Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2085

Lesotho
2085
Total fertility rate: 1.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.86 children per woman in 2085 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 41,940 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.86
Births
41,940
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,312,368
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
10-140.20.1%24
15-1926.17.0%2,909
20-2479.621.4%8,875
25-29111.930.1%12,497
30-3488.523.8%10,047
35-3950.913.7%5,862
40-4412.83.4%1,481
45-492.10.6%238
50-540.10.0%7