Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2054

Lesotho
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.09 children per woman in 2054 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 50,469 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
50,469
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,070,098
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%58
15-1948.711.6%6,176
20-24109.326.1%13,429
25-29113.327.1%13,432
30-3479.719.0%9,323
35-3948.711.6%5,946
40-4415.33.7%1,765
45-493.30.8%325
50-540.10.0%14