Lesotho vs Russia statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 137th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Lesotho and Russia: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Russia economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Russia

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Russia
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	-
1971	$76,480,285	-
1972	$80,913,200	-
1973	$121,188,716	-
1974	$150,851,317	-
1975	$149,558,896	-
1976	$147,660,037	-
1977	$193,315,048	-
1978	$266,570,067	-
1979	$290,134,593	-
1980	$431,542,537	-
1981	$434,188,034	-
1982	$348,741,684	-
1983	$386,699,309	-
1984	$333,163,670	-
1985	$268,629,926	-
1986	$318,858,423	-
1987	$402,768,324	-
1988	$470,395,801	$554,828,660,436
1989	$495,409,233	$506,631,299,735
1990	$596,410,264	$517,014,446,228
1991	$704,325,367	$517,962,962,963
1992	$831,029,862	$460,290,556,901
1993	$835,582,062	$435,083,713,851
1994	$878,250,945	$395,077,301,248
1995	$1,001,894,000	$395,537,185,735
1996	$946,112,493	$391,724,890,744
1997	$998,004,259	$404,928,954,192
1998	$928,460,893	$270,955,486,862
1999	$912,773,681	$195,907,128,351
2000	$887,291,688	$259,710,142,197
2001	$825,706,961	$306,602,070,621
2002	$775,777,239	$345,470,494,418
2003	$1,157,825,435	$430,347,420,185
2004	$1,511,236,656	$591,016,690,732
2005	$1,682,343,527	$764,015,973,481
2006	$1,800,092,564	$989,932,071,353
2007	$1,682,131,785	$1,299,703,478,482
2008	$1,766,902,709	$1,660,848,058,303
2009	$1,740,894,965	$1,222,645,900,056
2010	$2,234,754,242	$1,524,916,715,224
2011	$2,579,409,620	$2,045,922,753,398
2012	$2,477,702,216	$2,208,293,553,878
2013	$2,367,112,932	$2,292,470,078,346
2014	$2,441,063,054	$2,059,241,589,895
2015	$2,359,686,725	$1,363,482,182,198
2016	$2,114,426,452	$1,276,786,350,881
2017	$2,306,741,672	$1,574,199,360,089
2018	$2,556,247,292	$1,657,328,773,461
2019	$2,390,702,296	$1,693,115,002,708
2020	$2,053,699,870	$1,493,075,894,362
2021	$2,412,130,022	$1,829,186,719,575
2022	$2,354,980,884	$2,291,612,121,335
2023	$2,117,962,430	$2,071,505,725,031
2024	$2,271,541,846	$2,173,835,806,672

Lesotho and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Russia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Russia
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	-
1971	$72.4	-
1972	$74	-
1973	$107	-
1974	$128.7	-
1975	$123.2	-
1976	$117.8	-
1977	$149.9	-
1978	$200.8	-
1979	$212.4	-
1980	$307	-
1981	$299.8	-
1982	$233.9	-
1983	$252	-
1984	$211	-
1985	$165.4	-
1986	$191.4	-
1987	$236.5	-
1988	$270.4	$3,778
1989	$279	$3,430
1990	$330	$3,494
1991	$382	$3,490
1992	$444	$3,099
1993	$439	$2,931
1994	$456	$2,662
1995	$513	$2,666
1996	$480	$2,644
1997	$502	$2,738
1998	$465	$1,835
1999	$456	$1,331
2000	$443	$1,772
2001	$413	$2,100
2002	$389	$2,378
2003	$583	$2,975
2004	$767	$4,102
2005	$861	$5,323
2006	$925	$6,920
2007	$861	$9,101
2008	$898	$11,635
2009	$879	$8,563
2010	$1,119	$10,675
2011	$1,281	$14,305
2012	$1,218	$15,402
2013	$1,151	$15,941
2014	$1,174	$14,277
2015	$1,121	$9,427
2016	$992	$8,804
2017	$1,069	$10,835
2018	$1,171	$11,399
2019	$1,082	$11,640
2020	$919	$10,280
2021	$1,067	$12,637
2022	$1,030	$15,888
2023	$916	$14,403
2024	$972	$15,145

Lesotho vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Russia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Russia
1950	44.6	55.5
1951	45.2	55.3
1952	45.9	57.6
1953	46.6	58.8
1954	47.3	59.9
1955	48	62.1
1956	48.6	66.5
1957	49.2	66
1958	49.6	67.7
1959	49.9	67.4
1960	50.2	68.3
1961	50.3	68.6
1962	50.3	68.5
1963	50.3	69.1
1964	50.3	69.5
1965	50.3	69.3
1966	50.4	69.4
1967	50.5	69.2
1968	50.8	69.1
1969	51.1	68.6
1970	51.5	68.7
1971	51.8	68.9
1972	52.3	68.8
1973	52.6	68.9
1974	52.9	68.7
1975	53.5	68.3
1976	53.9	68.1
1977	54.5	67.9
1978	55.2	67.8
1979	55.8	67.6
1980	56.5	67.5
1981	57.3	67.6
1982	58	68.1
1983	58.5	68
1984	59	67.6
1985	59.2	68.3
1986	59.3	70
1987	59.6	70.1
1988	59.6	69.9
1989	59.5	69.7
1990	59.3	69.3
1991	59.1	69
1992	58.6	67.8
1993	58.1	65
1994	57.3	63.8
1995	56.4	64
1996	55.1	65.4
1997	53.7	66.6
1998	52	66.9
1999	50.4	65.6
2000	48.8	65
2001	47.2	65
2002	46	64.7
2003	44.9	64.7
2004	44	65.1
2005	43.6	65.2
2006	43.2	66.5
2007	43.7	67.5
2008	44.3	67.9
2009	45.1	68.7
2010	46	68.2
2011	46.9	69.7
2012	48.2	70.1
2013	49.5	70.6
2014	50.8	70.8
2015	51.8	71.3
2016	52.9	71.9
2017	53.9	72.8
2018	54.6	72.9
2019	55.2	73.1
2020	55.1	71.2
2021	54.2	69.8
2022	56.8	72.5
2023	57.4	73.2
2024	57.8	73.3
2025	58.2	73.5

Lesotho and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Russia

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Russia
1960	736,500	119,897,000
1961	758,824	121,236,000
1962	781,814	122,591,000
1963	805,373	123,960,000
1964	829,437	125,345,000
1965	854,090	126,745,000
1966	881,870	127,468,000
1967	913,982	128,196,000
1968	948,105	128,928,000
1969	983,202	129,664,000
1970	1,019,273	130,404,000
1971	1,056,246	131,155,000
1972	1,094,063	131,909,000
1973	1,132,697	132,669,000
1974	1,172,420	133,432,000
1975	1,213,643	134,200,000
1976	1,253,214	135,147,000
1977	1,289,967	136,100,000
1978	1,327,240	137,060,000
1979	1,366,169	138,027,000
1980	1,406,521	139,010,000
1981	1,448,069	139,941,000
1982	1,490,732	140,823,000
1983	1,534,413	141,668,000
1984	1,578,986	142,745,000
1985	1,624,379	143,858,000
1986	1,666,138	144,894,000
1987	1,703,390	145,908,000
1988	1,739,841	146,857,000
1989	1,775,436	147,721,000
1990	1,809,696	147,969,406
1991	1,842,379	148,394,216
1992	1,873,274	148,538,197
1993	1,901,793	148,458,777
1994	1,927,707	148,407,912
1995	1,951,437	148,375,787
1996	1,972,418	148,160,129
1997	1,988,130	147,915,361
1998	1,998,049	147,670,784
1999	2,003,234	147,214,776
2000	2,003,913	146,596,869
2001	2,000,853	145,976,482
2002	1,994,679	145,306,497
2003	1,985,059	144,648,618
2004	1,971,129	144,067,316
2005	1,953,076	143,518,814
2006	1,945,063	143,049,637
2007	1,953,268	142,805,114
2008	1,966,541	142,742,366
2009	1,980,883	142,785,348
2010	1,996,251	142,849,468
2011	2,014,009	143,018,195
2012	2,034,354	143,378,447
2013	2,056,504	143,805,638
2014	2,080,089	144,237,223
2015	2,104,611	144,640,716
2016	2,130,422	145,015,460
2017	2,157,110	145,293,260
2018	2,183,603	145,398,106
2019	2,209,405	145,453,291
2020	2,235,727	145,245,148
2021	2,261,542	144,746,762
2022	2,286,110	144,236,933
2023	2,311,472	143,826,130
2024	2,337,423	143,533,851

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Russia

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Russia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Russia
1960	5.78	2.52
1961	5.79	2.45
1962	5.79	2.36
1963	5.78	2.27
1964	5.77	2.18
1965	5.77	2.13
1966	5.76	2.1
1967	5.75	2.04
1968	5.73	1.99
1969	5.7	1.97
1970	5.7	1.99
1971	5.7	2.03
1972	5.69	2.04
1973	5.69	2.01
1974	5.75	2
1975	5.83	1.98
1976	5.87	1.97
1977	5.85	1.95
1978	5.82	1.92
1979	5.79	1.9
1980	5.75	1.89
1981	5.69	1.91
1982	5.63	2.04
1983	5.56	2.11
1984	5.48	2.06
1985	5.4	2.05
1986	5.32	2.15
1987	5.22	2.22
1988	5.1	2.12
1989	4.96	2.01
1990	4.81	1.89
1991	4.68	1.73
1992	4.54	1.55
1993	4.37	1.39
1994	4.21	1.4
1995	4.13	1.34
1996	4.06	1.27
1997	3.98	1.22
1998	3.82	1.23
1999	3.67	1.16
2000	3.61	1.2
2001	3.63	1.22
2002	3.68	1.29
2003	3.62	1.32
2004	3.51	1.34
2005	3.43	1.29
2006	3.41	1.31
2007	3.44	1.42
2008	3.39	1.5
2009	3.31	1.54
2010	3.25	1.57
2011	3.34	1.58
2012	3.3	1.69
2013	3.28	1.71
2014	3.24	1.75
2015	3.22	1.78
2016	3.18	1.76
2017	3.11	1.62
2018	3.02	1.58
2019	2.92	1.5
2020	2.85	1.51
2021	2.77	1.51
2022	2.72	1.42
2023	2.69	1.41

Lesotho and Russia demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Russia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Russia
1960	17.5	27.1
1961	17.4	27.4
1962	17.4	27.7
1963	17.4	28.1
1964	17.5	28.3
1965	17.5	28.6
1966	17.5	28.9
1967	17.6	29.2
1968	17.8	29.8
1969	18	30.3
1970	18.2	30.7
1971	18.3	31
1972	18.5	31.1
1973	18.6	31.1
1974	18.8	30.9
1975	18.9	30.7
1976	19	30.6
1977	19	30.9
1978	18.9	31
1979	18.8	31.1
1980	18.8	31.3
1981	18.7	31.4
1982	18.6	31.6
1983	18.6	31.7
1984	18.5	31.8
1985	18.4	32
1986	18.6	32.2
1987	18.7	32.4
1988	18.6	32.6
1989	18.5	32.9
1990	18.4	33.2
1991	18.4	33.6
1992	18.4	33.9
1993	18.4	34.4
1994	18.5	34.7
1995	18.6	35
1996	18.6	35.3
1997	18.8	35.7
1998	18.9	36
1999	19.1	36.3
2000	19.2	36.6
2001	19.4	36.8
2002	19.5	36.9
2003	19.7	37
2004	19.8	37.2
2005	19.9	37.4
2006	20	37.6
2007	20.2	37.7
2008	20.4	37.8
2009	20.6	37.9
2010	20.7	38
2011	20.9	38.1
2012	21	38.3
2013	21.1	38.4
2014	21.2	38.6
2015	21.3	38.7
2016	21.4	38.8
2017	21.6	39
2018	21.7	39.2
2019	21.8	39.4
2020	22	39.7
2021	22.1	39.9
2022	22.3	40.1
2023	22.5	40.5
2024	22.7	40.9

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