Lesotho vs New Zealand statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 137th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Lesotho and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	New Zealand
1960	$34,579,986	$5,536,098,360
1961	$35,699,986	$5,721,994,864
1962	$41,859,983	$6,133,158,532
1963	$47,039,981	$6,699,741,645
1964	$51,939,979	$7,340,766,415
1965	$54,879,978	$5,706,251,400
1966	$56,699,977	$5,917,437,693
1967	$59,261,976	$6,016,017,227
1968	$61,445,975	$5,228,045,415
1969	$65,967,974	$5,814,357,709
1970	$68,739,973	$6,495,605,331
1971	$76,480,285	$7,911,136,757
1972	$80,913,200	$9,567,331,065
1973	$121,188,716	$12,802,281,898
1974	$150,851,317	$13,940,981,798
1975	$149,558,896	$12,861,983,284
1976	$147,660,037	$13,604,832,424
1977	$193,315,048	$15,446,825,318
1978	$266,570,067	$18,530,518,395
1979	$290,134,593	$20,731,243,113
1980	$431,542,537	$23,244,547,385
1981	$434,188,034	$24,417,617,184
1982	$348,741,684	$24,164,603,059
1983	$386,699,309	$24,309,279,706
1984	$333,163,670	$21,665,975,319
1985	$268,629,926	$24,679,795,396
1986	$318,858,423	$30,604,668,357
1987	$402,768,324	$40,376,354,070
1988	$470,395,801	$45,176,811,594
1989	$495,409,233	$43,920,222,525
1990	$596,410,264	$45,495,129,385
1991	$704,325,367	$42,745,329,732
1992	$831,029,862	$41,649,829,860
1993	$835,582,062	$46,775,620,817
1994	$878,250,945	$55,314,732,279
1995	$1,001,894,000	$63,918,703,507
1996	$946,112,493	$70,140,835,299
1997	$998,004,259	$66,075,143,415
1998	$928,460,893	$56,227,169,851
1999	$912,773,681	$58,762,260,626
2000	$887,291,688	$52,623,281,957
2001	$825,706,961	$53,872,425,917
2002	$775,777,239	$66,627,729,311
2003	$1,157,825,435	$88,250,885,550
2004	$1,511,236,656	$103,905,210,084
2005	$1,682,343,527	$114,720,129,550
2006	$1,800,092,564	$111,538,810,713
2007	$1,682,131,785	$137,188,946,866
2008	$1,766,902,709	$133,437,126,590
2009	$1,740,894,965	$121,663,439,315
2010	$2,234,754,242	$146,887,902,524
2011	$2,579,409,620	$168,484,908,960
2012	$2,477,702,216	$176,560,711,239
2013	$2,367,112,932	$191,012,364,177
2014	$2,441,063,054	$201,518,402,787
2015	$2,359,686,725	$178,224,167,088
2016	$2,114,426,452	$189,100,085,275
2017	$2,306,741,672	$206,745,969,246
2018	$2,556,247,292	$211,985,631,173
2019	$2,390,702,296	$213,006,341,102
2020	$2,053,699,870	$213,029,554,654
2021	$2,412,130,022	$253,977,931,815
2022	$2,354,980,884	$249,509,991,440
2023	$2,117,962,430	$255,194,972,673
2024	$2,271,541,846	$260,235,932,559

Lesotho and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	New Zealand
1960	$47	$2,334
1961	$47	$2,365
1962	$53.5	$2,471
1963	$58.4	$2,646
1964	$62.6	$2,839
1965	$64.3	$2,171
1966	$64.3	$2,211
1967	$64.8	$2,208
1968	$64.8	$1,902
1969	$67.1	$2,097
1970	$67.4	$2,311
1971	$72.4	$2,773
1972	$74	$3,295
1973	$107	$4,323
1974	$128.7	$4,611
1975	$123.2	$4,172
1976	$117.8	$4,374
1977	$149.9	$4,951
1978	$200.8	$5,937
1979	$212.4	$6,668
1980	$307	$7,467
1981	$299.8	$7,814
1982	$233.9	$7,656
1983	$252	$7,598
1984	$211	$6,714
1985	$165.4	$7,601
1986	$191.4	$9,428
1987	$236.5	$12,331
1988	$270.4	$13,759
1989	$279	$13,312
1990	$330	$13,663
1991	$382	$12,230
1992	$444	$11,793
1993	$439	$13,094
1994	$456	$15,280
1995	$513	$17,400
1996	$480	$18,794
1997	$502	$17,474
1998	$465	$14,738
1999	$456	$15,322
2000	$443	$13,641
2001	$413	$13,883
2002	$389	$16,874
2003	$583	$21,914
2004	$767	$25,420
2005	$861	$27,751
2006	$925	$26,655
2007	$861	$32,480
2008	$898	$31,325
2009	$879	$28,277
2010	$1,119	$33,762
2011	$1,281	$38,432
2012	$1,218	$40,054
2013	$1,151	$43,000
2014	$1,174	$44,618
2015	$1,121	$38,665
2016	$992	$40,114
2017	$1,069	$42,950
2018	$1,171	$43,257
2019	$1,082	$42,779
2020	$919	$41,851
2021	$1,067	$49,689
2022	$1,030	$48,760
2023	$916	$48,655
2024	$972	$48,747

Lesotho vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	New Zealand
1950	44.6	69.3
1951	45.2	69.1
1952	45.9	69.4
1953	46.6	70.2
1954	47.3	70.3
1955	48	70.5
1956	48.6	70.7
1957	49.2	70.3
1958	49.6	70.9
1959	49.9	70.8
1960	50.2	71.2
1961	50.3	70.9
1962	50.3	71.2
1963	50.3	71.3
1964	50.3	71.3
1965	50.3	71.2
1966	50.4	71.1
1967	50.5	71.4
1968	50.8	71.1
1969	51.1	71.5
1970	51.5	71.2
1971	51.8	71.7
1972	52.3	71.8
1973	52.6	71.7
1974	52.9	71.9
1975	53.5	72.2
1976	53.9	72.4
1977	54.5	72.1
1978	55.2	73
1979	55.8	73.1
1980	56.5	72.9
1981	57.3	73.6
1982	58	73.7
1983	58.5	73.8
1984	59	74.4
1985	59.2	73.9
1986	59.3	74.1
1987	59.6	74.2
1988	59.6	74.5
1989	59.5	74.9
1990	59.3	75.4
1991	59.1	76.1
1992	58.6	76.2
1993	58.1	76.5
1994	57.3	76.9
1995	56.4	76.8
1996	55.1	76.8
1997	53.7	77.3
1998	52	78.2
1999	50.4	77.9
2000	48.8	78.7
2001	47.2	78.7
2002	46	78.9
2003	44.9	79.1
2004	44	79.4
2005	43.6	80
2006	43.2	80
2007	43.7	80.1
2008	44.3	80.2
2009	45.1	80.5
2010	46	81.1
2011	46.9	80.8
2012	48.2	81.2
2013	49.5	81.6
2014	50.8	81.4
2015	51.8	81.6
2016	52.9	82
2017	53.9	81.6
2018	54.6	81.9
2019	55.2	81.8
2020	55.1	82.7
2021	54.2	82.3
2022	56.8	81
2023	57.4	82.1
2024	57.8	82.2
2025	58.2	82.4

Lesotho and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	New Zealand
1960	736,500	2,371,800
1961	758,824	2,419,700
1962	781,814	2,482,000
1963	805,373	2,531,800
1964	829,437	2,585,400
1965	854,090	2,628,400
1966	881,870	2,675,900
1967	913,982	2,724,100
1968	948,105	2,748,100
1969	983,202	2,772,800
1970	1,019,273	2,810,700
1971	1,056,246	2,853,000
1972	1,094,063	2,903,900
1973	1,132,697	2,961,300
1974	1,172,420	3,023,700
1975	1,213,643	3,083,100
1976	1,253,214	3,110,500
1977	1,289,967	3,120,200
1978	1,327,240	3,121,200
1979	1,366,169	3,109,000
1980	1,406,521	3,112,900
1981	1,448,069	3,124,900
1982	1,490,732	3,156,100
1983	1,534,413	3,199,300
1984	1,578,986	3,227,100
1985	1,624,379	3,247,100
1986	1,666,138	3,246,300
1987	1,703,390	3,274,400
1988	1,739,841	3,283,400
1989	1,775,436	3,299,200
1990	1,809,696	3,329,800
1991	1,842,379	3,495,100
1992	1,873,274	3,531,700
1993	1,901,793	3,572,200
1994	1,927,707	3,620,000
1995	1,951,437	3,673,400
1996	1,972,418	3,732,000
1997	1,988,130	3,781,300
1998	1,998,049	3,815,000
1999	2,003,234	3,835,100
2000	2,003,913	3,857,700
2001	2,000,853	3,880,500
2002	1,994,679	3,948,500
2003	1,985,059	4,027,200
2004	1,971,129	4,087,500
2005	1,953,076	4,133,900
2006	1,945,063	4,184,600
2007	1,953,268	4,223,800
2008	1,966,541	4,259,800
2009	1,980,883	4,302,600
2010	1,996,251	4,350,700
2011	2,014,009	4,384,000
2012	2,034,354	4,408,100
2013	2,056,504	4,442,100
2014	2,080,089	4,516,500
2015	2,104,611	4,609,400
2016	2,130,422	4,714,100
2017	2,157,110	4,813,600
2018	2,183,603	4,900,600
2019	2,209,405	4,979,200
2020	2,235,727	5,090,200
2021	2,261,542	5,111,300
2022	2,286,110	5,117,100
2023	2,311,472	5,245,000
2024	2,337,423	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Lesotho and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Lesotho

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	New Zealand
1960	5.78	4.24
1961	5.79	4.31
1962	5.79	4.19
1963	5.78	4.05
1964	5.77	3.8
1965	5.77	3.54
1966	5.76	3.41
1967	5.75	3.35
1968	5.73	3.34
1969	5.7	3.28
1970	5.7	3.17
1971	5.7	3.18
1972	5.69	3
1973	5.69	2.76
1974	5.75	2.58
1975	5.83	2.37
1976	5.87	2.27
1977	5.85	2.21
1978	5.82	2.07
1979	5.79	2.12
1980	5.75	2.03
1981	5.69	2.01
1982	5.63	1.95
1983	5.56	1.92
1984	5.48	1.93
1985	5.4	1.93
1986	5.32	1.96
1987	5.22	2.03
1988	5.1	2.1
1989	4.96	2.12
1990	4.81	2.18
1991	4.68	2.09
1992	4.54	2.06
1993	4.37	2.04
1994	4.21	1.98
1995	4.13	1.98
1996	4.06	1.96
1997	3.98	1.96
1998	3.82	1.89
1999	3.67	1.97
2000	3.61	1.98
2001	3.63	1.97
2002	3.68	1.89
2003	3.62	1.93
2004	3.51	1.98
2005	3.43	1.97
2006	3.41	2.01
2007	3.44	2.18
2008	3.39	2.19
2009	3.31	2.13
2010	3.25	2.17
2011	3.34	2.09
2012	3.3	2.1
2013	3.28	2.01
2014	3.24	1.92
2015	3.22	1.99
2016	3.18	1.87
2017	3.11	1.81
2018	3.02	1.71
2019	2.92	1.72
2020	2.85	1.61
2021	2.77	1.64
2022	2.72	1.66
2023	2.69	1.56

Lesotho and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	New Zealand
1960	17.5	27.5
1961	17.4	27.1
1962	17.4	26.8
1963	17.4	26.4
1964	17.5	26.2
1965	17.5	26
1966	17.5	25.9
1967	17.6	25.8
1968	17.8	25.7
1969	18	25.7
1970	18.2	25.6
1971	18.3	25.7
1972	18.5	25.9
1973	18.6	26
1974	18.8	26.2
1975	18.9	26.3
1976	19	26.5
1977	19	26.8
1978	18.9	27.1
1979	18.8	27.5
1980	18.8	27.9
1981	18.7	28.2
1982	18.6	28.5
1983	18.6	28.8
1984	18.5	29.1
1985	18.4	29.4
1986	18.6	29.8
1987	18.7	30.1
1988	18.6	30.4
1989	18.5	30.8
1990	18.4	31.1
1991	18.4	31.4
1992	18.4	31.7
1993	18.4	32
1994	18.5	32.3
1995	18.6	32.6
1996	18.6	32.8
1997	18.8	33.2
1998	18.9	33.6
1999	19.1	34
2000	19.2	34.3
2001	19.4	34.6
2002	19.5	34.8
2003	19.7	35
2004	19.8	35.2
2005	19.9	35.5
2006	20	35.8
2007	20.2	36.1
2008	20.4	36.4
2009	20.6	36.6
2010	20.7	36.8
2011	20.9	37
2012	21	37.2
2013	21.1	37.4
2014	21.2	37.5
2015	21.3	37.4
2016	21.4	37.3
2017	21.6	37.2
2018	21.7	37.3
2019	21.8	37.3
2020	22	37.5
2021	22.1	37.8
2022	22.3	38.1
2023	22.5	38.3
2024	22.7	38.6

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