Lesotho vs Sudan statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 137th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Lesotho and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Sudan
1960	$34,579,986	$1,126,364,162
1961	$35,699,986	$1,222,860,429
1962	$41,859,983	$1,328,259,625
1963	$47,039,981	$1,351,234,926
1964	$51,939,979	$1,388,282,600
1965	$54,879,978	$1,446,869,619
1966	$56,699,977	$1,484,491,676
1967	$59,261,976	$1,607,409,539
1968	$61,445,975	$1,677,771,401
1969	$65,967,974	$1,847,501,441
1970	$68,739,973	$2,100,229,759
1971	$76,480,285	$2,288,340,041
1972	$80,913,200	$2,483,055,722
1973	$121,188,716	$3,077,254,460
1974	$150,851,317	$3,958,931,660
1975	$149,558,896	$4,823,090,192
1976	$147,660,037	$6,013,210,816
1977	$193,315,048	$7,499,005,639
1978	$266,570,067	$8,128,719,315
1979	$290,134,593	$8,418,407,787
1980	$431,542,537	$8,951,800,000
1981	$434,188,034	$10,753,888,154
1982	$348,741,684	$8,732,542,274
1983	$386,699,309	$8,230,153,846
1984	$333,163,670	$10,447,615,385
1985	$268,629,926	$8,075,259,600
1986	$318,858,423	$10,092,200,000
1987	$402,768,324	$12,093,333,333
1988	$470,395,801	$14,372,555,556
1989	$495,409,233	$21,408,111,111
1990	$596,410,264	$33,641,222,222
1991	$704,325,367	$44,171,194,366
1992	$831,029,862	$7,031,933,492
1993	$835,582,062	$8,881,005,436
1994	$878,250,945	$12,793,794,737
1995	$1,001,894,000	$13,830,363,900
1996	$946,112,493	$9,018,300,725
1997	$998,004,259	$11,681,175,864
1998	$928,460,893	$11,250,221,537
1999	$912,773,681	$10,682,028,340
2000	$887,291,688	$12,257,299,147
2001	$825,706,961	$15,716,361,792
2002	$775,777,239	$18,137,128,388
2003	$1,157,825,435	$21,355,298,460
2004	$1,511,236,656	$26,646,007,251
2005	$1,682,343,527	$35,182,711,988
2006	$1,800,092,564	$45,263,831,634
2007	$1,682,131,785	$59,440,139,775
2008	$1,766,902,709	$64,833,083,257
2009	$1,740,894,965	$51,621,044,077
2010	$2,234,754,242	$58,962,978,034
2011	$2,579,409,620	$55,018,567,211
2012	$2,477,702,216	$37,632,919,967
2013	$2,367,112,932	$43,024,018,082
2014	$2,441,063,054	$49,516,748,618
2015	$2,359,686,725	$51,726,758,677
2016	$2,114,426,452	$42,630,376,000
2017	$2,306,741,672	$41,283,617,976
2018	$2,556,247,292	$32,333,780,383
2019	$2,390,702,296	$32,338,079,165
2020	$2,053,699,870	$27,034,593,750
2021	$2,412,130,022	$34,229,513,775
2022	$2,354,980,884	$51,666,875,363
2023	$2,117,962,430	$39,898,289,821
2024	$2,271,541,846	$49,909,807,030

Lesotho and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Sudan
1960	$47	$134.7
1961	$47	$141.6
1962	$53.5	$148.9
1963	$58.4	$146.6
1964	$62.6	$145.7
1965	$64.3	$146.8
1966	$64.3	$145.6
1967	$64.8	$152.4
1968	$64.8	$153.7
1969	$67.1	$163.5
1970	$67.4	$179.6
1971	$72.4	$189
1972	$74	$198.2
1973	$107	$235.8
1974	$128.7	$291.5
1975	$123.2	$343
1976	$117.8	$413
1977	$149.9	$497
1978	$200.8	$518
1979	$212.4	$515
1980	$307	$525
1981	$299.8	$605
1982	$233.9	$472
1983	$252	$431
1984	$211	$534
1985	$165.4	$406
1986	$191.4	$497
1987	$236.5	$584
1988	$270.4	$680
1989	$279	$992
1990	$330	$1,528
1991	$382	$1,966
1992	$444	$307
1993	$439	$379
1994	$456	$532
1995	$513	$561
1996	$480	$357
1997	$502	$453
1998	$465	$425
1999	$456	$394
2000	$443	$441
2001	$413	$551
2002	$389	$621
2003	$583	$714
2004	$767	$872
2005	$861	$1,125
2006	$925	$1,415
2007	$861	$1,814
2008	$898	$1,928
2009	$879	$1,493
2010	$1,119	$1,665
2011	$1,281	$1,522
2012	$1,218	$1,019
2013	$1,151	$1,139
2014	$1,174	$1,275
2015	$1,121	$1,292
2016	$992	$1,033
2017	$1,069	$967
2018	$1,171	$731
2019	$1,082	$710
2020	$919	$578
2021	$1,067	$712
2022	$1,030	$1,046
2023	$916	$797
2024	$972	$989

Lesotho vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Sudan
1950	44.6	45.8
1951	45.2	46.2
1952	45.9	46.5
1953	46.6	46.9
1954	47.3	47.3
1955	48	47.7
1956	48.6	48.1
1957	49.2	48.5
1958	49.6	48.9
1959	49.9	49.2
1960	50.2	49.6
1961	50.3	50
1962	50.3	50.4
1963	50.3	50.8
1964	50.3	50.9
1965	50.3	51
1966	50.4	51.3
1967	50.5	51.5
1968	50.8	51.8
1969	51.1	52
1970	51.5	52.3
1971	51.8	52.5
1972	52.3	52.8
1973	52.6	53
1974	52.9	53.2
1975	53.5	53.3
1976	53.9	53.3
1977	54.5	53.5
1978	55.2	53.3
1979	55.8	53.4
1980	56.5	54.1
1981	57.3	54.4
1982	58	54.4
1983	58.5	49.6
1984	59	49.8
1985	59.2	50
1986	59.3	54.6
1987	59.6	54.7
1988	59.6	55
1989	59.5	54.9
1990	59.3	55.5
1991	59.1	55.6
1992	58.6	56
1993	58.1	56.1
1994	57.3	57
1995	56.4	57.4
1996	55.1	57.6
1997	53.7	58.1
1998	52	58.3
1999	50.4	58.6
2000	48.8	58.9
2001	47.2	59.3
2002	46	59.3
2003	44.9	58.3
2004	44	56.8
2005	43.6	57.2
2006	43.2	60.4
2007	43.7	61.4
2008	44.3	61.3
2009	45.1	62.7
2010	46	63
2011	46.9	63.2
2012	48.2	63.4
2013	49.5	63.4
2014	50.8	64
2015	51.8	64.4
2016	52.9	64.7
2017	53.9	65.1
2018	54.6	65.5
2019	55.2	65.8
2020	55.1	65.1
2021	54.2	64.5
2022	56.8	65.7
2023	57.4	66.3
2024	57.8	66.5
2025	58.2	66.7

Lesotho and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Sudan
1960	736,500	8,364,489
1961	758,824	8,634,941
1962	781,814	8,919,028
1963	805,373	9,218,077
1964	829,437	9,531,109
1965	854,090	9,858,030
1966	881,870	10,197,578
1967	913,982	10,550,597
1968	948,105	10,917,999
1969	983,202	11,298,936
1970	1,019,273	11,695,771
1971	1,056,246	12,105,539
1972	1,094,063	12,527,856
1973	1,132,697	13,049,315
1974	1,172,420	13,580,723
1975	1,213,643	14,064,798
1976	1,253,214	14,569,716
1977	1,289,967	15,086,614
1978	1,327,240	15,695,003
1979	1,366,169	16,355,352
1980	1,406,521	17,058,905
1981	1,448,069	17,780,572
1982	1,490,732	18,486,645
1983	1,534,413	19,109,770
1984	1,578,986	19,546,528
1985	1,624,379	19,905,872
1986	1,666,138	20,288,238
1987	1,703,390	20,704,904
1988	1,739,841	21,138,431
1989	1,775,436	21,578,022
1990	1,809,696	22,021,481
1991	1,842,379	22,470,676
1992	1,873,274	22,927,355
1993	1,901,793	23,445,592
1994	1,927,707	24,043,948
1995	1,951,437	24,672,143
1996	1,972,418	25,231,528
1997	1,988,130	25,799,821
1998	1,998,049	26,458,999
1999	2,003,234	27,130,613
2000	2,003,913	27,816,745
2001	2,000,853	28,516,770
2002	1,994,679	29,228,727
2003	1,985,059	29,896,035
2004	1,971,129	30,556,637
2005	1,953,076	31,262,444
2006	1,945,063	31,992,435
2007	1,953,268	32,764,135
2008	1,966,541	33,623,980
2009	1,980,883	34,569,113
2010	1,996,251	35,414,399
2011	2,014,009	36,140,806
2012	2,034,354	36,923,178
2013	2,056,504	37,785,849
2014	2,080,089	38,823,318
2015	2,104,611	40,024,431
2016	2,130,422	41,259,892
2017	2,157,110	42,714,306
2018	2,183,603	44,230,596
2019	2,209,405	45,548,175
2020	2,235,727	46,789,231
2021	2,261,542	48,066,924
2022	2,286,110	49,383,346
2023	2,311,472	50,042,791
2024	2,337,423	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Sudan

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Sudan
1960	5.78	6.66
1961	5.79	6.66
1962	5.79	6.7
1963	5.78	6.76
1964	5.77	6.8
1965	5.77	6.84
1966	5.76	6.88
1967	5.75	6.91
1968	5.73	6.95
1969	5.7	6.97
1970	5.7	6.99
1971	5.7	7.02
1972	5.69	6.98
1973	5.69	6.94
1974	5.75	6.91
1975	5.83	6.87
1976	5.87	6.82
1977	5.85	6.78
1978	5.82	6.72
1979	5.79	6.65
1980	5.75	6.59
1981	5.69	6.53
1982	5.63	6.47
1983	5.56	6.41
1984	5.48	6.34
1985	5.4	6.28
1986	5.32	6.23
1987	5.22	6.18
1988	5.1	6.13
1989	4.96	6.11
1990	4.81	6.07
1991	4.68	6.05
1992	4.54	6.02
1993	4.37	5.97
1994	4.21	5.91
1995	4.13	5.86
1996	4.06	5.79
1997	3.98	5.72
1998	3.82	5.65
1999	3.67	5.62
2000	3.61	5.6
2001	3.63	5.56
2002	3.68	5.53
2003	3.62	5.49
2004	3.51	5.46
2005	3.43	5.4
2006	3.41	5.33
2007	3.44	5.27
2008	3.39	5.21
2009	3.31	5.17
2010	3.25	5.14
2011	3.34	5.09
2012	3.3	5.03
2013	3.28	4.97
2014	3.24	4.91
2015	3.22	4.9
2016	3.18	4.83
2017	3.11	4.76
2018	3.02	4.68
2019	2.92	4.62
2020	2.85	4.54
2021	2.77	4.46
2022	2.72	4.38
2023	2.69	4.32

Lesotho and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Sudan
1960	17.5	16.7
1961	17.4	16.7
1962	17.4	16.7
1963	17.4	16.6
1964	17.5	16.5
1965	17.5	16.5
1966	17.5	16.4
1967	17.6	16.4
1968	17.8	16.3
1969	18	16.3
1970	18.2	16.2
1971	18.3	16.2
1972	18.5	16.1
1973	18.6	16
1974	18.8	15.9
1975	18.9	16
1976	19	16
1977	19	16.1
1978	18.9	16.2
1979	18.8	16.4
1980	18.8	16.5
1981	18.7	16.6
1982	18.6	16.7
1983	18.6	16.7
1984	18.5	16.8
1985	18.4	16.8
1986	18.6	16.8
1987	18.7	16.9
1988	18.6	16.9
1989	18.5	16.8
1990	18.4	16.8
1991	18.4	16.8
1992	18.4	16.8
1993	18.4	16.8
1994	18.5	16.8
1995	18.6	16.8
1996	18.6	16.8
1997	18.8	16.8
1998	18.9	16.8
1999	19.1	16.9
2000	19.2	16.9
2001	19.4	17
2002	19.5	17
2003	19.7	17.1
2004	19.8	17.1
2005	19.9	17.1
2006	20	17.2
2007	20.2	17.3
2008	20.4	17.3
2009	20.6	17.4
2010	20.7	17.5
2011	20.9	17.4
2012	21	17.5
2013	21.1	17.5
2014	21.2	17.7
2015	21.3	17.9
2016	21.4	18.1
2017	21.6	18.3
2018	21.7	18.6
2019	21.8	18.7
2020	22	18.9
2021	22.1	19
2022	22.3	19.2
2023	22.5	19.3
2024	22.7	19.4

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