Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Honduras vs Lesotho chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Honduras was 2.5 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 Honduras 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
	Honduras	Lesotho
1960	7.46	5.78
1961	7.45	5.79
1962	7.44	5.79
1963	7.44	5.78
1964	7.44	5.77
1965	7.44	5.77
1966	7.41	5.76
1967	7.36	5.75
1968	7.3	5.73
1969	7.23	5.7
1970	7.17	5.7
1971	7.11	5.7
1972	7.06	5.69
1973	6.99	5.69
1974	6.91	5.75
1975	6.87	5.83
1976	6.81	5.87
1977	6.73	5.85
1978	6.63	5.82
1979	6.53	5.79
1980	6.42	5.75
1981	6.3	5.69
1982	6.18	5.63
1983	6.06	5.56
1984	5.94	5.48
1985	5.82	5.4
1986	5.7	5.32
1987	5.58	5.22
1988	5.47	5.1
1989	5.35	4.96
1990	5.27	4.81
1991	5.19	4.68
1992	5.11	4.54
1993	5.03	4.37
1994	4.93	4.21
1995	4.84	4.13
1996	4.71	4.06
1997	4.59	3.98
1998	4.47	3.82
1999	4.37	3.67
2000	4.29	3.61
2001	4.15	3.63
2002	4	3.68
2003	3.84	3.62
2004	3.71	3.51
2005	3.58	3.43
2006	3.45	3.41
2007	3.35	3.44
2008	3.26	3.39
2009	3.17	3.31
2010	3.08	3.25
2011	3	3.34
2012	2.93	3.3
2013	2.86	3.28
2014	2.79	3.24
2015	2.75	3.22
2016	2.7	3.18
2017	2.66	3.11
2018	2.65	3.02
2019	2.61	2.92
2020	2.58	2.85
2021	2.55	2.77
2022	2.52	2.72
2023	2.5	2.69
2024	2.48	2.66
2025	2.45	2.64
2026	2.42	2.61
2027	2.4	2.58
2028	2.38	2.55
2029	2.35	2.53
2030	2.32	2.5
2031	2.3	2.47
2032	2.28	2.45
2033	2.26	2.43
2034	2.24	2.41
2035	2.22	2.38
2036	2.2	2.37
2037	2.18	2.34
2038	2.16	2.32
2039	2.15	2.3
2040	2.13	2.29
2041	2.12	2.27
2042	2.1	2.25
2043	2.09	2.24
2044	2.07	2.22
2045	2.06	2.21
2046	2.05	2.19
2047	2.03	2.18
2048	2.02	2.17
2049	2.01	2.16
2050	2	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Lesotho
1960	47%	45.1%
1961	47.3%	45.2%
1962	47.6%	45.3%
1963	47.8%	45.2%
1964	47.9%	44.9%
1965	48%	44.8%
1966	48%	44.9%
1967	48%	44.8%
1968	48%	44.4%
1969	48%	44%
1970	47.9%	43.6%
1971	47.9%	43.1%
1972	47.9%	42.7%
1973	47.9%	42.3%
1974	47.8%	41.9%
1975	47.6%	41.6%
1976	47.5%	41.4%
1977	47.4%	41.5%
1978	47.4%	41.7%
1979	47.3%	41.9%
1980	47.3%	42.1%
1981	47.2%	42.3%
1982	47.1%	42.5%
1983	47.1%	42.7%
1984	47%	42.8%
1985	46.8%	43%
1986	46.7%	42.7%
1987	46.5%	42.5%
1988	46.4%	42.7%
1989	46.3%	42.8%
1990	46.1%	42.9%
1991	45.9%	42.9%
1992	45.7%	42.8%
1993	45.4%	42.6%
1994	45.1%	42.3%
1995	44.8%	42%
1996	44.5%	41.7%
1997	44.2%	41.2%
1998	43.8%	40.7%
1999	43.4%	40.2%
2000	43.1%	39.6%
2001	42.7%	39.1%
2002	42.3%	38.6%
2003	41.9%	38.1%
2004	41.5%	37.7%
2005	41%	37.4%
2006	40.4%	37.1%
2007	39.9%	36.8%
2008	39.3%	36.7%
2009	38.7%	36.6%
2010	38.1%	36.5%
2011	37.4%	36.5%
2012	36.8%	36.5%
2013	36.2%	36.5%
2014	35.6%	36.6%
2015	34.9%	36.6%
2016	34.3%	36.6%
2017	33.7%	36.5%
2018	33.1%	36.3%
2019	32.6%	36.1%
2020	32.2%	35.8%
2021	31.8%	35.6%
2022	31.4%	35.3%
2023	31%	34.9%
2024	30.6%	34.5%
2025	30.3%	34.1%
2026	29.9%	33.6%
2027	29.6%	33.1%
2028	29.3%	32.6%
2029	28.9%	32%
2030	28.6%	31.5%
2031	28.3%	31%
2032	28%	30.5%
2033	27.6%	30.1%
2034	27.3%	29.7%
2035	26.9%	29.3%
2036	26.6%	29%
2037	26.2%	28.8%
2038	25.9%	28.5%
2039	25.5%	28.3%
2040	25.2%	28.1%
2041	24.8%	27.8%
2042	24.5%	27.6%
2043	24.2%	27.4%
2044	23.9%	27.1%
2045	23.6%	26.9%
2046	23.3%	26.7%
2047	23%	26.4%
2048	22.7%	26.2%
2049	22.5%	25.9%
2050	22.2%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras 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
	Honduras	Lesotho
1960	62,602	19,981
1961	64,672	20,581
1962	67,332	21,132
1963	69,883	21,585
1964	72,756	22,116
1965	75,622	22,755
1966	78,369	23,326
1967	81,131	23,911
1968	84,070	24,490
1969	87,273	25,137
1970	90,875	25,935
1971	94,597	26,838
1972	98,634	27,841
1973	99,553	28,859
1974	98,141	30,444
1975	111,469	32,311
1976	115,754	34,117
1977	119,333	35,654
1978	122,593	37,084
1979	125,957	38,440
1980	128,856	39,617
1981	131,789	40,808
1982	134,629	41,941
1983	137,597	42,899
1984	139,851	43,785
1985	142,190	44,575
1986	144,500	45,232
1987	146,750	47,718
1988	149,130	47,158
1989	152,266	46,264
1990	156,537	45,060
1991	160,933	44,026
1992	165,434	42,579
1993	169,358	40,505
1994	173,437	38,629
1995	177,309	37,370
1996	180,083	36,228
1997	182,308	34,637
1998	169,632	30,889
1999	186,816	27,393
2000	190,308	24,786
2001	190,636	23,190
2002	189,653	22,274
2003	187,854	20,133
2004	186,774	17,271
2005	185,216	15,831
2006	183,381	15,234
2007	183,052	17,763
2008	182,607	19,349
2009	182,250	20,335
2010	180,318	21,877
2011	180,164	25,647
2012	180,384	27,592
2013	179,999	29,789
2014	180,075	30,922
2015	181,098	32,087
2016	182,243	33,390
2017	182,731	33,601
2018	184,953	33,112
2019	185,200	32,279
2020	179,553	30,721
2021	172,890	27,806
2022	186,257	30,803
2023	186,125	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs Lesotho

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Honduras, compared to 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	Lesotho
1985	199	711
1986	191	680
1987	183	686
1988	177	680
1989	169	680
1990	159	665
1991	148	641
1992	138	601
1993	128	542
1994	119	423
1995	109	357
1996	101	319
1997	96	312
1998	91	332
1999	86	371
2000	82	413
2001	78	465
2002	75	484
2003	75	508
2004	74	499
2005	73	549
2006	72	696
2007	72	891
2008	72	1,205
2009	71	1,387
2010	72	1,311
2011	68	1,210
2012	64	1,000
2013	62	855
2014	60	707
2015	57	594
2016	55	518
2017	53	468
2018	52	491
2019	51	467
2020	57	529
2021	88	577
2022	48	477
2023	47	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras 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
	Honduras	Lesotho
1960	20.7%	18.6%
1961	20%	18.5%
1962	19.4%	18.5%
1963	18.7%	18.6%
1964	18.1%	18.6%
1965	17.5%	18.7%
1966	16.9%	18.6%
1967	16.3%	18.5%
1968	15.7%	18.3%
1969	15.2%	18%
1970	14.6%	17.7%
1971	14%	17.3%
1972	13.5%	16.9%
1973	12.9%	16.5%
1974	14.9%	16%
1975	11.9%	15.5%
1976	11.4%	14.9%
1977	10.9%	14.2%
1978	10.4%	13.6%
1979	9.94%	12.9%
1980	9.48%	12.3%
1981	9.05%	11.7%
1982	8.62%	11.1%
1983	8.2%	10.6%
1984	7.81%	10.1%
1985	7.43%	9.72%
1986	7.07%	9.36%
1987	6.73%	9.06%
1988	6.4%	8.8%
1989	6.1%	8.6%
1990	5.81%	8.47%
1991	5.54%	8.43%
1992	5.29%	8.51%
1993	5.06%	8.73%
1994	4.84%	9.07%
1995	4.64%	9.45%
1996	4.44%	9.83%
1997	4.25%	10.2%
1998	6.49%	10.5%
1999	3.9%	10.7%
2000	3.73%	10.9%
2001	3.57%	11.1%
2002	3.41%	11.2%
2003	3.26%	11.4%
2004	3.11%	11.5%
2005	2.98%	11.6%
2006	2.86%	11.5%
2007	2.75%	11.2%
2008	2.65%	10.9%
2009	2.55%	9.64%
2010	2.46%	9.01%
2011	2.37%	8.59%
2012	2.28%	8.26%
2013	2.2%	8.02%
2014	2.12%	7.82%
2015	2.05%	7.51%
2016	1.98%	7.18%
2017	1.91%	7.12%
2018	1.84%	6.91%
2019	1.78%	6.87%
2020	1.72%	6.68%
2021	1.66%	6.44%
2022	1.6%	6.15%
2023	1.55%	5.89%