Fertility in Lesotho, 2008

Lesotho
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.39 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 58,292 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.39
Births
58,292
Births per 1,000 people
29.6
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
1,966,541
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%108
15-1990.013.2%11,072
20-24176.125.8%20,385
25-29149.721.9%13,234
30-34124.218.2%7,377
35-3985.812.6%3,814
40-4445.56.7%1,914
45-499.31.4%372
50-540.40.1%15