Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2053

Lesotho
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.11 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 50,820 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.11
Births
50,820
Births per 1,000 people
16.7
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,052,322
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%59
15-1949.411.7%6,265
20-24110.426.2%13,519
25-29113.626.9%13,449
30-3479.818.9%9,429
35-3949.011.6%6,007
40-4415.63.7%1,755
45-493.30.8%324
50-540.20.0%12