Lesotho vs Thailand statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 137th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Lesotho and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Thailand
1960	$34,579,986	$2,760,750,861
1961	$35,699,986	$3,034,037,811
1962	$41,859,983	$3,308,912,797
1963	$47,039,981	$3,540,403,457
1964	$51,939,979	$3,889,129,942
1965	$54,879,978	$4,388,937,649
1966	$56,699,977	$5,279,230,817
1967	$59,261,976	$5,638,461,442
1968	$61,445,975	$6,081,009,428
1969	$65,967,974	$6,695,336,567
1970	$68,739,973	$7,086,538,438
1971	$76,480,285	$7,375,000,024
1972	$80,913,200	$8,177,873,151
1973	$121,188,716	$10,838,587,358
1974	$150,851,317	$13,702,998,512
1975	$149,558,896	$14,882,770,594
1976	$147,660,037	$16,985,208,648
1977	$193,315,048	$19,779,312,261
1978	$266,570,067	$24,006,566,637
1979	$290,134,593	$27,371,650,825
1980	$431,542,537	$32,353,514,989
1981	$434,188,034	$34,846,039,194
1982	$348,741,684	$36,589,772,404
1983	$386,699,309	$40,042,798,388
1984	$333,163,670	$41,797,647,776
1985	$268,629,926	$38,900,711,333
1986	$318,858,423	$43,096,773,981
1987	$402,768,324	$50,535,446,555
1988	$470,395,801	$61,667,253,471
1989	$495,409,233	$72,250,748,100
1990	$596,410,264	$85,343,190,719
1991	$704,325,367	$98,234,714,971
1992	$831,029,862	$111,452,746,518
1993	$835,582,062	$128,889,262,951
1994	$878,250,945	$146,683,778,959
1995	$1,001,894,000	$169,278,916,593
1996	$946,112,493	$183,035,237,429
1997	$998,004,259	$150,180,456,566
1998	$928,460,893	$113,675,596,788
1999	$912,773,681	$126,669,211,779
2000	$887,291,688	$126,392,224,254
2001	$825,706,961	$120,296,476,180
2002	$775,777,239	$134,300,904,400
2003	$1,157,825,435	$152,280,615,246
2004	$1,511,236,656	$172,895,685,155
2005	$1,682,343,527	$189,318,408,469
2006	$1,800,092,564	$221,758,296,022
2007	$1,682,131,785	$262,942,621,455
2008	$1,766,902,709	$291,382,982,431
2009	$1,740,894,965	$281,710,630,187
2010	$2,234,754,242	$341,104,766,329
2011	$2,579,409,620	$370,818,739,624
2012	$2,477,702,216	$397,558,325,279
2013	$2,367,112,932	$420,333,654,593
2014	$2,441,063,054	$407,339,040,198
2015	$2,359,686,725	$401,296,238,228
2016	$2,114,426,452	$413,366,349,748
2017	$2,306,741,672	$456,356,813,537
2018	$2,556,247,292	$506,754,208,404
2019	$2,390,702,296	$543,976,691,794
2020	$2,053,699,870	$500,461,898,480
2021	$2,412,130,022	$506,194,668,790
2022	$2,354,980,884	$495,644,697,588
2023	$2,117,962,430	$515,906,283,941
2024	$2,271,541,846	$526,411,265,428

Lesotho and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Thailand
1960	$47	$102.8
1961	$47	$109.7
1962	$53.5	$116.2
1963	$58.4	$120.7
1964	$62.6	$128.6
1965	$64.3	$140.9
1966	$64.3	$164.5
1967	$64.8	$170.7
1968	$64.8	$178.8
1969	$67.1	$191.4
1970	$67.4	$197.1
1971	$72.4	$199.7
1972	$74	$215.6
1973	$107	$278.3
1974	$128.7	$343
1975	$123.2	$364
1976	$117.8	$405
1977	$149.9	$462
1978	$200.8	$548
1979	$212.4	$612
1980	$307	$709
1981	$299.8	$748
1982	$233.9	$770
1983	$252	$827
1984	$211	$847
1985	$165.4	$774
1986	$191.4	$842
1987	$236.5	$970
1988	$270.4	$1,164
1989	$279	$1,342
1990	$330	$1,559
1991	$382	$1,766
1992	$444	$1,972
1993	$439	$2,245
1994	$456	$2,518
1995	$513	$2,864
1996	$480	$3,055
1997	$502	$2,473
1998	$465	$1,848
1999	$456	$2,033
2000	$443	$2,006
2001	$413	$1,890
2002	$389	$2,090
2003	$583	$2,348
2004	$767	$2,642
2005	$861	$2,868
2006	$925	$3,331
2007	$861	$3,919
2008	$898	$4,309
2009	$879	$4,135
2010	$1,119	$4,974
2011	$1,281	$5,374
2012	$1,218	$5,726
2013	$1,151	$6,018
2014	$1,174	$5,801
2015	$1,121	$5,689
2016	$992	$5,834
2017	$1,069	$6,413
2018	$1,171	$7,100
2019	$1,082	$7,606
2020	$919	$6,986
2021	$1,067	$7,057
2022	$1,030	$6,909
2023	$916	$7,195
2024	$972	$7,345

Lesotho vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Thailand
1950	44.6	45.2
1951	45.2	45.9
1952	45.9	46.5
1953	46.6	47.1
1954	47.3	47.6
1955	48	48.1
1956	48.6	48.6
1957	49.2	49.1
1958	49.6	49.5
1959	49.9	50.1
1960	50.2	50.6
1961	50.3	51.1
1962	50.3	51.4
1963	50.3	52
1964	50.3	52.5
1965	50.3	53.1
1966	50.4	53.7
1967	50.5	54.3
1968	50.8	55
1969	51.1	55.7
1970	51.5	56.5
1971	51.8	57.1
1972	52.3	57.7
1973	52.6	58.3
1974	52.9	59
1975	53.5	59.7
1976	53.9	60.4
1977	54.5	60.9
1978	55.2	61.3
1979	55.8	61.7
1980	56.5	62.2
1981	57.3	62.9
1982	58	63.6
1983	58.5	64.5
1984	59	65.5
1985	59.2	66.5
1986	59.3	67.3
1987	59.6	67.8
1988	59.6	68.2
1989	59.5	68.6
1990	59.3	68.9
1991	59.1	69.1
1992	58.6	69.4
1993	58.1	69.6
1994	57.3	69.7
1995	56.4	69.8
1996	55.1	69.9
1997	53.7	70.4
1998	52	70.7
1999	50.4	71
2000	48.8	71.2
2001	47.2	71.5
2002	46	71.8
2003	44.9	72.1
2004	44	72.1
2005	43.6	72.9
2006	43.2	73.3
2007	43.7	73.8
2008	44.3	74.2
2009	45.1	74.7
2010	46	75
2011	46.9	75.3
2012	48.2	75.6
2013	49.5	76
2014	50.8	76.3
2015	51.8	76.6
2016	52.9	76.8
2017	53.9	77
2018	54.6	77.2
2019	55.2	77.2
2020	55.1	77.3
2021	54.2	77.6
2022	56.8	75.3
2023	57.4	76.4
2024	57.8	76.6
2025	58.2	76.8

Lesotho and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Thailand
1960	736,500	26,851,747
1961	758,824	27,650,334
1962	781,814	28,481,040
1963	805,373	29,342,322
1964	829,437	30,232,141
1965	854,090	31,149,337
1966	881,870	32,086,071
1967	913,982	33,037,801
1968	948,105	34,002,560
1969	983,202	34,973,782
1970	1,019,273	35,954,408
1971	1,056,246	36,937,387
1972	1,094,063	37,933,929
1973	1,132,697	38,947,787
1974	1,172,420	39,952,891
1975	1,213,643	40,940,005
1976	1,253,214	41,896,504
1977	1,289,967	42,843,974
1978	1,327,240	43,788,976
1979	1,366,169	44,718,434
1980	1,406,521	45,650,022
1981	1,448,069	46,575,855
1982	1,490,732	47,494,577
1983	1,534,413	48,423,309
1984	1,578,986	49,351,708
1985	1,624,379	50,270,753
1986	1,666,138	51,177,834
1987	1,703,390	52,074,105
1988	1,739,841	52,969,595
1989	1,775,436	53,848,956
1990	1,809,696	54,738,329
1991	1,842,379	55,637,434
1992	1,873,274	56,528,834
1993	1,901,793	57,408,198
1994	1,927,707	58,260,854
1995	1,951,437	59,098,232
1996	1,972,418	59,920,064
1997	1,988,130	60,724,584
1998	1,998,049	61,522,630
1999	2,003,234	62,299,043
2000	2,003,913	63,007,815
2001	2,000,853	63,651,141
2002	1,994,679	64,266,437
2003	1,985,059	64,868,166
2004	1,971,129	65,452,047
2005	1,953,076	66,017,420
2006	1,945,063	66,567,687
2007	1,953,268	67,102,394
2008	1,966,541	67,619,830
2009	1,980,883	68,121,080
2010	1,996,251	68,579,447
2011	2,014,009	69,007,208
2012	2,034,354	69,436,098
2013	2,056,504	69,845,114
2014	2,080,089	70,216,367
2015	2,104,611	70,540,795
2016	2,130,422	70,859,841
2017	2,157,110	71,160,187
2018	2,183,603	71,376,079
2019	2,209,405	71,522,271
2020	2,235,727	71,641,484
2021	2,261,542	71,727,332
2022	2,286,110	71,735,329
2023	2,311,472	71,702,435
2024	2,337,423	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Thailand

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Thailand
1960	5.78	6.33
1961	5.79	6.32
1962	5.79	6.33
1963	5.78	6.34
1964	5.77	6.31
1965	5.77	6.26
1966	5.76	6.18
1967	5.75	6.08
1968	5.73	5.93
1969	5.7	5.7
1970	5.7	5.45
1971	5.7	5.25
1972	5.69	5.08
1973	5.69	4.85
1974	5.75	4.6
1975	5.83	4.36
1976	5.87	4.12
1977	5.85	3.87
1978	5.82	3.62
1979	5.79	3.45
1980	5.75	3.29
1981	5.69	3.13
1982	5.63	2.94
1983	5.56	2.76
1984	5.48	2.58
1985	5.4	2.45
1986	5.32	2.36
1987	5.22	2.26
1988	5.1	2.17
1989	4.96	2.14
1990	4.81	2.07
1991	4.68	2.04
1992	4.54	2.01
1993	4.37	1.97
1994	4.21	1.93
1995	4.13	1.89
1996	4.06	1.87
1997	3.98	1.85
1998	3.82	1.82
1999	3.67	1.77
2000	3.61	1.73
2001	3.63	1.71
2002	3.68	1.69
2003	3.62	1.67
2004	3.51	1.67
2005	3.43	1.64
2006	3.41	1.63
2007	3.44	1.62
2008	3.39	1.59
2009	3.31	1.57
2010	3.25	1.56
2011	3.34	1.57
2012	3.3	1.56
2013	3.28	1.53
2014	3.24	1.48
2015	3.22	1.45
2016	3.18	1.4
2017	3.11	1.36
2018	3.02	1.32
2019	2.92	1.29
2020	2.85	1.26
2021	2.77	1.23
2022	2.72	1.22
2023	2.69	1.21

Lesotho and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Thailand
1960	17.5	18
1961	17.4	17.9
1962	17.4	17.7
1963	17.4	17.6
1964	17.5	17.5
1965	17.5	17.4
1966	17.5	17.3
1967	17.6	17.3
1968	17.8	17.3
1969	18	17.4
1970	18.2	17.5
1971	18.3	17.6
1972	18.5	17.8
1973	18.6	18
1974	18.8	18.2
1975	18.9	18.4
1976	19	18.7
1977	19	18.9
1978	18.9	19.2
1979	18.8	19.5
1980	18.8	19.9
1981	18.7	20.2
1982	18.6	20.6
1983	18.6	21
1984	18.5	21.5
1985	18.4	21.9
1986	18.6	22.4
1987	18.7	22.8
1988	18.6	23.3
1989	18.5	23.7
1990	18.4	24.3
1991	18.4	24.8
1992	18.4	25.4
1993	18.4	26
1994	18.5	26.6
1995	18.6	27.2
1996	18.6	27.7
1997	18.8	28.3
1998	18.9	28.9
1999	19.1	29.5
2000	19.2	30
2001	19.4	30.5
2002	19.5	30.9
2003	19.7	31.3
2004	19.8	31.7
2005	19.9	32.2
2006	20	32.6
2007	20.2	33.1
2008	20.4	33.6
2009	20.6	34
2010	20.7	34.5
2011	20.9	35
2012	21	35.4
2013	21.1	35.9
2014	21.2	36.3
2015	21.3	36.8
2016	21.4	37.3
2017	21.6	37.7
2018	21.7	38.2
2019	21.8	38.7
2020	22	39.2
2021	22.1	39.7
2022	22.3	40.2
2023	22.5	40.7
2024	22.7	41.1

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