Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2002

Lesotho
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.68 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 58,573 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.68
Births
58,573
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
1,994,679
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
10-140.90.1%113
15-1980.310.9%10,303
20-24178.824.3%18,919
25-29166.022.5%12,534
30-34132.618.0%7,692
35-39111.315.1%5,868
40-4454.77.4%2,643
45-4911.91.6%483
50-540.50.1%17