Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2075

Lesotho
2075
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2075  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.91 children per woman in 2075 — 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 28.5 years old. In total, 45,119 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
45,119
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,297,636
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%33
15-1933.18.7%3,847
20-2489.323.3%10,479
25-29111.929.2%13,224
30-3483.621.8%9,964
35-3949.012.8%5,812
40-4413.03.4%1,495
45-492.40.6%259
50-540.10.0%9