Georgia vs Lesotho: Children under age 5

Georgia
242,112
in 2023
Lesotho
266,337
in 2023
Georgia rank
136th
Lesotho rank
133rd

Children under age 5 over time

  • Georgia
  • Lesotho
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k195019862023

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 266,337 against 242,112 in Georgia, a difference of 24,225.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Georgia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Georgia ahead.

Georgia ranks 136th and Lesotho ranks 133rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Georgia averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Georgia Lesotho Difference Ahead
1950s 387,317 113,980 273,337 Georgia
1960s 479,199 146,884 332,315 Georgia
1970s 440,714 194,234 246,479 Georgia
1980s 484,199 265,587 218,612 Georgia
1990s 390,365 281,839 108,526 Georgia
2000s 249,251 255,624 6,373 Lesotho
2010s 280,153 276,152 4,000 Georgia
2020s 257,894 272,560 14,666 Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children under age 5, Georgia or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 266,337 against 242,112 in Georgia as of 2023.
What is the difference in children under age 5 between Georgia and Lesotho?
24,225, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and Lesotho?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Georgia and Lesotho rank globally for children under age 5?
Georgia ranks 136th and Lesotho ranks 133rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Children under age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Georgia vs Lesotho: Children under age 5. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/children-under-age-5/georgia/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/children-under-age-5/georgia/lesotho/">Georgia vs Lesotho: Children under age 5</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Children under age 5
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed