Fertility in Lesotho, 1975

Lesotho
1975
Total fertility rate: 5.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 5.82 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 49,300 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.82
Births
49,300
Births per 1,000 people
40.6
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
1,213,643
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
10-142.90.2%212
15-19101.68.7%6,740
20-24263.322.6%13,955
25-29259.222.3%11,400
30-34231.819.9%7,792
35-39176.915.2%5,581
40-4498.18.4%2,865
45-4928.22.4%717
50-541.70.1%38