Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2098

Lesotho
2098
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.81 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 38,539 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
38,539
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,271,338
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
10-140.10.0%14
15-1918.05.0%1,863
20-2466.318.3%6,957
25-29110.630.6%11,736
30-3497.226.9%10,420
35-3954.715.1%5,923
40-4413.03.6%1,423
45-491.80.5%193
50-540.00.0%5