Fertility in Lesotho, 2016

Lesotho
2016
Total fertility rate: 3.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.18 children per woman in 2016 — 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 28.2 years old. In total, 61,638 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.18
Births
61,638
Births per 1,000 people
28.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
2,130,422
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
15-1985.813.4%9,557
20-24162.725.4%18,071
25-29144.022.5%16,143
30-34116.818.3%10,672
35-3980.412.6%5,120
40-4440.26.3%1,677
45-498.31.3%292
50-540.40.1%12