Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2006

Lesotho
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.41 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 55,681 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.41
Births
55,681
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
1,945,062
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
10-140.80.1%97
15-1985.612.5%10,819
20-24175.225.6%19,182
25-29150.922.0%12,149
30-34125.718.3%6,835
35-3990.013.1%4,124
40-4446.16.7%2,044
45-4910.11.5%417
50-540.50.1%16