Fertility in Lesotho, 1950

Lesotho
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.70
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 5.70 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 25,260 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.70
Births
25,260
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
579,551
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-145.10.4%187
15-1992.38.1%2,955
20-24237.620.9%6,455
25-29255.622.4%5,770
30-34228.920.1%4,452
35-39188.116.5%3,316
40-44100.58.8%1,666
45-4929.02.5%438
50-541.70.2%22