Lesotho vs Qatar statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 137th vs. 158th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Lesotho and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Qatar economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Qatar
1960	$34,579,986	-
1961	$35,699,986	-
1962	$41,859,983	-
1963	$47,039,981	-
1964	$51,939,979	-
1965	$54,879,978	-
1966	$56,699,977	-
1967	$59,261,976	-
1968	$61,445,975	-
1969	$65,967,974	-
1970	$68,739,973	$301,791,302
1971	$76,480,285	$387,703,106
1972	$80,913,200	$510,262,500
1973	$121,188,716	$793,885,560
1974	$150,851,317	$2,401,403,227
1975	$149,558,896	$2,512,773,166
1976	$147,660,037	$3,284,273,987
1977	$193,315,048	$3,617,564,638
1978	$266,570,067	$4,052,000,413
1979	$290,134,593	$5,632,962,997
1980	$431,542,537	$7,829,165,262
1981	$434,188,034	$8,661,263,764
1982	$348,741,684	$7,596,703,214
1983	$386,699,309	$6,467,582,308
1984	$333,163,670	$6,704,395,824
1985	$268,629,926	$6,153,296,456
1986	$318,858,423	$5,053,021,951
1987	$402,768,324	$5,446,428,681
1988	$470,395,801	$6,038,187,033
1989	$495,409,233	$6,487,912,088
1990	$596,410,264	$7,360,439,423
1991	$704,325,367	$6,883,516,484
1992	$831,029,862	$7,646,153,984
1993	$835,582,062	$7,156,593,654
1994	$878,250,945	$7,374,450,769
1995	$1,001,894,000	$8,137,911,978
1996	$946,112,493	$9,059,340,385
1997	$998,004,259	$11,297,802,115
1998	$928,460,893	$10,255,495,027
1999	$912,773,681	$12,393,131,868
2000	$887,291,688	$17,759,890,110
2001	$825,706,961	$17,538,461,538
2002	$775,777,239	$19,363,736,264
2003	$1,157,825,435	$23,533,791,209
2004	$1,511,236,656	$31,734,065,934
2005	$1,682,343,527	$44,530,494,505
2006	$1,800,092,564	$60,882,142,857
2007	$1,682,131,785	$79,712,087,912
2008	$1,766,902,709	$115,270,054,945
2009	$1,740,894,965	$97,798,351,648
2010	$2,234,754,242	$125,122,306,346
2011	$2,579,409,620	$167,775,268,626
2012	$2,477,702,216	$186,833,502,363
2013	$2,367,112,932	$198,727,642,967
2014	$2,441,063,054	$206,224,598,571
2015	$2,359,686,725	$161,739,955,577
2016	$2,114,426,452	$151,732,181,868
2017	$2,306,741,672	$161,099,122,225
2018	$2,556,247,292	$183,334,953,819
2019	$2,390,702,296	$176,371,267,692
2020	$2,053,699,870	$144,411,363,352
2021	$2,412,130,022	$179,732,009,560
2022	$2,354,980,884	$235,709,325,714
2023	$2,117,962,430	$213,002,809,341
2024	$2,271,541,846	$217,982,967,033

Lesotho and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Qatar
1960	$47	-
1961	$47	-
1962	$53.5	-
1963	$58.4	-
1964	$62.6	-
1965	$64.3	-
1966	$64.3	-
1967	$64.8	-
1968	$64.8	-
1969	$67.1	-
1970	$67.4	$2,594
1971	$72.4	$2,952
1972	$74	$3,483
1973	$107	$4,905
1974	$128.7	$13,540
1975	$123.2	$13,014
1976	$117.8	$15,710
1977	$149.9	$16,058
1978	$200.8	$16,757
1979	$212.4	$21,777
1980	$307	$28,375
1981	$299.8	$29,505
1982	$233.9	$24,385
1983	$252	$19,616
1984	$211	$19,272
1985	$165.4	$16,815
1986	$191.4	$13,213
1987	$236.5	$13,719
1988	$270.4	$14,682
1989	$279	$15,243
1990	$330	$16,722
1991	$382	$15,133
1992	$444	$16,280
1993	$439	$14,770
1994	$456	$14,765
1995	$513	$15,823
1996	$480	$17,125
1997	$502	$20,523
1998	$465	$17,665
1999	$456	$20,234
2000	$443	$27,535
2001	$413	$25,871
2002	$389	$27,227
2003	$583	$31,602
2004	$767	$41,036
2005	$861	$53,950
2006	$925	$62,582
2007	$861	$65,954
2008	$898	$80,781
2009	$879	$60,786
2010	$1,119	$77,387
2011	$1,281	$103,262
2012	$1,218	$108,470
2013	$1,151	$103,697
2014	$1,174	$95,841
2015	$1,121	$68,985
2016	$992	$61,254
2017	$1,069	$63,280
2018	$1,171	$71,040
2019	$1,082	$66,841
2020	$919	$51,684
2021	$1,067	$71,752
2022	$1,030	$88,701
2023	$916	$80,196
2024	$972	$76,276

Lesotho vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Qatar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Qatar
1950	44.6	50.8
1951	45.2	51.5
1952	45.9	52.1
1953	46.6	52.8
1954	47.3	53.5
1955	48	54.2
1956	48.6	54.9
1957	49.2	55.6
1958	49.6	56.3
1959	49.9	57
1960	50.2	57.8
1961	50.3	58.5
1962	50.3	59.2
1963	50.3	60
1964	50.3	60.7
1965	50.3	61.4
1966	50.4	62.2
1967	50.5	62.9
1968	50.8	63.6
1969	51.1	64.2
1970	51.5	64.9
1971	51.8	65.5
1972	52.3	66.1
1973	52.6	66.6
1974	52.9	67.2
1975	53.5	67.7
1976	53.9	68.2
1977	54.5	68.6
1978	55.2	69.1
1979	55.8	69.5
1980	56.5	69.9
1981	57.3	70.3
1982	58	70.7
1983	58.5	71.1
1984	59	71.5
1985	59.2	71.8
1986	59.3	72.2
1987	59.6	72.5
1988	59.6	72.8
1989	59.5	73.1
1990	59.3	73.4
1991	59.1	73.7
1992	58.6	73.9
1993	58.1	74.1
1994	57.3	74.2
1995	56.4	74.4
1996	55.1	74.6
1997	53.7	74.7
1998	52	74.9
1999	50.4	75
2000	48.8	75.3
2001	47.2	75.5
2002	46	75.8
2003	44.9	76.1
2004	44	76.5
2005	43.6	76.9
2006	43.2	77.3
2007	43.7	77.7
2008	44.3	78.3
2009	45.1	78.8
2010	46	79.4
2011	46.9	80
2012	48.2	80.5
2013	49.5	81
2014	50.8	81.4
2015	51.8	81.8
2016	52.9	82.1
2017	53.9	82.5
2018	54.6	82.7
2019	55.2	82.9
2020	55.1	80.4
2021	54.2	81.1
2022	56.8	81.9
2023	57.4	82.4
2024	57.8	82.5
2025	58.2	82.7

Lesotho and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Qatar

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Qatar
1960	736,500	36,010
1961	758,824	39,680
1962	781,814	44,630
1963	805,373	50,380
1964	829,437	56,867
1965	854,090	64,065
1966	881,870	72,192
1967	913,982	81,439
1968	948,105	91,749
1969	983,202	103,025
1970	1,019,273	116,350
1971	1,056,246	131,346
1972	1,094,063	146,506
1973	1,132,697	161,841
1974	1,172,420	177,362
1975	1,213,643	193,087
1976	1,253,214	209,052
1977	1,289,967	225,285
1978	1,327,240	241,808
1979	1,366,169	258,670
1980	1,406,521	275,913
1981	1,448,069	293,553
1982	1,490,732	311,537
1983	1,534,413	329,709
1984	1,578,986	347,878
1985	1,624,379	365,940
1986	1,666,138	382,422
1987	1,703,390	397,005
1988	1,739,841	411,264
1989	1,775,436	425,646
1990	1,809,696	440,175
1991	1,842,379	454,853
1992	1,873,274	469,657
1993	1,901,793	484,545
1994	1,927,707	499,459
1995	1,951,437	514,325
1996	1,972,418	529,019
1997	1,988,130	550,500
1998	1,998,049	580,540
1999	2,003,234	612,500
2000	2,003,913	644,989
2001	2,000,853	677,925
2002	1,994,679	711,205
2003	1,985,059	744,682
2004	1,971,129	773,332
2005	1,953,076	825,408
2006	1,945,063	972,831
2007	1,953,268	1,208,595
2008	1,966,541	1,426,938
2009	1,980,883	1,608,903
2010	1,996,251	1,616,832
2011	2,014,009	1,624,761
2012	2,034,354	1,722,438
2013	2,056,504	1,916,426
2014	2,080,089	2,151,745
2015	2,104,611	2,344,557
2016	2,130,422	2,477,113
2017	2,157,110	2,545,820
2018	2,183,603	2,580,734
2019	2,209,405	2,638,657
2020	2,235,727	2,794,148
2021	2,261,542	2,504,910
2022	2,286,110	2,657,333
2023	2,311,472	2,656,032
2024	2,337,423	2,857,822

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Qatar

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Qatar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Qatar
1960	5.78	6.53
1961	5.79	6.53
1962	5.79	6.53
1963	5.78	6.53
1964	5.77	6.53
1965	5.77	6.53
1966	5.76	6.52
1967	5.75	6.46
1968	5.73	6.39
1969	5.7	6.31
1970	5.7	6.23
1971	5.7	6.15
1972	5.69	6.07
1973	5.69	6.01
1974	5.75	5.94
1975	5.83	5.86
1976	5.87	5.78
1977	5.85	5.69
1978	5.82	5.58
1979	5.79	5.46
1980	5.75	5.33
1981	5.69	5.2
1982	5.63	5.04
1983	5.56	4.9
1984	5.48	4.76
1985	5.4	4.64
1986	5.32	4.57
1987	5.22	4.54
1988	5.1	4.51
1989	4.96	4.41
1990	4.81	4.23
1991	4.68	3.99
1992	4.54	3.85
1993	4.37	3.77
1994	4.21	3.67
1995	4.13	3.56
1996	4.06	3.44
1997	3.98	3.33
1998	3.82	3.21
1999	3.67	3.12
2000	3.61	3.07
2001	3.63	3.08
2002	3.68	3.01
2003	3.62	2.93
2004	3.51	2.79
2005	3.43	2.64
2006	3.41	2.51
2007	3.44	2.44
2008	3.39	2.37
2009	3.31	2.25
2010	3.25	2.14
2011	3.34	2.07
2012	3.3	2.04
2013	3.28	2.03
2014	3.24	2.03
2015	3.22	1.98
2016	3.18	1.86
2017	3.11	1.83
2018	3.02	1.76
2019	2.92	1.73
2020	2.85	1.68
2021	2.77	1.61
2022	2.72	1.74
2023	2.69	1.73

Lesotho and Qatar demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Qatar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Qatar
1960	17.5	18
1961	17.4	19
1962	17.4	20.1
1963	17.4	21.1
1964	17.5	21.8
1965	17.5	22.5
1966	17.5	23
1967	17.6	23.5
1968	17.8	24
1969	18	24.4
1970	18.2	23.7
1971	18.3	22.2
1972	18.5	21.3
1973	18.6	20.9
1974	18.8	20.8
1975	18.9	21
1976	19	21.3
1977	19	21.8
1978	18.9	22.3
1979	18.8	22.9
1980	18.8	23.5
1981	18.7	24.1
1982	18.6	24.8
1983	18.6	25.6
1984	18.5	26.3
1985	18.4	27
1986	18.6	27.4
1987	18.7	27.5
1988	18.6	27.5
1989	18.5	27.6
1990	18.4	27.7
1991	18.4	27.9
1992	18.4	28.1
1993	18.4	28.4
1994	18.5	28.7
1995	18.6	29.1
1996	18.6	29.6
1997	18.8	29.9
1998	18.9	29.8
1999	19.1	29.8
2000	19.2	29.9
2001	19.4	30.1
2002	19.5	30.5
2003	19.7	30.9
2004	19.8	31
2005	19.9	30.9
2006	20	30.6
2007	20.2	30.1
2008	20.4	30.1
2009	20.6	30.8
2010	20.7	31.3
2011	20.9	31.2
2012	21	31
2013	21.1	30.9
2014	21.2	31.1
2015	21.3	31.2
2016	21.4	31.4
2017	21.6	31.6
2018	21.7	31.9
2019	21.8	32.3
2020	22	32.6
2021	22.1	32.9
2022	22.3	33.4
2023	22.5	34.1
2024	22.7	34.5

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