Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2036

Lesotho
2036
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.37 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 55,432 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
55,432
Births per 1,000 people
20.9
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,653,498
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%77
15-1962.813.2%8,222
20-24127.826.9%16,818
25-29118.625.0%13,915
30-3485.218.0%8,988
35-3954.311.5%5,144
40-4420.24.3%1,845
45-494.61.0%408
50-540.20.0%16