Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 137th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1960	$34,579,986	$230,496,037
1961	$35,699,986	$244,832,039
1962	$41,859,983	$261,184,042
1963	$47,039,981	$275,968,044
1964	$51,939,979	$305,312,049
1965	$54,879,978	$344,176,055
1966	$56,699,977	$390,992,063
1967	$59,261,976	$441,728,183
1968	$61,445,975	$485,184,190
1969	$65,967,974	$551,263,864
1970	$68,739,973	$645,568,215
1971	$76,480,285	$717,750,278
1972	$80,913,200	$858,761,926
1973	$121,188,716	$1,299,079,410
1974	$150,851,317	$1,467,417,672
1975	$149,558,896	$1,356,603,608
1976	$147,660,037	$1,511,843,235
1977	$193,315,048	$1,640,746,619
1978	$266,570,067	$1,947,878,831
1979	$290,134,593	$2,293,760,511
1980	$431,542,537	$2,545,808,456
1981	$434,188,034	$2,498,190,847
1982	$348,741,684	$2,368,719,683
1983	$386,699,309	$2,562,351,551
1984	$333,163,670	$2,552,662,617
1985	$268,629,926	$2,423,339,172
1986	$318,858,423	$2,647,995,602
1987	$402,768,324	$3,143,851,794
1988	$470,395,801	$3,656,177,881
1989	$495,409,233	$3,546,472,566
1990	$596,410,264	$3,219,729,083
1991	$704,325,367	$3,787,394,958
1992	$831,029,862	$4,377,980,510
1993	$835,582,062	$4,974,550,286
1994	$878,250,945	$5,502,786,070
1995	$1,001,894,000	$4,636,057,476
1996	$946,112,493	$5,155,311,077
1997	$998,004,259	$4,936,615,299
1998	$928,460,893	$3,789,443,015
1999	$912,773,681	$3,477,038,204
2000	$887,291,688	$3,521,339,699
2001	$825,706,961	$3,081,024,212
2002	$775,777,239	$2,999,511,040
2003	$1,157,825,435	$3,536,411,824
2004	$1,511,236,656	$3,927,157,867
2005	$1,682,343,527	$4,865,892,972
2006	$1,800,092,564	$8,354,911,041
2007	$1,682,131,785	$9,545,028,944
2008	$1,766,902,709	$11,670,892,801
2009	$1,740,894,965	$11,619,456,449
2010	$2,234,754,242	$14,250,786,675
2011	$2,579,409,620	$17,985,138,066
2012	$2,477,702,216	$21,295,168,666
2013	$2,367,112,932	$21,261,338,065
2014	$2,441,063,054	$23,210,823,987
2015	$2,359,686,725	$21,723,437,010
2016	$2,114,426,452	$20,758,876,953
2017	$2,306,741,672	$22,742,699,138
2018	$2,556,247,292	$24,109,780,708
2019	$2,390,702,296	$24,750,626,030
2020	$2,053,699,870	$23,848,447,850
2021	$2,412,130,022	$26,109,413,521
2022	$2,354,980,884	$31,653,185,953
2023	$2,117,962,430	$30,816,367,067
2024	$2,271,541,846	$32,538,480,024

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1960	$47	$115.5
1961	$47	$119.7
1962	$53.5	$124.7
1963	$58.4	$128.9
1964	$62.6	$139.5
1965	$64.3	$153.9
1966	$64.3	$171.1
1967	$64.8	$189
1968	$64.8	$202.9
1969	$67.1	$225.3
1970	$67.4	$257.6
1971	$72.4	$279.7
1972	$74	$327
1973	$107	$483
1974	$128.7	$533
1975	$123.2	$482
1976	$117.8	$525
1977	$149.9	$558
1978	$200.8	$648
1979	$212.4	$748
1980	$307	$813
1981	$299.8	$781
1982	$233.9	$726
1983	$252	$769
1984	$211	$750
1985	$165.4	$697
1986	$191.4	$745
1987	$236.5	$865
1988	$270.4	$985
1989	$279	$934
1990	$330	$826
1991	$382	$942
1992	$444	$1,051
1993	$439	$1,151
1994	$456	$1,228
1995	$513	$998
1996	$480	$1,071
1997	$502	$990
1998	$465	$733
1999	$456	$650
2000	$443	$636
2001	$413	$538
2002	$389	$506
2003	$583	$577
2004	$767	$621
2005	$861	$744
2006	$925	$1,238
2007	$861	$1,371
2008	$898	$1,625
2009	$879	$1,569
2010	$1,119	$1,867
2011	$1,281	$2,288
2012	$1,218	$2,635
2013	$1,151	$2,561
2014	$1,174	$2,723
2015	$1,121	$2,485
2016	$992	$2,316
2017	$1,069	$2,478
2018	$1,171	$2,566
2019	$1,082	$2,576
2020	$919	$2,430
2021	$1,067	$2,608
2022	$1,030	$3,102
2023	$916	$2,966
2024	$972	$3,076

Lesotho vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1950	44.6	39.4
1951	45.2	35.5
1952	45.9	40.7
1953	46.6	41.3
1954	47.3	42
1955	48	42.6
1956	48.6	43.3
1957	49.2	43.9
1958	49.6	44.6
1959	49.9	45.1
1960	50.2	45.8
1961	50.3	46.4
1962	50.3	46.7
1963	50.3	47.7
1964	50.3	48.3
1965	50.3	48.9
1966	50.4	49.6
1967	50.5	50.2
1968	50.8	50.9
1969	51.1	51.5
1970	51.5	52.1
1971	51.8	52.6
1972	52.3	53.3
1973	52.6	53.9
1974	52.9	54.4
1975	53.5	55
1976	53.9	55.5
1977	54.5	56
1978	55.2	56.5
1979	55.8	57
1980	56.5	57.4
1981	57.3	57.8
1982	58	58.1
1983	58.5	58.3
1984	59	58.6
1985	59.2	58.8
1986	59.3	59
1987	59.6	59.2
1988	59.6	59.4
1989	59.5	59.6
1990	59.3	59.8
1991	59.1	59.9
1992	58.6	60.3
1993	58.1	60.5
1994	57.3	60.7
1995	56.4	60.9
1996	55.1	61.1
1997	53.7	61.3
1998	52	60.4
1999	50.4	61.5
2000	48.8	61.6
2001	47.2	61.6
2002	46	61.6
2003	44.9	61.7
2004	44	61.8
2005	43.6	61.9
2006	43.2	62
2007	43.7	62.2
2008	44.3	62.5
2009	45.1	62.8
2010	46	63.1
2011	46.9	63.4
2012	48.2	63.6
2013	49.5	63.9
2014	50.8	64.2
2015	51.8	64.5
2016	52.9	64.7
2017	53.9	64.9
2018	54.6	65.1
2019	55.2	65.3
2020	55.1	65.1
2021	54.2	64.4
2022	56.8	65.3
2023	57.4	66.1
2024	57.8	66.3
2025	58.2	66.4

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1960	736,500	1,995,110
1961	758,824	2,046,127
1962	781,814	2,093,919
1963	805,373	2,141,376
1964	829,437	2,188,325
1965	854,090	2,235,820
1966	881,870	2,285,774
1967	913,982	2,337,532
1968	948,105	2,390,803
1969	983,202	2,446,927
1970	1,019,273	2,505,628
1971	1,056,246	2,566,421
1972	1,094,063	2,628,432
1973	1,132,697	2,690,629
1974	1,172,420	2,752,671
1975	1,213,643	2,814,820
1976	1,253,214	2,877,327
1977	1,289,967	2,940,327
1978	1,327,240	3,003,714
1979	1,366,169	3,067,341
1980	1,406,521	3,131,512
1981	1,448,069	3,197,019
1982	1,490,732	3,264,291
1983	1,534,413	3,333,633
1984	1,578,986	3,405,198
1985	1,624,379	3,478,936
1986	1,666,138	3,554,793
1987	1,703,390	3,632,543
1988	1,739,841	3,711,880
1989	1,775,436	3,796,078
1990	1,809,696	3,896,481
1991	1,842,379	4,021,837
1992	1,873,274	4,166,699
1993	1,901,793	4,320,872
1994	1,927,707	4,480,208
1995	1,951,437	4,644,278
1996	1,972,418	4,813,361
1997	1,988,130	4,987,883
1998	1,998,049	5,166,390
1999	2,003,234	5,349,333
2000	2,003,913	5,537,064
2001	2,000,853	5,728,435
2002	1,994,679	5,924,003
2003	1,985,059	6,123,997
2004	1,971,129	6,328,041
2005	1,953,076	6,535,905
2006	1,945,063	6,747,720
2007	1,953,268	6,963,345
2008	1,966,541	7,183,002
2009	1,980,883	7,406,438
2010	1,996,251	7,633,523
2011	2,014,009	7,859,346
2012	2,034,354	8,081,390
2013	2,056,504	8,302,698
2014	2,080,089	8,523,441
2015	2,104,611	8,743,246
2016	2,130,422	8,961,718
2017	2,157,110	9,178,714
2018	2,183,603	9,394,513
2019	2,209,405	9,609,010
2020	2,235,727	9,815,746
2021	2,261,542	10,012,896
2022	2,286,110	10,203,169
2023	2,311,472	10,389,635
2024	2,337,423	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1960	5.78	6.02
1961	5.79	6.07
1962	5.79	6.14
1963	5.78	6.15
1964	5.77	6.19
1965	5.77	6.2
1966	5.76	6.23
1967	5.75	6.24
1968	5.73	6.25
1969	5.7	6.26
1970	5.7	6.25
1971	5.7	6.23
1972	5.69	6.2
1973	5.69	6.16
1974	5.75	6.11
1975	5.83	6.07
1976	5.87	6.02
1977	5.85	5.96
1978	5.82	5.88
1979	5.79	5.79
1980	5.75	5.71
1981	5.69	5.65
1982	5.63	5.59
1983	5.56	5.56
1984	5.48	5.51
1985	5.4	5.47
1986	5.32	5.42
1987	5.22	5.36
1988	5.1	5.3
1989	4.96	5.24
1990	4.81	5.18
1991	4.68	5.11
1992	4.54	5.03
1993	4.37	4.96
1994	4.21	4.87
1995	4.13	4.78
1996	4.06	4.73
1997	3.98	4.68
1998	3.82	4.63
1999	3.67	4.59
2000	3.61	4.53
2001	3.63	4.47
2002	3.68	4.42
2003	3.62	4.36
2004	3.51	4.28
2005	3.43	4.22
2006	3.41	4.15
2007	3.44	4.08
2008	3.39	4.01
2009	3.31	3.94
2010	3.25	3.88
2011	3.34	3.82
2012	3.3	3.75
2013	3.28	3.68
2014	3.24	3.63
2015	3.22	3.56
2016	3.18	3.5
2017	3.11	3.43
2018	3.02	3.38
2019	2.92	3.32
2020	2.85	3.27
2021	2.77	3.22
2022	2.72	3.17
2023	2.69	3.1

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1960	17.5	18.5
1961	17.4	18.4
1962	17.4	18.3
1963	17.4	18.1
1964	17.5	18
1965	17.5	17.9
1966	17.5	17.8
1967	17.6	17.6
1968	17.8	17.5
1969	18	17.4
1970	18.2	17.3
1971	18.3	17.2
1972	18.5	17.1
1973	18.6	17.2
1974	18.8	17.2
1975	18.9	17.3
1976	19	17.4
1977	19	17.5
1978	18.9	17.7
1979	18.8	17.8
1980	18.8	18
1981	18.7	18.1
1982	18.6	18.2
1983	18.6	18.3
1984	18.5	18.3
1985	18.4	18.4
1986	18.6	18.5
1987	18.7	18.5
1988	18.6	18.6
1989	18.5	18.6
1990	18.4	18.7
1991	18.4	18.8
1992	18.4	18.9
1993	18.4	19
1994	18.5	19.1
1995	18.6	19.2
1996	18.6	19.4
1997	18.8	19.5
1998	18.9	19.6
1999	19.1	19.7
2000	19.2	19.8
2001	19.4	19.9
2002	19.5	19.9
2003	19.7	20
2004	19.8	20.2
2005	19.9	20.3
2006	20	20.4
2007	20.2	20.6
2008	20.4	20.7
2009	20.6	20.9
2010	20.7	21
2011	20.9	21.2
2012	21	21.3
2013	21.1	21.5
2014	21.2	21.7
2015	21.3	21.9
2016	21.4	22
2017	21.6	22.2
2018	21.7	22.4
2019	21.8	22.6
2020	22	22.8
2021	22.1	23
2022	22.3	23.2
2023	22.5	23.4
2024	22.7	23.6

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