Fertility in Lesotho, 1959

Lesotho
1959
Total fertility rate: 5.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 5.79 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (254 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 32,030 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.79
Births
32,030
Births per 1,000 people
44.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
714,947
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
10-145.50.5%249
15-1997.38.4%3,642
20-24252.221.8%8,553
25-29254.221.9%7,640
30-34227.119.6%5,721
35-39187.816.2%3,895
40-44102.38.8%1,838
45-4930.32.6%466
50-541.80.2%24