Lesotho vs Turkey statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 137th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Lesotho and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Turkey
1960	$34,579,986	$7,566,666,667
1961	$35,699,986	$7,988,888,889
1962	$41,859,983	$8,922,222,222
1963	$47,039,981	$10,355,555,556
1964	$51,939,979	$11,177,777,778
1965	$54,879,978	$11,966,666,667
1966	$56,699,977	$14,100,000,000
1967	$59,261,976	$15,644,444,444
1968	$61,445,975	$17,500,000,000
1969	$65,967,974	$19,466,666,667
1970	$68,739,973	$17,863,636,364
1971	$76,480,285	$16,166,666,667
1972	$80,913,200	$20,650,000,000
1973	$121,188,716	$26,000,000,000
1974	$150,851,317	$35,414,285,714
1975	$149,558,896	$46,042,857,143
1976	$147,660,037	$51,450,000,000
1977	$193,315,048	$58,683,333,333
1978	$266,570,067	$65,912,500,000
1979	$290,134,593	$89,616,129,032
1980	$431,542,537	$68,823,684,211
1981	$434,188,034	$71,180,180,180
1982	$348,741,684	$64,369,325,153
1983	$386,699,309	$61,803,555,556
1984	$333,163,670	$59,937,602,180
1985	$268,629,926	$67,232,758,621
1986	$318,858,423	$75,673,037,037
1987	$402,768,324	$87,190,081,680
1988	$470,395,801	$90,875,175,809
1989	$495,409,233	$107,127,191,329
1990	$596,410,264	$150,655,500,192
1991	$704,325,367	$151,034,731,544
1992	$831,029,862	$159,104,772,992
1993	$835,582,062	$180,415,757,852
1994	$878,250,945	$130,650,447,499
1995	$1,001,894,000	$169,319,579,016
1996	$946,112,493	$181,464,408,820
1997	$998,004,259	$189,878,399,895
1998	$928,460,893	$275,941,990,764
1999	$912,773,681	$256,395,932,738
2000	$887,291,688	$274,294,623,164
2001	$825,706,961	$201,753,123,807
2002	$775,777,239	$240,249,071,871
2003	$1,157,825,435	$314,595,572,146
2004	$1,511,236,656	$408,865,430,220
2005	$1,682,343,527	$506,314,717,662
2006	$1,800,092,564	$557,076,157,773
2007	$1,682,131,785	$681,321,124,296
2008	$1,766,902,709	$770,449,132,861
2009	$1,740,894,965	$649,289,324,628
2010	$2,234,754,242	$776,967,266,306
2011	$2,579,409,620	$838,785,289,694
2012	$2,477,702,216	$880,555,885,492
2013	$2,367,112,932	$957,799,120,008
2014	$2,441,063,054	$938,934,609,297
2015	$2,359,686,725	$864,313,810,469
2016	$2,114,426,452	$869,682,881,593
2017	$2,306,741,672	$858,988,492,854
2018	$2,556,247,292	$778,972,108,041
2019	$2,390,702,296	$761,005,915,751
2020	$2,053,699,870	$720,338,490,327
2021	$2,412,130,022	$819,865,223,976
2022	$2,354,980,884	$907,118,434,654
2023	$2,117,962,430	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	$2,271,541,846	$1,323,254,808,059

Lesotho and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Turkey
1960	$47	$267.1
1961	$47	$274.4
1962	$53.5	$298.2
1963	$58.4	$337
1964	$62.6	$354
1965	$64.3	$370
1966	$64.3	$425
1967	$64.8	$459
1968	$64.8	$501
1969	$67.1	$544
1970	$67.4	$488
1971	$72.4	$431
1972	$74	$537
1973	$107	$661
1974	$128.7	$881
1975	$123.2	$1,122
1976	$117.8	$1,228
1977	$149.9	$1,372
1978	$200.8	$1,510
1979	$212.4	$2,013
1980	$307	$1,516
1981	$299.8	$1,537
1982	$233.9	$1,360
1983	$252	$1,276
1984	$211	$1,209
1985	$165.4	$1,326
1986	$191.4	$1,461
1987	$236.5	$1,650
1988	$270.4	$1,686
1989	$279	$1,949
1990	$330	$2,690
1991	$382	$2,649
1992	$444	$2,744
1993	$439	$3,058
1994	$456	$2,176
1995	$513	$2,775
1996	$480	$2,929
1997	$502	$3,021
1998	$465	$4,330
1999	$456	$3,969
2000	$443	$4,192
2001	$413	$3,046
2002	$389	$3,583
2003	$583	$4,638
2004	$767	$5,961
2005	$861	$7,303
2006	$925	$7,953
2007	$861	$9,711
2008	$898	$10,844
2009	$879	$9,013
2010	$1,119	$10,623
2011	$1,281	$11,301
2012	$1,218	$11,713
2013	$1,151	$12,578
2014	$1,174	$12,165
2015	$1,121	$11,050
2016	$992	$10,970
2017	$1,069	$10,696
2018	$1,171	$9,569
2019	$1,082	$9,215
2020	$919	$8,639
2021	$1,067	$9,743
2022	$1,030	$10,675
2023	$916	$13,106
2024	$972	$15,473

Lesotho vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Turkey
1950	44.6	47.3
1951	45.2	47.6
1952	45.9	48.1
1953	46.6	48.2
1954	47.3	48.8
1955	48	49.1
1956	48.6	49.5
1957	49.2	49.2
1958	49.6	49.2
1959	49.9	50.1
1960	50.2	50.8
1961	50.3	51.6
1962	50.3	52.3
1963	50.3	53.1
1964	50.3	53.6
1965	50.3	54.1
1966	50.4	54.6
1967	50.5	55.2
1968	50.8	55.6
1969	51.1	56.2
1970	51.5	56.7
1971	51.8	57.2
1972	52.3	58
1973	52.6	58.5
1974	52.9	59
1975	53.5	59.5
1976	53.9	60
1977	54.5	60.8
1978	55.2	61.6
1979	55.8	62.2
1980	56.5	62.7
1981	57.3	63.2
1982	58	63.7
1983	58.5	64.3
1984	59	64.8
1985	59.2	65.3
1986	59.3	65.9
1987	59.6	66.4
1988	59.6	66.9
1989	59.5	67.4
1990	59.3	67.8
1991	59.1	68.3
1992	58.6	68.6
1993	58.1	69
1994	57.3	69.4
1995	56.4	69.7
1996	55.1	70.2
1997	53.7	70.7
1998	52	71.1
1999	50.4	70.8
2000	48.8	71.9
2001	47.2	72.3
2002	46	72.6
2003	44.9	72.9
2004	44	73.2
2005	43.6	73.5
2006	43.2	73.8
2007	43.7	74.1
2008	44.3	74.4
2009	45.1	74.7
2010	46	75
2011	46.9	74.8
2012	48.2	75.6
2013	49.5	76.2
2014	50.8	76.5
2015	51.8	76.5
2016	52.9	76.6
2017	53.9	77
2018	54.6	77.5
2019	55.2	77.7
2020	55.1	76.5
2021	54.2	75.7
2022	56.8	77.6
2023	57.4	77.2
2024	57.8	77.4
2025	58.2	77.8

Lesotho and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Turkey
1960	736,500	28,329,898
1961	758,824	29,119,238
1962	781,814	29,916,147
1963	805,373	30,726,841
1964	829,437	31,543,072
1965	854,090	32,345,220
1966	881,870	33,177,672
1967	913,982	34,050,421
1968	948,105	34,921,684
1969	983,202	35,787,774
1970	1,019,273	36,638,465
1971	1,056,246	37,518,611
1972	1,094,063	38,430,221
1973	1,132,697	39,329,533
1974	1,172,420	40,210,234
1975	1,213,643	41,053,126
1976	1,253,214	41,899,984
1977	1,289,967	42,773,298
1978	1,327,240	43,645,306
1979	1,366,169	44,510,429
1980	1,406,521	45,408,815
1981	1,448,069	46,321,190
1982	1,490,732	47,322,096
1983	1,534,413	48,447,410
1984	1,578,986	49,574,069
1985	1,624,379	50,687,115
1986	1,666,138	51,777,772
1987	1,703,390	52,843,670
1988	1,739,841	53,909,626
1989	1,775,436	54,976,723
1990	1,809,696	56,015,628
1991	1,842,379	57,009,887
1992	1,873,274	57,990,118
1993	1,901,793	58,999,167
1994	1,927,707	60,033,836
1995	1,951,437	61,024,503
1996	1,972,418	61,951,134
1997	1,988,130	62,852,966
1998	1,998,049	63,734,383
1999	2,003,234	64,591,923
2000	2,003,913	65,425,961
2001	2,000,853	66,245,128
2002	1,994,679	67,048,795
2003	1,985,059	67,831,730
2004	1,971,129	68,592,617
2005	1,953,076	69,329,557
2006	1,945,063	70,045,349
2007	1,953,268	70,158,112
2008	1,966,541	71,051,678
2009	1,980,883	72,039,206
2010	1,996,251	73,142,150
2011	2,014,009	74,223,629
2012	2,034,354	75,175,827
2013	2,056,504	76,147,624
2014	2,080,089	77,181,884
2015	2,104,611	78,218,479
2016	2,130,422	79,277,962
2017	2,157,110	80,312,698
2018	2,183,603	81,407,204
2019	2,209,405	82,579,440
2020	2,235,727	83,384,680
2021	2,261,542	84,147,318
2022	2,286,110	84,979,913
2023	2,311,472	85,325,965
2024	2,337,423	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Turkey

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Turkey
1960	5.78	6.38
1961	5.79	6.42
1962	5.79	6.38
1963	5.78	6.34
1964	5.77	6.29
1965	5.77	6.22
1966	5.76	6.15
1967	5.75	6.06
1968	5.73	5.96
1969	5.7	5.87
1970	5.7	5.78
1971	5.7	5.67
1972	5.69	5.55
1973	5.69	5.41
1974	5.75	5.24
1975	5.83	5.09
1976	5.87	4.93
1977	5.85	4.78
1978	5.82	4.69
1979	5.79	4.58
1980	5.75	4.45
1981	5.69	4.35
1982	5.63	4.21
1983	5.56	4.06
1984	5.48	3.91
1985	5.4	3.78
1986	5.32	3.66
1987	5.22	3.54
1988	5.1	3.45
1989	4.96	3.34
1990	4.81	3.11
1991	4.68	3
1992	4.54	2.94
1993	4.37	2.92
1994	4.21	2.87
1995	4.13	2.84
1996	4.06	2.78
1997	3.98	2.74
1998	3.82	2.71
1999	3.67	2.63
2000	3.61	2.49
2001	3.63	2.39
2002	3.68	2.27
2003	3.62	2.2
2004	3.51	2.2
2005	3.43	2.2
2006	3.41	2.19
2007	3.44	2.16
2008	3.39	2.15
2009	3.31	2.1
2010	3.25	2.08
2011	3.34	2.05
2012	3.3	2.11
2013	3.28	2.11
2014	3.24	2.19
2015	3.22	2.16
2016	3.18	2.11
2017	3.11	2.08
2018	3.02	2
2019	2.92	1.89
2020	2.85	1.77
2021	2.77	1.71
2022	2.72	1.63
2023	2.69	1.51

Lesotho and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Turkey
1960	17.5	19.4
1961	17.4	19.3
1962	17.4	19.1
1963	17.4	19
1964	17.5	18.9
1965	17.5	18.9
1966	17.5	18.8
1967	17.6	18.7
1968	17.8	18.6
1969	18	18.6
1970	18.2	18.6
1971	18.3	18.7
1972	18.5	18.8
1973	18.6	18.9
1974	18.8	19
1975	18.9	19.1
1976	19	19.3
1977	19	19.4
1978	18.9	19.5
1979	18.8	19.7
1980	18.8	19.8
1981	18.7	19.9
1982	18.6	20
1983	18.6	20.2
1984	18.5	20.4
1985	18.4	20.6
1986	18.6	20.9
1987	18.7	21.1
1988	18.6	21.3
1989	18.5	21.6
1990	18.4	21.8
1991	18.4	22.1
1992	18.4	22.4
1993	18.4	22.7
1994	18.5	23
1995	18.6	23.3
1996	18.6	23.6
1997	18.8	24
1998	18.9	24.3
1999	19.1	24.7
2000	19.2	25
2001	19.4	25.4
2002	19.5	25.8
2003	19.7	26.2
2004	19.8	26.6
2005	19.9	27
2006	20	27.5
2007	20.2	27.9
2008	20.4	28.3
2009	20.6	28.6
2010	20.7	29.1
2011	20.9	29.5
2012	21	29.8
2013	21.1	30.1
2014	21.2	30.4
2015	21.3	30.6
2016	21.4	30.9
2017	21.6	31.2
2018	21.7	31.5
2019	21.8	31.8
2020	22	32.3
2021	22.1	32.7
2022	22.3	33.1
2023	22.5	33.5
2024	22.7	34

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