Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2044

Lesotho
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.22 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 53,698 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
53,698
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,857,504
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
10-140.50.1%67
15-1956.012.6%6,948
20-24119.226.7%14,602
25-29115.325.9%14,701
30-3481.818.3%9,898
35-3951.311.5%5,439
40-4417.74.0%1,693
45-493.90.9%335
50-540.20.0%15