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Lesotho – Birth Rate 1972

Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank
40.2 −0.3 from 1971 Global rank: 139th

Lesotho's birth rate was 40.2 in 1972, decreased +0.3 from 40.5 in 1971. This was the 139th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1972
Birth Rate by Country – 1972
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Macao SAR, China 10.9 8.5%
2nd Germany 11.5 -10.9%
3rd Luxembourg 11.8 -9.2%
4th Channel Islands 12.7 -8.6%
5th Finland 12.7 -3.8%
6th Isle of Man 13.7 -0.2%
7th Austria 13.8 -4.8%
8th Sweden 13.8 -2.1%
9th Belgium 14.0 -4.1%
10th Switzerland 14.6 -5.8%
11th Latvia 14.6 -1.4%
12th Hungary 14.7 1.4%
13th Croatia 14.8 1.4%
14th United Kingdom 14.9 -7.5%
15th Denmark 15.1 -0.7%
16th Bulgaria 15.3 -3.8%
17th Ukraine 15.5 1.0%
18th Nauru 15.6 2.8%
19th Russian Federation 15.6 2.2%
20th Estonia 15.6 -3.1%
21st United States 15.6 -9.3%
22nd Monaco 15.6 -0.1%
23rd Serbia 15.6 0.5%
24th European Union 15.7 -3.2%
25th Canada 15.9 -5.4%
26th Greece 15.9 -0.6%
27th Netherlands 16.1 -6.4%
28th Belarus 16.2 -1.4%
29th Liechtenstein 16.2 0.0%
30th France 16.3 -2.4%
31st Italy 16.3 -3.0%
32nd Norway 16.3 -3.0%
33rd Slovenia 16.4 0.6%
34th San Marino 16.5 -1.4%
35th Czechia 16.6 5.7%
36th Lithuania 17.0 -3.4%
37th Bermuda 17.0 -2.6%
38th Poland 17.5 1.7%
39th Malta 17.8 -3.3%
40th Romania 18.8 -4.1%
41st Slovak Republic 19.1 4.9%
42nd Japan 19.3 0.5%
43rd Spain 19.4 -1.0%
44th Georgia 19.5 -1.1%
45th Hong Kong SAR, China 19.5 -1.0%
46th Greenland 19.6 -10.1%
47th Uruguay 20.0 0.2%
48th Australia 20.1 -6.1%
49th Portugal 20.2 -3.8%
50th Andorra 20.2 2.9%
51st Gibraltar 20.3 -6.8%
52nd Faroe Islands 20.5 1.5%
53rd Moldova 20.5 1.8%
54th Aruba 20.7 -11.0%
55th Montenegro 20.9 -0.6%
56th New Zealand 21.7 -3.7%
57th Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.8 -1.6%
58th Iceland 22.4 7.7%
59th Cyprus 22.5 -0.6%
60th Ireland 22.6 0.0%
61st Armenia 22.8 -1.2%
62nd Curaçao 22.9 -4.4%
63rd Singapore 23.1 3.6%
64th Argentina 23.8 1.1%
65th Puerto Rico (US) 24.0 -6.3%
66th Antigua and Barbuda 24.4 -2.4%
67th North Macedonia 24.5 -1.0%
68th Barbados 24.9 -0.8%
69th Mauritius 25.3 -3.1%
70th St. Kitts and Nevis 25.9 0.1%
71st Kazakhstan 26.5 1.4%
72nd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 27.0 -1.7%
73rd Israel 27.2 -2.9%
74th Cuba 27.2 -4.6%
75th Chile 27.4 -2.3%
76th Trinidad and Tobago 27.5 1.1%
77th Korea 28.4 -9.0%
78th Turks and Caicos Islands 28.5 -0.5%
79th United Arab Emirates 29.1 -2.9%
80th Azerbaijan 29.1 -3.7%
81st Guam 29.5 -1.1%
82nd Tuvalu 29.5 -1.7%
83rd Dominica 29.6 -4.3%
84th Bahamas, The 29.7 -4.2%
85th Sri Lanka 29.7 -1.7%
86th China 29.8 -2.9%
87th Virgin Islands (US) 30.5 -1.0%
88th Costa Rica 30.7 -2.8%
89th Seychelles 30.8 -8.3%
90th British Virgin Islands 32.1 -3.3%
91st Grenada 32.3 -3.9%
92nd Jamaica 32.6 -1.7%
93rd Lebanon 32.6 -1.1%
94th Albania 32.6 -1.3%
95th Suriname 32.7 -0.3%
96th Malaysia 32.7 -1.4%
97th Fiji 33.0 -3.5%
98th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 33.7 0.8%
99th Palau 34.0 -4.9%
100th Bahrain 34.1 -3.9%
101st Colombia 34.4 -2.7%
102nd Kyrgyz Republic 34.5 -0.3%
103rd Brazil 34.5 -1.0%
104th Thailand 34.7 -2.6%
105th Cayman Islands 34.8 43.0%
106th Brunei Darussalam 34.9 0.6%
107th New Caledonia 34.9 0.0%
108th American Samoa 35.2 -2.7%
109th French Polynesia 35.7 -2.3%
110th Paraguay 35.8 -1.6%
111th Panama 36.0 -2.1%
112th Gabon 36.0 1.3%
113th Guyana 36.1 -1.3%
114th Viet Nam 36.4 1.9%
115th Kiribati 36.5 -2.3%
116th Myanmar 36.6 -1.3%
117th St. Lucia 36.7 -2.0%
118th Qatar 36.9 -7.6%
119th Tonga 37.0 -2.1%
120th Turkmenistan 37.1 -1.6%
121st Uzbekistan 37.6 -0.5%
122nd Kosovo 37.7 -0.3%
123rd St. Martin (French part) 37.9 -1.4%
124th Guinea-Bissau 38.6 -2.3%
125th Indonesia 38.6 -1.9%
126th Philippines 38.7 -1.9%
127th South Africa 38.9 -1.0%
128th Belize 39.3 1.8%
129th Samoa 39.3 -2.6%
130th Türkiye 39.3 -2.1%
131st India 39.5 -0.7%
132nd Cambodia 39.7 -1.5%
133rd Tunisia 39.7 -1.4%
134th Mongolia 39.8 -0.5%
135th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 39.8 -2.8%
136th São Tomé and Principe 39.9 1.2%
137th Northern Mariana Islands 40.0 -0.3%
138th Ecuador 40.1 -1.4%
139th Lesotho 40.2 -0.7%
140th Dominican Republic 40.6 -1.5%
141st Haiti 40.7 -0.1%
142nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.9 -3.5%
143rd Peru 41.2 -1.4%
144th Timor-Leste 41.3 -1.9%
145th Egypt, Arab Republic of 41.6 -0.4%
146th Kuwait 41.9 -1.5%
147th Vanuatu 41.9 -0.5%
148th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 41.9 -1.1%
149th Tajikistan 42.0 -0.3%
150th Cabo Verde 42.3 1.8%
151st Nepal 42.3 -0.9%
152nd El Salvador 42.5 -0.7%
153rd Central African Republic 42.8 -0.8%
154th Equatorial Guinea 43.0 0.8%
155th Mexico 43.0 -1.9%
156th Papua New Guinea 43.3 -0.9%
157th Namibia 43.7 0.4%
158th Micronesia, Federated States of 43.8 -0.4%
159th Morocco 43.8 -0.9%
160th Pakistan 43.8 -0.3%
161st Solomon Islands 44.1 0.0%
162nd Lao PDR 44.3 0.0%
163rd Guatemala 44.4 -0.5%
164th Congo, Republic of 44.5 0.3%
165th Iraq 44.9 -1.0%
166th Cameroon 45.0 -0.1%
167th Botswana 45.5 0.1%
168th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45.6 0.0%
169th Guinea 45.6 0.1%
170th Djibouti 45.8 -0.9%
171st Syrian Arab Republic 45.9 -0.6%
172nd Libya 45.9 -1.2%
173rd Algeria 46.0 -0.7%
174th Zimbabwe 46.0 0.8%
175th Honduras 46.1 -0.1%
176th Eritrea 46.2 -0.8%
177th Mauritania 46.6 -0.7%
178th Nicaragua 46.7 -0.2%
179th Comoros 46.8 -0.3%
180th Ghana 46.9 -1.0%
181st Mozambique 47.0 -0.5%
182nd Maldives 47.0 -0.9%
183rd Congo, Democratic Republic of 47.1 -0.5%
184th Sierra Leone 47.2 -0.2%
185th Bhutan 47.2 -0.5%
186th Madagascar 47.4 0.3%
187th Benin 47.4 0.0%
188th Gambia, The 47.5 -0.1%
189th Liberia 47.6 0.3%
190th Burkina Faso 47.6 0.0%
191st Nigeria 48.0 0.4%
192nd Jordan 48.1 -0.6%
193rd Bangladesh 48.2 1.3%
194th Saudi Arabia 48.3 -0.2%
195th Sudan 48.4 -1.0%
196th Togo 48.5 0.0%
197th Burundi 48.8 1.9%
198th Rwanda 48.9 0.8%
199th Uganda 48.9 0.0%
200th Marshall Islands 48.9 1.0%
201st Chad 49.3 3.8%
202nd Angola 49.5 -1.4%
203rd Zambia 49.6 0.3%
204th Senegal 49.8 -0.2%
205th Eswatini 49.8 0.6%
206th Tanzania 50.4 -0.4%
207th Mali 50.4 -0.1%
208th Oman 50.9 -0.6%
209th Afghanistan 51.2 -0.1%
210th Kenya 51.5 -1.4%
211th Côte d'Ivoire 52.2 -0.4%
212th Malawi 53.5 -0.4%
213th South Sudan 54.5 -0.1%
214th Yemen, Republic of 55.4 -0.7%
215th Niger 55.5 0.0%