World Bank · Health
Lesotho: Birth rate, crude
23.76per 1,000 people · 2024-19.5% since 2014
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1960 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (per 1,000 people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.762 | |
| 2023 | 24.109 | |
| 2022 | 24.392 | |
| 2021 | 24.896 | |
| 2020 | 25.628 | |
| 2019 | 26.44 | |
| 2018 | 27.361 | |
| 2017 | 28.241 | |
| 2016 | 28.932 | |
| 2015 | 29.178 | |
| 2014 | 29.5 | |
| 2013 | 29.988 | |
| 2012 | 30.027 | |
| 2011 | 30.209 | |
| 2010 | 29.163 | |
| 2009 | 29.354 | |
| 2008 | 29.642 | |
| 2007 | 29.484 | |
| 2006 | 28.627 | |
| 2005 | 28.561 | |
| 2004 | 28.736 | |
| 2003 | 29.294 | |
| 2002 | 29.365 | |
| 2001 | 28.716 | |
| 2000 | 28.248 | |
| 1999 | 28.457 | |
| 1998 | 29.238 | |
| 1997 | 30.224 | |
| 1996 | 30.414 | |
| 1995 | 30.564 | |
| 1994 | 31.015 | |
| 1993 | 31.95 | |
| 1992 | 33.168 | |
| 1991 | 34.188 | |
| 1990 | 35.13 | |
| 1989 | 36.273 | |
| 1988 | 37.364 | |
| 1987 | 38.333 | |
| 1986 | 37.529 | |
| 1985 | 37.931 | |
| 1984 | 38.42 | |
| 1983 | 38.948 | |
| 1982 | 39.463 | |
| 1981 | 39.922 | |
| 1980 | 40.384 | |
| 1979 | 40.791 | |
| 1978 | 41.015 | |
| 1977 | 41.097 | |
| 1976 | 41.001 | |
| 1975 | 40.622 | |
| 1974 | 40.244 | |
| 1973 | 39.943 | |
| 1972 | 40.183 | |
| 1971 | 40.454 | |
| 1970 | 40.791 | |
| 1969 | 41.266 | |
| 1968 | 41.878 | |
| 1967 | 42.544 | |
| 1966 | 42.967 | |
| 1965 | 43.333 | |
| 1964 | 43.463 | |
| 1963 | 43.748 | |
| 1962 | 44.084 | |
| 1961 | 44.339 | |
| 1960 | 44.568 |
Source
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