Fertility in Lesotho, 2029

Lesotho
2029
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.53 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 55,086 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
55,086
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,467,683
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%93
15-1966.113.1%8,711
20-24136.427.0%15,948
25-29122.924.3%13,099
30-3490.617.9%8,920
35-3958.611.6%5,727
40-4424.34.8%2,205
45-495.51.1%372
50-540.30.1%13