Crude birth rate in Lesotho
The crude birth rate in Lesotho was 23.8 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Lesotho, 2024
23.8
Change from 2023
−0.3per 1,000 people
World, 2024
16.3 per 1,000 people
Position in 2024
56th of 217
Crude birth rate in Lesotho over time
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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.8 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 24.1 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 24.4 per 1,000 people | 16.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 24.9 per 1,000 people | 16.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 25.6 per 1,000 people | 17.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 26.4 per 1,000 people | 17.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 27.4 per 1,000 people | 18.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 28.2 per 1,000 people | 18.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 28.9 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 29.2 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 29.5 per 1,000 people | 19.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 30.0 per 1,000 people | 19.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 30.0 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 30.2 per 1,000 people | 20.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 29.2 per 1,000 people | 20.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 29.4 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 29.6 per 1,000 people | 20.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 29.5 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 28.6 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 28.6 per 1,000 people | 20.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 28.7 per 1,000 people | 21.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 29.3 per 1,000 people | 21.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 29.4 per 1,000 people | 21.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 28.7 per 1,000 people | 21.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 28.2 per 1,000 people | 22.1 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 from 24.1 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 29.5 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −5.7.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 56th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.
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2.66 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
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Median age estimates and projections
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2.69 births per woman
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Population growth estimates and projections
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