Lesotho vs Vatican statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 137th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Lesotho and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Lesotho vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Vatican
1950	44.6	65.9
1951	45.2	65.3
1952	45.9	65.7
1953	46.6	66.3
1954	47.3	67.5
1955	48	67.8
1956	48.6	67.3
1957	49.2	67.5
1958	49.6	68.7
1959	49.9	69.2
1960	50.2	69.2
1961	50.3	69.8
1962	50.3	69.2
1963	50.3	69.3
1964	50.3	70.3
1965	50.3	70.1
1966	50.4	70.9
1967	50.5	70.9
1968	50.8	70.7
1969	51.1	70.7
1970	51.5	71.5
1971	51.8	71.7
1972	52.3	72
1973	52.6	71.9
1974	52.9	72.7
1975	53.5	72.6
1976	53.9	72.9
1977	54.5	73.3
1978	55.2	73.7
1979	55.8	74
1980	56.5	74.1
1981	57.3	74.3
1982	58	74.8
1983	58.5	74.7
1984	59	75.1
1985	59.2	75.5
1986	59.3	75.7
1987	59.6	76.2
1988	59.6	76.4
1989	59.5	76.8
1990	59.3	76.9
1991	59.1	76.9
1992	58.6	77.3
1993	58.1	77
1994	57.3	77.7
1995	56.4	77.8
1996	55.1	78.5
1997	53.7	78.2
1998	52	78.3
1999	50.4	78.7
2000	48.8	79.3
2001	47.2	79.9
2002	46	80
2003	44.9	79.8
2004	44	80.2
2005	43.6	80.6
2006	43.2	81.2
2007	43.7	81.3
2008	44.3	81.4
2009	45.1	81.3
2010	46	81.5
2011	46.9	81.7
2012	48.2	82
2013	49.5	82.5
2014	50.8	82.6
2015	51.8	82.5
2016	52.9	82.9
2017	53.9	82.7
2018	54.6	83.3
2019	55.2	83.6
2020	55.1	83
2021	54.2	82.9
2022	56.8	83.3
2023	57.4	83
2024	57.8	83.1
2025	58.2	83.3

Lesotho and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Vatican
1960	736,500	-
1961	758,824	-
1962	781,814	-
1963	805,373	-
1964	829,437	-
1965	854,090	-
1966	881,870	-
1967	913,982	-
1968	948,105	-
1969	983,202	-
1970	1,019,273	-
1971	1,056,246	-
1972	1,094,063	-
1973	1,132,697	-
1974	1,172,420	-
1975	1,213,643	-
1976	1,253,214	-
1977	1,289,967	-
1978	1,327,240	-
1979	1,366,169	-
1980	1,406,521	-
1981	1,448,069	-
1982	1,490,732	-
1983	1,534,413	-
1984	1,578,986	-
1985	1,624,379	-
1986	1,666,138	-
1987	1,703,390	-
1988	1,739,841	-
1989	1,775,436	-
1990	1,809,696	-
1991	1,842,379	-
1992	1,873,274	-
1993	1,901,793	-
1994	1,927,707	-
1995	1,951,437	-
1996	1,972,418	-
1997	1,988,130	-
1998	1,998,049	-
1999	2,003,234	-
2000	2,003,913	880
2001	2,000,853	890
2002	1,994,679	900
2003	1,985,059	911
2004	1,971,129	921
2005	1,953,076	921
2006	1,945,063	932
2007	1,953,268	821
2008	1,966,541	824
2009	1,980,883	826
2010	1,996,251	829
2011	2,014,009	832
2012	2,034,354	836
2013	2,056,504	839
2014	2,080,089	842
2015	2,104,611	1,000
2016	2,130,422	-
2017	2,157,110	1,000
2018	2,183,603	-
2019	2,209,405	1,000
2020	2,235,727	-
2021	2,261,542	-
2022	2,286,110	-
2023	2,311,472	-
2024	2,337,423	-

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