Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Lesotho chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Lesotho population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	Lesotho
1960	3.14	5.78
1961	3.12	5.79
1962	3.13	5.79
1963	3.11	5.78
1964	3.08	5.77
1965	3.01	5.77
1966	2.97	5.76
1967	2.98	5.75
1968	3.01	5.73
1969	3.05	5.7
1970	3.09	5.7
1971	3.11	5.7
1972	3.14	5.69
1973	3.17	5.69
1974	3.22	5.75
1975	3.27	5.83
1976	3.32	5.87
1977	3.36	5.85
1978	3.36	5.82
1979	3.34	5.79
1980	3.3	5.75
1981	3.25	5.69
1982	3.2	5.63
1983	3.15	5.56
1984	3.12	5.48
1985	3.07	5.4
1986	3.05	5.32
1987	3.04	5.22
1988	3.05	5.1
1989	3.02	4.96
1990	3.03	4.81
1991	3.01	4.68
1992	2.99	4.54
1993	2.97	4.37
1994	2.94	4.21
1995	2.86	4.13
1996	2.78	4.06
1997	2.71	3.98
1998	2.66	3.82
1999	2.64	3.67
2000	2.59	3.61
2001	2.53	3.63
2002	2.49	3.68
2003	2.45	3.62
2004	2.43	3.51
2005	2.43	3.43
2006	2.4	3.41
2007	2.37	3.44
2008	2.43	3.39
2009	2.4	3.31
2010	2.41	3.25
2011	2.39	3.34
2012	2.3	3.3
2013	2.34	3.28
2014	2.39	3.24
2015	2.35	3.22
2016	2.24	3.18
2017	2.17	3.11
2018	2.07	3.02
2019	1.88	2.92
2020	1.6	2.85
2021	1.59	2.77
2022	1.48	2.72
2023	1.5	2.69
2024	1.5	2.66
2025	1.5	2.64
2026	1.51	2.61
2027	1.51	2.58
2028	1.51	2.55
2029	1.51	2.53
2030	1.51	2.5
2031	1.51	2.47
2032	1.52	2.45
2033	1.52	2.43
2034	1.52	2.41
2035	1.52	2.38
2036	1.52	2.37
2037	1.52	2.34
2038	1.52	2.32
2039	1.52	2.3
2040	1.52	2.29
2041	1.52	2.27
2042	1.52	2.25
2043	1.53	2.24
2044	1.53	2.22
2045	1.53	2.21
2046	1.53	2.19
2047	1.53	2.18
2048	1.53	2.17
2049	1.53	2.16
2050	1.54	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Lesotho
1960	31.2%	45.1%
1961	31.1%	45.2%
1962	31%	45.3%
1963	30.8%	45.2%
1964	30.6%	44.9%
1965	30.5%	44.8%
1966	30.2%	44.9%
1967	30%	44.8%
1968	29.8%	44.4%
1969	29.7%	44%
1970	29.6%	43.6%
1971	29.5%	43.1%
1972	29.5%	42.7%
1973	29.5%	42.3%
1974	29.6%	41.9%
1975	29.7%	41.6%
1976	29.8%	41.4%
1977	29.9%	41.5%
1978	30.1%	41.7%
1979	30.3%	41.9%
1980	30.5%	42.1%
1981	30.6%	42.3%
1982	30.8%	42.5%
1983	30.9%	42.7%
1984	31%	42.8%
1985	31%	43%
1986	30.9%	42.7%
1987	30.9%	42.5%
1988	30.7%	42.7%
1989	30.6%	42.8%
1990	30.4%	42.9%
1991	30.3%	42.9%
1992	30%	42.8%
1993	29.8%	42.6%
1994	29.6%	42.3%
1995	29.3%	42%
1996	29.1%	41.7%
1997	28.8%	41.2%
1998	28.6%	40.7%
1999	28.4%	40.2%
2000	28.2%	39.6%
2001	27.9%	39.1%
2002	27.7%	38.6%
2003	27.5%	38.1%
2004	27.2%	37.7%
2005	26.9%	37.4%
2006	26.7%	37.1%
2007	26.4%	36.8%
2008	26.1%	36.7%
2009	25.9%	36.6%
2010	25.7%	36.5%
2011	25.5%	36.5%
2012	25.3%	36.5%
2013	25.2%	36.5%
2014	25%	36.6%
2015	24.9%	36.6%
2016	24.7%	36.6%
2017	24.6%	36.5%
2018	24.4%	36.3%
2019	24.1%	36.1%
2020	23.7%	35.8%
2021	23.2%	35.6%
2022	22.8%	35.3%
2023	22.2%	34.9%
2024	21.6%	34.5%
2025	21%	34.1%
2026	20.4%	33.6%
2027	19.9%	33.1%
2028	19.3%	32.6%
2029	18.7%	32%
2030	18.1%	31.5%
2031	17.6%	31%
2032	17.1%	30.5%
2033	16.7%	30.1%
2034	16.4%	29.7%
2035	16.2%	29.3%
2036	16.2%	29%
2037	16.1%	28.8%
2038	16.2%	28.5%
2039	16.2%	28.3%
2040	16.2%	28.1%
2041	16.1%	27.8%
2042	16.1%	27.6%
2043	16.1%	27.4%
2044	16%	27.1%
2045	16%	26.9%
2046	15.9%	26.7%
2047	15.8%	26.4%
2048	15.7%	26.2%
2049	15.6%	25.9%
2050	15.5%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.44% in Lesotho. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Argentina	Lesotho
1960	315,943	19,981
1961	317,816	20,581
1962	316,952	21,132
1963	317,041	21,585
1964	311,020	22,116
1965	304,734	22,755
1966	303,981	23,326
1967	308,904	23,911
1968	312,440	24,490
1969	319,108	25,137
1970	339,096	25,935
1971	344,889	26,838
1972	357,835	27,841
1973	370,856	28,859
1974	388,107	30,444
1975	409,561	32,311
1976	422,330	34,117
1977	441,647	35,654
1978	448,413	37,084
1979	449,952	38,440
1980	443,732	39,617
1981	442,501	40,808
1982	431,926	41,941
1983	426,145	42,899
1984	423,279	43,785
1985	428,866	44,575
1986	436,760	45,232
1987	443,404	47,718
1988	455,701	47,158
1989	460,991	46,264
1990	466,640	45,060
1991	474,960	44,026
1992	473,226	42,579
1993	474,791	40,505
1994	481,958	38,629
1995	469,658	37,370
1996	458,199	36,228
1997	450,930	34,637
1998	440,184	30,889
1999	444,038	27,393
2000	437,562	24,786
2001	430,579	23,190
2002	424,825	22,274
2003	410,141	20,133
2004	417,970	17,271
2005	428,247	15,831
2006	424,591	15,234
2007	402,889	17,763
2008	442,442	19,349
2009	439,271	20,335
2010	441,335	21,877
2011	448,730	25,647
2012	411,540	27,592
2013	421,694	29,789
2014	450,462	30,922
2015	444,161	32,087
2016	391,767	33,390
2017	375,260	33,601
2018	346,031	33,112
2019	280,005	32,279
2020	151,347	30,721
2021	88,677	27,806
2022	96,673	30,803
2023	154,648	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Lesotho

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Lesotho
1985	80	711
1986	76	680
1987	73	686
1988	70	680
1989	68	680
1990	68	665
1991	67	641
1992	65	601
1993	62	542
1994	62	423
1995	60	357
1996	59	319
1997	60	312
1998	57	332
1999	57	371
2000	58	413
2001	60	465
2002	59	484
2003	61	508
2004	58	499
2005	57	549
2006	60	696
2007	62	891
2008	59	1,205
2009	62	1,387
2010	55	1,311
2011	48	1,210
2012	49	1,000
2013	47	855
2014	43	707
2015	39	594
2016	40	518
2017	38	468
2018	38	491
2019	36	467
2020	40	529
2021	76	577
2022	39	477
2023	33	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 5.89% in Lesotho. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Argentina	Lesotho
1960	-	18.6%
1961	-	18.5%
1962	-	18.5%
1963	-	18.6%
1964	-	18.6%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.6%
1967	-	18.5%
1968	-	18.3%
1969	7.25%	18%
1970	7.17%	17.7%
1971	7.08%	17.3%
1972	6.97%	16.9%
1973	6.82%	16.5%
1974	6.61%	16%
1975	6.33%	15.5%
1976	5.98%	14.9%
1977	5.56%	14.2%
1978	5.12%	13.6%
1979	4.68%	12.9%
1980	4.28%	12.3%
1981	3.94%	11.7%
1982	3.65%	11.1%
1983	3.41%	10.6%
1984	3.21%	10.1%
1985	3.06%	9.72%
1986	2.96%	9.36%
1987	2.91%	9.06%
1988	2.9%	8.8%
1989	2.89%	8.6%
1990	2.88%	8.47%
1991	2.84%	8.43%
1992	2.76%	8.51%
1993	2.66%	8.73%
1994	2.54%	9.07%
1995	2.42%	9.45%
1996	2.31%	9.83%
1997	2.19%	10.2%
1998	2.09%	10.5%
1999	2.01%	10.7%
2000	1.94%	10.9%
2001	1.88%	11.1%
2002	1.83%	11.2%
2003	1.78%	11.4%
2004	1.73%	11.5%
2005	1.67%	11.6%
2006	1.62%	11.5%
2007	1.58%	11.2%
2008	1.54%	10.9%
2009	1.49%	9.64%
2010	1.44%	9.01%
2011	1.39%	8.59%
2012	1.33%	8.26%
2013	1.27%	8.02%
2014	1.22%	7.82%
2015	1.17%	7.51%
2016	1.14%	7.18%
2017	1.1%	7.12%
2018	1.07%	6.91%
2019	1.05%	6.87%
2020	1.03%	6.68%
2021	1%	6.44%
2022	0.98%	6.15%
2023	0.96%	5.89%