Fertility & birth rates in Lesotho and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Lesotho vs Mongolia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lesotho was 2.69 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Mongolia
1960	5.78	6.82
1961	5.79	6.96
1962	5.79	7.1
1963	5.78	7.24
1964	5.77	7.33
1965	5.77	7.38
1966	5.76	7.41
1967	5.75	7.39
1968	5.73	7.37
1969	5.7	7.34
1970	5.7	7.31
1971	5.7	7.3
1972	5.69	7.28
1973	5.69	7.24
1974	5.75	7.17
1975	5.83	7.07
1976	5.87	6.93
1977	5.85	6.79
1978	5.82	6.62
1979	5.79	6.42
1980	5.75	6.21
1981	5.69	5.98
1982	5.63	5.8
1983	5.56	5.63
1984	5.48	5.45
1985	5.4	5.26
1986	5.32	5.03
1987	5.22	4.83
1988	5.1	4.65
1989	4.96	4.42
1990	4.81	4.5
1991	4.68	4
1992	4.54	3.5
1993	4.37	2.5
1994	4.21	2.7
1995	4.13	2.77
1996	4.06	2.5
1997	3.98	2.4
1998	3.82	2.3
1999	3.67	2.3
2000	3.61	2.2
2001	3.63	2.2
2002	3.68	2.1
2003	3.62	2
2004	3.51	2
2005	3.43	2
2006	3.41	2.1
2007	3.44	2.3
2008	3.39	2.6
2009	3.31	2.8
2010	3.25	2.4
2011	3.34	2.6
2012	3.3	2.7
2013	3.28	3
2014	3.24	3.1
2015	3.22	3
2016	3.18	3
2017	3.11	2.8
2018	3.02	2.9
2019	2.92	3
2020	2.85	2.9
2021	2.77	2.8
2022	2.72	2.7
2023	2.69	2.7
2024	2.66	2.65
2025	2.64	2.6
2026	2.61	2.55
2027	2.58	2.51
2028	2.55	2.47
2029	2.53	2.44
2030	2.5	2.4
2031	2.47	2.37
2032	2.45	2.34
2033	2.43	2.31
2034	2.41	2.29
2035	2.38	2.26
2036	2.37	2.23
2037	2.34	2.21
2038	2.32	2.19
2039	2.3	2.17
2040	2.29	2.15
2041	2.27	2.13
2042	2.25	2.11
2043	2.24	2.09
2044	2.22	2.08
2045	2.21	2.06
2046	2.19	2.05
2047	2.18	2.04
2048	2.17	2.02
2049	2.16	2.01
2050	2.14	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lesotho	Mongolia
1960	45.1%	38.1%
1961	45.2%	38.8%
1962	45.3%	39.6%
1963	45.2%	40.4%
1964	44.9%	41.4%
1965	44.8%	42.4%
1966	44.9%	43.3%
1967	44.8%	44.2%
1968	44.4%	44.9%
1969	44%	45.4%
1970	43.6%	45.6%
1971	43.1%	45.8%
1972	42.7%	45.8%
1973	42.3%	45.8%
1974	41.9%	45.6%
1975	41.6%	45.4%
1976	41.4%	45.2%
1977	41.5%	44.8%
1978	41.7%	44.5%
1979	41.9%	44.1%
1980	42.1%	43.7%
1981	42.3%	43.3%
1982	42.5%	43%
1983	42.7%	42.7%
1984	42.8%	42.5%
1985	43%	42.3%
1986	42.7%	42.1%
1987	42.5%	42%
1988	42.7%	41.8%
1989	42.8%	41.7%
1990	42.9%	41.4%
1991	42.9%	41%
1992	42.8%	40.5%
1993	42.6%	40%
1994	42.3%	39.5%
1995	42%	39%
1996	41.7%	38.4%
1997	41.2%	37.8%
1998	40.7%	37%
1999	40.2%	36.2%
2000	39.6%	35.2%
2001	39.1%	34.1%
2002	38.6%	32.9%
2003	38.1%	31.8%
2004	37.7%	30.8%
2005	37.4%	29.9%
2006	37.1%	29.1%
2007	36.8%	28.5%
2008	36.7%	28.1%
2009	36.6%	27.9%
2010	36.5%	27.9%
2011	36.5%	28%
2012	36.5%	28.1%
2013	36.5%	28.5%
2014	36.6%	28.9%
2015	36.6%	29.5%
2016	36.6%	30.2%
2017	36.5%	30.9%
2018	36.3%	31.6%
2019	36.1%	32.3%
2020	35.8%	32.8%
2021	35.6%	32.9%
2022	35.3%	32.9%
2023	34.9%	32.6%
2024	34.5%	32.2%
2025	34.1%	31.6%
2026	33.6%	30.9%
2027	33.1%	30.1%
2028	32.6%	29.2%
2029	32%	28.2%
2030	31.5%	27.3%
2031	31%	26.3%
2032	30.5%	25.6%
2033	30.1%	24.9%
2034	29.7%	24.3%
2035	29.3%	23.8%
2036	29%	23.4%
2037	28.8%	23.1%
2038	28.5%	23%
2039	28.3%	22.9%
2040	28.1%	22.8%
2041	27.8%	22.9%
2042	27.6%	22.9%
2043	27.4%	23%
2044	27.1%	23.1%
2045	26.9%	23.2%
2046	26.7%	23.3%
2047	26.4%	23.4%
2048	26.2%	23.4%
2049	25.9%	23.4%
2050	25.7%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in Lesotho and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lesotho and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Lesotho vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Lesotho and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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
	Lesotho	Mongolia
1960	19,981	20,726
1961	20,581	21,873
1962	21,132	22,960
1963	21,585	24,142
1964	22,116	25,317
1965	22,755	26,364
1966	23,326	27,338
1967	23,911	28,178
1968	24,490	29,017
1969	25,137	29,781
1970	25,935	30,558
1971	26,838	31,536
1972	27,841	32,727
1973	28,859	33,993
1974	30,444	35,297
1975	32,311	36,490
1976	34,117	37,670
1977	35,654	38,995
1978	37,084	40,276
1979	38,440	41,568
1980	39,617	42,343
1981	40,808	43,588
1982	41,941	45,179
1983	42,899	46,919
1984	43,785	48,562
1985	44,575	49,944
1986	45,232	50,329
1987	47,718	51,140
1988	47,158	51,588
1989	46,264	51,420
1990	45,060	49,443
1991	44,026	47,884
1992	42,579	42,437
1993	40,505	36,924
1994	38,629	34,711
1995	37,370	34,473
1996	36,228	33,741
1997	34,637	32,403
1998	30,889	31,757
1999	27,393	32,283
2000	24,786	32,753
2001	23,190	32,052
2002	22,274	30,439
2003	20,133	28,827
2004	17,271	28,418
2005	15,831	29,290
2006	15,234	33,609
2007	17,763	39,636
2008	19,349	45,843
2009	20,335	48,876
2010	21,877	44,914
2011	25,647	50,711
2012	27,592	55,942
2013	29,789	62,618
2014	30,922	66,078
2015	32,087	64,473
2016	33,390	62,086
2017	33,601	57,940
2018	33,112	60,635
2019	32,279	61,433
2020	30,721	60,888
2021	27,806	52,109
2022	30,803	47,730
2023	31,115	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Lesotho vs Mongolia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 478 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lesotho, compared to 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lesotho	Mongolia
1985	711	352
1986	680	346
1987	686	341
1988	680	335
1989	680	311
1990	665	276
1991	641	227
1992	601	199
1993	542	181
1994	423	178
1995	357	176
1996	319	178
1997	312	180
1998	332	174
1999	371	162
2000	413	144
2001	465	130
2002	484	120
2003	508	114
2004	499	108
2005	549	99
2006	696	90
2007	891	81
2008	1,205	77
2009	1,387	75
2010	1,311	71
2011	1,210	67
2012	1,000	63
2013	855	59
2014	707	56
2015	594	52
2016	518	48
2017	468	45
2018	491	45
2019	467	45
2020	529	47
2021	577	63
2022	477	41
2023	478	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.89% in Lesotho and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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
	Lesotho	Mongolia
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	17.3%	-
1972	16.9%	-
1973	16.5%	-
1974	16%	-
1975	15.5%	-
1976	14.9%	-
1977	14.2%	-
1978	13.6%	17.3%
1979	12.9%	16.7%
1980	12.3%	16.1%
1981	11.7%	15.5%
1982	11.1%	15%
1983	10.6%	14.4%
1984	10.1%	13.9%
1985	9.72%	13.4%
1986	9.36%	12.8%
1987	9.06%	12.2%
1988	8.8%	11.7%
1989	8.6%	11.1%
1990	8.47%	10.7%
1991	8.43%	10.2%
1992	8.51%	9.78%
1993	8.73%	9.39%
1994	9.07%	9%
1995	9.45%	8.6%
1996	9.83%	8.19%
1997	10.2%	7.74%
1998	10.5%	7.27%
1999	10.7%	6.78%
2000	10.9%	6.29%
2001	11.1%	5.8%
2002	11.2%	5.32%
2003	11.4%	4.87%
2004	11.5%	4.45%
2005	11.6%	4.07%
2006	11.5%	3.71%
2007	11.2%	3.39%
2008	10.9%	3.11%
2009	9.64%	2.85%
2010	9.01%	2.63%
2011	8.59%	2.44%
2012	8.26%	2.28%
2013	8.02%	2.15%
2014	7.82%	2.04%
2015	7.51%	1.94%
2016	7.18%	1.84%
2017	7.12%	1.74%
2018	6.91%	1.64%
2019	6.87%	1.56%
2020	6.68%	1.48%
2021	6.44%	1.43%
2022	6.15%	1.39%
2023	5.89%	1.36%