Fertility in Lesotho, 2047

Lesotho
2047
Total fertility rate: 2.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2047 2017, 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

Year

-5 -1   2047  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.18 children per woman in 2047 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 52,693 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.18
Births
52,693
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,927,865
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%65
15-1953.812.3%6,700
20-24116.226.6%14,078
25-29114.426.2%14,007
30-3480.818.5%10,114
35-3950.411.6%5,725
40-4416.73.8%1,665
45-493.70.8%327
50-540.20.0%13