Lesotho Birth Rate 1960-2025

Lesotho birth rate for 2022 was 25.78, a 1.26% decline from 2021.
  • Lesotho birth rate for 2021 was 26.11, a 1.03% decline from 2020.
  • Lesotho birth rate for 2020 was 26.38, a 1.72% decline from 2019.
  • Lesotho birth rate for 2019 was 26.84, a 1.55% decline from 2018.
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.