Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 1996

Lesotho
1996
Total fertility rate: 4.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 4.06 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 59,988 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.06
Births
59,988
Births per 1,000 people
30.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
1,972,418
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
10-141.50.2%203
15-1980.29.9%9,277
20-24197.724.4%17,843
25-29180.122.2%13,132
30-34150.418.5%9,491
35-39120.214.8%6,588
40-4464.98.0%2,861
45-4915.61.9%571
50-540.80.1%23