Fertility in Lesotho, 2018

Lesotho
2018
Total fertility rate: 3.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 3.02 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 59,745 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.02
Births
59,745
Births per 1,000 people
27.4
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
2,183,603
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%91
15-1980.013.2%9,051
20-24157.726.1%17,145
25-29139.223.0%15,326
30-34109.318.1%10,800
35-3974.312.3%5,368
40-4435.45.9%1,673
45-498.01.3%277
50-540.40.1%12