Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like..

Democratic Republic of Congo

1.47 billion animals

in 2024

Lesotho

2.80 billion animals

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

197th

Lesotho rank

194th

Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like.. over time

Lesotho currently reports 2.80 billion animals against 1.47 billion animals in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.33 billion animals.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.9 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 197th and Lesotho ranks 194th of 198 countries.

Indicator: Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like..
Unit: animals
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,563 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.