Lesotho vs Portugal statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 10.7M in Portugal (ranked 90/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 35,369 sq mi for Portugal (ranked 137th vs. 108th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844).

Lesotho and Portugal: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Portugal economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Portugal
1960	$34,579,986	$3,339,150,158
1961	$35,699,986	$3,573,719,085
1962	$41,859,983	$3,835,883,663
1963	$47,039,981	$4,084,251,593
1964	$51,939,979	$4,429,202,657
1965	$54,879,978	$4,901,711,248
1966	$56,699,977	$5,370,108,031
1967	$59,261,976	$6,002,607,030
1968	$61,445,975	$6,644,693,214
1969	$65,967,974	$7,287,555,035
1970	$68,739,973	$8,108,235,704
1971	$76,480,285	$9,201,604,240
1972	$80,913,200	$11,239,117,865
1973	$121,188,716	$15,090,564,186
1974	$150,851,317	$17,512,391,476
1975	$149,558,896	$19,347,607,843
1976	$147,660,037	$20,332,831,565
1977	$193,315,048	$21,439,523,311
1978	$266,570,067	$23,487,614,051
1979	$290,134,593	$26,622,819,672
1980	$431,542,537	$32,896,519,824
1981	$434,188,034	$31,977,276,873
1982	$348,741,684	$30,527,754,793
1983	$386,699,309	$27,239,650,742
1984	$333,163,670	$25,217,969,050
1985	$268,629,926	$27,115,807,742
1986	$318,858,423	$38,745,901,354
1987	$402,768,324	$48,182,925,857
1988	$470,395,801	$56,347,250,696
1989	$495,409,233	$60,594,092,182
1990	$596,410,264	$78,713,860,217
1991	$704,325,367	$89,233,599,278
1992	$831,029,862	$107,592,098,307
1993	$835,582,062	$95,009,751,901
1994	$878,250,945	$99,688,641,304
1995	$1,001,894,000	$118,122,007,430
1996	$946,112,493	$122,630,089,680
1997	$998,004,259	$117,016,535,163
1998	$928,460,893	$123,946,327,916
1999	$912,773,681	$127,470,385,557
2000	$887,291,688	$118,605,192,877
2001	$825,706,961	$121,604,107,165
2002	$775,777,239	$134,795,565,549
2003	$1,157,825,435	$165,226,175,537
2004	$1,511,236,656	$189,382,122,532
2005	$1,682,343,527	$197,253,876,705
2006	$1,800,092,564	$208,756,449,276
2007	$1,682,131,785	$240,496,147,317
2008	$1,766,902,709	$263,416,394,624
2009	$1,740,894,965	$244,667,762,836
2010	$2,234,754,242	$238,443,864,993
2011	$2,579,409,620	$245,426,767,676
2012	$2,477,702,216	$216,536,676,772
2013	$2,367,112,932	$226,677,408,292
2014	$2,441,063,054	$230,078,616,300
2015	$2,359,686,725	$199,038,523,120
2016	$2,114,426,452	$206,305,431,242
2017	$2,306,741,672	$220,862,990,767
2018	$2,556,247,292	$242,092,894,543
2019	$2,390,702,296	$240,115,970,063
2020	$2,053,699,870	$229,618,773,423
2021	$2,412,130,022	$256,055,879,091
2022	$2,354,980,884	$256,898,675,069
2023	$2,117,962,430	$289,696,962,620
2024	$2,271,541,846	$308,683,317,393

Lesotho and Portugal economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Portugal
1960	$47	$377
1961	$47	$400
1962	$53.5	$426
1963	$58.4	$452
1964	$62.6	$490
1965	$64.3	$545
1966	$64.3	$601
1967	$64.8	$676
1968	$64.8	$752
1969	$67.1	$832
1970	$67.4	$934
1971	$72.4	$1,065
1972	$74	$1,302
1973	$107	$1,748
1974	$128.7	$2,000
1975	$123.2	$2,128
1976	$117.8	$2,173
1977	$149.9	$2,267
1978	$200.8	$2,457
1979	$212.4	$2,756
1980	$307	$3,368
1981	$299.8	$3,246
1982	$233.9	$3,080
1983	$252	$2,735
1984	$211	$2,523
1985	$165.4	$2,705
1986	$191.4	$3,862
1987	$236.5	$4,804
1988	$270.4	$5,624
1989	$279	$6,056
1990	$330	$7,885
1991	$382	$8,959
1992	$444	$10,811
1993	$439	$9,535
1994	$456	$9,977
1995	$513	$11,781
1996	$480	$12,185
1997	$502	$11,576
1998	$465	$12,199
1999	$456	$12,475
2000	$443	$11,526
2001	$413	$11,735
2002	$389	$12,937
2003	$583	$15,798
2004	$767	$18,064
2005	$861	$18,780
2006	$925	$19,839
2007	$861	$22,811
2008	$898	$24,949
2009	$879	$23,151
2010	$1,119	$22,552
2011	$1,281	$23,247
2012	$1,218	$20,593
2013	$1,151	$21,676
2014	$1,174	$22,121
2015	$1,121	$19,216
2016	$992	$19,980
2017	$1,069	$21,442
2018	$1,171	$23,541
2019	$1,082	$23,343
2020	$919	$22,299
2021	$1,067	$24,711
2022	$1,030	$24,621
2023	$916	$27,386
2024	$972	$28,844

Lesotho vs. Portugal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Portugal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Portugal
1950	44.6	58.5
1951	45.2	58.7
1952	45.9	59.8
1953	46.6	61.1
1954	47.3	62.2
1955	48	61.4
1956	48.6	61.2
1957	49.2	61.4
1958	49.6	63.7
1959	49.9	62.9
1960	50.2	64.1
1961	50.3	62.8
1962	50.3	64.3
1963	50.3	64.9
1964	50.3	65.1
1965	50.3	66.1
1966	50.4	65.6
1967	50.5	66.5
1968	50.8	66.8
1969	51.1	66.4
1970	51.5	67.1
1971	51.8	66.8
1972	52.3	69.2
1973	52.6	68.6
1974	52.9	69.1
1975	53.5	68.8
1976	53.9	69.1
1977	54.5	70.3
1978	55.2	70.8
1979	55.8	71.6
1980	56.5	71.7
1981	57.3	71.9
1982	58	72.7
1983	58.5	72.7
1984	59	72.9
1985	59.2	73.2
1986	59.3	73.6
1987	59.6	74.1
1988	59.6	74.1
1989	59.5	74.7
1990	59.3	74.3
1991	59.1	74.2
1992	58.6	74.9
1993	58.1	74.8
1994	57.3	75.7
1995	56.4	75.5
1996	55.1	75.5
1997	53.7	75.9
1998	52	76.1
1999	50.4	76.3
2000	48.8	76.8
2001	47.2	77.2
2002	46	77.4
2003	44.9	77.6
2004	44	78.4
2005	43.6	78.3
2006	43.2	79.1
2007	43.7	79.3
2008	44.3	79.6
2009	45.1	79.8
2010	46	80.1
2011	46.9	80.6
2012	48.2	80.6
2013	49.5	80.9
2014	50.8	81.3
2015	51.8	81.3
2016	52.9	81.4
2017	53.9	81.7
2018	54.6	81.6
2019	55.2	82
2020	55.1	81.4
2021	54.2	81.4
2022	56.8	81.2
2023	57.4	82.4
2024	57.8	82.6
2025	58.2	82.7

Lesotho and Portugal population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Portugal

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Portugal
1960	736,500	8,857,716
1961	758,824	8,929,316
1962	781,814	8,993,985
1963	805,373	9,030,355
1964	829,437	9,035,365
1965	854,090	8,998,595
1966	881,870	8,930,990
1967	913,982	8,874,520
1968	948,105	8,836,650
1969	983,202	8,757,705
1970	1,019,273	8,680,431
1971	1,056,246	8,643,756
1972	1,094,063	8,630,430
1973	1,132,697	8,633,100
1974	1,172,420	8,754,365
1975	1,213,643	9,093,470
1976	1,253,214	9,355,810
1977	1,289,967	9,455,675
1978	1,327,240	9,558,250
1979	1,366,169	9,661,265
1980	1,406,521	9,766,312
1981	1,448,069	9,851,362
1982	1,490,732	9,911,771
1983	1,534,413	9,957,865
1984	1,578,986	9,996,232
1985	1,624,379	10,023,613
1986	1,666,138	10,032,734
1987	1,703,390	10,030,031
1988	1,739,841	10,019,610
1989	1,775,436	10,005,000
1990	1,809,696	9,983,218
1991	1,842,379	9,960,235
1992	1,873,274	9,952,494
1993	1,901,793	9,964,675
1994	1,927,707	9,991,525
1995	1,951,437	10,026,176
1996	1,972,418	10,063,945
1997	1,988,130	10,108,977
1998	1,998,049	10,160,196
1999	2,003,234	10,217,828
2000	2,003,913	10,289,898
2001	2,000,853	10,362,722
2002	1,994,679	10,419,631
2003	1,985,059	10,458,821
2004	1,971,129	10,483,861
2005	1,953,076	10,503,330
2006	1,945,063	10,522,288
2007	1,953,268	10,542,964
2008	1,966,541	10,558,177
2009	1,980,883	10,568,247
2010	1,996,251	10,573,100
2011	2,014,009	10,557,560
2012	2,034,354	10,514,844
2013	2,056,504	10,457,295
2014	2,080,089	10,401,062
2015	2,104,611	10,358,076
2016	2,130,422	10,325,452
2017	2,157,110	10,300,300
2018	2,183,603	10,283,822
2019	2,209,405	10,286,263
2020	2,235,727	10,297,081
2021	2,261,542	10,361,831
2022	2,286,110	10,434,332
2023	2,311,472	10,578,174
2024	2,337,423	10,701,636

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Portugal

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Portugal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Portugal
1960	5.78	3.16
1961	5.79	3.21
1962	5.79	3.23
1963	5.78	3.12
1964	5.77	3.21
1965	5.77	3.15
1966	5.76	3.16
1967	5.75	3.16
1968	5.73	3.12
1969	5.7	3.12
1970	5.7	3.01
1971	5.7	3
1972	5.69	2.86
1973	5.69	2.77
1974	5.75	2.7
1975	5.83	2.75
1976	5.87	2.82
1977	5.85	2.69
1978	5.82	2.45
1979	5.79	2.31
1980	5.75	2.25
1981	5.69	2.13
1982	5.63	2.07
1983	5.56	1.95
1984	5.48	1.9
1985	5.4	1.72
1986	5.32	1.66
1987	5.22	1.62
1988	5.1	1.61
1989	4.96	1.57
1990	4.81	1.56
1991	4.68	1.56
1992	4.54	1.54
1993	4.37	1.52
1994	4.21	1.45
1995	4.13	1.41
1996	4.06	1.44
1997	3.98	1.47
1998	3.82	1.47
1999	3.67	1.5
2000	3.61	1.55
2001	3.63	1.45
2002	3.68	1.46
2003	3.62	1.44
2004	3.51	1.4
2005	3.43	1.41
2006	3.41	1.37
2007	3.44	1.35
2008	3.39	1.39
2009	3.31	1.34
2010	3.25	1.39
2011	3.34	1.35
2012	3.3	1.28
2013	3.28	1.21
2014	3.24	1.24
2015	3.22	1.31
2016	3.18	1.37
2017	3.11	1.38
2018	3.02	1.42
2019	2.92	1.44
2020	2.85	1.42
2021	2.77	1.35
2022	2.72	1.43
2023	2.69	1.44

Lesotho and Portugal demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Portugal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Portugal
1960	17.5	27.9
1961	17.4	28.1
1962	17.4	28.3
1963	17.4	28.5
1964	17.5	28.7
1965	17.5	28.8
1966	17.5	29
1967	17.6	29.1
1968	17.8	29.2
1969	18	29.4
1970	18.2	29.6
1971	18.3	29.7
1972	18.5	29.6
1973	18.6	29.6
1974	18.8	29.7
1975	18.9	29.7
1976	19	29.8
1977	19	29.9
1978	18.9	30
1979	18.8	30.3
1980	18.8	30.6
1981	18.7	30.8
1982	18.6	31.1
1983	18.6	31.4
1984	18.5	31.7
1985	18.4	32.1
1986	18.6	32.5
1987	18.7	32.9
1988	18.6	33.3
1989	18.5	33.7
1990	18.4	34.2
1991	18.4	34.6
1992	18.4	35
1993	18.4	35.4
1994	18.5	35.7
1995	18.6	36.1
1996	18.6	36.4
1997	18.8	36.8
1998	18.9	37.1
1999	19.1	37.4
2000	19.2	37.7
2001	19.4	38
2002	19.5	38.3
2003	19.7	38.6
2004	19.8	39
2005	19.9	39.4
2006	20	39.8
2007	20.2	40.2
2008	20.4	40.6
2009	20.6	41
2010	20.7	41.5
2011	20.9	41.9
2012	21	42.4
2013	21.1	42.9
2014	21.2	43.4
2015	21.3	43.8
2016	21.4	44.3
2017	21.6	44.7
2018	21.7	45.2
2019	21.8	45.6
2020	22	46.1
2021	22.1	46.5
2022	22.3	46.8
2023	22.5	47.2
2024	22.7	47.5

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