Fertility in Lesotho, 2060

Lesotho
2060
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2060 2030, 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   2060  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 2.02 children per woman in 2060 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 48,635 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
48,635
Births per 1,000 people
15.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,164,303
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
10-140.40.1%49
15-1944.010.9%5,530
20-24103.025.5%12,828
25-29112.027.7%13,498
30-3479.519.7%9,262
35-3947.911.9%5,465
40-4414.03.5%1,656
45-492.90.7%333
50-540.10.0%12