Lesotho vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 137th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Lesotho and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1960	$34,579,986	$1,409,873,950
1961	$35,699,986	$1,444,327,731
1962	$41,859,983	$1,434,156,379
1963	$47,039,981	$1,240,672,269
1964	$51,939,979	$1,309,747,899
1965	$54,879,978	$1,698,319,328
1966	$56,699,977	$1,751,470,588
1967	$59,261,976	$1,859,465,021
1968	$61,445,975	$1,801,344,538
1969	$65,967,974	$1,965,546,218
1970	$68,739,973	$2,296,470,588
1971	$76,480,285	$2,369,308,600
1972	$80,913,200	$2,553,936,348
1973	$121,188,716	$2,875,625,000
1974	$150,851,317	$3,574,586,466
1975	$149,558,896	$3,791,298,146
1976	$147,660,037	$3,591,319,857
1977	$193,315,048	$4,104,509,583
1978	$266,570,067	$2,733,183,857
1979	$290,134,593	$3,364,611,432
1980	$431,542,537	$4,024,621,900
1981	$434,188,034	$4,415,844,156
1982	$348,741,684	$4,768,765,017
1983	$386,699,309	$5,167,913,302
1984	$333,163,670	$6,043,474,843
1985	$268,629,926	$5,978,460,972
1986	$318,858,423	$6,405,210,564
1987	$402,768,324	$6,682,167,120
1988	$470,395,801	$6,978,371,581
1989	$495,409,233	$6,987,267,684
1990	$596,410,264	$8,032,551,173
1991	$704,325,367	$9,000,362,582
1992	$831,029,862	$9,703,011,636
1993	$835,582,062	$10,338,679,636
1994	$878,250,945	$11,717,604,209
1995	$1,001,894,000	$13,029,697,561
1996	$946,112,493	$13,897,738,375
1997	$998,004,259	$15,091,913,884
1998	$928,460,893	$15,794,972,847
1999	$912,773,681	$15,656,327,860
2000	$887,291,688	$16,330,814,180
2001	$825,706,961	$15,749,753,805
2002	$775,777,239	$16,536,535,647
2003	$1,157,825,435	$18,881,765,437
2004	$1,511,236,656	$20,662,525,941
2005	$1,682,343,527	$24,405,791,045
2006	$1,800,092,564	$28,279,802,406
2007	$1,682,131,785	$32,350,238,760
2008	$1,766,902,709	$40,713,826,215
2009	$1,740,894,965	$42,066,224,093
2010	$2,234,754,242	$58,636,161,082
2011	$2,579,409,620	$67,753,284,044
2012	$2,477,702,216	$70,447,216,891
2013	$2,367,112,932	$77,000,578,167
2014	$2,441,063,054	$82,528,535,714
2015	$2,359,686,725	$85,090,301,052
2016	$2,114,426,452	$88,000,211,172
2017	$2,306,741,672	$94,369,350,286
2018	$2,556,247,292	$94,450,015,983
2019	$2,390,702,296	$88,998,706,297
2020	$2,053,699,870	$84,335,574,582
2021	$2,412,130,022	$88,556,698,938
2022	$2,354,980,884	$74,143,020,263
2023	$2,117,962,430	$83,716,142,582
2024	$2,271,541,846	$98,963,185,510

Lesotho and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1960	$47	$145.9
1961	$47	$145.9
1962	$53.5	$141.4
1963	$58.4	$119.4
1964	$62.6	$122.9
1965	$64.3	$155.6
1966	$64.3	$156.6
1967	$64.8	$162.3
1968	$64.8	$153.5
1969	$67.1	$163.6
1970	$67.4	$186.9
1971	$72.4	$188.8
1972	$74	$199.4
1973	$107	$220.2
1974	$128.7	$268.7
1975	$123.2	$279.8
1976	$117.8	$260.3
1977	$149.9	$292.1
1978	$200.8	$191
1979	$212.4	$230.8
1980	$307	$271.1
1981	$299.8	$292.5
1982	$233.9	$312
1983	$252	$336
1984	$211	$391
1985	$165.4	$385
1986	$191.4	$407
1987	$236.5	$420
1988	$270.4	$434
1989	$279	$430
1990	$330	$491
1991	$382	$546
1992	$444	$580
1993	$439	$607
1994	$456	$678
1995	$513	$742
1996	$480	$776
1997	$502	$827
1998	$465	$849
1999	$456	$826
2000	$443	$846
2001	$413	$804
2002	$389	$835
2003	$583	$946
2004	$767	$1,029
2005	$861	$1,207
2006	$925	$1,390
2007	$861	$1,579
2008	$898	$1,974
2009	$879	$2,027
2010	$1,119	$2,808
2011	$1,281	$3,225
2012	$1,218	$3,328
2013	$1,151	$3,741
2014	$1,174	$3,972
2015	$1,121	$4,058
2016	$992	$4,149
2017	$1,069	$4,399
2018	$1,171	$4,359
2019	$1,082	$4,082
2020	$919	$3,848
2021	$1,067	$3,997
2022	$1,030	$3,343
2023	$916	$3,799
2024	$972	$4,516

Lesotho vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1950	44.6	53.2
1951	45.2	54
1952	45.9	54.9
1953	46.6	55.6
1954	47.3	56.4
1955	48	57.2
1956	48.6	57.9
1957	49.2	58.5
1958	49.6	59.3
1959	49.9	60
1960	50.2	60.6
1961	50.3	61.2
1962	50.3	61.6
1963	50.3	62
1964	50.3	62.4
1965	50.3	62.8
1966	50.4	63.2
1967	50.5	63.6
1968	50.8	63.9
1969	51.1	64.1
1970	51.5	64.4
1971	51.8	64.2
1972	52.3	64.6
1973	52.6	64.8
1974	52.9	65
1975	53.5	65.4
1976	53.9	65.8
1977	54.5	66.4
1978	55.2	66.8
1979	55.8	67.5
1980	56.5	68
1981	57.3	68.4
1982	58	68.7
1983	58.5	68.7
1984	59	68.8
1985	59.2	68.9
1986	59.3	69
1987	59.6	69
1988	59.6	69
1989	59.5	67.3
1990	59.3	69.2
1991	59.1	69.1
1992	58.6	69.6
1993	58.1	70
1994	57.3	70.2
1995	56.4	69.7
1996	55.1	69.8
1997	53.7	69.9
1998	52	70.1
1999	50.4	70.4
2000	48.8	71.2
2001	47.2	71.8
2002	46	72.3
2003	44.9	72.4
2004	44	68
2005	43.6	73.1
2006	43.2	72.8
2007	43.7	73
2008	44.3	72.6
2009	45.1	70.3
2010	46	74.5
2011	46.9	74.7
2012	48.2	75.2
2013	49.5	75.5
2014	50.8	75.8
2015	51.8	76
2016	52.9	76.1
2017	53.9	76.2
2018	54.6	76.5
2019	55.2	76.7
2020	55.1	76.9
2021	54.2	76.3
2022	56.8	77.3
2023	57.4	77.5
2024	57.8	77.7
2025	58.2	77.9

Lesotho and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1960	736,500	9,661,389
1961	758,824	9,899,372
1962	781,814	10,143,754
1963	805,373	10,395,040
1964	829,437	10,653,397
1965	854,090	10,916,965
1966	881,870	11,183,928
1967	913,982	11,457,328
1968	948,105	11,736,088
1969	983,202	12,013,858
1970	1,019,273	12,287,110
1971	1,056,246	12,551,910
1972	1,094,063	12,809,205
1973	1,132,697	13,060,916
1974	1,172,420	13,305,693
1975	1,213,643	13,548,984
1976	1,253,214	13,796,770
1977	1,289,967	14,049,371
1978	1,327,240	14,310,128
1979	1,366,169	14,579,614
1980	1,406,521	14,847,974
1981	1,448,069	15,099,414
1982	1,490,732	15,286,567
1983	1,534,413	15,388,794
1984	1,578,986	15,441,860
1985	1,624,379	15,544,154
1986	1,666,138	15,731,256
1987	1,703,390	15,916,576
1988	1,739,841	16,078,621
1989	1,775,436	16,248,557
1990	1,809,696	16,352,458
1991	1,842,379	16,475,354
1992	1,873,274	16,739,284
1993	1,901,793	17,025,918
1994	1,927,707	17,275,773
1995	1,951,437	17,564,068
1996	1,972,418	17,905,018
1997	1,988,130	18,248,200
1998	1,998,049	18,596,003
1999	2,003,234	18,944,731
2000	2,003,913	19,293,054
2001	2,000,853	19,600,362
2002	1,994,679	19,805,752
2003	1,985,059	19,951,521
2004	1,971,129	20,087,605
2005	1,953,076	20,216,524
2006	1,945,063	20,352,411
2007	1,953,268	20,492,545
2008	1,966,541	20,629,378
2009	1,980,883	20,756,435
2010	1,996,251	20,879,089
2011	2,014,009	21,009,048
2012	2,034,354	21,169,458
2013	2,056,504	20,585,000
2014	2,080,089	20,778,000
2015	2,104,611	20,970,000
2016	2,130,422	21,209,000
2017	2,157,110	21,453,000
2018	2,183,603	21,670,000
2019	2,209,405	21,803,000
2020	2,235,727	21,919,000
2021	2,261,542	22,156,000
2022	2,286,110	22,181,000
2023	2,311,472	22,037,000
2024	2,337,423	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1960	5.78	5.35
1961	5.79	5.24
1962	5.79	5.18
1963	5.78	5.12
1964	5.77	5.06
1965	5.77	4.93
1966	5.76	4.83
1967	5.75	4.79
1968	5.73	4.66
1969	5.7	4.5
1970	5.7	4.39
1971	5.7	4.27
1972	5.69	4.16
1973	5.69	4
1974	5.75	3.86
1975	5.83	3.82
1976	5.87	3.78
1977	5.85	3.74
1978	5.82	3.81
1979	5.79	3.82
1980	5.75	3.73
1981	5.69	3.65
1982	5.63	3.32
1983	5.56	3.11
1984	5.48	3.01
1985	5.4	2.9
1986	5.32	2.74
1987	5.22	2.64
1988	5.1	2.57
1989	4.96	2.58
1990	4.81	2.54
1991	4.68	2.51
1992	4.54	2.49
1993	4.37	2.44
1994	4.21	2.4
1995	4.13	2.35
1996	4.06	2.29
1997	3.98	2.22
1998	3.82	2.14
1999	3.67	2.14
2000	3.61	2.21
2001	3.63	2.28
2002	3.68	2.31
2003	3.62	2.3
2004	3.51	2.27
2005	3.43	2.26
2006	3.41	2.29
2007	3.44	2.3
2008	3.39	2.23
2009	3.31	2.18
2010	3.25	2.13
2011	3.34	2.14
2012	3.3	2.17
2013	3.28	2.18
2014	3.24	2.13
2015	3.22	2.09
2016	3.18	2.06
2017	3.11	2.04
2018	3.02	2.03
2019	2.92	2.02
2020	2.85	2.01
2021	2.77	2
2022	2.72	1.98
2023	2.69	1.97

Lesotho and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1960	17.5	19.5
1961	17.4	19.5
1962	17.4	19.5
1963	17.4	19.5
1964	17.5	19.5
1965	17.5	19.5
1966	17.5	19.6
1967	17.6	19.7
1968	17.8	19.8
1969	18	19.9
1970	18.2	20
1971	18.3	20.1
1972	18.5	20.2
1973	18.6	20.4
1974	18.8	20.6
1975	18.9	20.7
1976	19	20.9
1977	19	21
1978	18.9	21.2
1979	18.8	21.3
1980	18.8	21.5
1981	18.7	21.6
1982	18.6	21.7
1983	18.6	21.9
1984	18.5	22
1985	18.4	22.2
1986	18.6	22.5
1987	18.7	22.8
1988	18.6	23.1
1989	18.5	23.4
1990	18.4	23.6
1991	18.4	23.9
1992	18.4	24.3
1993	18.4	24.6
1994	18.5	24.9
1995	18.6	25.3
1996	18.6	25.8
1997	18.8	26.2
1998	18.9	26.5
1999	19.1	26.9
2000	19.2	27.2
2001	19.4	27.6
2002	19.5	27.9
2003	19.7	28.2
2004	19.8	28.5
2005	19.9	28.8
2006	20	29
2007	20.2	29.3
2008	20.4	29.6
2009	20.6	29.9
2010	20.7	30.2
2011	20.9	30.5
2012	21	30.8
2013	21.1	31.1
2014	21.2	31.4
2015	21.3	31.7
2016	21.4	32
2017	21.6	32.3
2018	21.7	32.5
2019	21.8	32.8
2020	22	33.1
2021	22.1	33.3
2022	22.3	33.6
2023	22.5	33.8
2024	22.7	34.1

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