Fertility in Lesotho, 2019

Lesotho
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 2.92 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 58,417 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
58,417
Births per 1,000 people
26.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
2,209,405
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
10-140.70.1%90
15-1976.613.1%8,785
20-24154.626.4%16,677
25-29136.223.2%14,720
30-34105.518.0%10,719
35-3971.112.1%5,444
40-4433.35.7%1,689
45-497.81.3%278
50-540.40.1%12