Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Kazakhstan vs Lesotho chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kazakhstan was 3.01 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 Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Lesotho
1960	4.5	5.78
1961	4.42	5.79
1962	4.36	5.79
1963	4.26	5.78
1964	4.07	5.77
1965	3.88	5.77
1966	3.82	5.76
1967	3.77	5.75
1968	3.63	5.73
1969	3.51	5.7
1970	3.51	5.7
1971	3.53	5.7
1972	3.55	5.69
1973	3.51	5.69
1974	3.45	5.75
1975	3.4	5.83
1976	3.33	5.87
1977	3.26	5.85
1978	3.16	5.82
1979	3.14	5.79
1980	3.09	5.75
1981	3.05	5.69
1982	3.02	5.63
1983	3.07	5.56
1984	3.15	5.48
1985	3.21	5.4
1986	3.19	5.32
1987	3.12	5.22
1988	3	5.1
1989	2.87	4.96
1990	2.75	4.81
1991	2.68	4.68
1992	2.58	4.54
1993	2.48	4.37
1994	2.38	4.21
1995	2.25	4.13
1996	2.08	4.06
1997	1.97	3.98
1998	1.94	3.82
1999	1.9	3.67
2000	1.9	3.61
2001	1.91	3.63
2002	1.96	3.68
2003	2.08	3.62
2004	2.2	3.51
2005	2.27	3.43
2006	2.38	3.41
2007	2.49	3.44
2008	2.62	3.39
2009	2.58	3.31
2010	2.61	3.25
2011	2.61	3.34
2012	2.64	3.3
2013	2.67	3.28
2014	2.76	3.24
2015	2.76	3.22
2016	2.8	3.18
2017	2.75	3.11
2018	2.85	3.02
2019	2.89	2.92
2020	3.13	2.85
2021	3.32	2.77
2022	3.05	2.72
2023	3.01	2.69
2024	2.98	2.66
2025	2.95	2.64
2026	2.92	2.61
2027	2.9	2.58
2028	2.87	2.55
2029	2.84	2.53
2030	2.81	2.5
2031	2.78	2.47
2032	2.76	2.45
2033	2.74	2.43
2034	2.71	2.41
2035	2.69	2.38
2036	2.66	2.37
2037	2.64	2.34
2038	2.62	2.32
2039	2.6	2.3
2040	2.58	2.29
2041	2.56	2.27
2042	2.54	2.25
2043	2.52	2.24
2044	2.5	2.22
2045	2.48	2.21
2046	2.47	2.19
2047	2.44	2.18
2048	2.43	2.17
2049	2.41	2.16
2050	2.39	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Lesotho
1960	37.2%	45.1%
1961	38%	45.2%
1962	38.4%	45.3%
1963	38.5%	45.2%
1964	38.4%	44.9%
1965	38.1%	44.8%
1966	37.8%	44.9%
1967	37.4%	44.8%
1968	37%	44.4%
1969	36.5%	44%
1970	36.1%	43.6%
1971	35.6%	43.1%
1972	35.2%	42.7%
1973	34.7%	42.3%
1974	34.1%	41.9%
1975	33.6%	41.6%
1976	33.3%	41.4%
1977	33.1%	41.5%
1978	32.8%	41.7%
1979	32.9%	41.9%
1980	33%	42.1%
1981	32.8%	42.3%
1982	32.7%	42.5%
1983	32.6%	42.7%
1984	32.6%	42.8%
1985	32.6%	43%
1986	32.6%	42.7%
1987	32.4%	42.5%
1988	32.1%	42.7%
1989	31.9%	42.8%
1990	31.7%	42.9%
1991	31.6%	42.9%
1992	31.4%	42.8%
1993	31.1%	42.6%
1994	30.8%	42.3%
1995	30.5%	42%
1996	30.1%	41.7%
1997	29.6%	41.2%
1998	29%	40.7%
1999	28.3%	40.2%
2000	27.6%	39.6%
2001	26.9%	39.1%
2002	26.2%	38.6%
2003	25.6%	38.1%
2004	25.1%	37.7%
2005	24.8%	37.4%
2006	24.7%	37.1%
2007	24.7%	36.8%
2008	24.9%	36.7%
2009	25.1%	36.6%
2010	25.4%	36.5%
2011	25.7%	36.5%
2012	26.2%	36.5%
2013	26.7%	36.5%
2014	27.2%	36.6%
2015	27.7%	36.6%
2016	28.1%	36.6%
2017	28.5%	36.5%
2018	28.8%	36.3%
2019	29%	36.1%
2020	29.2%	35.8%
2021	29.5%	35.6%
2022	29.6%	35.3%
2023	29.5%	34.9%
2024	29.4%	34.5%
2025	29.1%	34.1%
2026	28.9%	33.6%
2027	28.5%	33.1%
2028	28.2%	32.6%
2029	27.9%	32%
2030	27.5%	31.5%
2031	27.1%	31%
2032	26.8%	30.5%
2033	26.5%	30.1%
2034	26.1%	29.7%
2035	25.8%	29.3%
2036	25.4%	29%
2037	25%	28.8%
2038	24.8%	28.5%
2039	24.7%	28.3%
2040	24.6%	28.1%
2041	24.5%	27.8%
2042	24.5%	27.6%
2043	24.6%	27.4%
2044	24.6%	27.1%
2045	24.6%	26.9%
2046	24.7%	26.7%
2047	24.7%	26.4%
2048	24.7%	26.2%
2049	24.7%	25.9%
2050	24.7%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Lesotho
1960	226,027	19,981
1961	228,686	20,581
1962	228,177	21,132
1963	223,105	21,585
1964	208,899	22,116
1965	194,470	22,755
1966	191,506	23,326
1967	191,536	23,911
1968	186,254	24,490
1969	184,118	25,137
1970	191,775	25,935
1971	202,450	26,838
1972	212,319	27,841
1973	215,940	28,859
1974	217,668	30,444
1975	219,748	32,311
1976	221,992	34,117
1977	224,284	35,654
1978	225,895	37,084
1979	237,442	38,440
1980	238,977	39,617
1981	243,652	40,808
1982	246,983	41,941
1983	260,471	42,899
1984	278,485	43,785
1985	293,834	44,575
1986	295,818	45,232
1987	290,227	47,718
1988	275,278	47,158
1989	254,394	46,264
1990	235,113	45,060
1991	221,581	44,026
1992	204,785	42,579
1993	185,649	40,505
1994	165,631	38,629
1995	140,721	37,370
1996	112,384	36,228
1997	92,778	34,637
1998	85,735	30,889
1999	79,536	27,393
2000	80,699	24,786
2001	84,279	23,190
2002	93,564	22,274
2003	112,137	20,133
2004	132,286	17,271
2005	146,619	15,831
2006	166,480	15,234
2007	188,486	17,763
2008	214,169	19,349
2009	218,036	20,335
2010	230,479	21,877
2011	237,883	25,647
2012	249,987	27,592
2013	259,239	29,789
2014	274,406	30,922
2015	273,523	32,087
2016	277,878	33,390
2017	268,066	33,601
2018	278,917	33,112
2019	278,788	32,279
2020	272,458	30,721
2021	269,026	27,806
2022	277,019	30,803
2023	273,013	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Lesotho

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kazakhstan, compared to 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Lesotho
1985	68	711
1986	67	680
1987	66	686
1988	65	680
1989	64	680
1990	64	665
1991	64	641
1992	65	601
1993	67	542
1994	70	423
1995	72	357
1996	72	319
1997	71	312
1998	68	332
1999	63	371
2000	58	413
2001	53	465
2002	48	484
2003	45	508
2004	41	499
2005	38	549
2006	35	696
2007	32	891
2008	28	1,205
2009	25	1,387
2010	22	1,311
2011	19	1,210
2012	17	1,000
2013	15	855
2014	14	707
2015	13	594
2016	12	518
2017	12	468
2018	11	491
2019	11	467
2020	18	529
2021	23	577
2022	14	477
2023	10	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	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	-	18%
1970	-	17.7%
1971	8.54%	17.3%
1972	8.33%	16.9%
1973	8.14%	16.5%
1974	7.96%	16%
1975	7.8%	15.5%
1976	7.66%	14.9%
1977	7.53%	14.2%
1978	7.39%	13.6%
1979	7.24%	12.9%
1980	7.05%	12.3%
1981	6.83%	11.7%
1982	6.6%	11.1%
1983	6.38%	10.6%
1984	6.16%	10.1%
1985	5.94%	9.72%
1986	5.73%	9.36%
1987	5.54%	9.06%
1988	5.37%	8.8%
1989	5.23%	8.6%
1990	5.16%	8.47%
1991	5.13%	8.43%
1992	5.16%	8.51%
1993	5.23%	8.73%
1994	5.28%	9.07%
1995	5.26%	9.45%
1996	5.16%	9.83%
1997	4.99%	10.2%
1998	4.76%	10.5%
1999	4.51%	10.7%
2000	4.25%	10.9%
2001	3.99%	11.1%
2002	3.76%	11.2%
2003	3.54%	11.4%
2004	3.33%	11.5%
2005	3.12%	11.6%
2006	2.9%	11.5%
2007	2.69%	11.2%
2008	2.47%	10.9%
2009	2.25%	9.64%
2010	2.04%	9.01%
2011	1.83%	8.59%
2012	1.63%	8.26%
2013	1.46%	8.02%
2014	1.3%	7.82%
2015	1.19%	7.51%
2016	1.1%	7.18%
2017	1.05%	7.12%
2018	1.03%	6.91%
2019	1.02%	6.87%
2020	1.01%	6.68%
2021	1%	6.44%
2022	0.98%	6.15%
2023	0.96%	5.89%