Lesotho vs Sweden statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 137th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Lesotho and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Sweden
1960	$34,579,986	$15,930,258,332
1961	$35,699,986	$17,329,819,494
1962	$41,859,983	$18,794,282,717
1963	$47,039,981	$20,342,365,392
1964	$51,939,979	$22,685,750,575
1965	$54,879,978	$24,964,233,891
1966	$56,699,977	$27,155,028,520
1967	$59,261,976	$29,475,219,787
1968	$61,445,975	$31,278,230,634
1969	$65,967,974	$33,967,691,454
1970	$68,739,973	$38,037,663,342
1971	$76,480,285	$41,506,627,519
1972	$80,913,200	$48,883,734,672
1973	$121,188,716	$59,319,523,962
1974	$150,851,317	$65,918,391,224
1975	$149,558,896	$82,766,182,746
1976	$147,660,037	$89,233,541,404
1977	$193,315,048	$94,332,865,494
1978	$266,570,067	$104,292,130,796
1979	$290,134,593	$123,208,942,175
1980	$431,542,537	$141,887,695,763
1981	$434,188,034	$129,500,408,224
1982	$348,741,684	$114,216,043,040
1983	$386,699,309	$104,863,313,508
1984	$333,163,670	$109,044,297,251
1985	$268,629,926	$113,959,392,485
1986	$318,858,423	$150,281,594,980
1987	$402,768,324	$182,746,413,791
1988	$470,395,801	$206,688,963,474
1989	$495,409,233	$217,634,838,449
1990	$596,410,264	$261,469,578,631
1991	$704,325,367	$273,834,608,020
1992	$831,029,862	$283,912,173,667
1993	$835,582,062	$212,647,043,708
1994	$878,250,945	$228,701,658,891
1995	$1,001,894,000	$267,052,836,695
1996	$946,112,493	$291,952,430,659
1997	$998,004,259	$268,251,974,486
1998	$928,460,893	$270,889,570,938
1999	$912,773,681	$274,320,415,376
2000	$887,291,688	$262,905,197,442
2001	$825,706,961	$242,499,249,693
2002	$775,777,239	$267,373,345,247
2003	$1,157,825,435	$334,074,051,173
2004	$1,511,236,656	$384,547,211,147
2005	$1,682,343,527	$391,690,329,314
2006	$1,800,092,564	$422,530,427,476
2007	$1,682,131,785	$490,050,156,833
2008	$1,766,902,709	$514,616,528,349
2009	$1,740,894,965	$434,313,804,907
2010	$2,234,754,242	$492,753,255,886
2011	$2,579,409,620	$570,541,353,129
2012	$2,477,702,216	$549,742,183,874
2013	$2,367,112,932	$584,128,116,410
2014	$2,441,063,054	$577,730,245,154
2015	$2,359,686,725	$501,698,263,621
2016	$2,114,426,452	$514,218,206,628
2017	$2,306,741,672	$536,083,940,229
2018	$2,556,247,292	$551,312,498,430
2019	$2,390,702,296	$532,169,294,166
2020	$2,053,699,870	$545,147,614,972
2021	$2,412,130,022	$637,186,904,844
2022	$2,354,980,884	$579,895,717,344
2023	$2,117,962,430	$585,489,968,189
2024	$2,271,541,846	$610,117,791,237

Lesotho and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Sweden
1960	$47	$2,128
1961	$47	$2,304
1962	$53.5	$2,485
1963	$58.4	$2,675
1964	$62.6	$2,961
1965	$64.3	$3,228
1966	$64.3	$3,478
1967	$64.8	$3,746
1968	$64.8	$3,953
1969	$67.1	$4,263
1970	$67.4	$4,729
1971	$72.4	$5,125
1972	$74	$6,018
1973	$107	$7,291
1974	$128.7	$8,078
1975	$123.2	$10,103
1976	$117.8	$10,853
1977	$149.9	$11,432
1978	$200.8	$12,602
1979	$212.4	$14,856
1980	$307	$17,073
1981	$299.8	$15,564
1982	$233.9	$13,719
1983	$252	$12,590
1984	$211	$13,080
1985	$165.4	$13,647
1986	$191.4	$17,955
1987	$236.5	$21,761
1988	$270.4	$24,499
1989	$279	$25,625
1990	$330	$30,550
1991	$382	$31,777
1992	$444	$32,754
1993	$439	$24,390
1994	$456	$26,046
1995	$513	$30,254
1996	$480	$33,023
1997	$502	$30,324
1998	$465	$30,606
1999	$456	$30,969
2000	$443	$29,633
2001	$413	$27,259
2002	$389	$29,958
2003	$583	$37,292
2004	$767	$42,758
2005	$861	$43,379
2006	$925	$46,532
2007	$861	$53,569
2008	$898	$55,817
2009	$879	$46,708
2010	$1,119	$52,543
2011	$1,281	$60,380
2012	$1,218	$57,750
2013	$1,151	$60,844
2014	$1,174	$59,584
2015	$1,121	$51,198
2016	$992	$51,820
2017	$1,069	$53,301
2018	$1,171	$54,182
2019	$1,082	$51,773
2020	$919	$52,654
2021	$1,067	$61,175
2022	$1,030	$55,297
2023	$916	$55,567
2024	$972	$57,723

Lesotho vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Sweden
1950	44.6	71.1
1951	45.2	71.4
1952	45.9	71.8
1953	46.6	71.9
1954	47.3	72.4
1955	48	72.6
1956	48.6	72.7
1957	49.2	72.5
1958	49.6	73.2
1959	49.9	73.4
1960	50.2	73
1961	50.3	73.5
1962	50.3	73.4
1963	50.3	73.5
1964	50.3	73.7
1965	50.3	73.9
1966	50.4	74.1
1967	50.5	74.1
1968	50.8	74
1969	51.1	74.1
1970	51.5	74.7
1971	51.8	74.6
1972	52.3	74.7
1973	52.6	74.9
1974	52.9	75
1975	53.5	75
1976	53.9	75
1977	54.5	75.4
1978	55.2	75.5
1979	55.8	75.5
1980	56.5	75.7
1981	57.3	76
1982	58	76.3
1983	58.5	76.6
1984	59	76.8
1985	59.2	76.7
1986	59.3	77
1987	59.6	77.1
1988	59.6	77
1989	59.5	77.7
1990	59.3	77.6
1991	59.1	77.7
1992	58.6	78.1
1993	58.1	78.1
1994	57.3	78.7
1995	56.4	78.8
1996	55.1	79
1997	53.7	79.3
1998	52	79.4
1999	50.4	79.5
2000	48.8	79.7
2001	47.2	79.8
2002	46	79.9
2003	44.9	80.2
2004	44	80.5
2005	43.6	80.6
2006	43.2	80.8
2007	43.7	81
2008	44.3	81.1
2009	45.1	81.4
2010	46	81.5
2011	46.9	81.8
2012	48.2	81.7
2013	49.5	81.9
2014	50.8	82.2
2015	51.8	82.2
2016	52.9	82.3
2017	53.9	82.4
2018	54.6	82.5
2019	55.2	83.1
2020	55.1	82.4
2021	54.2	83
2022	56.8	83
2023	57.4	83.3
2024	57.8	83.4
2025	58.2	83.6

Lesotho and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Sweden
1960	736,500	7,484,656
1961	758,824	7,519,998
1962	781,814	7,561,588
1963	805,373	7,604,328
1964	829,437	7,661,354
1965	854,090	7,733,853
1966	881,870	7,807,797
1967	913,982	7,867,931
1968	948,105	7,912,273
1969	983,202	7,968,072
1970	1,019,273	8,042,801
1971	1,056,246	8,098,334
1972	1,094,063	8,122,300
1973	1,132,697	8,136,312
1974	1,172,420	8,159,955
1975	1,213,643	8,192,437
1976	1,253,214	8,222,286
1977	1,289,967	8,251,540
1978	1,327,240	8,275,599
1979	1,366,169	8,293,678
1980	1,406,521	8,310,531
1981	1,448,069	8,320,503
1982	1,490,732	8,325,263
1983	1,534,413	8,329,033
1984	1,578,986	8,336,605
1985	1,624,379	8,350,386
1986	1,666,138	8,369,829
1987	1,703,390	8,397,804
1988	1,739,841	8,436,489
1989	1,775,436	8,492,964
1990	1,809,696	8,558,835
1991	1,842,379	8,617,375
1992	1,873,274	8,668,067
1993	1,901,793	8,718,561
1994	1,927,707	8,780,745
1995	1,951,437	8,826,939
1996	1,972,418	8,840,998
1997	1,988,130	8,846,062
1998	1,998,049	8,850,974
1999	2,003,234	8,857,874
2000	2,003,913	8,872,109
2001	2,000,853	8,895,960
2002	1,994,679	8,924,958
2003	1,985,059	8,958,229
2004	1,971,129	8,993,531
2005	1,953,076	9,029,572
2006	1,945,063	9,080,505
2007	1,953,268	9,148,092
2008	1,966,541	9,219,637
2009	1,980,883	9,298,515
2010	1,996,251	9,378,126
2011	2,014,009	9,449,213
2012	2,034,354	9,519,374
2013	2,056,504	9,600,379
2014	2,080,089	9,696,110
2015	2,104,611	9,799,186
2016	2,130,422	9,923,085
2017	2,157,110	10,057,698
2018	2,183,603	10,175,214
2019	2,209,405	10,278,887
2020	2,235,727	10,353,442
2021	2,261,542	10,415,811
2022	2,286,110	10,486,941
2023	2,311,472	10,536,632
2024	2,337,423	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Sweden

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Sweden
1960	5.78	2.17
1961	5.79	2.21
1962	5.79	2.25
1963	5.78	2.33
1964	5.77	2.47
1965	5.77	2.39
1966	5.76	2.37
1967	5.75	2.28
1968	5.73	2.07
1969	5.7	1.93
1970	5.7	1.92
1971	5.7	1.96
1972	5.69	1.91
1973	5.69	1.87
1974	5.75	1.87
1975	5.83	1.77
1976	5.87	1.68
1977	5.85	1.64
1978	5.82	1.6
1979	5.79	1.66
1980	5.75	1.68
1981	5.69	1.63
1982	5.63	1.62
1983	5.56	1.61
1984	5.48	1.66
1985	5.4	1.74
1986	5.32	1.8
1987	5.22	1.84
1988	5.1	1.96
1989	4.96	2.01
1990	4.81	2.13
1991	4.68	2.11
1992	4.54	2.09
1993	4.37	1.99
1994	4.21	1.88
1995	4.13	1.73
1996	4.06	1.6
1997	3.98	1.52
1998	3.82	1.5
1999	3.67	1.5
2000	3.61	1.54
2001	3.63	1.57
2002	3.68	1.65
2003	3.62	1.71
2004	3.51	1.75
2005	3.43	1.77
2006	3.41	1.85
2007	3.44	1.88
2008	3.39	1.91
2009	3.31	1.94
2010	3.25	1.98
2011	3.34	1.9
2012	3.3	1.91
2013	3.28	1.89
2014	3.24	1.88
2015	3.22	1.85
2016	3.18	1.85
2017	3.11	1.78
2018	3.02	1.76
2019	2.92	1.71
2020	2.85	1.67
2021	2.77	1.67
2022	2.72	1.53
2023	2.69	1.45

Lesotho and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Sweden
1960	17.5	36
1961	17.4	36.2
1962	17.4	36.3
1963	17.4	36.3
1964	17.5	36.3
1965	17.5	36.2
1966	17.5	36
1967	17.6	35.9
1968	17.8	35.8
1969	18	35.6
1970	18.2	35.4
1971	18.3	35.3
1972	18.5	35.3
1973	18.6	35.3
1974	18.8	35.3
1975	18.9	35.3
1976	19	35.4
1977	19	35.5
1978	18.9	35.7
1979	18.8	36
1980	18.8	36.2
1981	18.7	36.5
1982	18.6	36.8
1983	18.6	37.1
1984	18.5	37.4
1985	18.4	37.6
1986	18.6	37.9
1987	18.7	38.1
1988	18.6	38.2
1989	18.5	38.3
1990	18.4	38.3
1991	18.4	38.3
1992	18.4	38.4
1993	18.4	38.4
1994	18.5	38.4
1995	18.6	38.5
1996	18.6	38.6
1997	18.8	38.8
1998	18.9	39
1999	19.1	39.2
2000	19.2	39.4
2001	19.4	39.5
2002	19.5	39.7
2003	19.7	39.8
2004	19.8	40
2005	19.9	40.2
2006	20	40.4
2007	20.2	40.5
2008	20.4	40.6
2009	20.6	40.7
2010	20.7	40.7
2011	20.9	40.8
2012	21	40.9
2013	21.1	40.9
2014	21.2	40.9
2015	21.3	40.9
2016	21.4	40.8
2017	21.6	40.7
2018	21.7	40.6
2019	21.8	40.5
2020	22	40.6
2021	22.1	40.7
2022	22.3	40.7
2023	22.5	40.9
2024	22.7	41.1

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