Lesotho vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 137th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Lesotho and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1960	$34,579,986	$73,233,967,692
1961	$35,699,986	$77,741,965,703
1962	$41,859,983	$81,247,564,157
1963	$47,039,981	$86,561,961,812
1964	$51,939,979	$94,407,558,351
1965	$54,879,978	$101,824,755,079
1966	$56,699,977	$108,572,752,102
1967	$59,261,976	$113,116,888,211
1968	$61,445,975	$107,759,910,068
1969	$65,967,974	$116,464,702,803
1970	$68,739,973	$130,671,946,244
1971	$76,480,285	$148,113,896,325
1972	$80,913,200	$169,965,034,965
1973	$121,188,716	$192,537,971,583
1974	$150,851,317	$206,131,369,799
1975	$149,558,896	$241,756,637,168
1976	$147,660,037	$232,614,555,256
1977	$193,315,048	$263,066,457,352
1978	$266,570,067	$335,883,029,722
1979	$290,134,593	$438,994,070,309
1980	$431,542,537	$564,947,710,899
1981	$434,188,034	$540,765,675,241
1982	$348,741,684	$515,048,916,841
1983	$386,699,309	$489,618,008,186
1984	$333,163,670	$461,487,097,632
1985	$268,629,926	$489,285,164,271
1986	$318,858,423	$601,452,653,181
1987	$402,768,324	$745,162,608,269
1988	$470,395,801	$910,122,732,124
1989	$495,409,233	$926,884,816,754
1990	$596,410,264	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$704,325,367	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$831,029,862	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$835,582,062	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$878,250,945	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$1,001,894,000	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$946,112,493	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$998,004,259	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$928,460,893	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$912,773,681	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$887,291,688	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$825,706,961	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$775,777,239	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$1,157,825,435	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$1,511,236,656	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$1,682,343,527	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$1,800,092,564	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$1,682,131,785	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$1,766,902,709	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$1,740,894,965	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$2,234,754,242	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$2,579,409,620	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$2,477,702,216	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$2,367,112,932	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$2,441,063,054	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$2,359,686,725	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$2,114,426,452	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$2,306,741,672	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$2,556,247,292	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$2,390,702,296	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$2,053,699,870	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$2,412,130,022	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$2,354,980,884	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$2,117,962,430	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$2,271,541,846	$3,643,834,188,783

Lesotho and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1960	$47	$1,398
1961	$47	$1,472
1962	$53.5	$1,526
1963	$58.4	$1,613
1964	$62.6	$1,748
1965	$64.3	$1,874
1966	$64.3	$1,987
1967	$64.8	$2,059
1968	$64.8	$1,952
1969	$67.1	$2,101
1970	$67.4	$2,348
1971	$72.4	$2,650
1972	$74	$3,030
1973	$107	$3,426
1974	$128.7	$3,666
1975	$123.2	$4,300
1976	$117.8	$4,138
1977	$149.9	$4,681
1978	$200.8	$5,977
1979	$212.4	$7,805
1980	$307	$10,032
1981	$299.8	$9,599
1982	$233.9	$9,146
1983	$252	$8,692
1984	$211	$8,179
1985	$165.4	$8,652
1986	$191.4	$10,611
1987	$236.5	$13,119
1988	$270.4	$15,987
1989	$279	$16,239
1990	$330	$19,095
1991	$382	$19,901
1992	$444	$20,487
1993	$439	$18,389
1994	$456	$19,709
1995	$513	$23,169
1996	$480	$24,406
1997	$502	$26,766
1998	$465	$28,275
1999	$456	$28,762
2000	$443	$28,281
2001	$413	$27,907
2002	$389	$30,078
2003	$583	$34,443
2004	$767	$40,367
2005	$861	$42,105
2006	$925	$44,512
2007	$861	$50,398
2008	$898	$47,396
2009	$879	$38,744
2010	$1,119	$39,599
2011	$1,281	$42,110
2012	$1,218	$42,490
2013	$1,151	$43,419
2014	$1,174	$47,427
2015	$1,121	$44,984
2016	$992	$40,988
2017	$1,069	$40,629
2018	$1,171	$43,315
2019	$1,082	$42,794
2020	$919	$40,405
2021	$1,067	$46,926
2022	$1,030	$46,063
2023	$916	$49,201
2024	$972	$52,637

Lesotho vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1950	44.6	68.6
1951	45.2	68.2
1952	45.9	69.5
1953	46.6	69.8
1954	47.3	70.2
1955	48	70.1
1956	48.6	70.4
1957	49.2	70.5
1958	49.6	70.7
1959	49.9	70.8
1960	50.2	71
1961	50.3	70.8
1962	50.3	70.9
1963	50.3	70.8
1964	50.3	71.5
1965	50.3	71.5
1966	50.4	71.4
1967	50.5	72.1
1968	50.8	71.7
1969	51.1	71.7
1970	51.5	71.9
1971	51.8	72.2
1972	52.3	72
1973	52.6	72.2
1974	52.9	72.4
1975	53.5	72.7
1976	53.9	72.6
1977	54.5	73.1
1978	55.2	73
1979	55.8	73.2
1980	56.5	73.6
1981	57.3	73.9
1982	58	74
1983	58.5	74.3
1984	59	74.7
1985	59.2	74.5
1986	59.3	74.8
1987	59.6	75.1
1988	59.6	75.3
1989	59.5	75.4
1990	59.3	75.7
1991	59.1	75.9
1992	58.6	76.3
1993	58.1	76.2
1994	57.3	76.7
1995	56.4	76.6
1996	55.1	76.9
1997	53.7	77.1
1998	52	77.3
1999	50.4	77.4
2000	48.8	77.8
2001	47.2	78.1
2002	46	78.2
2003	44.9	78.3
2004	44	78.9
2005	43.6	79.1
2006	43.2	79.3
2007	43.7	79.5
2008	44.3	79.7
2009	45.1	80.2
2010	46	80.4
2011	46.9	80.8
2012	48.2	80.9
2013	49.5	80.9
2014	50.8	81.2
2015	51.8	80.9
2016	52.9	81.1
2017	53.9	81.2
2018	54.6	81.1
2019	55.2	81.4
2020	55.1	80.4
2021	54.2	80.7
2022	56.8	81.1
2023	57.4	81.3
2024	57.8	81.4
2025	58.2	81.6

Lesotho and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1960	736,500	52,400,000
1961	758,824	52,800,000
1962	781,814	53,250,000
1963	805,373	53,650,000
1964	829,437	54,000,000
1965	854,090	54,348,050
1966	881,870	54,648,500
1967	913,982	54,943,600
1968	948,105	55,211,700
1969	983,202	55,441,750
1970	1,019,273	55,663,250
1971	1,056,246	55,896,223
1972	1,094,063	56,086,065
1973	1,132,697	56,194,527
1974	1,172,420	56,229,974
1975	1,213,643	56,225,800
1976	1,253,214	56,211,968
1977	1,289,967	56,193,492
1978	1,327,240	56,196,504
1979	1,366,169	56,246,951
1980	1,406,521	56,314,216
1981	1,448,069	56,333,829
1982	1,490,732	56,313,641
1983	1,534,413	56,332,848
1984	1,578,986	56,422,072
1985	1,624,379	56,550,268
1986	1,666,138	56,681,396
1987	1,703,390	56,802,050
1988	1,739,841	56,928,327
1989	1,775,436	57,076,711
1990	1,809,696	57,247,586
1991	1,842,379	57,424,897
1992	1,873,274	57,580,402
1993	1,901,793	57,718,614
1994	1,927,707	57,865,745
1995	1,951,437	58,019,030
1996	1,972,418	58,166,950
1997	1,988,130	58,316,954
1998	1,998,049	58,487,141
1999	2,003,234	58,682,466
2000	2,003,913	58,892,514
2001	2,000,853	59,119,673
2002	1,994,679	59,370,479
2003	1,985,059	59,647,577
2004	1,971,129	59,987,905
2005	1,953,076	60,401,206
2006	1,945,063	60,846,820
2007	1,953,268	61,322,463
2008	1,966,541	61,806,995
2009	1,980,883	62,276,270
2010	1,996,251	62,766,365
2011	2,014,009	63,258,810
2012	2,034,354	63,711,000
2013	2,056,504	64,139,000
2014	2,080,089	64,620,000
2015	2,104,611	65,088,000
2016	2,130,422	65,607,000
2017	2,157,110	65,966,000
2018	2,183,603	66,289,000
2019	2,209,405	66,631,000
2020	2,235,727	66,744,000
2021	2,261,542	66,984,000
2022	2,286,110	67,604,000
2023	2,311,472	68,492,000
2024	2,337,423	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Lesotho and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Lesotho

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1960	5.78	2.69
1961	5.79	2.78
1962	5.79	2.86
1963	5.78	2.88
1964	5.77	2.93
1965	5.77	2.86
1966	5.76	2.78
1967	5.75	2.68
1968	5.73	2.6
1969	5.7	2.51
1970	5.7	2.44
1971	5.7	2.41
1972	5.69	2.2
1973	5.69	2.04
1974	5.75	1.92
1975	5.83	1.81
1976	5.87	1.74
1977	5.85	1.69
1978	5.82	1.75
1979	5.79	1.86
1980	5.75	1.9
1981	5.69	1.82
1982	5.63	1.78
1983	5.56	1.77
1984	5.48	1.77
1985	5.4	1.79
1986	5.32	1.78
1987	5.22	1.81
1988	5.1	1.82
1989	4.96	1.79
1990	4.81	1.83
1991	4.68	1.82
1992	4.54	1.79
1993	4.37	1.76
1994	4.21	1.74
1995	4.13	1.71
1996	4.06	1.73
1997	3.98	1.72
1998	3.82	1.71
1999	3.67	1.68
2000	3.61	1.64
2001	3.63	1.63
2002	3.68	1.63
2003	3.62	1.7
2004	3.51	1.75
2005	3.43	1.76
2006	3.41	1.82
2007	3.44	1.86
2008	3.39	1.91
2009	3.31	1.89
2010	3.25	1.92
2011	3.34	1.91
2012	3.3	1.92
2013	3.28	1.83
2014	3.24	1.81
2015	3.22	1.8
2016	3.18	1.79
2017	3.11	1.74
2018	3.02	1.68
2019	2.92	1.63
2020	2.85	1.57
2021	2.77	1.58
2022	2.72	1.56
2023	2.69	1.56

Lesotho and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1960	17.5	35.5
1961	17.4	35.4
1962	17.4	35.3
1963	17.4	35.3
1964	17.5	35.2
1965	17.5	35.1
1966	17.5	34.9
1967	17.6	34.8
1968	17.8	34.6
1969	18	34.4
1970	18.2	34.2
1971	18.3	34.1
1972	18.5	34
1973	18.6	34
1974	18.8	34
1975	18.9	34
1976	19	34
1977	19	34.1
1978	18.9	34.2
1979	18.8	34.3
1980	18.8	34.4
1981	18.7	34.5
1982	18.6	34.8
1983	18.6	35
1984	18.5	35.2
1985	18.4	35.3
1986	18.6	35.4
1987	18.7	35.4
1988	18.6	35.7
1989	18.5	35.9
1990	18.4	36
1991	18.4	36.1
1992	18.4	36.2
1993	18.4	36.3
1994	18.5	36.5
1995	18.6	36.6
1996	18.6	36.8
1997	18.8	37
1998	18.9	37.2
1999	19.1	37.4
2000	19.2	37.7
2001	19.4	37.9
2002	19.5	38.1
2003	19.7	38.2
2004	19.8	38.4
2005	19.9	38.5
2006	20	38.6
2007	20.2	38.8
2008	20.4	38.9
2009	20.6	39
2010	20.7	39.2
2011	20.9	39.3
2012	21	39.5
2013	21.1	39.6
2014	21.2	39.7
2015	21.3	39.8
2016	21.4	39.8
2017	21.6	39.9
2018	21.7	40
2019	21.8	40.1
2020	22	40.2
2021	22.1	40.3
2022	22.3	40.5
2023	22.5	40.8
2024	22.7	41

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