Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2034

Lesotho
2034
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.41 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 55,362 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
55,362
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,599,779
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
10-140.60.1%81
15-1963.713.2%8,560
20-24130.027.0%16,687
25-29119.724.8%13,491
30-3486.818.0%8,908
35-3955.411.5%5,241
40-4421.04.4%1,961
45-494.81.0%416
50-540.20.0%15