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Swaziland vs Lesotho

Swaziland and Lesotho are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

Swaziland

SWZ · +268

VS

Lesotho

LSO · +266

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Official name

Swaziland

Lesotho

Capital

Mbabane

Maseru

Country calling code

+268

+266

ISO alpha-2

SZ

LS

ISO alpha-3

SWZ

LSO

Currency

Swazi lilangeni

Lesotho loti, South African rand

Currency code

SZL

LSL, ZAR

Population

1,160,164

2,142,252larger

Area

17,364 km²

30,355 km²larger

Continent

Africa

Region

Southern Africa

Languages

English, Swati

English, Southern Sotho

Time zone

UTC+02:00

Land borders

2

1

Internet domain

.sz

.ls

Drives on the

left

Centre point

-26.5, 31.5

-29.5, 28.5

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