Fertility & birth rates in Lesotho and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Lesotho vs Slovenia 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 1.51 in Slovenia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Slovenia
1960	5.78	2.19
1961	5.79	2.27
1962	5.79	2.28
1963	5.78	2.27
1964	5.77	2.31
1965	5.77	2.43
1966	5.76	2.47
1967	5.75	2.37
1968	5.73	2.25
1969	5.7	2.17
1970	5.7	2.11
1971	5.7	2.16
1972	5.69	2.17
1973	5.69	2.2
1974	5.75	2.13
1975	5.83	2.17
1976	5.87	2.2
1977	5.85	2.17
1978	5.82	2.2
1979	5.79	2.22
1980	5.75	2.11
1981	5.69	1.96
1982	5.63	1.93
1983	5.56	1.81
1984	5.48	1.74
1985	5.4	1.71
1986	5.32	1.67
1987	5.22	1.65
1988	5.1	1.63
1989	4.96	1.52
1990	4.81	1.46
1991	4.68	1.42
1992	4.54	1.33
1993	4.37	1.33
1994	4.21	1.32
1995	4.13	1.29
1996	4.06	1.28
1997	3.98	1.25
1998	3.82	1.23
1999	3.67	1.21
2000	3.61	1.26
2001	3.63	1.21
2002	3.68	1.21
2003	3.62	1.2
2004	3.51	1.25
2005	3.43	1.26
2006	3.41	1.31
2007	3.44	1.38
2008	3.39	1.53
2009	3.31	1.53
2010	3.25	1.57
2011	3.34	1.56
2012	3.3	1.58
2013	3.28	1.55
2014	3.24	1.58
2015	3.22	1.57
2016	3.18	1.58
2017	3.11	1.62
2018	3.02	1.6
2019	2.92	1.61
2020	2.85	1.59
2021	2.77	1.64
2022	2.72	1.55
2023	2.69	1.51
2024	2.66	1.51
2025	2.64	1.51
2026	2.61	1.51
2027	2.58	1.51
2028	2.55	1.52
2029	2.53	1.52
2030	2.5	1.52
2031	2.47	1.52
2032	2.45	1.52
2033	2.43	1.52
2034	2.41	1.52
2035	2.38	1.52
2036	2.37	1.53
2037	2.34	1.53
2038	2.32	1.53
2039	2.3	1.53
2040	2.29	1.53
2041	2.27	1.53
2042	2.25	1.53
2043	2.24	1.53
2044	2.22	1.53
2045	2.21	1.53
2046	2.19	1.53
2047	2.18	1.53
2048	2.17	1.54
2049	2.16	1.54
2050	2.14	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lesotho	Slovenia
1960	45.1%	27.2%
1961	45.2%	27.2%
1962	45.3%	27.1%
1963	45.2%	26.9%
1964	44.9%	26.6%
1965	44.8%	26.2%
1966	44.9%	25.8%
1967	44.8%	25.5%
1968	44.4%	25.1%
1969	44%	24.7%
1970	43.6%	24.3%
1971	43.1%	24%
1972	42.7%	23.9%
1973	42.3%	23.8%
1974	41.9%	23.7%
1975	41.6%	23.6%
1976	41.4%	23.4%
1977	41.5%	23.3%
1978	41.7%	23.2%
1979	41.9%	23.1%
1980	42.1%	23%
1981	42.3%	22.9%
1982	42.5%	22.8%
1983	42.7%	22.7%
1984	42.8%	22.5%
1985	43%	22.3%
1986	42.7%	22%
1987	42.5%	21.6%
1988	42.7%	21.4%
1989	42.8%	21.1%
1990	42.9%	20.8%
1991	42.9%	20.3%
1992	42.8%	19.8%
1993	42.6%	19.3%
1994	42.3%	18.8%
1995	42%	18.3%
1996	41.7%	17.8%
1997	41.2%	17.3%
1998	40.7%	16.8%
1999	40.2%	16.4%
2000	39.6%	15.9%
2001	39.1%	15.6%
2002	38.6%	15.2%
2003	38.1%	14.8%
2004	37.7%	14.5%
2005	37.4%	14.3%
2006	37.1%	14.1%
2007	36.8%	14%
2008	36.7%	14%
2009	36.6%	14%
2010	36.5%	14.1%
2011	36.5%	14.3%
2012	36.5%	14.4%
2013	36.5%	14.6%
2014	36.6%	14.7%
2015	36.6%	14.8%
2016	36.6%	14.9%
2017	36.5%	15%
2018	36.3%	15.1%
2019	36.1%	15.1%
2020	35.8%	15.1%
2021	35.6%	15.2%
2022	35.3%	15.1%
2023	34.9%	14.9%
2024	34.5%	14.7%
2025	34.1%	14.5%
2026	33.6%	14.2%
2027	33.1%	14%
2028	32.6%	13.8%
2029	32%	13.5%
2030	31.5%	13.3%
2031	31%	13.1%
2032	30.5%	13%
2033	30.1%	12.8%
2034	29.7%	12.7%
2035	29.3%	12.6%
2036	29%	12.5%
2037	28.8%	12.4%
2038	28.5%	12.4%
2039	28.3%	12.5%
2040	28.1%	12.5%
2041	27.8%	12.6%
2042	27.6%	12.7%
2043	27.4%	12.8%
2044	27.1%	12.9%
2045	26.9%	13%
2046	26.7%	13.2%
2047	26.4%	13.3%
2048	26.2%	13.4%
2049	25.9%	13.5%
2050	25.7%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in Lesotho and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lesotho and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Lesotho vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Lesotho and -0.08% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	19,981	12,678
1961	20,581	14,985
1962	21,132	13,150
1963	21,585	14,068
1964	22,116	12,567
1965	22,755	14,513
1966	23,326	15,697
1967	23,911	13,516
1968	24,490	11,250
1969	25,137	9,427
1970	25,935	10,004
1971	26,838	10,951
1972	27,841	10,513
1973	28,859	11,837
1974	30,444	11,367
1975	32,311	11,658
1976	34,117	12,196
1977	35,654	12,160
1978	37,084	11,920
1979	38,440	12,614
1980	39,617	11,027
1981	40,808	10,485
1982	41,941	9,170
1983	42,899	6,343
1984	43,785	5,990
1985	44,575	6,213
1986	45,232	6,094
1987	47,718	5,771
1988	47,158	5,986
1989	46,264	4,592
1990	45,060	3,797
1991	44,026	2,199
1992	42,579	598
1993	40,505	-199
1994	38,629	199
1995	37,370	0
1996	36,228	0
1997	34,637	-794
1998	30,889	-1,189
1999	27,393	-1,388
2000	24,786	-398
2001	23,190	-996
2002	22,274	-1,197
2003	20,133	-1,996
2004	17,271	-599
2005	15,831	-600
2006	15,234	602
2007	17,763	1,211
2008	19,349	3,437
2009	20,335	3,060
2010	21,877	3,687
2011	25,647	3,285
2012	27,592	2,674
2013	29,789	1,648
2014	30,922	2,268
2015	32,087	826
2016	33,390	826
2017	33,601	-207
2018	33,112	-1,037
2019	32,279	-1,254
2020	30,721	-5,256
2021	27,806	-4,216
2022	30,803	-4,858
2023	31,115	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Lesotho vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lesotho	Slovenia
1985	711	17
1986	680	16
1987	686	16
1988	680	16
1989	680	15
1990	665	14
1991	641	13
1992	601	13
1993	542	12
1994	423	12
1995	357	11
1996	319	10
1997	312	9
1998	332	9
1999	371	8
2000	413	7
2001	465	6
2002	484	6
2003	508	6
2004	499	6
2005	549	6
2006	696	6
2007	891	6
2008	1,205	7
2009	1,387	7
2010	1,311	7
2011	1,210	6
2012	1,000	6
2013	855	6
2014	707	6
2015	594	5
2016	518	5
2017	468	5
2018	491	4
2019	467	4
2020	529	12
2021	577	8
2022	477	15
2023	478	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.89% in Lesotho and 0.22% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
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%	-
1979	12.9%	-
1980	12.3%	-
1981	11.7%	1.78%
1982	11.1%	1.69%
1983	10.6%	1.61%
1984	10.1%	1.53%
1985	9.72%	1.44%
1986	9.36%	1.36%
1987	9.06%	1.27%
1988	8.8%	1.19%
1989	8.6%	1.11%
1990	8.47%	1.04%
1991	8.43%	0.97%
1992	8.51%	0.9%
1993	8.73%	0.84%
1994	9.07%	0.79%
1995	9.45%	0.73%
1996	9.83%	0.69%
1997	10.2%	0.65%
1998	10.5%	0.61%
1999	10.7%	0.58%
2000	10.9%	0.54%
2001	11.1%	0.52%
2002	11.2%	0.49%
2003	11.4%	0.47%
2004	11.5%	0.44%
2005	11.6%	0.42%
2006	11.5%	0.4%
2007	11.2%	0.38%
2008	10.9%	0.36%
2009	9.64%	0.34%
2010	9.01%	0.32%
2011	8.59%	0.31%
2012	8.26%	0.29%
2013	8.02%	0.28%
2014	7.82%	0.27%
2015	7.51%	0.26%
2016	7.18%	0.26%
2017	7.12%	0.25%
2018	6.91%	0.24%
2019	6.87%	0.24%
2020	6.68%	0.24%
2021	6.44%	0.23%
2022	6.15%	0.23%
2023	5.89%	0.22%