Fertility in Lesotho, 1980

Lesotho
1980
Total fertility rate: 5.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 5.75 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (262 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 56,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.75
Births
56,801
Births per 1,000 people
40.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
1,406,521
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
10-143.00.3%246
15-19104.89.1%7,864
20-24262.122.8%16,906
25-29252.121.9%12,748
30-34226.519.7%9,522
35-39177.115.4%5,758
40-4496.78.4%2,985
45-4925.92.3%734
50-541.50.1%37