Lesotho vs Suriname statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 137th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Lesotho and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Suriname economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Suriname
1960	$34,579,986	$99,650,000
1961	$35,699,986	$107,700,000
1962	$41,859,983	$116,150,000
1963	$47,039,981	$125,950,000
1964	$51,939,979	$134,400,000
1965	$54,879,978	$154,150,000
1966	$56,699,977	$190,350,000
1967	$59,261,976	$220,700,000
1968	$61,445,975	$241,350,000
1969	$65,967,974	$259,650,000
1970	$68,739,973	$274,900,000
1971	$76,480,285	$301,000,000
1972	$80,913,200	$311,950,000
1973	$121,188,716	$339,450,000
1974	$150,851,317	$409,850,000
1975	$149,558,896	$465,500,000
1976	$147,660,037	$505,500,000
1977	$193,315,048	$641,500,000
1978	$266,570,067	$735,500,000
1979	$290,134,593	$782,500,000
1980	$431,542,537	$795,000,000
1981	$434,188,034	$889,000,000
1982	$348,741,684	$915,000,000
1983	$386,699,309	$883,500,000
1984	$333,163,670	$864,000,000
1985	$268,629,926	$873,000,000
1986	$318,858,423	$891,000,000
1987	$402,768,324	$980,000,000
1988	$470,395,801	$1,161,000,000
1989	$495,409,233	$542,600,000
1990	$596,410,264	$388,400,000
1991	$704,325,367	$448,100,000
1992	$831,029,862	$404,600,000
1993	$835,582,062	$428,764,706
1994	$878,250,945	$605,492,537
1995	$1,001,894,000	$691,590,498
1996	$946,112,493	$861,372,806
1997	$998,004,259	$926,422,500
1998	$928,460,893	$1,110,850,000
1999	$912,773,681	$886,290,698
2000	$887,291,688	$947,671,970
2001	$825,706,961	$834,279,358
2002	$775,777,239	$1,093,574,468
2003	$1,157,825,435	$1,274,190,311
2004	$1,511,236,656	$1,484,092,538
2005	$1,682,343,527	$1,793,410,397
2006	$1,800,092,564	$2,626,380,435
2007	$1,682,131,785	$2,936,612,022
2008	$1,766,902,709	$3,532,969,035
2009	$1,740,894,965	$3,875,409,836
2010	$2,234,754,242	$4,368,370,998
2011	$2,579,409,620	$4,422,276,622
2012	$2,477,702,216	$4,980,000,000
2013	$2,367,112,932	$5,145,757,576
2014	$2,441,063,054	$5,240,606,061
2015	$2,359,686,725	$5,126,237,646
2016	$2,114,426,452	$3,317,421,648
2017	$2,306,741,672	$3,591,679,431
2018	$2,556,247,292	$3,996,198,867
2019	$2,390,702,296	$4,016,040,575
2020	$2,053,699,870	$2,911,807,496
2021	$2,412,130,022	$3,107,923,198
2022	$2,354,980,884	$3,791,603,200
2023	$2,117,962,430	$3,455,146,281
2024	$2,271,541,846	$4,714,267,822

Lesotho and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Suriname
1960	$47	$378
1961	$47	$395
1962	$53.5	$409
1963	$58.4	$424
1964	$62.6	$435
1965	$64.3	$482
1966	$64.3	$575
1967	$64.8	$644
1968	$64.8	$681
1969	$67.1	$708
1970	$67.4	$724
1971	$72.4	$768
1972	$74	$785
1973	$107	$858
1974	$128.7	$1,041
1975	$123.2	$1,190
1976	$117.8	$1,302
1977	$149.9	$1,666
1978	$200.8	$1,928
1979	$212.4	$2,072
1980	$307	$2,118
1981	$299.8	$2,368
1982	$233.9	$2,430
1983	$252	$2,333
1984	$211	$2,261
1985	$165.4	$2,256
1986	$191.4	$2,271
1987	$236.5	$2,469
1988	$270.4	$2,886
1989	$279	$1,329
1990	$330	$942
1991	$382	$1,080
1992	$444	$969
1993	$439	$1,022
1994	$456	$1,434
1995	$513	$1,610
1996	$480	$1,963
1997	$502	$2,068
1998	$465	$2,429
1999	$456	$1,898
2000	$443	$1,988
2001	$413	$1,715
2002	$389	$2,202
2003	$583	$2,516
2004	$767	$2,888
2005	$861	$3,453
2006	$925	$5,003
2007	$861	$5,530
2008	$898	$6,576
2009	$879	$7,130
2010	$1,119	$7,944
2011	$1,281	$7,950
2012	$1,218	$8,851
2013	$1,151	$9,043
2014	$1,174	$9,108
2015	$1,121	$8,814
2016	$992	$5,644
2017	$1,069	$6,050
2018	$1,171	$6,666
2019	$1,082	$6,630
2020	$919	$4,755
2021	$1,067	$5,030
2022	$1,030	$6,084
2023	$916	$5,494
2024	$972	$7,431

Lesotho vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Suriname
1950	44.6	50.7
1951	45.2	51.1
1952	45.9	51.4
1953	46.6	52.1
1954	47.3	52.8
1955	48	53.5
1956	48.6	54.1
1957	49.2	54.7
1958	49.6	55.4
1959	49.9	55.9
1960	50.2	56.6
1961	50.3	57.3
1962	50.3	58
1963	50.3	58.5
1964	50.3	58.9
1965	50.3	59.1
1966	50.4	59.2
1967	50.5	59.2
1968	50.8	59.3
1969	51.1	59.4
1970	51.5	59.5
1971	51.8	59.6
1972	52.3	59.7
1973	52.6	59.8
1974	52.9	59.9
1975	53.5	60
1976	53.9	60.2
1977	54.5	60.3
1978	55.2	60.4
1979	55.8	60.5
1980	56.5	60.7
1981	57.3	60.8
1982	58	60.9
1983	58.5	61.1
1984	59	61.2
1985	59.2	61.4
1986	59.3	61.2
1987	59.6	61.3
1988	59.6	61.5
1989	59.5	62
1990	59.3	62.1
1991	59.1	62.2
1992	58.6	62.2
1993	58.1	62.4
1994	57.3	62.5
1995	56.4	62.8
1996	55.1	63.1
1997	53.7	63.4
1998	52	63.7
1999	50.4	64
2000	48.8	64.4
2001	47.2	64.8
2002	46	65.3
2003	44.9	65.8
2004	44	66.4
2005	43.6	67
2006	43.2	67.6
2007	43.7	68.3
2008	44.3	68.9
2009	45.1	69.3
2010	46	69.6
2011	46.9	69.8
2012	48.2	70
2013	49.5	70.1
2014	50.8	70.3
2015	51.8	70.6
2016	52.9	71
2017	53.9	71.2
2018	54.6	71.5
2019	55.2	71.8
2020	55.1	72.3
2021	54.2	68.9
2022	56.8	73.3
2023	57.4	73.6
2024	57.8	73.8
2025	58.2	73.9

Lesotho and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Suriname
1960	736,500	263,918
1961	758,824	272,791
1962	781,814	283,912
1963	805,373	297,034
1964	829,437	309,041
1965	854,090	320,000
1966	881,870	331,135
1967	913,982	342,679
1968	948,105	354,616
1969	983,202	366,906
1970	1,019,273	379,442
1971	1,056,246	391,932
1972	1,094,063	397,413
1973	1,132,697	395,772
1974	1,172,420	393,676
1975	1,213,643	391,170
1976	1,253,214	388,289
1977	1,289,967	385,067
1978	1,327,240	381,502
1979	1,366,169	377,602
1980	1,406,521	375,377
1981	1,448,069	375,459
1982	1,490,732	376,555
1983	1,534,413	378,746
1984	1,578,986	382,193
1985	1,624,379	386,972
1986	1,666,138	392,330
1987	1,703,390	396,911
1988	1,739,841	402,227
1989	1,775,436	408,409
1990	1,809,696	412,493
1991	1,842,379	415,013
1992	1,873,274	417,589
1993	1,901,793	419,352
1994	1,927,707	422,375
1995	1,951,437	429,606
1996	1,972,418	438,830
1997	1,988,130	448,067
1998	1,998,049	457,406
1999	2,003,234	466,916
2000	2,003,913	476,643
2001	2,000,853	486,560
2002	1,994,679	496,551
2003	1,985,059	506,414
2004	1,971,129	513,923
2005	1,953,076	519,313
2006	1,945,063	524,997
2007	1,953,268	531,016
2008	1,966,541	537,245
2009	1,980,883	543,568
2010	1,996,251	549,923
2011	2,014,009	556,269
2012	2,034,354	562,633
2013	2,056,504	569,020
2014	2,080,089	575,373
2015	2,104,611	581,627
2016	2,130,422	587,757
2017	2,157,110	593,713
2018	2,183,603	599,513
2019	2,209,405	605,768
2020	2,235,727	612,317
2021	2,261,542	617,896
2022	2,286,110	623,164
2023	2,311,472	628,886
2024	2,337,423	634,431

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Suriname

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Suriname
1960	5.78	6.59
1961	5.79	6.58
1962	5.79	6.57
1963	5.78	6.51
1964	5.77	6.43
1965	5.77	6.32
1966	5.76	6.2
1967	5.75	6.04
1968	5.73	5.86
1969	5.7	5.7
1970	5.7	5.53
1971	5.7	5.36
1972	5.69	5.18
1973	5.69	5.01
1974	5.75	4.81
1975	5.83	4.63
1976	5.87	4.45
1977	5.85	4.26
1978	5.82	4.08
1979	5.79	3.93
1980	5.75	3.79
1981	5.69	3.75
1982	5.63	3.82
1983	5.56	3.87
1984	5.48	3.8
1985	5.4	3.71
1986	5.32	3.61
1987	5.22	3.53
1988	5.1	3.46
1989	4.96	3.39
1990	4.81	3.23
1991	4.68	3.09
1992	4.54	3.01
1993	4.37	2.94
1994	4.21	2.9
1995	4.13	2.9
1996	4.06	2.92
1997	3.98	2.95
1998	3.82	2.99
1999	3.67	3.02
2000	3.61	3.05
2001	3.63	3.06
2002	3.68	2.96
2003	3.62	2.84
2004	3.51	2.74
2005	3.43	2.71
2006	3.41	2.73
2007	3.44	2.74
2008	3.39	2.73
2009	3.31	2.71
2010	3.25	2.69
2011	3.34	2.67
2012	3.3	2.67
2013	3.28	2.65
2014	3.24	2.62
2015	3.22	2.57
2016	3.18	2.5
2017	3.11	2.43
2018	3.02	2.38
2019	2.92	2.35
2020	2.85	2.31
2021	2.77	2.3
2022	2.72	2.27
2023	2.69	2.25

Lesotho and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Suriname
1960	17.5	18.1
1961	17.4	18.2
1962	17.4	17.8
1963	17.4	17.3
1964	17.5	16.8
1965	17.5	16.4
1966	17.5	16.1
1967	17.6	15.8
1968	17.8	15.6
1969	18	15.6
1970	18.2	15.6
1971	18.3	15.7
1972	18.5	16
1973	18.6	16.3
1974	18.8	16.7
1975	18.9	17
1976	19	17.4
1977	19	17.6
1978	18.9	17.9
1979	18.8	18.1
1980	18.8	18.4
1981	18.7	18.7
1982	18.6	18.9
1983	18.6	19.2
1984	18.5	19.5
1985	18.4	19.7
1986	18.6	20
1987	18.7	20.2
1988	18.6	20.4
1989	18.5	20.6
1990	18.4	20.8
1991	18.4	21
1992	18.4	21.2
1993	18.4	21.5
1994	18.5	21.7
1995	18.6	22
1996	18.6	22.4
1997	18.8	22.8
1998	18.9	23.2
1999	19.1	23.6
2000	19.2	24
2001	19.4	24.4
2002	19.5	24.7
2003	19.7	25
2004	19.8	25.3
2005	19.9	25.5
2006	20	25.6
2007	20.2	25.8
2008	20.4	26.1
2009	20.6	26.3
2010	20.7	26.5
2011	20.9	26.7
2012	21	26.9
2013	21.1	27.1
2014	21.2	27.3
2015	21.3	27.5
2016	21.4	27.7
2017	21.6	27.9
2018	21.7	28.1
2019	21.8	28.3
2020	22	28.6
2021	22.1	28.7
2022	22.3	28.9
2023	22.5	29.2
2024	22.7	29.4

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