Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2037

Lesotho
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.34 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 55,368 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
55,368
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,680,080
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%75
15-1962.013.2%7,981
20-24126.626.9%16,733
25-29118.125.1%14,180
30-3484.618.0%9,011
35-3954.011.5%5,165
40-4419.84.2%1,809
45-494.40.9%400
50-540.20.0%17