	$5,353
1974	$128.7	$6,450
1975	$123.2	$7,346
1976	$117.8	$7,937
1977	$149.9	$9,180
1978	$200.8	$11,196
1979	$212.4	$12,817
1980	$307	$13,812
1981	$299.8	$11,537
1982	$233.9	$11,089
1983	$252	$10,696
1984	$211	$9,992
1985	$165.4	$9,941
1986	$191.4	$13,804
1987	$236.5	$16,734
1988	$270.4	$17,771
1989	$279	$17,423
1990	$330	$21,322
1991	$382	$21,764
1992	$444	$23,939
1993	$439	$23,156
1994	$456	$24,683
1995	$513	$29,301
1996	$480	$29,064
1997	$502	$26,745
1998	$465	$27,924
1999	$456	$28,319
2000	$443	$26,225
2001	$413	$26,956
2002	$389	$29,447
2003	$583	$35,897
2004	$767	$40,611
2005	$861	$42,165
2006	$925	$45,124
2007	$861	$52,101
2008	$898	$58,247
2009	$879	$53,172
2010	$1,119	$51,306
2011	$1,281	$54,702
2012	$1,218	$50,474
2013	$1,151	$52,602
2014	$1,174	$53,457
2015	$1,121	$45,794
2016	$992	$46,809
2017	$1,069	$49,514
2018	$1,171	$53,955
2019	$1,082	$53,555
2020	$919	$53,468
2021	$1,067	$60,142
2022	$1,030	$59,123
2023	$916	$64,572
2024	$972	$68,219

Lesotho vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Netherlands
1950	44.6	71.4
1951	45.2	71.5
1952	45.9	72.1
1953	46.6	71.7
1954	47.3	72.4
1955	48	72.5
1956	48.6	72.5
1957	49.2	73
1958	49.6	73.1
1959	49.9	73.2
1960	50.2	73.4
1961	50.3	73.6
1962	50.3	73.2
1963	50.3	73.4
1964	50.3	73.7
1965	50.3	73.6
1966	50.4	73.6
1967	50.5	73.8
1968	50.8	73.6
1969	51.1	73.6
1970	51.5	73.6
1971	51.8	73.9
1972	52.3	73.8
1973	52.6	74.2
1974	52.9	74.6
1975	53.5	74.6
1976	53.9	74.7
1977	54.5	75.3
1978	55.2	75.2
1979	55.8	75.6
1980	56.5	75.8
1981	57.3	76
1982	58	76.1
1983	58.5	76.3
1984	59	76.3
1985	59.2	76.4
1986	59.3	76.4
1987	59.6	76.8
1988	59.6	77
1989	59.5	76.8
1990	59.3	77
1991	59.1	77.2
1992	58.6	77.4
1993	58.1	77
1994	57.3	77.5
1995	56.4	77.6
1996	55.1	77.6
1997	53.7	77.9
1998	52	78
1999	50.4	78
2000	48.8	78.1
2001	47.2	78.3
2002	46	78.4
2003	44.9	78.7
2004	44	79.2
2005	43.6	79.5
2006	43.2	79.8
2007	43.7	80.3
2008	44.3	80.4
2009	45.1	80.7
2010	46	80.8
2011	46.9	81.1
2012	48.2	81.1
2013	49.5	81.3
2014	50.8	81.7
2015	51.8	81.5
2016	52.9	81.6
2017	53.9	81.7
2018	54.6	81.8
2019	55.2	82.1
2020	55.1	81.4
2021	54.2	81.4
2022	56.8	81.9
2023	57.4	82.2
2024	57.8	82.3
2025	58.2	82.4

Lesotho and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Netherlands
1960	736,500	11,486,631
1961	758,824	11,638,712
1962	781,814	11,805,689
1963	805,373	11,965,966
1964	829,437	12,127,120
1965	854,090	12,294,732
1966	881,870	12,456,251
1967	913,982	12,598,201
1968	948,105	12,729,721
1969	983,202	12,877,984
1970	1,019,273	13,038,526
1971	1,056,246	13,194,497
1972	1,094,063	13,328,593
1973	1,132,697	13,439,322
1974	1,172,420	13,545,056
1975	1,213,643	13,666,335
1976	1,253,214	13,774,037
1977	1,289,967	13,856,185
1978	1,327,240	13,941,700
1979	1,366,169	14,038,270
1980	1,406,521	14,149,800
1981	1,448,069	14,247,208
1982	1,490,732	14,312,690
1983	1,534,413	14,367,070
1984	1,578,986	14,424,211
1985	1,624,379	14,491,632
1986	1,666,138	14,572,278
1987	1,703,390	14,665,037
1988	1,739,841	14,760,094
1989	1,775,436	14,848,907
1990	1,809,696	14,951,510
1991	1,842,379	15,069,798
1992	1,873,274	15,184,166
1993	1,901,793	15,290,368
1994	1,927,707	15,382,838
1995	1,951,437	15,459,006
1996	1,972,418	15,530,498
1997	1,988,130	15,610,650
1998	1,998,049	15,707,209
1999	2,003,234	15,812,088
2000	2,003,913	15,925,513
2001	2,000,853	16,046,180
2002	1,994,679	16,148,929
2003	1,985,059	16,225,302
2004	1,971,129	16,281,779
2005	1,953,076	16,319,868
2006	1,945,063	16,346,101
2007	1,953,268	16,381,696
2008	1,966,541	16,445,593
2009	1,980,883	16,530,388
2010	1,996,251	16,615,394
2011	2,014,009	16,693,074
2012	2,034,354	16,754,962
2013	2,056,504	16,804,432
2014	2,080,089	16,865,008
2015	2,104,611	16,939,923
2016	2,130,422	17,030,314
2017	2,157,110	17,131,296
2018	2,183,603	17,231,624
2019	2,209,405	17,344,874
2020	2,235,727	17,441,500
2021	2,261,542	17,533,044
2022	2,286,110	17,700,982
2023	2,311,472	17,877,117
2024	2,337,423	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Netherlands
1960	5.78	3.12
1961	5.79	3.22
1962	5.79	3.18
1963	5.78	3.19
1964	5.77	3.17
1965	5.77	3.04
1966	5.76	2.9
1967	5.75	2.81
1968	5.73	2.72
1969	5.7	2.75
1970	5.7	2.57
1971	5.7	2.36
1972	5.69	2.15
1973	5.69	1.9
1974	5.75	1.77
1975	5.83	1.66
1976	5.87	1.63
1977	5.85	1.58
1978	5.82	1.58
1979	5.79	1.56
1980	5.75	1.6
1981	5.69	1.56
1982	5.63	1.5
1983	5.56	1.47
1984	5.48	1.49
1985	5.4	1.51
1986	5.32	1.55
1987	5.22	1.56
1988	5.1	1.55
1989	4.96	1.55
1990	4.81	1.62
1991	4.68	1.61
1992	4.54	1.59
1993	4.37	1.57
1994	4.21	1.57
1995	4.13	1.53
1996	4.06	1.53
1997	3.98	1.56
1998	3.82	1.63
1999	3.67	1.65
2000	3.61	1.72
2001	3.63	1.71
2002	3.68	1.73
2003	3.62	1.75
2004	3.51	1.72
2005	3.43	1.71
2006	3.41	1.72
2007	3.44	1.72
2008	3.39	1.77
2009	3.31	1.79
2010	3.25	1.79
2011	3.34	1.76
2012	3.3	1.72
2013	3.28	1.68
2014	3.24	1.71
2015	3.22	1.66
2016	3.18	1.66
2017	3.11	1.62
2018	3.02	1.59
2019	2.92	1.57
2020	2.85	1.54
2021	2.77	1.62
2022	2.72	1.49
2023	2.69	1.43

Lesotho and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Netherlands
1960	17.5	28.8
1961	17.4	28.8
1962	17.4	28.7
1963	17.4	28.7
1964	17.5	28.6
1965	17.5	28.6
1966	17.5	28.6
1967	17.6	28.5
1968	17.8	28.6
1969	18	28.6
1970	18.2	28.6
1971	18.3	28.7
1972	18.5	28.9
1973	18.6	29
1974	18.8	29.3
1975	18.9	29.4
1976	19	29.8
1977	19	30.3
1978	18.9	30.7
1979	18.8	31
1980	18.8	31.3
1981	18.7	31.6
1982	18.6	31.9
1983	18.6	32.3
1984	18.5	32.6
1985	18.4	32.9
1986	18.6	33.2
1987	18.7	33.5
1988	18.6	33.8
1989	18.5	34.1
1990	18.4	34.3
1991	18.4	34.6
1992	18.4	34.8
1993	18.4	35.1
1994	18.5	35.4
1995	18.6	35.7
1996	18.6	36.1
1997	18.8	36.4
1998	18.9	36.7
1999	19.1	37
2000	19.2	37.3
2001	19.4	37.5
2002	19.5	37.8
2003	19.7	38.1
2004	19.8	38.5
2005	19.9	38.9
2006	20	39.3
2007	20.2	39.7
2008	20.4	40
2009	20.6	40.3
2010	20.7	40.7
2011	20.9	41
2012	21	41.3
2013	21.1	41.6
2014	21.2	41.8
2015	21.3	42
2016	21.4	42.2
2017	21.6	42.3
2018	21.7	42.4
2019	21.8	42.5
2020	22	42.5
2021	22.1	42.6
2022	22.3	42.5
2023	22.5	42.4
2024	22.7	42.4

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