Lesotho vs Syria statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 137th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Lesotho and Syria: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Syria economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Syria
1960	$34,579,986	$857,704,413
1961	$35,699,986	$945,244,972
1962	$41,859,983	$1,110,565,881
1963	$47,039,981	$1,200,447,408
1964	$51,939,979	$1,339,494,267
1965	$54,879,978	$1,472,036,540
1966	$56,699,977	$1,342,287,553
1967	$59,261,976	$1,580,229,799
1968	$61,445,975	$1,753,746,430
1969	$65,967,974	$2,245,011,515
1970	$68,739,973	$2,140,384,010
1971	$76,480,285	$2,589,851,325
1972	$80,913,200	$3,059,681,698
1973	$121,188,716	$3,239,487,516
1974	$150,851,317	$5,159,557,148
1975	$149,558,896	$6,826,980,444
1976	$147,660,037	$7,633,528,867
1977	$193,315,048	$7,696,011,396
1978	$266,570,067	$9,275,200,458
1979	$290,134,593	$9,929,681,529
1980	$431,542,537	$13,062,420,382
1981	$434,188,034	$15,518,201,335
1982	$348,741,684	$16,298,929,011
1983	$386,699,309	$17,589,277,143
1984	$333,163,670	$17,503,078,174
1985	$268,629,926	$16,403,539,893
1986	$318,858,423	$13,293,205,278
1987	$402,768,324	$11,356,215,543
1988	$470,395,801	$10,577,041,645
1989	$495,409,233	$9,853,395,762
1990	$596,410,264	$12,308,624,418
1991	$704,325,367	$12,981,833,333
1992	$831,029,862	$13,253,565,861
1993	$835,582,062	$13,695,962,055
1994	$878,250,945	$10,122,020,000
1995	$1,001,894,000	$11,396,706,587
1996	$946,112,493	$13,789,560,878
1997	$998,004,259	$14,505,233,463
1998	$928,460,893	$15,200,846,154
1999	$912,773,681	$15,873,875,969
2000	$887,291,688	$18,937,052,543
2001	$825,706,961	$20,237,024,725
2002	$775,777,239	$20,669,357,462
2003	$1,157,825,435	$21,828,144,686
2004	$1,511,236,656	$25,086,950,495
2005	$1,682,343,527	$28,858,965,517
2006	$1,800,092,564	$33,751,788,856
2007	$1,682,131,785	$40,465,318,382
2008	$1,766,902,709	$52,557,913,569
2009	$1,740,894,965	$54,111,735,629
2010	$2,234,754,242	$61,390,830,875
2011	$2,579,409,620	$67,539,428,159
2012	$2,477,702,216	$43,190,318,033
2013	$2,367,112,932	$21,361,254,635
2014	$2,441,063,054	$21,502,061,466
2015	$2,359,686,725	$16,466,863,117
2016	$2,114,426,452	$12,597,854,877
2017	$2,306,741,672	$16,369,843,352
2018	$2,556,247,292	$21,497,782,868
2019	$2,390,702,296	$22,583,045,060
2020	$2,053,699,870	$12,047,752,036
2021	$2,412,130,022	$14,353,205,678
2022	$2,354,980,884	$23,622,827,080
2023	$2,117,962,430	$19,993,439,950
2024	$2,271,541,846	-

Lesotho and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Syria
1960	$47	$183.5
1961	$47	$196.3
1962	$53.5	$223.9
1963	$58.4	$234.9
1964	$62.6	$254.2
1965	$64.3	$270.8
1966	$64.3	$239.3
1967	$64.8	$272.9
1968	$64.8	$293.3
1969	$67.1	$364
1970	$67.4	$335
1971	$72.4	$393
1972	$74	$448
1973	$107	$459
1974	$128.7	$707
1975	$123.2	$904
1976	$117.8	$976
1977	$149.9	$951
1978	$200.8	$1,108
1979	$212.4	$1,146
1980	$307	$1,458
1981	$299.8	$1,676
1982	$233.9	$1,703
1983	$252	$1,776
1984	$211	$1,706
1985	$165.4	$1,544
1986	$191.4	$1,208
1987	$236.5	$997
1988	$270.4	$898
1989	$279	$809
1990	$330	$978
1991	$382	$1,000
1992	$444	$990
1993	$439	$993
1994	$456	$712
1995	$513	$780
1996	$480	$918
1997	$502	$941
1998	$465	$961
1999	$456	$978
2000	$443	$1,138
2001	$413	$1,187
2002	$389	$1,183
2003	$583	$1,220
2004	$767	$1,368
2005	$861	$1,534
2006	$925	$1,719
2007	$861	$1,938
2008	$898	$2,429
2009	$879	$2,462
2010	$1,119	$2,731
2011	$1,281	$2,952
2012	$1,218	$1,898
2013	$1,151	$986
2014	$1,174	$1,061
2015	$1,121	$848
2016	$992	$656
2017	$1,069	$852
2018	$1,171	$1,098
2019	$1,082	$1,110
2020	$919	$572
2021	$1,067	$664
2022	$1,030	$1,052
2023	$916	$847
2024	$972	-

Lesotho vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Syria
1950	44.6	42.5
1951	45.2	43.4
1952	45.9	44.3
1953	46.6	45.3
1954	47.3	46.4
1955	48	47.4
1956	48.6	48.5
1957	49.2	49.6
1958	49.6	50.7
1959	49.9	51.7
1960	50.2	52.7
1961	50.3	53.7
1962	50.3	54.6
1963	50.3	55.4
1964	50.3	56.2
1965	50.3	56.9
1966	50.4	57.6
1967	50.5	58
1968	50.8	59.1
1969	51.1	59.8
1970	51.5	60.6
1971	51.8	61.3
1972	52.3	62
1973	52.6	60.8
1974	52.9	63.4
1975	53.5	64.2
1976	53.9	64.8
1977	54.5	65.4
1978	55.2	65.9
1979	55.8	66.2
1980	56.5	66.5
1981	57.3	64.6
1982	58	60.8
1983	58.5	67.4
1984	59	67.7
1985	59.2	68
1986	59.3	68.4
1987	59.6	68.8
1988	59.6	69.2
1989	59.5	69.5
1990	59.3	69.8
1991	59.1	70.1
1992	58.6	70.2
1993	58.1	70.3
1994	57.3	70.3
1995	56.4	70.2
1996	55.1	70.2
1997	53.7	70.2
1998	52	70.2
1999	50.4	70.5
2000	48.8	70.9
2001	47.2	71.3
2002	46	71.7
2003	44.9	72.2
2004	44	72.5
2005	43.6	72.8
2006	43.2	73
2007	43.7	73.3
2008	44.3	73.4
2009	45.1	73.5
2010	46	73.5
2011	46.9	72.3
2012	48.2	66.2
2013	49.5	65.1
2014	50.8	65.5
2015	51.8	63.3
2016	52.9	65.2
2017	53.9	65.7
2018	54.6	67.4
2019	55.2	71
2020	55.1	71.9
2021	54.2	72.4
2022	56.8	72.8
2023	57.4	72.1
2024	57.8	72.6
2025	58.2	73

Lesotho and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Syria
1960	736,500	4,673,500
1961	758,824	4,815,466
1962	781,814	4,959,340
1963	805,373	5,110,467
1964	829,437	5,269,087
1965	854,090	5,435,267
1966	881,870	5,609,047
1967	913,982	5,790,198
1968	948,105	5,978,742
1969	983,202	6,175,166
1970	1,019,273	6,380,609
1971	1,056,246	6,598,094
1972	1,094,063	6,826,024
1973	1,132,697	7,060,321
1974	1,172,420	7,302,160
1975	1,213,643	7,554,364
1976	1,253,214	7,817,320
1977	1,289,967	8,090,501
1978	1,327,240	8,372,759
1979	1,366,169	8,661,909
1980	1,406,521	8,957,663
1981	1,448,069	9,260,189
1982	1,490,732	9,572,511
1983	1,534,413	9,904,809
1984	1,578,986	10,258,398
1985	1,624,379	10,625,672
1986	1,666,138	11,002,844
1987	1,703,390	11,388,923
1988	1,739,841	11,782,264
1989	1,775,436	12,179,060
1990	1,809,696	12,579,208
1991	1,842,379	12,980,821
1992	1,873,274	13,385,571
1993	1,901,793	13,795,686
1994	1,927,707	14,208,583
1995	1,951,437	14,616,801
1996	1,972,418	15,018,104
1997	1,988,130	15,417,542
1998	1,998,049	15,820,413
1999	2,003,234	16,228,061
2000	2,003,913	16,637,888
2001	2,000,853	17,051,338
2002	1,994,679	17,468,332
2003	1,985,059	17,889,296
2004	1,971,129	18,336,875
2005	1,953,076	18,814,091
2006	1,945,063	19,637,022
2007	1,953,268	20,884,125
2008	1,966,541	21,636,564
2009	1,980,883	21,976,969
2010	1,996,251	22,482,421
2011	2,014,009	22,878,098
2012	2,034,354	22,759,763
2013	2,056,504	21,666,917
2014	2,080,089	20,273,659
2015	2,104,611	19,424,618
2016	2,130,422	19,193,834
2017	2,157,110	19,224,668
2018	2,183,603	19,577,845
2019	2,209,405	20,353,534
2020	2,235,727	21,049,429
2021	2,261,542	21,628,839
2022	2,286,110	22,462,173
2023	2,311,472	23,594,623
2024	2,337,423	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Syria

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Syria
1960	5.78	7.51
1961	5.79	7.5
1962	5.79	7.51
1963	5.78	7.51
1964	5.77	7.53
1965	5.77	7.53
1966	5.76	7.55
1967	5.75	7.56
1968	5.73	7.57
1969	5.7	7.59
1970	5.7	7.62
1971	5.7	7.6
1972	5.69	7.57
1973	5.69	7.55
1974	5.75	7.52
1975	5.83	7.49
1976	5.87	7.45
1977	5.85	7.42
1978	5.82	7.35
1979	5.79	7.25
1980	5.75	7.12
1981	5.69	6.97
1982	5.63	6.81
1983	5.56	6.69
1984	5.48	6.59
1985	5.4	6.48
1986	5.32	6.37
1987	5.22	6.2
1988	5.1	6
1989	4.96	5.78
1990	4.81	5.56
1991	4.68	5.34
1992	4.54	5.14
1993	4.37	4.99
1994	4.21	4.86
1995	4.13	4.7
1996	4.06	4.54
1997	3.98	4.37
1998	3.82	4.25
1999	3.67	4.14
2000	3.61	4.07
2001	3.63	3.98
2002	3.68	3.87
2003	3.62	3.76
2004	3.51	3.68
2005	3.43	3.61
2006	3.41	3.56
2007	3.44	3.54
2008	3.39	3.48
2009	3.31	3.42
2010	3.25	3.36
2011	3.34	3.29
2012	3.3	3.22
2013	3.28	3.17
2014	3.24	3.12
2015	3.22	3.07
2016	3.18	3.01
2017	3.11	2.97
2018	3.02	2.93
2019	2.92	2.88
2020	2.85	2.84
2021	2.77	2.8
2022	2.72	2.75
2023	2.69	2.71

Lesotho and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Syria
1960	17.5	17.6
1961	17.4	17.3
1962	17.4	17.1
1963	17.4	16.9
1964	17.5	16.7
1965	17.5	16.5
1966	17.5	16.4
1967	17.6	16.2
1968	17.8	16.1
1969	18	16
1970	18.2	15.9
1971	18.3	15.8
1972	18.5	15.8
1973	18.6	15.7
1974	18.8	15.7
1975	18.9	15.7
1976	19	15.6
1977	19	15.6
1978	18.9	15.6
1979	18.8	15.6
1980	18.8	15.6
1981	18.7	15.6
1982	18.6	15.7
1983	18.6	15.8
1984	18.5	15.8
1985	18.4	15.9
1986	18.6	16
1987	18.7	16.1
1988	18.6	16.2
1989	18.5	16.4
1990	18.4	16.5
1991	18.4	16.7
1992	18.4	16.9
1993	18.4	17.1
1994	18.5	17.3
1995	18.6	17.5
1996	18.6	17.7
1997	18.8	17.9
1998	18.9	18.1
1999	19.1	18.3
2000	19.2	18.5
2001	19.4	18.8
2002	19.5	19
2003	19.7	19.2
2004	19.8	19.5
2005	19.9	19.7
2006	20	20.3
2007	20.2	21
2008	20.4	21.3
2009	20.6	21.5
2010	20.7	21.7
2011	20.9	21.9
2012	21	21.8
2013	21.1	21.2
2014	21.2	20.1
2015	21.3	19.5
2016	21.4	19.5
2017	21.6	19.6
2018	21.7	20.1
2019	21.8	20.9
2020	22	21.6
2021	22.1	22.2
2022	22.3	22.7
2023	22.5	23.3
2024	22.7	23.9

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