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South Africa vs Lesotho

South Africa 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

South Africa

ZAF · +27

VS

Lesotho

LSO · +266

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Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

South Africa

Lesotho

Capital

Pretoria

Maseru

Country calling code

+27

+266

ISO alpha-2

ZA

LS

ISO alpha-3

ZAF

LSO

Currency

South African rand

Lesotho loti, South African rand

Currency code

ZAR

LSL, ZAR

Population

59,308,690larger

2,142,252

Area

1,221,037 km²larger

30,355 km²

Continent

Africa

Region

Southern Africa

Languages

Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Swati, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

English, Southern Sotho

Time zone

UTC+02:00

Land borders

6

1

Internet domain

.za

.ls

Drives on the

left

Centre point

-29, 24

-29.5, 28.5

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