Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2038

Lesotho
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.32
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.32 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 55,152 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.32
Births
55,152
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,706,202
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%74
15-1961.013.1%7,731
20-24125.326.9%16,540
25-29117.525.2%14,368
30-3484.118.0%9,048
35-3953.611.5%5,215
40-4419.54.2%1,770
45-494.30.9%387
50-540.20.0%17