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🇱🇸 Total Fertility Rate of Lesotho

2.66
Total Fertility Rate
23.76
Crude Birth Rate
55,542
Overall Births

The current population fertility rate of Lesotho is 2.6638 births per woman. A -1.12% decrease from 2023, when the fertility rate was 2.694 births per woman. In the future, Lesotho's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 1.8014 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of Lesotho's by -32.37% from today's standard.

Historic Total Fertility Rate of Lesotho (1950-2024)

Lesotho has seen a decrease of the population fertility rate since the 1950's. From 5.7007 to 2.6638 births per woman, a decrease of -53.27% in total.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
1950 5.7007 43.585 25,260
1951 5.7209 43.93 25,931
1952 5.7327 44.185 26,597
1953 5.7452 44.422 27,296
1954 5.7847 44.844 28,158
1955 5.7865 44.949 28,865
1956 5.7913 45.118 29,657
1957 5.7912 45.116 30,438
1958 5.7912 45.001 31,245
1959 5.7872 44.801 32,030
1960 5.7843 44.568 32,825
1961 5.7854 44.339 33,645
1962 5.7872 44.084 34,465
1963 5.7756 43.748 35,234
1964 5.7651 43.463 36,050
1965 5.772 43.333 37,010
1966 5.7563 42.967 37,892
1967 5.7445 42.544 38,885
1968 5.7248 41.878 39,705
1969 5.7045 41.266 40,573
1970 5.6977 40.791 41,577
1971 5.696 40.454 42,729
1972 5.6936 40.183 43,962
1973 5.6883 39.943 45,243
1974 5.7534 40.244 47,182
1975 5.8247 40.622 49,300
1976 5.8713 41.001 51,384
1977 5.8483 41.097 53,013
1978 5.823 41.015 54,437
1979 5.7885 40.791 55,728
1980 5.7456 40.384 56,801
1981 5.6944 39.922 57,809
1982 5.6324 39.463 58,829
1983 5.5601 38.948 59,762
1984 5.4779 38.42 60,664
1985 5.4008 37.931 61,614
1986 5.3166 37.529 62,528
1987 5.2221 38.333 65,296
1988 5.1035 37.364 65,007
1989 4.9643 36.273 64,400
1990 4.8134 35.13 63,575
1991 4.6813 34.188 62,988
1992 4.5414 33.168 62,133
1993 4.3646 31.95 60,762
1994 4.2096 31.015 59,788
1995 4.1253 30.564 59,643
1996 4.0578 30.414 59,988
1997 3.9819 30.224 60,089
1998 3.8151 29.238 58,418
1999 3.6701 28.457 57,007
2000 3.6053 28.248 56,606
2001 3.63 28.716 57,456
2002 3.6821 29.365 58,573
2003 3.6185 29.294 58,151
2004 3.5079 28.736 56,642
2005 3.4278 28.561 55,781
2006 3.4139 28.627 55,681
2007 3.4415 29.484 57,589
2008 3.3921 29.642 58,292
2009 3.3087 29.354 58,148
2010 3.2496 29.163 58,218
2011 3.3427 30.209 60,840
2012 3.296 30.027 61,085
2013 3.2832 29.988 61,671
2014 3.2388 29.5 61,362
2015 3.2166 29.178 61,408
2016 3.1798 28.932 61,638
2017 3.1055 28.241 60,920
2018 3.0163 27.361 59,745
2019 2.9237 26.44 58,417
2020 2.8462 25.628 57,297
2021 2.7689 24.896 56,302
2022 2.7162 24.392 55,764
2023 2.694 24.109 55,728
2024 2.6638 23.762 55,542

Future Total Fertility Rate of Lesotho (2024-2100)

Lesotho's negative downward trend in fertility rate is set to decrease even further in the future. From 2.6638 to an average of 1.8014 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -32.37% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
2024 2.6638 23.762 55,542
2025 2.6372 23.456 55,434
2026 2.6097 23.149 55,312
2027 2.5803 22.844 55,177
2028 2.5525 22.565 55,092
2029 2.5265 22.323 55,086
2030 2.5003 22.092 55,094
2031 2.4748 21.873 55,121
2032 2.4506 21.673 55,189
2033 2.4274 21.479 55,268
2034 2.4063 21.295 55,362
2035 2.3841 21.086 55,384
2036 2.3653 20.89 55,432
2037 2.3448 20.659 55,368
2038 2.3219 20.38 55,152
2039 2.3026 20.115 54,958
2040 2.2882 19.879 54,823
2041 2.2732 19.624 54,620
2042 2.2543 19.327 54,282
2043 2.2388 19.057 53,992
2044 2.2246 18.792 53,698
2045 2.2093 18.517 53,354
2046 2.195 18.253 53,022
2047 2.1813 17.997 52,693
2048 2.1708 17.773 52,438
2049 2.1569 17.526 52,091
2050 2.1447 17.298 51,775
2051 2.1324 17.073 51,449
2052 2.121 16.867 51,165
2053 2.1077 16.65 50,820
2054 2.0943 16.439 50,469
2055 2.0806 16.228 50,100
2056 2.067 16.032 49,761
2057 2.0529 15.836 49,404
2058 2.0418 15.673 49,138
2059 2.0302 15.514 48,869
2060 2.0194 15.37 48,635
2061 2.0105 15.243 48,440
2062 2.001 15.114 48,229
2063 1.9924 14.997 48,034
2064 1.9811 14.856 47,746
2065 1.9722 14.734 47,503
2066 1.965 14.621 47,281
2067 1.9595 14.524 47,104
2068 1.9538 14.426 46,921
2069 1.9477 14.324 46,714
2070 1.941 14.217 46,479
2071 1.9342 14.108 46,225
2072 1.9287 14.004 45,971
2073 1.9228 13.893 45,684
2074 1.9175 13.785 45,400
2075 1.9123 13.682 45,119
2076 1.907 13.571 44,800
2077 1.9026 13.469 44,508
2078 1.8974 13.363 44,196
2079 1.8914 13.251 43,858
2080 1.8855 13.143 43,522
2081 1.8794 13.033 43,169
2082 1.8745 12.934 42,850
2083 1.873 12.86 42,606
2084 1.8668 12.757 42,262
2085 1.8612 12.662 41,940
2086 1.8555 12.567 41,618
2087 1.8504 12.485 41,336
2088 1.8479 12.42 41,099
2089 1.8438 12.347 40,837
2090 1.8397 12.276 40,576
2091 1.8348 12.205 40,309
2092 1.832 12.149 40,081
2093 1.8289 12.087 39,831
2094 1.8232 12.013 39,540
2095 1.8171 11.939 39,244
2096 1.8145 11.885 39,011
2097 1.8125 11.839 38,797
2098 1.8091 11.781 38,539
2099 1.804 11.712 38,246
2100 1.8014 11.662 38,011

How is Total Fertility Rate calculated?

A population's fertility rate is most commonly calculated as Total Total Fertility Rate or TFR for short. The Total Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a standard demographic indicator that is used internationally to estimate the average number of children born per woman in a population. It is calculated by adding up all the age-specific fertility rates, multiplying this sum by five (the width of the age-group interval), and then dividing by 1,000.

Total Fertility Rate Formula

Total Total Fertility Rate = (Sum of ASFR x 5 ) / 1,000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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