Fertility in Lesotho, 2045

Lesotho
2045
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 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   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.21 children per woman in 2045 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 53,354 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
53,354
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,881,339
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
15-1955.312.5%6,862
20-24118.226.7%14,369
25-29114.926.0%14,509
30-3481.418.4%10,014
35-3951.011.5%5,508
40-4417.33.9%1,682
45-493.80.9%328
50-540.20.0%15