Fertility in Lesotho, 2010

Lesotho
2010
Total fertility rate: 3.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.25 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 58,218 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.25
Births
58,218
Births per 1,000 people
29.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
1,996,251
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%104
15-1984.112.9%9,942
20-24170.726.1%20,425
25-29144.522.1%13,952
30-34120.118.4%8,036
35-3981.412.5%3,687
40-4442.56.5%1,706
45-499.11.4%350
50-540.50.1%16