Fertility in Lesotho, 2009

Lesotho
2009
Total fertility rate: 3.31
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 3.31 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 58,148 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.31
Births
58,148
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
1,980,883
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%106
15-1986.813.0%10,473
20-24173.026.0%20,450
25-29146.622.0%13,580
30-34121.818.3%7,672
35-3983.112.5%3,697
40-4443.56.5%1,788
45-499.21.4%363
50-540.50.1%16