Lesotho vs Tanzania statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 137th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Lesotho and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Tanzania
1960	$34,579,986	$2,651,729,807
1961	$35,699,986	$2,826,179,031
1962	$41,859,983	$3,101,589,993
1963	$47,039,981	$3,456,579,293
1964	$51,939,979	$3,748,840,925
1965	$54,879,978	$3,817,226,546
1966	$56,699,977	$4,377,998,825
1967	$59,261,976	$4,565,132,048
1968	$61,445,975	$4,895,251,824
1969	$65,967,974	$5,142,066,811
1970	$68,739,973	$2,851,419,386
1971	$76,480,285	$3,050,673,517
1972	$80,913,200	$3,472,787,266
1973	$121,188,716	$4,144,104,535
1974	$150,851,317	$4,977,337,978
1975	$149,558,896	$5,729,917,840
1976	$147,660,037	$6,472,511,988
1977	$193,315,048	$7,732,598,995
1978	$266,570,067	$9,261,675,710
1979	$290,134,593	$9,804,637,491
1980	$431,542,537	$11,409,228,087
1981	$434,188,034	$13,161,540,378
1982	$348,741,684	$13,927,383,240
1983	$386,699,309	$14,049,883,809
1984	$333,163,670	$12,906,635,133
1985	$268,629,926	$15,328,295,175
1986	$318,858,423	$10,840,864,521
1987	$402,768,324	$7,824,193,222
1988	$470,395,801	$7,406,614,407
1989	$495,409,233	$6,418,799,007
1990	$596,410,264	$6,184,384,225
1991	$704,325,367	$7,197,768,159
1992	$831,029,862	$6,681,997,469
1993	$835,582,062	$6,182,872,708
1994	$878,250,945	$6,550,480,484
1995	$1,001,894,000	$7,631,431,840
1996	$946,112,493	$9,433,528,150
1997	$998,004,259	$11,158,197,942
1998	$928,460,893	$12,172,790,056
1999	$912,773,681	$12,704,334,196
2000	$887,291,688	$13,371,767,082
2001	$825,706,961	$13,563,990,022
2002	$775,777,239	$14,129,651,896
2003	$1,157,825,435	$15,211,487,709
2004	$1,511,236,656	$16,673,062,473
2005	$1,682,343,527	$18,395,383,647
2006	$1,800,092,564	$18,619,859,795
2007	$1,682,131,785	$21,860,434,823
2008	$1,766,902,709	$27,947,821,398
2009	$1,740,894,965	$29,400,573,554
2010	$2,234,754,242	$32,012,892,919
2011	$2,579,409,620	$34,657,140,096
2012	$2,477,702,216	$39,650,394,363
2013	$2,367,112,932	$45,648,857,242
2014	$2,441,063,054	$49,986,726,461
2015	$2,359,686,725	$47,413,919,817
2016	$2,114,426,452	$49,774,409,374
2017	$2,306,741,672	$53,274,884,533
2018	$2,556,247,292	$57,003,712,892
2019	$2,390,702,296	$61,026,731,926
2020	$2,053,699,870	$66,068,737,786
2021	$2,412,130,022	$70,655,628,148
2022	$2,354,980,884	$75,769,974,505
2023	$2,117,962,430	$79,062,403,837
2024	$2,271,541,846	$78,779,864,877

Lesotho and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Tanzania
1960	$47	$267.8
1961	$47	$277.4
1962	$53.5	$295.7
1963	$58.4	$320
1964	$62.6	$337
1965	$64.3	$333
1966	$64.3	$370
1967	$64.8	$374
1968	$64.8	$388
1969	$67.1	$394
1970	$67.4	$211.3
1971	$72.4	$218.4
1972	$74	$239.8
1973	$107	$276.1
1974	$128.7	$320
1975	$123.2	$355
1976	$117.8	$387
1977	$149.9	$446
1978	$200.8	$515
1979	$212.4	$527
1980	$307	$595
1981	$299.8	$665
1982	$233.9	$683
1983	$252	$667
1984	$211	$593
1985	$165.4	$681
1986	$191.4	$466
1987	$236.5	$326
1988	$270.4	$299
1989	$279	$252.3
1990	$330	$236.9
1991	$382	$268.8
1992	$444	$243.4
1993	$439	$218.2
1994	$456	$222.5
1995	$513	$251.2
1996	$480	$305
1997	$502	$353
1998	$465	$375
1999	$456	$382
2000	$443	$390
2001	$413	$385
2002	$389	$391
2003	$583	$410
2004	$767	$438
2005	$861	$469
2006	$925	$462
2007	$861	$528
2008	$898	$657
2009	$879	$674
2010	$1,119	$715
2011	$1,281	$753
2012	$1,218	$837
2013	$1,151	$935
2014	$1,174	$993
2015	$1,121	$911
2016	$992	$925
2017	$1,069	$957
2018	$1,171	$992
2019	$1,082	$1,031
2020	$919	$1,084
2021	$1,067	$1,125
2022	$1,030	$1,171
2023	$916	$1,187
2024	$972	$1,149

Lesotho vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Tanzania
1950	44.6	41
1951	45.2	41.2
1952	45.9	41.4
1953	46.6	41.5
1954	47.3	41.7
1955	48	41.8
1956	48.6	42
1957	49.2	42.1
1958	49.6	42.3
1959	49.9	42.5
1960	50.2	42.6
1961	50.3	42.8
1962	50.3	43.2
1963	50.3	43.6
1964	50.3	44.1
1965	50.3	44.5
1966	50.4	44.9
1967	50.5	45.2
1968	50.8	45.6
1969	51.1	46
1970	51.5	46.5
1971	51.8	47
1972	52.3	47.4
1973	52.6	47.9
1974	52.9	48.4
1975	53.5	48.9
1976	53.9	49.5
1977	54.5	50
1978	55.2	50.4
1979	55.8	50.8
1980	56.5	51.3
1981	57.3	51.7
1982	58	52
1983	58.5	52.2
1984	59	52.2
1985	59.2	52.2
1986	59.3	52.2
1987	59.6	52.2
1988	59.6	52.2
1989	59.5	52.1
1990	59.3	52
1991	59.1	51.8
1992	58.6	51.4
1993	58.1	51.2
1994	57.3	51.1
1995	56.4	51
1996	55.1	51.1
1997	53.7	51.2
1998	52	51.8
1999	50.4	52.4
2000	48.8	53.2
2001	47.2	54.1
2002	46	54.9
2003	44.9	55.9
2004	44	56.8
2005	43.6	57.7
2006	43.2	58.5
2007	43.7	59.3
2008	44.3	59.9
2009	45.1	60.5
2010	46	61.1
2011	46.9	61.6
2012	48.2	62.3
2013	49.5	62.8
2014	50.8	63.4
2015	51.8	63.9
2016	52.9	64.4
2017	53.9	65
2018	54.6	65.5
2019	55.2	66
2020	55.1	66.8
2021	54.2	66.1
2022	56.8	66.9
2023	57.4	67
2024	57.8	67.2
2025	58.2	67.4

Lesotho and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Tanzania
1960	736,500	9,901,419
1961	758,824	10,187,886
1962	781,814	10,487,756
1963	805,373	10,799,528
1964	829,437	11,127,826
1965	854,090	11,470,728
1966	881,870	11,827,459
1967	913,982	12,200,109
1968	948,105	12,602,076
1969	983,202	13,036,700
1970	1,019,273	13,492,677
1971	1,056,246	13,971,451
1972	1,094,063	14,479,308
1973	1,132,697	15,010,101
1974	1,172,420	15,561,630
1975	1,213,643	16,138,361
1976	1,253,214	16,736,211
1977	1,289,967	17,352,929
1978	1,327,240	17,976,566
1979	1,366,169	18,592,038
1980	1,406,521	19,189,769
1981	1,448,069	19,784,703
1982	1,490,732	20,398,571
1983	1,534,413	21,079,874
1984	1,578,986	21,779,066
1985	1,624,379	22,501,693
1986	1,666,138	23,258,959
1987	1,703,390	24,030,378
1988	1,739,841	24,769,686
1989	1,775,436	25,438,759
1990	1,809,696	26,110,207
1991	1,842,379	26,780,436
1992	1,873,274	27,457,588
1993	1,901,793	28,332,692
1994	1,927,707	29,442,356
1995	1,951,437	30,383,497
1996	1,972,418	30,945,762
1997	1,988,130	31,578,089
1998	1,998,049	32,420,458
1999	2,003,234	33,300,330
2000	2,003,913	34,260,139
2001	2,000,853	35,198,299
2002	1,994,679	36,121,304
2003	1,985,059	37,089,555
2004	1,971,129	38,109,668
2005	1,953,076	39,182,076
2006	1,945,063	40,294,902
2007	1,953,268	41,435,512
2008	1,966,541	42,570,728
2009	1,980,883	43,633,982
2010	1,996,251	44,758,488
2011	2,014,009	46,029,367
2012	2,034,354	47,374,260
2013	2,056,504	48,824,128
2014	2,080,089	50,351,512
2015	2,104,611	52,020,962
2016	2,130,422	53,824,013
2017	2,157,110	55,652,890
2018	2,183,603	57,437,145
2019	2,209,405	59,174,891
2020	2,235,727	60,972,798
2021	2,261,542	62,830,412
2022	2,286,110	64,711,821
2023	2,311,472	66,617,606
2024	2,337,423	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Tanzania
1960	5.78	6.54
1961	5.79	6.56
1962	5.79	6.61
1963	5.78	6.65
1964	5.77	6.68
1965	5.77	6.73
1966	5.76	6.8
1967	5.75	6.86
1968	5.73	6.9
1969	5.7	6.95
1970	5.7	7
1971	5.7	7.04
1972	5.69	7.05
1973	5.69	7.06
1974	5.75	7.12
1975	5.83	7.1
1976	5.87	7.09
1977	5.85	7.07
1978	5.82	7.06
1979	5.79	7.04
1980	5.75	6.99
1981	5.69	6.93
1982	5.63	6.87
1983	5.56	6.81
1984	5.48	6.72
1985	5.4	6.6
1986	5.32	6.49
1987	5.22	6.41
1988	5.1	6.38
1989	4.96	6.3
1990	4.81	6.2
1991	4.68	6.14
1992	4.54	6.08
1993	4.37	6
1994	4.21	5.89
1995	4.13	5.82
1996	4.06	5.83
1997	3.98	5.84
1998	3.82	5.81
1999	3.67	5.75
2000	3.61	5.67
2001	3.63	5.62
2002	3.68	5.57
2003	3.62	5.58
2004	3.51	5.6
2005	3.43	5.58
2006	3.41	5.51
2007	3.44	5.4
2008	3.39	5.32
2009	3.31	5.26
2010	3.25	5.23
2011	3.34	5.14
2012	3.3	5.14
2013	3.28	5.16
2014	3.24	5.12
2015	3.22	5.03
2016	3.18	5.01
2017	3.11	4.99
2018	3.02	4.93
2019	2.92	4.87
2020	2.85	4.8
2021	2.77	4.73
2022	2.72	4.67
2023	2.69	4.61

Lesotho and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Tanzania

Table

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

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