Lesotho vs Tonga statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 137th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 175/197 ($2.27B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($591M). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 181/197 ($972), while Tonga ranks 115/197 ($5,652).

Lesotho and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Tonga economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Tonga
1960	$34,579,986	-
1961	$35,699,986	-
1962	$41,859,983	-
1963	$47,039,981	-
1964	$51,939,979	-
1965	$54,879,978	-
1966	$56,699,977	-
1967	$59,261,976	-
1968	$61,445,975	-
1969	$65,967,974	-
1970	$68,739,973	-
1971	$76,480,285	-
1972	$80,913,200	-
1973	$121,188,716	-
1974	$150,851,317	-
1975	$149,558,896	$32,506,742
1976	$147,660,037	$30,036,417
1977	$193,315,048	$34,139,388
1978	$266,570,067	$41,567,472
1979	$290,134,593	$44,667,002
1980	$431,542,537	$53,260,077
1981	$434,188,034	$62,242,013
1982	$348,741,684	$62,068,161
1983	$386,699,309	$60,863,964
1984	$333,163,670	$64,248,355
1985	$268,629,926	$60,058,663
1986	$318,858,423	$68,195,856
1987	$402,768,324	$81,667,133
1988	$470,395,801	$106,657,267
1989	$495,409,233	$106,344,855
1990	$596,410,264	$113,563,822
1991	$704,325,367	$132,201,141
1992	$831,029,862	$137,066,291
1993	$835,582,062	$138,489,884
1994	$878,250,945	$195,990,986
1995	$1,001,894,000	$208,871,666
1996	$946,112,493	$222,100,576
1997	$998,004,259	$214,991,452
1998	$928,460,893	$191,504,893
1999	$912,773,681	$199,208,718
2000	$887,291,688	$204,848,488
2001	$825,706,961	$181,117,230
2002	$775,777,239	$182,764,281
2003	$1,157,825,435	$202,246,591
2004	$1,511,236,656	$230,678,011
2005	$1,682,343,527	$261,823,805
2006	$1,800,092,564	$292,232,703
2007	$1,682,131,785	$298,519,623
2008	$1,766,902,709	$344,438,844
2009	$1,740,894,965	$312,415,028
2010	$2,234,754,242	$366,887,375
2011	$2,579,409,620	$414,143,828
2012	$2,477,702,216	$471,122,971
2013	$2,367,112,932	$451,788,498
2014	$2,441,063,054	$440,997,738
2015	$2,359,686,725	$437,525,514
2016	$2,114,426,452	$420,828,262
2017	$2,306,741,672	$459,976,850
2018	$2,556,247,292	$493,530,783
2019	$2,390,702,296	$506,031,239
2020	$2,053,699,864	$506,571,468
2021	$2,412,130,057	$519,306,353
2022	$2,354,980,960	$556,514,555
2023	$2,117,962,445	$591,139,749
2024	$2,271,759,455	-

Lesotho and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Tonga
1960	$47	-
1961	$47	-
1962	$53.5	-
1963	$58.4	-
1964	$62.6	-
1965	$64.3	-
1966	$64.3	-
1967	$64.8	-
1968	$64.8	-
1969	$67.1	-
1970	$67.4	-
1971	$72.4	-
1972	$74	-
1973	$107	-
1974	$128.7	-
1975	$123.2	$349
1976	$117.8	$315
1977	$149.9	$353
1978	$200.8	$428
1979	$212.4	$458
1980	$307	$545
1981	$299.8	$636
1982	$233.9	$633
1983	$252	$621
1984	$211	$656
1985	$165.4	$613
1986	$191.4	$696
1987	$236.5	$830
1988	$270.4	$1,078
1989	$279	$1,070
1990	$330	$1,139
1991	$382	$1,323
1992	$444	$1,370
1993	$439	$1,383
1994	$456	$1,957
1995	$513	$2,084
1996	$480	$2,215
1997	$502	$2,136
1998	$465	$1,889
1999	$456	$1,952
2000	$443	$1,995
2001	$413	$1,754
2002	$389	$1,759
2003	$583	$1,936
2004	$767	$2,195
2005	$861	$2,478
2006	$925	$2,750
2007	$861	$2,797
2008	$898	$3,218
2009	$879	$2,914
2010	$1,119	$3,416
2011	$1,281	$3,850
2012	$1,218	$4,384
2013	$1,151	$4,219
2014	$1,174	$4,137
2015	$1,121	$4,124
2016	$992	$3,988
2017	$1,069	$4,366
2018	$1,171	$4,675
2019	$1,082	$4,789
2020	$919	$4,792
2021	$1,067	$4,923
2022	$1,030	$5,298
2023	$916	$5,652
2024	$972	-

Lesotho vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Tonga
1950	44.6	48.4
1951	45.2	49.8
1952	45.9	51.2
1953	46.6	52.4
1954	47.3	53.6
1955	48	54.7
1956	48.6	55.7
1957	49.2	56.5
1958	49.6	57.2
1959	49.9	57.8
1960	50.2	58.3
1961	50.3	58.8
1962	50.3	59.3
1963	50.3	59.8
1964	50.3	60.3
1965	50.3	60.7
1966	50.4	61.2
1967	50.5	61.7
1968	50.8	62.2
1969	51.1	62.7
1970	51.5	63.2
1971	51.8	63.6
1972	52.3	64.1
1973	52.6	64.4
1974	52.9	64.8
1975	53.5	65.1
1976	53.9	65.4
1977	54.5	65.6
1978	55.2	65.9
1979	55.8	66
1980	56.5	66.2
1981	57.3	66.4
1982	58	66.3
1983	58.5	66.7
1984	59	66.8
1985	59.2	66.9
1986	59.3	67.1
1987	59.6	67.2
1988	59.6	67.3
1989	59.5	67.4
1990	59.3	67.5
1991	59.1	67.7
1992	58.6	67.9
1993	58.1	68.2
1994	57.3	68.4
1995	56.4	68.6
1996	55.1	68.8
1997	53.7	69
1998	52	69.2
1999	50.4	69.4
2000	48.8	69.6
2001	47.2	69.8
2002	46	70
2003	44.9	70.2
2004	44	70.4
2005	43.6	70.6
2006	43.2	70.7
2007	43.7	70.9
2008	44.3	71
2009	45.1	70.9
2010	46	71.3
2011	46.9	71.4
2012	48.2	71.5
2013	49.5	71.6
2014	50.8	71.7
2015	51.8	71.9
2016	52.9	72
2017	53.9	72.1
2018	54.6	72.2
2019	55.2	72.3
2020	55.1	72.4
2021	54.2	72.1
2022	56.8	72.6
2023	57.4	72.9
2024	57.8	73.1
2025	58.2	73.2
2026	58.6	73.4

Lesotho and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Tonga
1960	736,500	66,170
1961	758,824	68,037
1962	781,814	69,940
1963	805,373	71,885
1964	829,437	73,879
1965	854,090	75,924
1966	881,870	78,002
1967	913,982	79,814
1968	948,105	81,353
1969	983,202	82,885
1970	1,019,273	84,401
1971	1,056,246	85,896
1972	1,094,063	87,356
1973	1,132,697	88,805
1974	1,172,420	90,683
1975	1,213,643	93,017
1976	1,253,214	95,325
1977	1,289,967	96,725
1978	1,327,240	97,204
1979	1,366,169	97,544
1980	1,406,521	97,769
1981	1,448,069	97,909
1982	1,490,732	97,980
1983	1,534,413	97,998
1984	1,578,986	97,990
1985	1,624,379	97,984
1986	1,666,138	98,010
1987	1,703,390	98,376
1988	1,739,841	98,969
1989	1,775,436	99,403
1990	1,809,696	99,700
1991	1,842,379	99,895
1992	1,873,274	100,022
1993	1,901,793	100,103
1994	1,927,707	100,166
1995	1,951,437	100,225
1996	1,972,418	100,275
1997	1,988,130	100,674
1998	1,998,049	101,388
1999	2,003,234	102,046
2000	2,003,913	102,677
2001	2,000,853	103,288
2002	1,994,679	103,874
2003	1,985,059	104,464
2004	1,971,129	105,071
2005	1,953,076	105,671
2006	1,945,063	106,253
2007	1,953,268	106,726
2008	1,966,541	107,020
2009	1,980,883	107,203
2010	1,996,251	107,400
2011	2,014,009	107,570
2012	2,034,354	107,460
2013	2,056,504	107,078
2014	2,080,089	106,609
2015	2,104,611	106,095
2016	2,130,422	105,524
2017	2,157,110	105,356
2018	2,183,603	105,567
2019	2,209,405	105,669
2020	2,235,727	105,704
2021	2,261,542	105,490
2022	2,286,110	105,042
2023	2,311,472	104,597
2024	2,337,423	104,175

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Tonga

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Tonga
1960	5.78	6.65
1961	5.79	6.61
1962	5.79	6.57
1963	5.78	6.52
1964	5.77	6.46
1965	5.77	6.41
1966	5.76	6.35
1967	5.75	6.29
1968	5.73	6.23
1969	5.7	6.17
1970	5.7	6.07
1971	5.7	5.96
1972	5.69	5.86
1973	5.69	5.8
1974	5.75	5.77
1975	5.83	5.75
1976	5.87	5.73
1977	5.85	5.7
1978	5.82	5.68
1979	5.79	5.65
1980	5.75	5.6
1981	5.69	5.55
1982	5.63	5.5
1983	5.56	5.45
1984	5.48	5.41
1985	5.4	5.34
1986	5.32	5.27
1987	5.22	5.19
1988	5.1	5.1
1989	4.96	5.01
1990	4.81	4.93
1991	4.68	4.85
1992	4.54	4.79
1993	4.37	4.73
1994	4.21	4.66
1995	4.13	4.56
1996	4.06	4.46
1997	3.98	4.38
1998	3.82	4.31
1999	3.67	4.23
2000	3.61	4.16
2001	3.63	4.13
2002	3.68	4.14
2003	3.62	4.18
2004	3.51	4.19
2005	3.43	4.2
2006	3.41	4.14
2007	3.44	4.09
2008	3.39	4.01
2009	3.31	3.95
2010	3.25	3.88
2011	3.34	3.83
2012	3.3	3.77
2013	3.28	3.7
2014	3.24	3.62
2015	3.22	3.54
2016	3.18	3.46
2017	3.11	3.39
2018	3.02	3.33
2019	2.92	3.27
2020	2.85	3.23
2021	2.77	3.2
2022	2.72	3.17
2023	2.69	3.13

Lesotho and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Tonga
1960	17.5	17.1
1961	17.4	17.1
1962	17.4	17.1
1963	17.4	17
1964	17.5	17
1965	17.5	17
1966	17.5	17
1967	17.6	17
1968	17.8	16.9
1969	18	16.8
1970	18.2	16.8
1971	18.3	16.7
1972	18.5	16.7
1973	18.6	16.8
1974	18.8	16.8
1975	18.9	16.7
1976	19	16.7
1977	19	16.8
1978	18.9	17.1
1979	18.8	17.3
1980	18.8	17.4
1981	18.7	17.6
1982	18.6	17.8
1983	18.6	17.9
1984	18.5	18
1985	18.4	18.1
1986	18.6	18.2
1987	18.7	18.3
1988	18.6	18.6
1989	18.5	18.9
1990	18.4	19.1
1991	18.4	19.3
1992	18.4	19.5
1993	18.4	19.6
1994	18.5	19.6
1995	18.6	19.6
1996	18.6	19.6
1997	18.8	19.7
1998	18.9	19.9
1999	19.1	20.1
2000	19.2	20.3
2001	19.4	20.5
2002	19.5	20.7
2003	19.7	20.8
2004	19.8	20.8
2005	19.9	20.8
2006	20	20.8
2007	20.2	20.9
2008	20.4	21
2009	20.6	21.1
2010	20.7	21.2
2011	20.9	21.2
2012	21	21.4
2013	21.1	21.6
2014	21.2	21.7
2015	21.3	21.8
2016	21.4	21.9
2017	21.6	21.9
2018	21.7	22
2019	21.8	22
2020	22	22.1
2021	22.1	22.1
2022	22.3	22
2023	22.5	21.9
2024	22.7	21.9

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