Total fertility rate in Lesotho in 2024 — 2.66 births. Ranked 68 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 53.9%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.66 | −0.03 | −1.11% |
| 2023 | 2.69 | −0.02 | −0.81% |
| 2022 | 2.72 | −0.05 | −1.91% |
| 2021 | 2.77 | −0.08 | −2.71% |
| 2020 | 2.85 | −0.08 | −2.67% |
| 2019 | 2.92 | −0.09 | −3.05% |
| 2018 | 3.02 | −0.09 | −2.87% |
| 2017 | 3.11 | −0.08 | −2.36% |
| 2016 | 3.18 | −0.04 | −1.15% |
| 2015 | 3.22 | −0.02 | −0.68% |
| 2014 | 3.24 | −0.04 | −1.34% |
| 2013 | 3.28 | −0.01 | −0.39% |
| 2012 | 3.3 | −0.05 | −1.41% |
| 2011 | 3.34 | +0.09 | +2.86% |
| 2010 | 3.25 | −0.06 | −1.78% |
| 2009 | 3.31 | −0.08 | −2.45% |
| 2008 | 3.39 | −0.05 | −1.45% |
| 2007 | 3.44 | +0.03 | +0.82% |
| 2006 | 3.41 | −0.01 | −0.41% |
| 2005 | 3.43 | −0.08 | −2.28% |
| 2004 | 3.51 | −0.11 | −3.07% |
| 2003 | 3.62 | −0.06 | −1.71% |
| 2002 | 3.68 | +0.05 | +1.43% |
| 2001 | 3.63 | +0.02 | +0.69% |
| 2000 | 3.61 | −0.07 | −1.77% |
| 1999 | 3.67 | −0.15 | −3.8% |
| 1998 | 3.82 | −0.17 | −4.19% |
| 1997 | 3.98 | −0.08 | −1.87% |
| 1996 | 4.06 | −0.07 | −1.62% |
| 1995 | 4.13 | −0.09 | −2.02% |
| 1994 | 4.21 | −0.16 | −3.55% |
| 1993 | 4.37 | −0.18 | −3.88% |
| 1992 | 4.54 | −0.14 | −2.99% |
| 1991 | 4.68 | −0.13 | −2.74% |
| 1990 | 4.81 | −0.15 | −3.04% |
| 1989 | 4.96 | −0.14 | −2.74% |
| 1988 | 5.1 | −0.12 | −2.26% |
| 1987 | 5.22 | −0.09 | −1.79% |
| 1986 | 5.32 | −0.08 | −1.56% |
| 1985 | 5.4 | −0.08 | −1.41% |
| 1984 | 5.48 | −0.08 | −1.47% |
| 1983 | 5.56 | −0.07 | −1.28% |
| 1982 | 5.63 | −0.06 | −1.09% |
| 1981 | 5.69 | −0.05 | −0.9% |
| 1980 | 5.75 | −0.04 | −0.74% |
| 1979 | 5.79 | −0.03 | −0.58% |
| 1978 | 5.82 | −0.02 | −0.43% |
| 1977 | 5.85 | −0.02 | −0.39% |
| 1976 | 5.87 | +0.05 | +0.79% |
| 1975 | 5.83 | +0.07 | +1.25% |
| 1974 | 5.75 | +0.07 | +1.14% |
| 1973 | 5.69 | −0.01 | −0.11% |
| 1972 | 5.69 | −0 | −0.04% |
| 1971 | 5.7 | −0 | −0.04% |
| 1970 | 5.7 | −0.01 | −0.11% |
| 1969 | 5.7 | −0.02 | −0.37% |
| 1968 | 5.73 | −0.02 | −0.35% |
| 1967 | 5.75 | −0.01 | −0.19% |
| 1966 | 5.76 | −0.02 | −0.28% |
| 1965 | 5.77 | +0.01 | +0.12% |
| 1964 | 5.77 | −0.01 | −0.19% |
| 1963 | 5.78 | −0.01 | −0.19% |
| 1962 | 5.79 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1961 | 5.79 | +0 | +0.02% |
| 1960 | 5.78 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
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