Fertility in Lesotho, 2013

Lesotho
2013
Total fertility rate: 3.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 3.28 children per woman in 2013 — 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 28.2 years old. In total, 61,671 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.28
Births
61,671
Births per 1,000 people
30.0
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
2,056,504
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%95
15-1988.413.4%10,033
20-24172.826.2%20,317
25-29144.521.9%15,501
30-34119.518.1%9,486
35-3981.012.3%4,225
40-4443.86.6%1,695
45-498.31.3%305
50-540.40.1%13