Fertility in Lesotho, 2015

Lesotho
2015
Total fertility rate: 3.22
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 3.22 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 61,408 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.22
Births
61,408
Births per 1,000 people
29.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
2,104,612
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%93
15-1983.913.0%9,370
20-24162.925.2%18,401
25-29144.122.3%16,055
30-34119.418.5%10,455
35-3983.712.9%4,988
40-4443.56.7%1,741
45-498.21.3%292
50-540.40.1%11