Fertility in Lesotho, 2100

Lesotho
2100
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2100 2070, 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   2100  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.80 children per woman in 2100 — 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 29.7 years old. In total, 38,011 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
38,011
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,259,299
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%13
15-1916.94.7%1,721
20-2464.217.8%6,649
25-29110.230.6%11,564
30-3498.627.4%10,498
35-3955.415.4%5,952
40-4413.13.6%1,420
45-491.70.5%189
50-540.00.0%5