Fertility in Lesotho, 2035

Lesotho
2035
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.38 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 55,384 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
55,384
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,626,567
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%78
15-1963.313.2%8,414
20-24128.827.0%16,783
25-29119.124.9%13,655
30-3485.918.0%8,957
35-3954.811.5%5,174
40-4420.54.3%1,895
45-494.71.0%413
50-540.20.0%15