Lesotho vs Netherlands: Land area in square kilometres

Lesotho
30,360 sq. km
in 2023
Netherlands
33,670 sq. km
in 2023
Lesotho rank
137th
Netherlands rank
134th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Lesotho
  • Netherlands
010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 33,670 sq. km against 30,360 sq. km in Lesotho, a difference of 3,310 sq. km.

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

Across all 63 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 137th and Netherlands ranks 134th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.