Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2065

Lesotho
2065
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2065  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.97 children per woman in 2065 — 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 28.1 years old. In total, 47,503 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
47,503
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,224,032
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%43
15-1940.310.2%4,937
20-2498.224.9%12,102
25-29111.528.3%13,597
30-3480.220.3%9,504
35-3947.912.1%5,488
40-4413.53.4%1,513
45-492.70.7%307
50-540.10.0%12