Lesotho vs Niger statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 27M in Niger (ranked 55/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 489,076 sq mi for Niger (ranked 137th vs. 20th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Niger ranks 187/197 ($723).

Lesotho and Niger: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Niger economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Niger

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Niger
1960	$34,579,986	$449,526,873
1961	$35,699,986	$485,785,231
1962	$41,859,983	$531,736,599
1963	$47,039,981	$586,294,879
1964	$51,939,979	$582,816,396
1965	$54,879,978	$673,383,511
1966	$56,699,977	$702,296,079
1967	$59,261,976	$665,586,872
1968	$61,445,975	$641,214,226
1969	$65,967,974	$625,867,985
1970	$68,739,973	$649,916,621
1971	$76,480,285	$693,573,704
1972	$80,913,200	$742,779,661
1973	$121,188,716	$946,385,105
1974	$150,851,317	$1,026,137,111
1975	$149,558,896	$1,048,690,933
1976	$147,660,037	$1,064,517,601
1977	$193,315,048	$1,291,458,041
1978	$266,570,067	$1,774,365,590
1979	$290,134,593	$2,109,277,666
1980	$431,542,537	$2,508,524,721
1981	$434,188,034	$2,170,893,414
1982	$348,741,684	$2,017,612,216
1983	$386,699,309	$1,803,099,561
1984	$333,163,670	$1,461,243,326
1985	$268,629,926	$1,440,581,652
1986	$318,858,423	$1,904,096,998
1987	$402,768,324	$2,233,006,105
1988	$470,395,801	$2,280,356,193
1989	$495,409,233	$2,179,567,114
1990	$596,410,264	$3,512,356,508
1991	$704,325,367	$3,285,796,875
1992	$831,029,862	$3,386,232,579
1993	$835,582,062	$3,052,673,849
1994	$878,250,945	$1,938,058,175
1995	$1,001,894,000	$2,302,537,562
1996	$946,112,493	$2,405,686,940
1997	$998,004,259	$2,290,318,910
1998	$928,460,893	$2,643,363,519
1999	$912,773,681	$2,537,789,821
2000	$887,291,688	$2,241,753,193
2001	$825,706,961	$2,448,714,704
2002	$775,777,239	$2,782,192,879
2003	$1,157,825,435	$3,394,084,732
2004	$1,511,236,656	$3,760,443,738
2005	$1,682,343,527	$4,383,315,965
2006	$1,800,092,564	$4,756,361,252
2007	$1,682,131,785	$5,731,485,052
2008	$1,766,902,709	$7,297,600,226
2009	$1,740,894,965	$7,352,131,310
2010	$2,234,754,242	$7,851,192,502
2011	$2,579,409,620	$8,772,950,778
2012	$2,477,702,216	$9,426,912,648
2013	$2,367,112,932	$10,224,897,438
2014	$2,441,063,054	$10,862,943,544
2015	$2,359,686,725	$9,683,867,926
2016	$2,114,426,452	$10,398,861,982
2017	$2,306,741,672	$11,185,104,252
2018	$2,556,247,292	$12,837,307,497
2019	$2,390,702,296	$12,889,555,561
2020	$2,053,699,870	$13,744,653,103
2021	$2,412,130,022	$14,915,002,436
2022	$2,354,980,884	$15,433,852,714
2023	$2,117,962,430	$16,698,786,973
2024	$2,271,541,846	$19,537,639,288

Lesotho and Niger economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Niger

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Niger
1960	$47	$128.3
1961	$47	$134.6
1962	$53.5	$143.2
1963	$58.4	$153.3
1964	$62.6	$148.1
1965	$64.3	$166.3
1966	$64.3	$168.6
1967	$64.8	$155.4
1968	$64.8	$145.6
1969	$67.1	$138.3
1970	$67.4	$139.8
1971	$72.4	$145.2
1972	$74	$151.4
1973	$107	$187.9
1974	$128.7	$198.3
1975	$123.2	$197.2
1976	$117.8	$194.8
1977	$149.9	$229.8
1978	$200.8	$307
1979	$212.4	$354
1980	$307	$409
1981	$299.8	$343
1982	$233.9	$310
1983	$252	$268.8
1984	$211	$211.5
1985	$165.4	$202.4
1986	$191.4	$259.6
1987	$236.5	$295.3
1988	$270.4	$292.6
1989	$279	$271.3
1990	$330	$424
1991	$382	$384
1992	$444	$384
1993	$439	$335
1994	$456	$206.2
1995	$513	$237
1996	$480	$239.5
1997	$502	$220.6
1998	$465	$246.1
1999	$456	$228.3
2000	$443	$194.8
2001	$413	$205.4
2002	$389	$225.3
2003	$583	$265.2
2004	$767	$283.5
2005	$861	$319
2006	$925	$333
2007	$861	$387
2008	$898	$475
2009	$879	$461
2010	$1,119	$474
2011	$1,281	$511
2012	$1,218	$529
2013	$1,151	$552
2014	$1,174	$565
2015	$1,121	$486
2016	$992	$503
2017	$1,069	$522
2018	$1,171	$579
2019	$1,082	$562
2020	$919	$580
2021	$1,067	$609
2022	$1,030	$610
2023	$916	$638
2024	$972	$723

Lesotho vs. Niger life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Niger

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Niger
1950	44.6	35.9
1951	45.2	35.9
1952	45.9	35.9
1953	46.6	35.9
1954	47.3	36
1955	48	36
1956	48.6	36
1957	49.2	36.1
1958	49.6	36.1
1959	49.9	36.1
1960	50.2	36.2
1961	50.3	36.3
1962	50.3	36.3
1963	50.3	36.4
1964	50.3	36.5
1965	50.3	36.4
1966	50.4	36.3
1967	50.5	36.2
1968	50.8	36.1
1969	51.1	36
1970	51.5	35.9
1971	51.8	35.3
1972	52.3	35.8
1973	52.6	35.9
1974	52.9	36.2
1975	53.5	36.6
1976	53.9	37.1
1977	54.5	37.7
1978	55.2	38.3
1979	55.8	38.9
1980	56.5	39.3
1981	57.3	39.6
1982	58	39.8
1983	58.5	40
1984	59	40
1985	59.2	40.1
1986	59.3	40.3
1987	59.6	40.5
1988	59.6	40.8
1989	59.5	41.2
1990	59.3	41.7
1991	59.1	42.3
1992	58.6	43.1
1993	58.1	43.8
1994	57.3	44.6
1995	56.4	45.5
1996	55.1	46.3
1997	53.7	47.1
1998	52	47.8
1999	50.4	48.5
2000	48.8	49.2
2001	47.2	49.9
2002	46	50.6
2003	44.9	51.5
2004	44	52.4
2005	43.6	53.3
2006	43.2	54.2
2007	43.7	55.1
2008	44.3	55.9
2009	45.1	56.5
2010	46	57.1
2011	46.9	57.6
2012	48.2	58
2013	49.5	58.4
2014	50.8	58.7
2015	51.8	58.8
2016	52.9	59.2
2017	53.9	59.5
2018	54.6	59.8
2019	55.2	60
2020	55.1	59.9
2021	54.2	59.5
2022	56.8	60.4
2023	57.4	61.2
2024	57.8	61.4
2025	58.2	61.7

Lesotho and Niger population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Niger

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Niger
1960	736,500	3,505,050
1961	758,824	3,608,162
1962	781,814	3,714,520
1963	805,373	3,823,873
1964	829,437	3,935,814
1965	854,090	4,049,695
1966	881,870	4,165,544
1967	913,982	4,283,590
1968	948,105	4,403,637
1969	983,202	4,525,725
1970	1,019,273	4,650,275
1971	1,056,246	4,776,225
1972	1,094,063	4,904,845
1973	1,132,697	5,037,865
1974	1,172,420	5,174,953
1975	1,213,643	5,317,019
1976	1,253,214	5,464,962
1977	1,289,967	5,619,716
1978	1,327,240	5,782,932
1979	1,366,169	5,955,556
1980	1,406,521	6,135,971
1981	1,448,069	6,322,006
1982	1,490,732	6,512,732
1983	1,534,413	6,708,644
1984	1,578,986	6,909,971
1985	1,624,379	7,118,457
1986	1,666,138	7,335,811
1987	1,703,390	7,561,150
1988	1,739,841	7,793,748
1989	1,775,436	8,034,780
1990	1,809,696	8,286,059
1991	1,842,379	8,546,900
1992	1,873,274	8,817,633
1993	1,901,793	9,100,789
1994	1,927,707	9,398,258
1995	1,951,437	9,714,529
1996	1,972,418	10,044,852
1997	1,988,130	10,383,969
1998	1,998,049	10,741,413
1999	2,003,234	11,117,411
2000	2,003,913	11,509,630
2001	2,000,853	11,920,647
2002	1,994,679	12,349,144
2003	1,985,059	12,796,984
2004	1,971,129	13,265,836
2005	1,953,076	13,756,192
2006	1,945,063	14,268,581
2007	1,953,268	14,803,610
2008	1,966,541	15,361,915
2009	1,980,883	15,943,675
2010	1,996,251	16,548,835
2011	2,014,009	17,176,283
2012	2,034,354	17,836,769
2013	2,056,504	18,519,898
2014	2,080,089	19,215,909
2015	2,104,611	19,939,498
2016	2,130,422	20,685,753
2017	2,157,110	21,435,446
2018	2,183,603	22,188,069
2019	2,209,405	22,947,757
2020	2,235,727	23,717,613
2021	2,261,542	24,502,140
2022	2,286,110	25,311,973
2023	2,311,472	26,159,867
2024	2,337,423	27,032,412

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Niger

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Niger

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Niger
1960	5.78	7.53
1961	5.79	7.51
1962	5.79	7.5
1963	5.78	7.49
1964	5.77	7.48
1965	5.77	7.47
1966	5.76	7.48
1967	5.75	7.49
1968	5.73	7.5
1969	5.7	7.51
1970	5.7	7.51
1971	5.7	7.52
1972	5.69	7.52
1973	5.69	7.53
1974	5.75	7.54
1975	5.83	7.54
1976	5.87	7.56
1977	5.85	7.6
1978	5.82	7.66
1979	5.79	7.72
1980	5.75	7.78
1981	5.69	7.82
1982	5.63	7.86
1983	5.56	7.9
1984	5.48	7.92
1985	5.4	7.93
1986	5.32	7.9
1987	5.22	7.87
1988	5.1	7.84
1989	4.96	7.82
1990	4.81	7.81
1991	4.68	7.8
1992	4.54	7.8
1993	4.37	7.79
1994	4.21	7.79
1995	4.13	7.78
1996	4.06	7.78
1997	3.98	7.8
1998	3.82	7.84
1999	3.67	7.84
2000	3.61	7.83
2001	3.63	7.81
2002	3.68	7.8
2003	3.62	7.79
2004	3.51	7.78
2005	3.43	7.77
2006	3.41	7.74
2007	3.44	7.73
2008	3.39	7.7
2009	3.31	7.68
2010	3.25	7.64
2011	3.34	7.59
2012	3.3	7.53
2013	3.28	7.45
2014	3.24	7.34
2015	3.22	7.22
2016	3.18	7.04
2017	3.11	6.87
2018	3.02	6.71
2019	2.92	6.54
2020	2.85	6.37
2021	2.77	6.2
2022	2.72	6.14
2023	2.69	6.06

Lesotho and Niger demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Niger

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Niger
1960	17.5	15.5
1961	17.4	15.5
1962	17.4	15.5
1963	17.4	15.5
1964	17.5	15.6
1965	17.5	15.6
1966	17.5	15.6
1967	17.6	15.7
1968	17.8	15.7
1969	18	15.8
1970	18.2	15.9
1971	18.3	15.9
1972	18.5	16
1973	18.6	16.1
1974	18.8	16.1
1975	18.9	16.2
1976	19	16.3
1977	19	16.3
1978	18.9	16.4
1979	18.8	16.4
1980	18.8	16.4
1981	18.7	16.4
1982	18.6	16.4
1983	18.6	16.4
1984	18.5	16.4
1985	18.4	16.4
1986	18.6	16.4
1987	18.7	16.4
1988	18.6	16.5
1989	18.5	16.5
1990	18.4	16.5
1991	18.4	16.6
1992	18.4	16.6
1993	18.4	16.6
1994	18.5	16.6
1995	18.6	16.6
1996	18.6	16.6
1997	18.8	16.5
1998	18.9	16.5
1999	19.1	16.4
2000	19.2	16.3
2001	19.4	16.2
2002	19.5	16.1
2003	19.7	16
2004	19.8	15.9
2005	19.9	15.8
2006	20	15.7
2007	20.2	15.5
2008	20.4	15.5
2009	20.6	15.4
2010	20.7	15.3
2011	20.9	15.3
2012	21	15.3
2013	21.1	15.3
2014	21.2	15.3
2015	21.3	15.4
2016	21.4	15.5
2017	21.6	15.6
2018	21.7	15.7
2019	21.8	15.8
2020	22	15.9
2021	22.1	16
2022	22.3	16.2
2023	22.5	16.3
2024	22.7	16.5

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