Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2049

Lesotho
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 52,091 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
52,091
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,972,157
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%64
15-1952.312.1%6,559
20-24114.326.5%13,879
25-29114.226.4%13,636
30-3480.318.6%10,017
35-3950.011.6%5,910
40-4416.43.8%1,686
45-493.60.8%329
50-540.20.0%13