Lesotho vs Switzerland statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 137th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Lesotho and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Switzerland
1960	$34,579,986	$10,412,232,621
1961	$35,699,986	$11,713,348,834
1962	$41,859,983	$12,989,649,694
1963	$47,039,981	$14,283,872,299
1964	$51,939,979	$15,833,133,858
1965	$54,879,978	$16,780,226,225
1966	$56,699,977	$18,019,402,374
1967	$59,261,976	$19,397,044,714
1968	$61,445,975	$20,712,102,794
1969	$65,967,974	$22,442,043,274
1970	$68,739,973	$24,998,066,773
1971	$76,480,285	$30,040,171,751
1972	$80,913,200	$36,844,318,854
1973	$121,188,716	$49,550,006,320
1974	$150,851,317	$57,103,011,446
1975	$149,558,896	$65,466,081,819
1976	$147,660,037	$68,476,524,644
1977	$193,315,048	$73,135,771,167
1978	$266,570,067	$102,280,472,036
1979	$290,134,593	$114,970,094,425
1980	$431,542,537	$122,557,843,886
1981	$434,188,034	$112,244,805,519
1982	$348,741,684	$115,043,365,512
1983	$386,699,309	$114,634,358,535
1984	$333,163,670	$109,455,312,168
1985	$268,629,926	$110,980,314,192
1986	$318,858,423	$159,089,921,063
1987	$402,768,324	$199,236,370,038
1988	$470,395,801	$215,540,625,299
1989	$495,409,233	$208,105,846,934
1990	$596,410,264	$265,763,573,999
1991	$704,325,367	$268,901,693,863
1992	$831,029,862	$279,921,425,828
1993	$835,582,062	$272,237,527,071
1994	$878,250,945	$301,375,055,202
1995	$1,001,894,000	$352,835,806,342
1996	$946,112,493	$340,103,959,547
1997	$998,004,259	$294,788,198,856
1998	$928,460,893	$303,459,014,347
1999	$912,773,681	$297,873,643,323
2000	$887,291,688	$279,216,033,870
2001	$825,706,961	$286,582,672,434
2002	$775,777,239	$309,301,422,430
2003	$1,157,825,435	$362,075,086,508
2004	$1,511,236,656	$403,912,891,033
2005	$1,682,343,527	$418,284,865,885
2006	$1,800,092,564	$441,634,672,197
2007	$1,682,131,785	$490,740,715,595
2008	$1,766,902,709	$567,267,767,519
2009	$1,740,894,965	$554,212,916,092
2010	$2,234,754,242	$598,851,027,948
2011	$2,579,409,620	$715,888,126,682
2012	$2,477,702,216	$686,420,221,558
2013	$2,367,112,932	$706,234,937,371
2014	$2,441,063,054	$726,537,809,430
2015	$2,359,686,725	$694,118,186,380
2016	$2,114,426,452	$687,895,460,903
2017	$2,306,741,672	$695,200,834,102
2018	$2,556,247,292	$725,568,717,468
2019	$2,390,702,296	$721,369,112,727
2020	$2,053,699,870	$741,999,406,006
2021	$2,412,130,022	$815,309,330,987
2022	$2,354,980,884	$828,508,926,958
2023	$2,117,962,430	$894,424,821,645
2024	$2,271,541,846	$936,564,198,049

Lesotho and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Switzerland
1960	$47	$1,954
1961	$47	$2,155
1962	$53.5	$2,330
1963	$58.4	$2,508
1964	$62.6	$2,735
1965	$64.3	$2,865
1966	$64.3	$3,045
1967	$64.8	$3,237
1968	$64.8	$3,413
1969	$67.1	$3,657
1970	$67.4	$4,044
1971	$72.4	$4,835
1972	$74	$5,885
1973	$107	$7,856
1974	$128.7	$9,005
1975	$123.2	$10,328
1976	$117.8	$10,865
1977	$149.9	$11,644
1978	$200.8	$16,282
1979	$212.4	$18,266
1980	$307	$19,394
1981	$299.8	$17,665
1982	$233.9	$18,000
1983	$252	$17,859
1984	$211	$16,991
1985	$165.4	$17,152
1986	$191.4	$24,460
1987	$236.5	$30,441
1988	$270.4	$32,690
1989	$279	$31,309
1990	$330	$39,575
1991	$382	$39,544
1992	$444	$40,714
1993	$439	$39,237
1994	$456	$43,092
1995	$513	$50,114
1996	$480	$48,093
1997	$502	$41,584
1998	$465	$42,681
1999	$456	$41,696
2000	$443	$38,865
2001	$413	$39,639
2002	$389	$42,459
2003	$583	$49,336
2004	$767	$54,659
2005	$861	$56,243
2006	$925	$59,011
2007	$861	$64,989
2008	$898	$74,175
2009	$879	$71,568
2010	$1,119	$76,531
2011	$1,281	$90,477
2012	$1,218	$85,836
2013	$1,151	$87,304
2014	$1,174	$88,725
2015	$1,121	$83,806
2016	$992	$82,153
2017	$1,069	$82,254
2018	$1,171	$85,217
2019	$1,082	$84,122
2020	$919	$85,898
2021	$1,067	$93,665
2022	$1,030	$94,395
2023	$916	$100,632
2024	$972	$103,670

Lesotho vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Switzerland
1950	44.6	68.9
1951	45.2	68.7
1952	45.9	69.6
1953	46.6	69.5
1954	47.3	70
1955	48	70.1
1956	48.6	70.2
1957	49.2	70.5
1958	49.6	71.3
1959	49.9	71.5
1960	50.2	71.4
1961	50.3	71.7
1962	50.3	71.3
1963	50.3	71.3
1964	50.3	72.2
1965	50.3	72.3
1966	50.4	72.4
1967	50.5	72.7
1968	50.8	72.7
1969	51.1	72.7
1970	51.5	73.1
1971	51.8	73.2
1972	52.3	73.8
1973	52.6	74.1
1974	52.9	74.4
1975	53.5	74.8
1976	53.9	74.9
1977	54.5	75.4
1978	55.2	75.3
1979	55.8	75.6
1980	56.5	75.6
1981	57.3	75.8
1982	58	76.2
1983	58.5	76.2
1984	59	76.8
1985	59.2	76.9
1986	59.3	77
1987	59.6	77.3
1988	59.6	77.4
1989	59.5	77.6
1990	59.3	77.4
1991	59.1	77.6
1992	58.6	77.9
1993	58.1	78.2
1994	57.3	78.5
1995	56.4	78.6
1996	55.1	79
1997	53.7	79.2
1998	52	79.5
1999	50.4	79.7
2000	48.8	79.8
2001	47.2	80.3
2002	46	80.4
2003	44.9	80.5
2004	44	81.1
2005	43.6	81.2
2006	43.2	81.5
2007	43.7	81.7
2008	44.3	82
2009	45.1	82
2010	46	82.3
2011	46.9	82.6
2012	48.2	82.6
2013	49.5	82.7
2014	50.8	83.1
2015	51.8	82.8
2016	52.9	83.4
2017	53.9	83.4
2018	54.6	83.6
2019	55.2	83.8
2020	55.1	83.1
2021	54.2	83.6
2022	56.8	83.2
2023	57.4	84
2024	57.8	84.1
2025	58.2	84.2

Lesotho and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Switzerland
1960	736,500	5,327,827
1961	758,824	5,434,294
1962	781,814	5,573,815
1963	805,373	5,694,247
1964	829,437	5,789,228
1965	854,090	5,856,472
1966	881,870	5,918,002
1967	913,982	5,991,785
1968	948,105	6,067,714
1969	983,202	6,136,387
1970	1,019,273	6,180,877
1971	1,056,246	6,213,399
1972	1,094,063	6,260,956
1973	1,132,697	6,307,347
1974	1,172,420	6,341,405
1975	1,213,643	6,338,632
1976	1,253,214	6,302,504
1977	1,289,967	6,281,174
1978	1,327,240	6,281,738
1979	1,366,169	6,294,365
1980	1,406,521	6,319,408
1981	1,448,069	6,354,074
1982	1,490,732	6,391,309
1983	1,534,413	6,418,773
1984	1,578,986	6,441,865
1985	1,624,379	6,470,365
1986	1,666,138	6,504,124
1987	1,703,390	6,545,106
1988	1,739,841	6,593,386
1989	1,775,436	6,646,912
1990	1,809,696	6,715,519
1991	1,842,379	6,799,978
1992	1,873,274	6,875,364
1993	1,901,793	6,938,265
1994	1,927,707	6,993,795
1995	1,951,437	7,040,687
1996	1,972,418	7,071,850
1997	1,988,130	7,088,906
1998	1,998,049	7,110,001
1999	2,003,234	7,143,991
2000	2,003,913	7,184,250
2001	2,000,853	7,229,854
2002	1,994,679	7,284,753
2003	1,985,059	7,339,001
2004	1,971,129	7,389,625
2005	1,953,076	7,437,115
2006	1,945,063	7,483,934
2007	1,953,268	7,551,117
2008	1,966,541	7,647,675
2009	1,980,883	7,743,831
2010	1,996,251	7,824,909
2011	2,014,009	7,912,398
2012	2,034,354	7,996,861
2013	2,056,504	8,089,346
2014	2,080,089	8,188,649
2015	2,104,611	8,282,396
2016	2,130,422	8,373,338
2017	2,157,110	8,451,840
2018	2,183,603	8,514,329
2019	2,209,405	8,575,280
2020	2,235,727	8,638,167
2021	2,261,542	8,704,546
2022	2,286,110	8,777,088
2023	2,311,472	8,888,093
2024	2,337,423	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Switzerland
1960	5.78	2.44
1961	5.79	2.52
1962	5.79	2.58
1963	5.78	2.65
1964	5.77	2.66
1965	5.77	2.59
1966	5.76	2.5
1967	5.75	2.39
1968	5.73	2.29
1969	5.7	2.19
1970	5.7	2.1
1971	5.7	2.04
1972	5.69	1.91
1973	5.69	1.81
1974	5.75	1.73
1975	5.83	1.61
1976	5.87	1.55
1977	5.85	1.53
1978	5.82	1.51
1979	5.79	1.52
1980	5.75	1.55
1981	5.69	1.55
1982	5.63	1.56
1983	5.56	1.52
1984	5.48	1.53
1985	5.4	1.52
1986	5.32	1.53
1987	5.22	1.52
1988	5.1	1.57
1989	4.96	1.56
1990	4.81	1.58
1991	4.68	1.58
1992	4.54	1.58
1993	4.37	1.51
1994	4.21	1.49
1995	4.13	1.48
1996	4.06	1.5
1997	3.98	1.48
1998	3.82	1.47
1999	3.67	1.48
2000	3.61	1.5
2001	3.63	1.38
2002	3.68	1.39
2003	3.62	1.39
2004	3.51	1.42
2005	3.43	1.42
2006	3.41	1.44
2007	3.44	1.46
2008	3.39	1.48
2009	3.31	1.5
2010	3.25	1.52
2011	3.34	1.52
2012	3.3	1.52
2013	3.28	1.52
2014	3.24	1.54
2015	3.22	1.54
2016	3.18	1.54
2017	3.11	1.52
2018	3.02	1.52
2019	2.92	1.48
2020	2.85	1.46
2021	2.77	1.52
2022	2.72	1.39
2023	2.69	1.33

Lesotho and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Switzerland
1960	17.5	32.6
1961	17.4	32.4
1962	17.4	32
1963	17.4	31.7
1964	17.5	31.5
1965	17.5	31.6
1966	17.5	31.6
1967	17.6	31.6
1968	17.8	31.7
1969	18	31.7
1970	18.2	32
1971	18.3	32.2
1972	18.5	32.3
1973	18.6	32.5
1974	18.8	32.7
1975	18.9	33.1
1976	19	33.5
1977	19	33.8
1978	18.9	34.2
1979	18.8	34.5
1980	18.8	34.8
1981	18.7	35
1982	18.6	35.3
1983	18.6	35.6
1984	18.5	35.9
1985	18.4	36.1
1986	18.6	36.3
1987	18.7	36.5
1988	18.6	36.7
1989	18.5	36.8
1990	18.4	36.9
1991	18.4	36.9
1992	18.4	36.9
1993	18.4	37
1994	18.5	37.1
1995	18.6	37.3
1996	18.6	37.6
1997	18.8	37.9
1998	18.9	38.2
1999	19.1	38.4
2000	19.2	38.7
2001	19.4	39
2002	19.5	39.3
2003	19.7	39.6
2004	19.8	39.9
2005	19.9	40.3
2006	20	40.6
2007	20.2	40.9
2008	20.4	41.1
2009	20.6	41.3
2010	20.7	41.5
2011	20.9	41.6
2012	21	41.8
2013	21.1	42
2014	21.2	42.1
2015	21.3	42.2
2016	21.4	42.3
2017	21.6	42.4
2018	21.7	42.5
2019	21.8	42.6
2020	22	42.7
2021	22.1	42.8
2022	22.3	43
2023	22.5	43.4
2024	22.7	43.7

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