Fertility in Lesotho, 2070

Lesotho
2070
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2070 2040, 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   2070  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.94 children per woman in 2070 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 46,479 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
46,479
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,269,324
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
10-140.30.1%38
15-1936.79.4%4,387
20-2493.924.2%11,308
25-29111.728.8%13,504
30-3481.721.0%9,817
35-3948.412.5%5,652
40-4413.23.4%1,488
45-492.50.6%274
50-540.10.0%11