Lesotho vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 137th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Lesotho and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Tuvalu
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	$2,585,956
1971	$76,480,285	$2,716,990
1972	$80,913,200	$2,968,458
1973	$121,188,716	$3,411,915
1974	$150,851,317	$4,122,329
1975	$149,558,896	$4,014,748
1976	$147,660,037	$3,919,072
1977	$193,315,048	$3,669,420
1978	$266,570,067	$3,798,782
1979	$290,134,593	$4,065,659
1980	$431,542,537	$4,206,128
1981	$434,188,034	$4,773,018
1982	$348,741,684	$4,118,945
1983	$386,699,309	$4,152,550
1984	$333,163,670	$4,481,978
1985	$268,629,926	$3,862,852
1986	$318,858,423	$4,574,706
1987	$402,768,324	$5,020,513
1988	$470,395,801	$7,011,059
1989	$495,409,233	$8,454,523
1990	$596,410,264	$9,542,901
1991	$704,325,367	$10,127,314
1992	$831,029,862	$10,535,028
1993	$835,582,062	$10,414,400
1994	$878,250,945	$11,772,611
1995	$1,001,894,000	$11,922,614
1996	$946,112,493	$13,338,597
1997	$998,004,259	$13,734,210
1998	$928,460,893	$13,795,146
1999	$912,773,681	$14,800,503
2000	$887,291,688	$15,073,976
2001	$825,706,961	$13,964,732
2002	$775,777,239	$16,842,673
2003	$1,157,825,435	$19,456,338
2004	$1,511,236,656	$22,798,275
2005	$1,682,343,527	$22,909,980
2006	$1,800,092,564	$24,096,875
2007	$1,682,131,785	$28,450,169
2008	$1,766,902,709	$31,874,435
2009	$1,740,894,965	$28,076,984
2010	$2,234,754,242	$32,105,408
2011	$2,579,409,620	$39,196,957
2012	$2,477,702,216	$39,345,579
2013	$2,367,112,932	$38,615,891
2014	$2,441,063,054	$38,760,983
2015	$2,359,686,725	$36,811,936
2016	$2,114,426,452	$41,629,064
2017	$2,306,741,672	$45,276,595
2018	$2,556,247,292	$48,015,260
2019	$2,390,702,296	$54,123,199
2020	$2,053,699,870	$51,746,594
2021	$2,412,130,022	$60,196,406
2022	$2,354,980,884	$59,065,982
2023	$2,117,962,430	$62,280,312
2024	$2,271,541,846	-

Lesotho and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Tuvalu
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	$457
1971	$72.4	$478
1972	$74	$522
1973	$107	$601
1974	$128.7	$708
1975	$123.2	$656
1976	$117.8	$612
1977	$149.9	$549
1978	$200.8	$546
1979	$212.4	$566
1980	$307	$571
1981	$299.8	$634
1982	$233.9	$537
1983	$252	$533
1984	$211	$567
1985	$165.4	$480
1986	$191.4	$557
1987	$236.5	$600
1988	$270.4	$823
1989	$279	$976
1990	$330	$1,085
1991	$382	$1,134
1992	$444	$1,166
1993	$439	$1,141
1994	$456	$1,279
1995	$513	$1,285
1996	$480	$1,428
1997	$502	$1,461
1998	$465	$1,460
1999	$456	$1,559
2000	$443	$1,579
2001	$413	$1,457
2002	$389	$1,750
2003	$583	$2,007
2004	$767	$2,323
2005	$861	$2,305
2006	$925	$2,396
2007	$861	$2,794
2008	$898	$3,088
2009	$879	$2,684
2010	$1,119	$3,025
2011	$1,281	$3,636
2012	$1,218	$3,598
2013	$1,151	$3,510
2014	$1,174	$3,529
2015	$1,121	$3,358
2016	$992	$3,809
2017	$1,069	$4,166
2018	$1,171	$4,466
2019	$1,082	$5,115
2020	$919	$4,976
2021	$1,067	$5,905
2022	$1,030	$5,911
2023	$916	$6,345
2024	$972	-

Lesotho vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Tuvalu
1950	44.6	40
1951	45.2	40.8
1952	45.9	41.7
1953	46.6	42.5
1954	47.3	43.4
1955	48	44.2
1956	48.6	45
1957	49.2	45.8
1958	49.6	46.7
1959	49.9	47.5
1960	50.2	48.3
1961	50.3	49
1962	50.3	49.8
1963	50.3	50.6
1964	50.3	51.3
1965	50.3	52.1
1966	50.4	52.8
1967	50.5	53.5
1968	50.8	54.1
1969	51.1	54.7
1970	51.5	55.3
1971	51.8	56
1972	52.3	54.7
1973	52.6	57.2
1974	52.9	57.7
1975	53.5	58.3
1976	53.9	58.8
1977	54.5	59.2
1978	55.2	59.6
1979	55.8	59.9
1980	56.5	60.2
1981	57.3	60.5
1982	58	60.7
1983	58.5	60.9
1984	59	61.1
1985	59.2	61.1
1986	59.3	61.2
1987	59.6	61.3
1988	59.6	61.4
1989	59.5	61.5
1990	59.3	61.6
1991	59.1	61.8
1992	58.6	60.3
1993	58.1	62.1
1994	57.3	62.3
1995	56.4	62.5
1996	55.1	62.7
1997	53.7	62.9
1998	52	63.2
1999	50.4	63.3
2000	48.8	63.5
2001	47.2	63.7
2002	46	63.8
2003	44.9	63.9
2004	44	64
2005	43.6	64.1
2006	43.2	64.2
2007	43.7	64.4
2008	44.3	64.5
2009	45.1	64.7
2010	46	64.8
2011	46.9	65
2012	48.2	65.1
2013	49.5	65.2
2014	50.8	65.3
2015	51.8	65.4
2016	52.9	65.5
2017	53.9	65.7
2018	54.6	65.9
2019	55.2	66.1
2020	55.1	66.4
2021	54.2	65.8
2022	56.8	66.9
2023	57.4	67.1
2024	57.8	67.3
2025	58.2	67.4

Lesotho and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Tuvalu
1960	736,500	5,598
1961	758,824	5,648
1962	781,814	5,699
1963	805,373	5,751
1964	829,437	5,752
1965	854,090	5,715
1966	881,870	5,686
1967	913,982	5,652
1968	948,105	5,624
1969	983,202	5,631
1970	1,019,273	5,663
1971	1,056,246	5,685
1972	1,094,063	5,692
1973	1,132,697	5,681
1974	1,172,420	5,822
1975	1,213,643	6,117
1976	1,253,214	6,404
1977	1,289,967	6,686
1978	1,327,240	6,957
1979	1,366,169	7,184
1980	1,406,521	7,366
1981	1,448,069	7,526
1982	1,490,732	7,664
1983	1,534,413	7,789
1984	1,578,986	7,902
1985	1,624,379	8,046
1986	1,666,138	8,217
1987	1,703,390	8,371
1988	1,739,841	8,518
1989	1,775,436	8,662
1990	1,809,696	8,798
1991	1,842,379	8,928
1992	1,873,274	9,038
1993	1,901,793	9,126
1994	1,927,707	9,207
1995	1,951,437	9,280
1996	1,972,418	9,342
1997	1,988,130	9,400
1998	1,998,049	9,451
1999	2,003,234	9,496
2000	2,003,913	9,544
2001	2,000,853	9,586
2002	1,994,679	9,623
2003	1,985,059	9,695
2004	1,971,129	9,816
2005	1,953,076	9,940
2006	1,945,063	10,056
2007	1,953,268	10,182
2008	1,966,541	10,321
2009	1,980,883	10,461
2010	1,996,251	10,614
2011	2,014,009	10,780
2012	2,034,354	10,934
2013	2,056,504	11,001
2014	2,080,089	10,984
2015	2,104,611	10,963
2016	2,130,422	10,930
2017	2,157,110	10,869
2018	2,183,603	10,751
2019	2,209,405	10,581
2020	2,235,727	10,399
2021	2,261,542	10,194
2022	2,286,110	9,992
2023	2,311,472	9,816
2024	2,337,423	9,646

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Tuvalu

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Tuvalu
1960	5.78	5.15
1961	5.79	5.09
1962	5.79	5
1963	5.78	4.91
1964	5.77	4.83
1965	5.77	4.73
1966	5.76	4.64
1967	5.75	4.49
1968	5.73	4.36
1969	5.7	4.23
1970	5.7	4.08
1971	5.7	3.94
1972	5.69	3.81
1973	5.69	3.71
1974	5.75	3.63
1975	5.83	3.58
1976	5.87	3.55
1977	5.85	3.56
1978	5.82	3.59
1979	5.79	3.65
1980	5.75	3.73
1981	5.69	3.8
1982	5.63	3.88
1983	5.56	3.91
1984	5.48	3.95
1985	5.4	3.97
1986	5.32	3.97
1987	5.22	3.94
1988	5.1	3.88
1989	4.96	3.8
1990	4.81	3.75
1991	4.68	3.79
1992	4.54	3.86
1993	4.37	3.92
1994	4.21	3.92
1995	4.13	3.96
1996	4.06	3.95
1997	3.98	3.95
1998	3.82	3.95
1999	3.67	3.92
2000	3.61	3.84
2001	3.63	3.75
2002	3.68	3.64
2003	3.62	3.58
2004	3.51	3.55
2005	3.43	3.55
2006	3.41	3.53
2007	3.44	3.45
2008	3.39	3.42
2009	3.31	3.43
2010	3.25	3.44
2011	3.34	3.46
2012	3.3	3.47
2013	3.28	3.39
2014	3.24	3.33
2015	3.22	3.31
2016	3.18	3.3
2017	3.11	3.3
2018	3.02	3.33
2019	2.92	3.33
2020	2.85	3.31
2021	2.77	3.28
2022	2.72	3.24
2023	2.69	3.21

Lesotho and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Tuvalu
1960	17.5	23.1
1961	17.4	23.1
1962	17.4	23
1963	17.4	22.6
1964	17.5	21
1965	17.5	19.3
1966	17.5	18.5
1967	17.6	18.1
1968	17.8	17.9
1969	18	18
1970	18.2	18.2
1971	18.3	18.6
1972	18.5	19
1973	18.6	19.4
1974	18.8	19.7
1975	18.9	19.8
1976	19	19.9
1977	19	20.2
1978	18.9	20.5
1979	18.8	20.9
1980	18.8	21
1981	18.7	21.4
1982	18.6	21.9
1983	18.6	22.5
1984	18.5	23.2
1985	18.4	23.6
1986	18.6	23.8
1987	18.7	24
1988	18.6	24.2
1989	18.5	24.5
1990	18.4	24.7
1991	18.4	24.9
1992	18.4	25
1993	18.4	25
1994	18.5	25.1
1995	18.6	25
1996	18.6	24.9
1997	18.8	24.6
1998	18.9	24.4
1999	19.1	24.1
2000	19.2	23.9
2001	19.4	23.7
2002	19.5	23.5
2003	19.7	23.5
2004	19.8	23.5
2005	19.9	23.6
2006	20	23.6
2007	20.2	23.7
2008	20.4	23.8
2009	20.6	23.9
2010	20.7	24
2011	20.9	24.1
2012	21	24.2
2013	21.1	24.3
2014	21.2	24.5
2015	21.3	24.7
2016	21.4	24.9
2017	21.6	25.2
2018	21.7	25.3
2019	21.8	25.3
2020	22	25.3
2021	22.1	25.3
2022	22.3	25.3
2023	22.5	25.3
2024	22.7	25.3

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