Fertility in Lesotho, 2020

Lesotho
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 2.85 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 57,297 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.85
Births
57,297
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
2,235,727
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%92
15-1974.113.0%8,614
20-24152.026.6%16,287
25-29133.723.4%14,178
30-34102.117.9%10,563
35-3968.612.0%5,538
40-4431.85.6%1,739
45-497.61.3%277
50-540.40.1%12