Fertility in Lesotho, 2023

Lesotho
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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

Year

-5 -1   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho was 2.69 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 55,728 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
55,728
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,311,472
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
15-1970.613.1%8,415
20-24144.426.7%15,800
25-29127.323.6%13,156
30-3496.817.9%10,043
35-3964.612.0%5,978
40-4428.95.4%1,947
45-496.51.2%283
50-540.30.1%8