Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2007

Lesotho
2007
Total fertility rate: 3.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.44 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 57,589 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.44
Births
57,589
Births per 1,000 people
29.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
1,953,268
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%103
15-1989.913.0%11,248
20-24178.325.8%20,038
25-29151.721.9%12,751
30-34125.218.1%7,050
35-3988.612.8%3,978
40-4446.96.8%2,022
45-499.51.4%386
50-540.40.1%15