Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 1982

Lesotho
1982
Total fertility rate: 5.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 5.63 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 58,829 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.63
Births
58,829
Births per 1,000 people
39.5
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
1,490,732
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
10-143.20.3%279
15-1996.08.5%7,533
20-24260.223.1%17,786
25-29248.322.0%13,613
30-34221.619.7%9,899
35-39175.815.6%6,006
40-4494.78.4%2,941
45-4925.32.2%734
50-541.50.1%38