Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 1952

Lesotho
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 5.73 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 26,597 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
26,597
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
601,947
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
10-145.30.5%200
15-1992.88.1%3,099
20-24239.220.9%6,930
25-29256.922.4%6,183
30-34230.020.1%4,662
35-39189.216.5%3,394
40-44101.48.9%1,661
45-4929.42.6%441
50-541.80.2%23