Lesotho - Fertility Rate 2013
3.28
−0.01 from 2012
Lesotho's fertility rate was 3.28 in 2013, decreased +0.01 from 3.30 in 2012. This was the 158th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | British Virgin Islands | 1.09 | -1.5% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.13 | -12.5% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 1.14 | -9.4% |
| 4th | Macao SAR, China | 1.15 | -15.3% |
| 5th | Korea | 1.19 | -8.5% |
| 6th | Singapore | 1.19 | -7.8% |
| 7th | Portugal | 1.21 | -5.5% |
| 8th | Spain | 1.27 | -3.8% |
| 9th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.28 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Greece | 1.29 | -3.7% |
| 11th | Poland | 1.29 | -3.0% |
| 12th | Cyprus | 1.30 | -5.6% |
| 13th | Slovak Republic | 1.34 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Hungary | 1.35 | 0.7% |
| 15th | Malta | 1.36 | -4.2% |
| 16th | Italy | 1.39 | -2.1% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.42 | 0.7% |
| 18th | Japan | 1.43 | 1.4% |
| 19th | Serbia | 1.43 | -1.4% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.44 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Mauritius | 1.44 | -6.5% |
| 22nd | Cayman Islands | 1.45 | -5.6% |
| 23rd | Liechtenstein | 1.45 | -4.0% |
| 24th | Czechia | 1.46 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Croatia | 1.46 | -3.9% |
| 26th | Romania | 1.46 | -3.9% |
| 27th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.47 | -4.7% |
| 28th | San Marino | 1.48 | 15.1% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 30th | North Macedonia | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 31st | European Union | 1.51 | -1.5% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 1.52 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Switzerland | 1.52 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Estonia | 1.52 | -2.6% |
| 35th | Latvia | 1.52 | 5.6% |
| 36th | Bermuda | 1.52 | -0.4% |
| 37th | Thailand | 1.53 | -2.4% |
| 38th | United Arab Emirates | 1.53 | -0.3% |
| 39th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.54 | -7.1% |
| 40th | Bulgaria | 1.54 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Luxembourg | 1.55 | -1.3% |
| 42nd | Slovenia | 1.55 | -1.9% |
| 43rd | Channel Islands | 1.56 | -1.3% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 1.59 | -0.6% |
| 45th | Jamaica | 1.59 | -3.5% |
| 46th | Armenia | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.60 | -0.4% |
| 48th | Canada | 1.61 | -1.2% |
| 49th | Moldova | 1.62 | -2.3% |
| 50th | Belarus | 1.67 | 3.0% |
| 51st | Denmark | 1.67 | -3.5% |
| 52nd | Cuba | 1.68 | 0.6% |
| 53rd | Netherlands | 1.68 | -2.3% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.68 | -1.8% |
| 55th | Russian Federation | 1.71 | 0.9% |
| 56th | China | 1.71 | -4.7% |
| 57th | Barbados | 1.73 | -0.1% |
| 58th | Montenegro | 1.73 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Bahamas, The | 1.74 | -1.3% |
| 60th | Albania | 1.74 | 1.3% |
| 61st | Finland | 1.75 | -2.8% |
| 62nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.75 | -2.9% |
| 63rd | Belgium | 1.76 | -2.2% |
| 64th | Brazil | 1.76 | -0.3% |
| 65th | Dominica | 1.78 | -2.7% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 1.78 | -3.9% |
| 67th | Norway | 1.78 | -3.8% |
| 68th | Chile | 1.79 | -0.7% |
| 69th | Isle of Man | 1.82 | -2.1% |
| 70th | United Kingdom | 1.83 | -4.7% |
| 71st | Australia | 1.86 | -3.4% |
| 72nd | United States | 1.86 | -1.2% |
| 73rd | Colombia | 1.86 | -2.1% |
| 74th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.88 | -0.3% |
| 75th | Sweden | 1.89 | -1.0% |
| 76th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.89 | -3.3% |
| 77th | Grenada | 1.91 | -2.7% |
| 78th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.91 | 3.3% |
| 79th | Ireland | 1.93 | -2.5% |
| 80th | Iceland | 1.93 | -5.4% |
| 81st | French Polynesia | 1.94 | -4.4% |
| 82nd | Aruba | 1.94 | 1.9% |
| 83rd | Kosovo | 1.95 | -0.8% |
| 84th | Kuwait | 1.97 | -1.1% |
| 85th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.98 | 0.3% |
| 86th | Azerbaijan | 1.98 | -1.0% |
| 87th | Viet Nam | 1.98 | 0.7% |
| 88th | France | 1.99 | -1.0% |
| 89th | Georgia | 1.99 | 3.3% |
| 90th | Bhutan | 2.00 | -3.3% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 2.01 | -4.3% |
| 92nd | Qatar | 2.03 | -0.4% |
| 93rd | Uruguay | 2.03 | 1.1% |
| 94th | Palau | 2.05 | 2.4% |
| 95th | Cabo Verde | 2.07 | -4.0% |
| 96th | Malaysia | 2.07 | -2.2% |
| 97th | Greenland | 2.08 | 2.9% |
| 98th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.08 | 1.0% |
| 99th | Gibraltar | 2.10 | 5.0% |
| 100th | Curaçao | 2.10 | -4.5% |
| 101st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.11 | -0.3% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 2.11 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | El Salvador | 2.15 | -1.5% |
| 104th | Bahrain | 2.17 | 2.7% |
| 105th | New Caledonia | 2.17 | -1.6% |
| 106th | Maldives | 2.17 | -3.5% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | 2.18 | 0.2% |
| 108th | Bangladesh | 2.25 | -0.7% |
| 109th | Seychelles | 2.26 | -4.6% |
| 110th | Myanmar | 2.26 | -0.5% |
| 111th | Mexico | 2.27 | -1.1% |
| 112th | Tunisia | 2.31 | 1.4% |
| 113th | Monaco | 2.31 | 0.8% |
| 114th | Peru | 2.32 | -1.7% |
| 115th | Argentina | 2.34 | 1.3% |
| 116th | Nepal | 2.36 | -2.5% |
| 117th | Lebanon | 2.36 | 0.7% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 2.36 | -5.9% |
| 119th | India | 2.40 | -2.9% |
| 120th | South Africa | 2.43 | -0.8% |
| 121st | Indonesia | 2.44 | -2.9% |
| 122nd | Uzbekistan | 2.45 | 4.6% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 2.47 | -0.9% |
| 124th | Morocco | 2.48 | -2.6% |
| 125th | Nicaragua | 2.49 | -1.4% |
| 126th | Belize | 2.50 | -0.5% |
| 127th | Faroe Islands | 2.55 | -1.0% |
| 128th | Panama | 2.57 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Fiji | 2.60 | -0.3% |
| 130th | Paraguay | 2.64 | -0.8% |
| 131st | Suriname | 2.65 | -0.7% |
| 132nd | Kazakhstan | 2.67 | 1.1% |
| 133rd | Saudi Arabia | 2.67 | -4.0% |
| 134th | Guyana | 2.71 | 0.4% |
| 135th | Libya | 2.72 | 1.3% |
| 136th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.72 | -1.9% |
| 137th | Cambodia | 2.74 | -0.3% |
| 138th | Honduras | 2.86 | -2.5% |
| 139th | Lao PDR | 2.87 | -2.7% |
| 140th | Guam | 2.88 | -7.5% |
| 141st | American Samoa | 2.93 | -3.6% |
| 142nd | Oman | 2.95 | 0.9% |
| 143rd | Algeria | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 3.00 | 11.1% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 3.01 | 1.8% |
| 146th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.01 | -2.1% |
| 147th | Israel | 3.03 | -0.7% |
| 148th | Philippines | 3.04 | -3.2% |
| 149th | Botswana | 3.05 | -0.8% |
| 150th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.10 | -3.1% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.13 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 3.15 | -2.1% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.17 | -1.7% |
| 154th | Djibouti | 3.19 | -2.1% |
| 155th | Haiti | 3.22 | -3.0% |
| 156th | Eswatini | 3.24 | -0.9% |
| 157th | Marshall Islands | 3.25 | -4.0% |
| 158th | Lesotho | 3.28 | -0.4% |
| 159th | Tuvalu | 3.39 | -2.3% |
| 160th | Tajikistan | 3.43 | 0.4% |
| 161st | Jordan | 3.45 | -3.3% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.49 | 2.6% |
| 163rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.54 | 6.2% |
| 164th | Kiribati | 3.64 | -3.3% |
| 165th | Namibia | 3.65 | -0.6% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 3.68 | -1.7% |
| 167th | Tonga | 3.70 | -1.9% |
| 168th | Kenya | 3.96 | -3.9% |
| 169th | Gabon | 4.02 | -1.6% |
| 170th | Vanuatu | 4.04 | -0.5% |
| 171st | West Bank and Gaza | 4.05 | -2.5% |
| 172nd | Nauru | 4.10 | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Zimbabwe | 4.11 | -0.6% |
| 174th | Ghana | 4.11 | -1.0% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 4.13 | -1.9% |
| 176th | Rwanda | 4.14 | -1.5% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | 4.21 | -4.5% |
| 178th | Solomon Islands | 4.33 | -0.2% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 4.34 | -1.6% |
| 180th | Iraq | 4.44 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Samoa | 4.49 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 4.53 | -1.9% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 4.57 | -1.7% |
| 184th | São Tomé and Principe | 4.58 | -1.7% |
| 185th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.62 | -0.2% |
| 186th | Congo, Republic of | 4.73 | -1.1% |
| 187th | Liberia | 4.75 | -2.7% |
| 188th | Togo | 4.75 | -2.1% |
| 189th | Malawi | 4.76 | -2.9% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 4.87 | -3.8% |
| 191st | Cameroon | 4.91 | -1.5% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 4.93 | -1.5% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 4.94 | -2.4% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.95 | -1.7% |
| 195th | Sudan | 4.97 | -1.3% |
| 196th | Zambia | 5.01 | -2.4% |
| 197th | Senegal | 5.05 | -1.6% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.14 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Guinea | 5.15 | -1.5% |
| 200th | Tanzania | 5.16 | 0.4% |
| 201st | Mauritania | 5.32 | -0.7% |
| 202nd | Gambia, The | 5.39 | -2.3% |
| 203rd | Benin | 5.41 | -0.3% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 5.43 | -1.6% |
| 205th | Uganda | 5.56 | -2.9% |
| 206th | Nigeria | 5.69 | -1.8% |
| 207th | Burkina Faso | 5.70 | -1.7% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.88 | -1.8% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.89 | -1.7% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.95 | -1.4% |
| 211th | Central African Republic | 6.08 | 0.5% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.49 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.53 | -0.5% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.84 | -1.0% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.14 | -1.0% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.45 | -1.1% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's fertility rate in 2013?▾
Lesotho's fertility rate in 2013 was 3.28. This ranked 158th globally.
How did Lesotho's fertility rate change in 2013?▾
Lesotho's fertility rate decreased by 0.4% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2013?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2013 at 7.45.
What is the fertility rate of Lesotho in 2013?▾
The fertility rate of Lesotho in 2013 was 3.28. This ranked 158th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Lesotho's fertility rate?▾
Lesotho's fertility rate went from 3.30 in 2012 to 3.28 in 2013, a 0.4% decrease.
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