Lesotho vs Nigeria statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 137th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Lesotho and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Nigeria
1960	$34,579,986	$4,196,174,502
1961	$35,699,986	$4,467,287,893
1962	$41,859,983	$4,909,399,176
1963	$47,039,981	$5,165,590,254
1964	$51,939,979	$5,552,931,319
1965	$54,879,978	$5,874,537,650
1966	$56,699,977	$6,366,917,453
1967	$59,261,976	$5,203,237,919
1968	$61,445,975	$5,200,997,920
1969	$65,967,974	$6,634,317,346
1970	$68,739,973	$12,546,094,982
1971	$76,480,285	$9,181,769,912
1972	$80,913,200	$12,274,416,018
1973	$121,188,716	$15,162,871,287
1974	$150,851,317	$24,846,641,318
1975	$149,558,896	$27,778,934,625
1976	$147,660,037	$36,308,883,249
1977	$193,315,048	$36,035,407,725
1978	$266,570,067	$36,527,862,209
1979	$290,134,593	$47,259,911,894
1980	$431,542,537	$64,201,788,123
1981	$434,188,034	$164,475,209,516
1982	$348,741,684	$142,769,363,314
1983	$386,699,309	$97,094,911,792
1984	$333,163,670	$73,484,359,521
1985	$268,629,926	$73,745,821,158
1986	$318,858,423	$54,805,852,581
1987	$402,768,324	$52,676,041,931
1988	$470,395,801	$49,648,470,440
1989	$495,409,233	$44,003,061,108
1990	$596,410,264	$54,035,795,388
1991	$704,325,367	$59,526,833,412
1992	$831,029,862	$52,058,181,854
1993	$835,582,062	$56,721,051,402
1994	$878,250,945	$80,399,613,064
1995	$1,001,894,000	$140,919,776,986
1996	$946,112,493	$185,730,236,700
1997	$998,004,259	$200,850,397,618
1998	$928,460,893	$218,416,200,673
1999	$912,773,681	$59,145,077,039
2000	$887,291,688	$69,171,451,627
2001	$825,706,961	$73,557,840,064
2002	$775,777,239	$95,054,059,303
2003	$1,157,825,435	$104,738,954,264
2004	$1,511,236,656	$135,764,731,646
2005	$1,682,343,527	$175,670,569,969
2006	$1,800,092,564	$238,454,997,161
2007	$1,682,131,785	$278,260,846,800
2008	$1,766,902,709	$339,476,276,258
2009	$1,740,894,965	$295,008,835,381
2010	$2,234,754,242	$366,990,417,129
2011	$2,579,409,620	$414,466,676,831
2012	$2,477,702,216	$463,971,018,239
2013	$2,367,112,932	$520,117,180,314
2014	$2,441,063,054	$574,183,763,412
2015	$2,359,686,725	$493,026,682,801
2016	$2,114,426,452	$404,649,125,252
2017	$2,306,741,672	$375,745,731,053
2018	$2,556,247,292	$421,739,251,509
2019	$2,390,702,296	$474,517,490,844
2020	$2,053,699,870	$432,198,898,468
2021	$2,412,130,022	$440,833,635,874
2022	$2,354,980,884	$477,403,400,101
2023	$2,117,962,430	$363,846,332,835
2024	$2,271,541,846	$187,759,703,100

Lesotho and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Nigeria
1960	$47	$93.1
1961	$47	$97.1
1962	$53.5	$104.5
1963	$58.4	$107.7
1964	$62.6	$113.3
1965	$64.3	$117.3
1966	$64.3	$124.4
1967	$64.8	$99.5
1968	$64.8	$97.3
1969	$67.1	$121.4
1970	$67.4	$224.5
1971	$72.4	$160.5
1972	$74	$209.5
1973	$107	$252.4
1974	$128.7	$403
1975	$123.2	$438
1976	$117.8	$556
1977	$149.9	$536
1978	$200.8	$527
1979	$212.4	$661
1980	$307	$870
1981	$299.8	$2,162
1982	$233.9	$1,822
1983	$252	$1,207
1984	$211	$890
1985	$165.4	$869
1986	$191.4	$628
1987	$236.5	$588
1988	$270.4	$540
1989	$279	$465
1990	$330	$556
1991	$382	$597
1992	$444	$509
1993	$439	$540
1994	$456	$745
1995	$513	$1,272
1996	$480	$1,633
1997	$502	$1,720
1998	$465	$1,822
1999	$456	$481
2000	$443	$547
2001	$413	$566
2002	$389	$712
2003	$583	$763
2004	$767	$962
2005	$861	$1,211
2006	$925	$1,600
2007	$861	$1,816
2008	$898	$2,154
2009	$879	$1,820
2010	$1,119	$2,202
2011	$1,281	$2,418
2012	$1,218	$2,633
2013	$1,151	$2,873
2014	$1,174	$3,089
2015	$1,121	$2,586
2016	$992	$2,070
2017	$1,069	$1,876
2018	$1,171	$2,058
2019	$1,082	$2,265
2020	$919	$2,020
2021	$1,067	$2,017
2022	$1,030	$2,139
2023	$916	$1,597
2024	$972	$807

Lesotho vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Nigeria
1950	44.6	35.5
1951	45.2	35.7
1952	45.9	35.9
1953	46.6	36
1954	47.3	36.2
1955	48	36.3
1956	48.6	36.5
1957	49.2	36.6
1958	49.6	36.8
1959	49.9	37
1960	50.2	37.2
1961	50.3	37.4
1962	50.3	37.6
1963	50.3	37.8
1964	50.3	38
1965	50.3	38.2
1966	50.4	38.4
1967	50.5	37.5
1968	50.8	38.6
1969	51.1	38.9
1970	51.5	40
1971	51.8	40.6
1972	52.3	41.3
1973	52.6	41.8
1974	52.9	42.5
1975	53.5	43.1
1976	53.9	44.2
1977	54.5	44.8
1978	55.2	45.3
1979	55.8	45.7
1980	56.5	46
1981	57.3	46.3
1982	58	46.4
1983	58.5	46.4
1984	59	46.3
1985	59.2	46.2
1986	59.3	46
1987	59.6	45.9
1988	59.6	45.8
1989	59.5	45.8
1990	59.3	45.7
1991	59.1	45.5
1992	58.6	45.6
1993	58.1	45.8
1994	57.3	45.7
1995	56.4	45.9
1996	55.1	45.8
1997	53.7	46
1998	52	46.1
1999	50.4	46.6
2000	48.8	47.1
2001	47.2	47.5
2002	46	48
2003	44.9	48.6
2004	44	49.1
2005	43.6	49.5
2006	43.2	49.9
2007	43.7	50.4
2008	44.3	50.7
2009	45.1	51.1
2010	46	51.3
2011	46.9	51.5
2012	48.2	51.7
2013	49.5	51.8
2014	50.8	51.9
2015	51.8	51.9
2016	52.9	52.2
2017	53.9	52.4
2018	54.6	52.7
2019	55.2	53
2020	55.1	53.1
2021	54.2	53.5
2022	56.8	54.1
2023	57.4	54.5
2024	57.8	54.6
2025	58.2	54.8

Lesotho and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Nigeria
1960	736,500	45,053,782
1961	758,824	45,989,310
1962	781,814	46,965,292
1963	805,373	47,973,575
1964	829,437	49,012,016
1965	854,090	50,086,764
1966	881,870	51,188,234
1967	913,982	52,293,065
1968	948,105	53,432,783
1969	983,202	54,631,914
1970	1,019,273	55,893,838
1971	1,056,246	57,214,684
1972	1,094,063	58,601,748
1973	1,132,697	60,082,139
1974	1,172,420	61,679,144
1975	1,213,643	63,410,815
1976	1,253,214	65,258,009
1977	1,289,967	67,234,590
1978	1,327,240	69,326,532
1979	1,366,169	71,498,242
1980	1,406,521	73,764,641
1981	1,448,069	76,068,103
1982	1,490,732	78,378,701
1983	1,534,413	80,438,260
1984	1,578,986	82,526,443
1985	1,624,379	84,897,973
1986	1,666,138	87,235,953
1987	1,703,390	89,591,716
1988	1,739,841	92,020,090
1989	1,775,436	94,531,014
1990	1,809,696	97,120,925
1991	1,842,379	99,720,162
1992	1,873,274	102,372,770
1993	1,901,793	105,122,069
1994	1,927,707	107,935,714
1995	1,951,437	110,819,428
1996	1,972,418	113,754,779
1997	1,988,130	116,754,792
1998	1,998,049	119,846,254
1999	2,003,234	123,047,320
2000	2,003,913	126,382,494
2001	2,000,853	129,862,595
2002	1,994,679	133,471,989
2003	1,985,059	137,202,644
2004	1,971,129	141,057,045
2005	1,953,076	145,017,253
2006	1,945,063	149,077,334
2007	1,953,268	153,267,261
2008	1,966,541	157,595,014
2009	1,980,883	162,049,464
2010	1,996,251	166,642,886
2011	2,014,009	171,379,598
2012	2,034,354	176,200,625
2013	2,056,504	181,049,443
2014	2,080,089	185,896,915
2015	2,104,611	190,671,878
2016	2,130,422	195,443,700
2017	2,157,110	200,254,579
2018	2,183,603	204,938,755
2019	2,209,405	209,485,641
2020	2,235,727	213,996,181
2021	2,261,542	218,529,286
2022	2,286,110	223,150,896
2023	2,311,472	227,882,945
2024	2,337,423	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Nigeria
1960	5.78	6.36
1961	5.79	6.35
1962	5.79	6.36
1963	5.78	6.35
1964	5.77	6.36
1965	5.77	6.37
1966	5.76	6.39
1967	5.75	6.4
1968	5.73	6.42
1969	5.7	6.44
1970	5.7	6.47
1971	5.7	6.53
1972	5.69	6.58
1973	5.69	6.63
1974	5.75	6.7
1975	5.83	6.77
1976	5.87	6.81
1977	5.85	6.86
1978	5.82	6.92
1979	5.79	6.89
1980	5.75	6.85
1981	5.69	6.82
1982	5.63	6.8
1983	5.56	6.78
1984	5.48	6.7
1985	5.4	6.62
1986	5.32	6.56
1987	5.22	6.5
1988	5.1	6.5
1989	4.96	6.49
1990	4.81	6.46
1991	4.68	6.43
1992	4.54	6.39
1993	4.37	6.35
1994	4.21	6.32
1995	4.13	6.27
1996	4.06	6.22
1997	3.98	6.14
1998	3.82	6.07
1999	3.67	6.08
2000	3.61	6.12
2001	3.63	6.13
2002	3.68	6.12
2003	3.62	6.1
2004	3.51	6.09
2005	3.43	6.06
2006	3.41	6.05
2007	3.44	6.03
2008	3.39	6.02
2009	3.31	5.99
2010	3.25	5.95
2011	3.34	5.89
2012	3.3	5.8
2013	3.28	5.69
2014	3.24	5.62
2015	3.22	5.5
2016	3.18	5.34
2017	3.11	5.18
2018	3.02	5.02
2019	2.92	4.86
2020	2.85	4.7
2021	2.77	4.64
2022	2.72	4.55
2023	2.69	4.48

Lesotho and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Nigeria
1960	17.5	19.3
1961	17.4	19.3
1962	17.4	19.3
1963	17.4	19.3
1964	17.5	19.3
1965	17.5	19.3
1966	17.5	19.3
1967	17.6	19.2
1968	17.8	19.2
1969	18	19.1
1970	18.2	18.9
1971	18.3	18.8
1972	18.5	18.7
1973	18.6	18.6
1974	18.8	18.5
1975	18.9	18.4
1976	19	18.3
1977	19	18.2
1978	18.9	18
1979	18.8	17.9
1980	18.8	17.8
1981	18.7	17.7
1982	18.6	17.6
1983	18.6	17.5
1984	18.5	17.4
1985	18.4	17.3
1986	18.6	17.3
1987	18.7	17.3
1988	18.6	17.3
1989	18.5	17.3
1990	18.4	17.3
1991	18.4	17.3
1992	18.4	17.4
1993	18.4	17.4
1994	18.5	17.5
1995	18.6	17.6
1996	18.6	17.6
1997	18.8	17.7
1998	18.9	17.8
1999	19.1	17.9
2000	19.2	17.9
2001	19.4	17.9
2002	19.5	17.9
2003	19.7	17.9
2004	19.8	17.9
2005	19.9	17.9
2006	20	17.9
2007	20.2	17.9
2008	20.4	17.8
2009	20.6	17.8
2010	20.7	17.8
2011	20.9	17.7
2012	21	17.7
2013	21.1	17.7
2014	21.2	17.7
2015	21.3	17.8
2016	21.4	17.8
2017	21.6	17.9
2018	21.7	18
2019	21.8	18.2
2020	22	18.3
2021	22.1	18.5
2022	22.3	18.7
2023	22.5	18.8
2024	22.7	19

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