Lesotho - Birth Rate 1991
34.2
−0.9 from 1990
Lesotho's birth rate was 34.2 in 1991, decreased +0.9 from 35.1 in 1990. This was the 143rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 2nd | Italy | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 3rd | Japan | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 4th | Spain | 10.2 | -1.0% |
| 5th | San Marino | 10.3 | 1.3% |
| 6th | Germany | 10.4 | -8.8% |
| 7th | Slovenia | 10.8 | -3.6% |
| 8th | Bulgaria | 11.1 | -8.3% |
| 9th | Croatia | 11.1 | -4.3% |
| 10th | Serbia | 11.2 | -2.7% |
| 11th | Monaco | 11.4 | -3.8% |
| 12th | Portugal | 11.7 | 0.0% |
| 13th | European Union | 11.8 | -3.1% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 12.0 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Romania | 12.0 | -11.8% |
| 16th | Russian Federation | 12.1 | -9.7% |
| 17th | Austria | 12.2 | 3.4% |
| 18th | Hungary | 12.3 | 1.7% |
| 19th | Andorra | 12.3 | -0.2% |
| 20th | Estonia | 12.4 | -12.7% |
| 21st | Ukraine | 12.5 | -4.7% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 12.5 | -0.8% |
| 23rd | Denmark | 12.5 | 1.6% |
| 24th | Belgium | 12.6 | 1.6% |
| 25th | Switzerland | 12.7 | 1.6% |
| 26th | Channel Islands | 12.7 | -2.3% |
| 27th | Luxembourg | 12.9 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Belarus | 13.0 | -7.1% |
| 29th | Finland | 13.0 | -0.8% |
| 30th | Latvia | 13.1 | -7.7% |
| 31st | France | 13.2 | -1.5% |
| 32nd | Netherlands | 13.2 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Isle of Man | 13.4 | 2.6% |
| 34th | United Kingdom | 13.8 | -0.7% |
| 35th | Liechtenstein | 14.2 | 7.6% |
| 36th | Norway | 14.3 | -0.7% |
| 37th | Poland | 14.3 | -0.7% |
| 38th | Canada | 14.4 | -4.0% |
| 39th | Sweden | 14.4 | -0.7% |
| 40th | Malta | 14.6 | -3.9% |
| 41st | Slovak Republic | 14.8 | -2.0% |
| 42nd | Australia | 14.9 | -3.2% |
| 43rd | Ireland | 14.9 | -1.3% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.1 | -2.1% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 15.1 | -1.9% |
| 46th | Bermuda | 15.2 | 3.7% |
| 47th | Montenegro | 15.9 | 2.4% |
| 48th | Cuba | 16.1 | -8.4% |
| 49th | United States | 16.2 | -3.0% |
| 50th | Korea | 16.4 | 7.9% |
| 51st | Barbados | 16.4 | -0.9% |
| 52nd | Singapore | 17.1 | -6.0% |
| 53rd | New Zealand | 17.1 | -4.2% |
| 54th | Gibraltar | 17.4 | 1.3% |
| 55th | Moldova | 17.4 | -6.4% |
| 56th | Aruba | 17.5 | -3.4% |
| 57th | Iceland | 17.6 | -5.9% |
| 58th | Georgia | 17.7 | -5.8% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 17.8 | -0.7% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 17.8 | 3.0% |
| 61st | Puerto Rico (US) | 18.1 | -2.2% |
| 62nd | Cayman Islands | 18.2 | 5.3% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.2 | -12.3% |
| 64th | Faroe Islands | 18.3 | -7.6% |
| 65th | Cyprus | 18.6 | -2.9% |
| 66th | North Macedonia | 18.7 | 1.6% |
| 67th | Kuwait | 18.8 | -41.2% |
| 68th | Macao SAR, China | 19.4 | -5.4% |
| 69th | Thailand | 19.5 | -0.9% |
| 70th | China | 19.7 | -6.6% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.0 | -5.2% |
| 72nd | Sri Lanka | 20.2 | -1.8% |
| 73rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.4 | -2.2% |
| 74th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 20.6 | 0.8% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 20.7 | -2.8% |
| 76th | Curaçao | 20.7 | 1.0% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 21.1 | -1.4% |
| 78th | Palau | 21.3 | -3.0% |
| 79th | Israel | 21.4 | -3.6% |
| 80th | Greenland | 21.5 | -4.9% |
| 81st | Chile | 21.8 | -1.5% |
| 82nd | Argentina | 21.9 | -0.7% |
| 83rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 22.1 | -6.8% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 22.2 | -0.1% |
| 85th | Kazakhstan | 22.2 | -3.4% |
| 86th | Qatar | 22.3 | -5.1% |
| 87th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.2 | 0.2% |
| 88th | Armenia | 23.3 | -5.3% |
| 89th | United Arab Emirates | 23.4 | -4.8% |
| 90th | Brazil | 24.1 | -2.9% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 24.2 | 4.8% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | 24.9 | -2.2% |
| 93rd | Tunisia | 25.2 | -2.9% |
| 94th | New Caledonia | 25.4 | 0.3% |
| 95th | Indonesia | 25.5 | -1.0% |
| 96th | Albania | 25.6 | -1.8% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | 25.7 | -3.6% |
| 98th | Libya | 25.7 | -4.9% |
| 99th | Guam | 25.8 | -0.6% |
| 100th | Dominica | 25.9 | -0.3% |
| 101st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.9 | -3.5% |
| 102nd | Bahrain | 26.0 | -4.4% |
| 103rd | Panama | 26.2 | -2.2% |
| 104th | Jamaica | 26.5 | 1.2% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 26.5 | 1.1% |
| 106th | Azerbaijan | 26.6 | 2.7% |
| 107th | Kosovo | 26.7 | -8.4% |
| 108th | Colombia | 26.8 | -0.5% |
| 109th | Lebanon | 26.8 | -3.6% |
| 110th | Grenada | 26.9 | 0.1% |
| 111th | Myanmar | 26.9 | -1.1% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 27.5 | -4.7% |
| 113th | St. Lucia | 27.6 | -2.2% |
| 114th | Brunei Darussalam | 27.7 | -2.7% |
| 115th | South Africa | 28.1 | -2.3% |
| 116th | Viet Nam | 28.5 | -1.4% |
| 117th | Kyrgyz Republic | 28.8 | -1.0% |
| 118th | Suriname | 28.9 | -4.1% |
| 119th | Fiji | 29.0 | -1.7% |
| 120th | Mexico | 29.1 | -1.2% |
| 121st | Morocco | 29.4 | -1.3% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 29.5 | -1.5% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 29.7 | -0.7% |
| 124th | Guyana | 29.7 | -0.3% |
| 125th | Dominican Republic | 30.2 | -1.8% |
| 126th | Peru | 30.4 | -2.3% |
| 127th | St. Martin (French part) | 30.7 | -4.4% |
| 128th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 31.2 | -6.8% |
| 129th | Nauru | 31.7 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Mongolia | 31.9 | -6.4% |
| 131st | India | 32.0 | -1.7% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 32.4 | -3.5% |
| 133rd | Botswana | 32.8 | -2.3% |
| 134th | Northern Mariana Islands | 33.0 | 18.1% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 33.1 | -1.9% |
| 136th | Tonga | 33.2 | -0.3% |
| 137th | Tuvalu | 33.3 | -1.2% |
| 138th | Samoa | 33.4 | -2.2% |
| 139th | Bangladesh | 33.6 | -4.3% |
| 140th | Turkmenistan | 33.7 | -3.6% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 33.9 | -1.5% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 34.0 | 0.8% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 34.2 | -2.7% |
| 144th | Philippines | 34.3 | -0.8% |
| 145th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 34.3 | -2.2% |
| 146th | Oman | 34.4 | -5.8% |
| 147th | Zimbabwe | 34.9 | -1.7% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 35.7 | -1.0% |
| 149th | Nicaragua | 35.8 | -2.2% |
| 150th | Belize | 36.0 | -3.2% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | 36.1 | -1.7% |
| 152nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 36.3 | -2.7% |
| 153rd | Saudi Arabia | 36.7 | -3.3% |
| 154th | Gabon | 37.2 | -1.2% |
| 155th | Jordan | 37.3 | 4.0% |
| 156th | Haiti | 37.6 | -1.8% |
| 157th | Kiribati | 37.6 | -0.5% |
| 158th | Bhutan | 37.6 | -1.6% |
| 159th | American Samoa | 37.8 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 37.8 | 1.6% |
| 161st | Nepal | 37.8 | -0.8% |
| 162nd | Solomon Islands | 37.9 | -1.0% |
| 163rd | Honduras | 38.2 | -0.7% |
| 164th | Vanuatu | 38.5 | -1.1% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 38.8 | -0.3% |
| 166th | Maldives | 39.2 | -5.1% |
| 167th | Guatemala | 39.3 | -1.4% |
| 168th | Eswatini | 39.5 | -2.3% |
| 169th | Cabo Verde | 39.7 | -1.3% |
| 170th | Ghana | 39.9 | -1.4% |
| 171st | Iraq | 40.0 | -1.6% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 40.5 | -1.2% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | 40.7 | -0.2% |
| 174th | Senegal | 41.2 | -1.5% |
| 175th | Togo | 41.2 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Marshall Islands | 41.2 | -2.8% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 41.3 | -0.2% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | 41.9 | -2.8% |
| 179th | Lao PDR | 42.2 | -0.7% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | 42.3 | -1.1% |
| 181st | Pakistan | 42.5 | -1.0% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 42.7 | -0.7% |
| 183rd | Rwanda | 42.8 | -2.9% |
| 184th | Comoros | 43.0 | -1.6% |
| 185th | Kenya | 43.1 | -2.0% |
| 186th | Cameroon | 43.5 | -0.4% |
| 187th | Sudan | 43.8 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 44.1 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Nigeria | 44.3 | -0.4% |
| 190th | Liberia | 44.6 | -15.7% |
| 191st | West Bank and Gaza | 44.9 | -0.8% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 44.9 | -0.8% |
| 193rd | Benin | 45.4 | -0.8% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 45.7 | -0.9% |
| 195th | Cambodia | 45.8 | -1.3% |
| 196th | Guinea | 45.8 | 0.7% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.0 | 0.3% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.1 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Eritrea | 46.1 | 6.4% |
| 200th | Central African Republic | 46.2 | -1.3% |
| 201st | Burundi | 46.5 | -0.9% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 46.8 | -1.3% |
| 203rd | Zambia | 46.9 | -0.2% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 47.0 | -0.4% |
| 205th | Mali | 47.2 | 0.3% |
| 206th | Gambia, The | 47.2 | -1.1% |
| 207th | Sierra Leone | 47.5 | 4.5% |
| 208th | Malawi | 48.4 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Angola | 50.0 | -0.5% |
| 210th | Yemen, Republic of | 50.2 | -1.3% |
| 211th | Uganda | 50.6 | -0.7% |
| 212th | Chad | 51.7 | -1.9% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.9 | 3.3% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 52.3 | -1.2% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 52.4 | 0.2% |
| 216th | Niger | 54.8 | -0.5% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's birth rate in 1991?▾
Lesotho's birth rate in 1991 was 34.2. This ranked 143rd globally.
How did Lesotho's birth rate change in 1991?▾
Lesotho's birth rate decreased by 2.7% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1991?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1991 at 54.8.
What is the birth rate of Lesotho in 1991?▾
The birth rate of Lesotho in 1991 was 34.2. This ranked 143rd globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Lesotho's birth rate?▾
Lesotho's birth rate went from 35.1 in 1990 to 34.2 in 1991, a 2.7% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1991. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 13.1%. View full analysis →
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