Fertility in Lesotho, 2017

Lesotho
2017
Total fertility rate: 3.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 3.11 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 60,920 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.11
Births
60,920
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
2,157,110
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
15-1984.313.5%9,425
20-24160.225.7%17,585
25-29141.922.8%15,846
30-34113.018.1%10,755
35-3977.512.4%5,264
40-4437.66.0%1,658
45-498.11.3%282
50-540.40.1%12