Fertility in Lesotho, 2026

Lesotho
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.61 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 55,312 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
55,312
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,389,336
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%96
15-1968.413.1%8,543
20-24140.526.9%15,977
25-29124.923.9%12,811
30-3493.517.9%9,335
35-3961.411.8%6,099
40-4426.55.1%2,113
45-496.01.2%330
50-540.30.1%9