Lesotho vs Zambia statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 137th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Lesotho and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Zambia
1960	$34,579,986	$698,739,721
1961	$35,699,986	$682,359,727
1962	$41,859,983	$679,279,729
1963	$47,039,981	$704,339,719
1964	$51,939,979	$822,639,671
1965	$54,879,978	$1,061,199,576
1966	$56,699,977	$1,238,999,505
1967	$59,261,976	$1,340,639,464
1968	$61,445,975	$1,573,739,371
1969	$65,967,974	$1,926,399,230
1970	$68,739,973	$1,788,779,285
1971	$76,480,285	$1,653,259,341
1972	$80,913,200	$1,872,416,680
1973	$121,188,716	$2,434,255,237
1974	$150,851,317	$2,910,981,262
1975	$149,558,896	$2,442,672,141
1976	$147,660,037	$2,742,859,263
1977	$193,315,048	$2,515,296,940
1978	$266,570,067	$2,811,032,473
1979	$290,134,593	$3,353,445,378
1980	$431,542,537	$3,884,530,854
1981	$434,188,034	$4,008,126,497
1982	$348,741,684	$3,871,117,093
1983	$386,699,309	$3,321,048,451
1984	$333,163,670	$2,719,518,933
1985	$268,629,926	$2,252,454,500
1986	$318,858,423	$1,664,413,508
1987	$402,768,324	$2,265,250,972
1988	$470,395,801	$3,728,878,149
1989	$495,409,233	$3,994,673,161
1990	$596,410,264	$3,288,381,797
1991	$704,325,367	$3,376,806,697
1992	$831,029,862	$3,182,810,841
1993	$835,582,062	$3,273,505,344
1994	$878,250,945	$3,656,806,166
1995	$1,001,894,000	$3,806,983,413
1996	$946,112,493	$3,597,220,962
1997	$998,004,259	$4,303,288,480
1998	$928,460,893	$3,537,741,942
1999	$912,773,681	$3,404,284,891
2000	$887,291,688	$3,600,632,111
2001	$825,706,961	$4,094,441,301
2002	$775,777,239	$4,193,850,445
2003	$1,157,825,435	$4,901,869,764
2004	$1,511,236,656	$6,221,110,219
2005	$1,682,343,527	$8,331,870,169
2006	$1,800,092,564	$12,756,858,899
2007	$1,682,131,785	$14,056,957,976
2008	$1,766,902,709	$17,910,858,638
2009	$1,740,894,965	$15,328,342,304
2010	$2,234,754,242	$20,265,559,484
2011	$2,579,409,620	$23,459,515,276
2012	$2,477,702,216	$25,503,060,420
2013	$2,367,112,932	$28,037,239,463
2014	$2,441,063,054	$27,141,023,558
2015	$2,359,686,725	$21,251,216,799
2016	$2,114,426,452	$20,958,412,538
2017	$2,306,741,672	$25,873,601,261
2018	$2,556,247,292	$26,311,507,274
2019	$2,390,702,296	$23,308,667,781
2020	$2,053,699,870	$18,137,764,931
2021	$2,412,130,022	$22,096,416,932
2022	$2,354,980,884	$29,163,782,140
2023	$2,117,962,430	$27,577,956,471
2024	$2,271,541,846	$26,325,775,287

Lesotho and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Zambia
1960	$47	$221.6
1961	$47	$209.7
1962	$53.5	$202.3
1963	$58.4	$203.2
1964	$62.6	$230
1965	$64.3	$287.4
1966	$64.3	$325
1967	$64.8	$341
1968	$64.8	$387
1969	$67.1	$459
1970	$67.4	$414
1971	$72.4	$372
1972	$74	$410
1973	$107	$518
1974	$128.7	$601
1975	$123.2	$490
1976	$117.8	$533
1977	$149.9	$474
1978	$200.8	$514
1979	$212.4	$595
1980	$307	$669
1981	$299.8	$670
1982	$233.9	$627
1983	$252	$520
1984	$211	$413
1985	$165.4	$332
1986	$191.4	$238.2
1987	$236.5	$315
1988	$270.4	$504
1989	$279	$526
1990	$330	$422
1991	$382	$423
1992	$444	$389
1993	$439	$391
1994	$456	$426
1995	$513	$433
1996	$480	$400
1997	$502	$466
1998	$465	$373
1999	$456	$350
2000	$443	$359
2001	$413	$397
2002	$389	$394
2003	$583	$446
2004	$767	$549
2005	$861	$711
2006	$925	$1,052
2007	$861	$1,119
2008	$898	$1,376
2009	$879	$1,136
2010	$1,119	$1,451
2011	$1,281	$1,625
2012	$1,218	$1,710
2013	$1,151	$1,821
2014	$1,174	$1,707
2015	$1,121	$1,296
2016	$992	$1,239
2017	$1,069	$1,483
2018	$1,171	$1,464
2019	$1,082	$1,259
2020	$919	$952
2021	$1,067	$1,127
2022	$1,030	$1,447
2023	$916	$1,331
2024	$972	$1,235

Lesotho vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Zambia
1950	44.6	46.8
1951	45.2	47.2
1952	45.9	47.6
1953	46.6	48
1954	47.3	48.4
1955	48	48.8
1956	48.6	49.1
1957	49.2	49.5
1958	49.6	49.9
1959	49.9	50.3
1960	50.2	50.6
1961	50.3	51
1962	50.3	51.3
1963	50.3	51.6
1964	50.3	51.2
1965	50.3	52.1
1966	50.4	52.3
1967	50.5	52.5
1968	50.8	52.7
1969	51.1	53
1970	51.5	53.4
1971	51.8	53.9
1972	52.3	54.4
1973	52.6	54.9
1974	52.9	55.4
1975	53.5	55.7
1976	53.9	56.1
1977	54.5	56.3
1978	55.2	56.3
1979	55.8	56
1980	56.5	55.5
1981	57.3	55
1982	58	54.4
1983	58.5	53.7
1984	59	52.9
1985	59.2	52
1986	59.3	51.1
1987	59.6	50.4
1988	59.6	49.7
1989	59.5	48.9
1990	59.3	48.2
1991	59.1	47.4
1992	58.6	47
1993	58.1	46.7
1994	57.3	46.3
1995	56.4	46.1
1996	55.1	45.8
1997	53.7	45.7
1998	52	45.7
1999	50.4	45.9
2000	48.8	46.6
2001	47.2	47.4
2002	46	48.5
2003	44.9	49.6
2004	44	50.5
2005	43.6	51.6
2006	43.2	52.7
2007	43.7	53.7
2008	44.3	54.8
2009	45.1	55.9
2010	46	56.9
2011	46.9	57.8
2012	48.2	58.7
2013	49.5	59.4
2014	50.8	60.1
2015	51.8	60.7
2016	52.9	61.1
2017	53.9	61.6
2018	54.6	62.1
2019	55.2	62.9
2020	55.1	63.4
2021	54.2	62.4
2022	56.8	65.3
2023	57.4	66.3
2024	57.8	66.5
2025	58.2	66.7

Lesotho and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Zambia
1960	736,500	3,153,729
1961	758,824	3,254,086
1962	781,814	3,358,099
1963	805,373	3,465,907
1964	829,437	3,577,017
1965	854,090	3,692,086
1966	881,870	3,812,003
1967	913,982	3,936,343
1968	948,105	4,065,593
1969	983,202	4,197,116
1970	1,019,273	4,321,718
1971	1,056,246	4,442,525
1972	1,094,063	4,569,309
1973	1,132,697	4,702,693
1974	1,172,420	4,842,746
1975	1,213,643	4,990,086
1976	1,253,214	5,143,842
1977	1,289,967	5,302,480
1978	1,327,240	5,465,374
1979	1,366,169	5,631,728
1980	1,406,521	5,802,833
1981	1,448,069	5,983,289
1982	1,490,732	6,178,637
1983	1,534,413	6,381,038
1984	1,578,986	6,580,490
1985	1,624,379	6,780,953
1986	1,666,138	6,986,471
1987	1,703,390	7,191,282
1988	1,739,841	7,391,440
1989	1,775,436	7,589,216
1990	1,809,696	7,786,169
1991	1,842,379	7,981,650
1992	1,873,274	8,176,680
1993	1,901,793	8,373,921
1994	1,927,707	8,576,269
1995	1,951,437	8,785,763
1996	1,972,418	9,004,053
1997	1,988,130	9,237,063
1998	1,998,049	9,482,408
1999	2,003,234	9,740,005
2000	2,003,913	10,017,631
2001	2,000,853	10,325,185
2002	1,994,679	10,647,949
2003	1,985,059	10,983,595
2004	1,971,129	11,338,198
2005	1,953,076	11,718,819
2006	1,945,063	12,129,553
2007	1,953,268	12,565,085
2008	1,966,541	13,021,324
2009	1,980,883	13,490,389
2010	1,996,251	13,965,594
2011	2,014,009	14,437,796
2012	2,034,354	14,913,629
2013	2,056,504	15,398,997
2014	2,080,089	15,895,315
2015	2,104,611	16,399,089
2016	2,130,422	16,914,423
2017	2,157,110	17,441,320
2018	2,183,603	17,973,569
2019	2,209,405	18,513,839
2020	2,235,727	19,059,395
2021	2,261,542	19,603,607
2022	2,286,110	20,152,938
2023	2,311,472	20,723,965
2024	2,337,423	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Zambia

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Zambia
1960	5.78	6.95
1961	5.79	6.98
1962	5.79	7.01
1963	5.78	7.06
1964	5.77	7.09
1965	5.77	7.12
1966	5.76	7.14
1967	5.75	7.15
1968	5.73	7.18
1969	5.7	7.18
1970	5.7	7.22
1971	5.7	7.26
1972	5.69	7.3
1973	5.69	7.34
1974	5.75	7.36
1975	5.83	7.42
1976	5.87	7.39
1977	5.85	7.35
1978	5.82	7.29
1979	5.79	7.22
1980	5.75	7.14
1981	5.69	7.07
1982	5.63	7.04
1983	5.56	7.01
1984	5.48	6.97
1985	5.4	6.93
1986	5.32	6.87
1987	5.22	6.8
1988	5.1	6.7
1989	4.96	6.64
1990	4.81	6.57
1991	4.68	6.46
1992	4.54	6.35
1993	4.37	6.3
1994	4.21	6.26
1995	4.13	6.23
1996	4.06	6.18
1997	3.98	6.12
1998	3.82	6.07
1999	3.67	6
2000	3.61	5.92
2001	3.63	5.85
2002	3.68	5.77
2003	3.62	5.71
2004	3.51	5.7
2005	3.43	5.7
2006	3.41	5.68
2007	3.44	5.61
2008	3.39	5.53
2009	3.31	5.45
2010	3.25	5.36
2011	3.34	5.26
2012	3.3	5.14
2013	3.28	5.01
2014	3.24	4.89
2015	3.22	4.78
2016	3.18	4.67
2017	3.11	4.57
2018	3.02	4.49
2019	2.92	4.42
2020	2.85	4.32
2021	2.77	4.25
2022	2.72	4.18
2023	2.69	4.1

Lesotho and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Zambia
1960	17.5	17
1961	17.4	16.9
1962	17.4	16.8
1963	17.4	16.7
1964	17.5	16.6
1965	17.5	16.6
1966	17.5	16.5
1967	17.6	16.5
1968	17.8	16.4
1969	18	16.4
1970	18.2	16.2
1971	18.3	16.1
1972	18.5	15.9
1973	18.6	15.8
1974	18.8	15.7
1975	18.9	15.5
1976	19	15.4
1977	19	15.4
1978	18.9	15.3
1979	18.8	15.3
1980	18.8	15.2
1981	18.7	15.3
1982	18.6	15.3
1983	18.6	15.4
1984	18.5	15.4
1985	18.4	15.5
1986	18.6	15.5
1987	18.7	15.6
1988	18.6	15.6
1989	18.5	15.7
1990	18.4	15.7
1991	18.4	15.7
1992	18.4	15.8
1993	18.4	15.8
1994	18.5	15.8
1995	18.6	15.8
1996	18.6	15.8
1997	18.8	15.8
1998	18.9	15.8
1999	19.1	15.8
2000	19.2	15.9
2001	19.4	15.9
2002	19.5	16
2003	19.7	16.1
2004	19.8	16.2
2005	19.9	16.3
2006	20	16.3
2007	20.2	16.4
2008	20.4	16.5
2009	20.6	16.6
2010	20.7	16.7
2011	20.9	16.8
2012	21	16.9
2013	21.1	17
2014	21.2	17.1
2015	21.3	17.2
2016	21.4	17.4
2017	21.6	17.5
2018	21.7	17.7
2019	21.8	17.9
2020	22	18
2021	22.1	18.2
2022	22.3	18.4
2023	22.5	18.6
2024	22.7	18.8

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