Fertility in Lesotho, 2030

Lesotho
2030
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.50 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 55,094 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
55,094
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,493,818
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
15-1965.813.2%8,793
20-24135.027.0%16,047
25-29122.024.4%13,196
30-3489.617.9%8,802
35-3957.911.6%5,582
40-4423.54.7%2,187
45-495.41.1%384
50-540.30.1%13