Fertility in Lesotho, 2022

Lesotho
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 2.72 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 55,764 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
55,764
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,286,110
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
10-140.70.1%94
15-1971.813.2%8,488
20-24145.426.7%15,713
25-29128.123.5%13,327
30-3497.617.9%10,227
35-3965.111.9%5,781
40-4429.25.4%1,839
45-497.01.3%282
50-540.30.1%11