Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2099

Lesotho
2099
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2099  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.80 children per woman in 2099 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 38,246 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
38,246
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,265,513
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
15-1917.44.8%1,790
20-2465.218.1%6,798
25-29110.430.6%11,643
30-3497.827.1%10,452
35-3955.015.2%5,933
40-4413.13.6%1,420
45-491.70.5%191
50-540.00.0%5