Fertility & birth rates in Lesotho and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Lesotho vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lesotho vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	5.78	6.5
1961	5.79	6.49
1962	5.79	6.49
1963	5.78	6.5
1964	5.77	6.49
1965	5.77	6.5
1966	5.76	6.5
1967	5.75	6.51
1968	5.73	6.53
1969	5.7	6.52
1970	5.7	6.52
1971	5.7	6.52
1972	5.69	6.5
1973	5.69	6.46
1974	5.75	6.41
1975	5.83	6.35
1976	5.87	6.29
1977	5.85	6.22
1978	5.82	6.15
1979	5.79	6.06
1980	5.75	5.95
1981	5.69	5.81
1982	5.63	5.66
1983	5.56	5.48
1984	5.48	5.3
1985	5.4	5.13
1986	5.32	5
1987	5.22	4.88
1988	5.1	4.77
1989	4.96	4.65
1990	4.81	4.51
1991	4.68	4.25
1992	4.54	4.09
1993	4.37	3.82
1994	4.21	3.76
1995	4.13	3.28
1996	4.06	3.06
1997	3.98	2.83
1998	3.82	2.77
1999	3.67	2.79
2000	3.61	2.73
2001	3.63	2.62
2002	3.68	2.54
2003	3.62	2.49
2004	3.51	2.38
2005	3.43	2.23
2006	3.41	1.96
2007	3.44	1.79
2008	3.39	1.52
2009	3.31	1.58
2010	3.25	1.57
2011	3.34	1.54
2012	3.3	1.53
2013	3.28	1.53
2014	3.24	1.48
2015	3.22	1.42
2016	3.18	1.37
2017	3.11	1.35
2018	3.02	1.29
2019	2.92	1.25
2020	2.85	1.29
2021	2.77	1.16
2022	2.72	1.15
2023	2.69	1.2
2024	2.66	1.21
2025	2.64	1.21
2026	2.61	1.21
2027	2.58	1.21
2028	2.55	1.22
2029	2.53	1.22
2030	2.5	1.23
2031	2.47	1.23
2032	2.45	1.24
2033	2.43	1.25
2034	2.41	1.25
2035	2.38	1.26
2036	2.37	1.26
2037	2.34	1.27
2038	2.32	1.28
2039	2.3	1.28
2040	2.29	1.28
2041	2.27	1.29
2042	2.25	1.29
2043	2.24	1.3
2044	2.22	1.3
2045	2.21	1.31
2046	2.19	1.31
2047	2.18	1.31
2048	2.17	1.32
2049	2.16	1.32
2050	2.14	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lesotho	UAE
1960	45.1%	37.8%
1961	45.2%	36.7%
1962	45.3%	35.8%
1963	45.2%	35.1%
1964	44.9%	34.5%
1965	44.8%	33.9%
1966	44.9%	33.2%
1967	44.8%	32.1%
1968	44.4%	31.2%
1969	44%	30.6%
1970	43.6%	29.8%
1971	43.1%	29%
1972	42.7%	28.3%
1973	42.3%	27.8%
1974	41.9%	27.4%
1975	41.6%	27.2%
1976	41.4%	26.9%
1977	41.5%	26.8%
1978	41.7%	26.9%
1979	41.9%	27.1%
1980	42.1%	27.4%
1981	42.3%	28%
1982	42.5%	28.8%
1983	42.7%	29.5%
1984	42.8%	30.2%
1985	43%	30.7%
1986	42.7%	31.2%
1987	42.5%	31.2%
1988	42.7%	30.9%
1989	42.8%	30.3%
1990	42.9%	29.6%
1991	42.9%	28.8%
1992	42.8%	28.1%
1993	42.6%	27.4%
1994	42.3%	26.7%
1995	42%	25.9%
1996	41.7%	25.2%
1997	41.2%	24.3%
1998	40.7%	23.1%
1999	40.2%	22%
2000	39.6%	20.8%
2001	39.1%	19.8%
2002	38.6%	18.9%
2003	38.1%	18.3%
2004	37.7%	17.8%
2005	37.4%	17.5%
2006	37.1%	17.2%
2007	36.8%	17%
2008	36.7%	16.9%
2009	36.6%	16.9%
2010	36.5%	16.9%
2011	36.5%	16.8%
2012	36.5%	16.8%
2013	36.5%	16.8%
2014	36.6%	16.8%
2015	36.6%	16.8%
2016	36.6%	16.8%
2017	36.5%	16.8%
2018	36.3%	16.7%
2019	36.1%	16.6%
2020	35.8%	16.6%
2021	35.6%	16.5%
2022	35.3%	16.5%
2023	34.9%	16.3%
2024	34.5%	16.1%
2025	34.1%	16%
2026	33.6%	15.9%
2027	33.1%	15.9%
2028	32.6%	15.9%
2029	32%	15.9%
2030	31.5%	16%
2031	31%	16.1%
2032	30.5%	16.3%
2033	30.1%	16.5%
2034	29.7%	16.7%
2035	29.3%	16.9%
2036	29%	17.1%
2037	28.8%	17.3%
2038	28.5%	17.5%
2039	28.3%	17.7%
2040	28.1%	17.9%
2041	27.8%	18%
2042	27.6%	18.1%
2043	27.4%	18.2%
2044	27.1%	18.3%
2045	26.9%	18.3%
2046	26.7%	18.3%
2047	26.4%	18.3%
2048	26.2%	18.3%
2049	25.9%	18.2%
2050	25.7%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in Lesotho and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lesotho and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Lesotho vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Lesotho and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	19,981	3,418
1961	20,581	3,657
1962	21,132	3,901
1963	21,585	4,157
1964	22,116	4,410
1965	22,755	4,675
1966	23,326	4,955
1967	23,911	5,264
1968	24,490	5,588
1969	25,137	6,138
1970	25,935	6,922
1971	26,838	7,839
1972	27,841	8,818
1973	28,859	9,822
1974	30,444	10,835
1975	32,311	11,859
1976	34,117	12,876
1977	35,654	15,787
1978	37,084	18,879
1979	38,440	21,987
1980	39,617	25,005
1981	40,808	27,560
1982	41,941	29,585
1983	42,899	31,480
1984	43,785	33,250
1985	44,575	34,855
1986	45,232	36,829
1987	47,718	37,741
1988	47,158	38,861
1989	46,264	40,148
1990	45,060	41,339
1991	44,026	41,409
1992	42,579	42,119
1993	40,505	41,324
1994	38,629	42,976
1995	37,370	38,685
1996	36,228	37,886
1997	34,637	38,207
1998	30,889	41,176
1999	27,393	46,198
2000	24,786	49,993
2001	23,190	52,789
2002	22,274	55,922
2003	20,133	59,118
2004	17,271	60,344
2005	15,831	60,046
2006	15,234	54,338
2007	17,763	55,048
2008	19,349	55,426
2009	20,335	66,521
2010	21,877	69,907
2011	25,647	73,496
2012	27,592	78,682
2013	29,789	82,977
2014	30,922	84,277
2015	32,087	85,044
2016	33,390	87,028
2017	33,601	89,382
2018	33,112	86,840
2019	32,279	86,296
2020	30,721	87,871
2021	27,806	76,802
2022	30,803	81,758
2023	31,115	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Lesotho vs United Arab Emirates

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 the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lesotho	UAE
1985	711	19
1986	680	19
1987	686	19
1988	680	19
1989	680	19
1990	665	19
1991	641	19
1992	601	19
1993	542	19
1994	423	19
1995	357	18
1996	319	16
1997	312	14
1998	332	12
1999	371	10
2000	413	8
2001	465	7
2002	484	5
2003	508	5
2004	499	4
2005	549	4
2006	696	3
2007	891	3
2008	1,205	3
2009	1,387	3
2010	1,311	3
2011	1,210	4
2012	1,000	4
2013	855	4
2014	707	3
2015	594	3
2016	518	3
2017	468	3
2018	491	3
2019	467	3
2020	529	6
2021	577	6
2022	477	2
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 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	18.6%	20.1%
1961	18.5%	19%
1962	18.5%	18%
1963	18.6%	16.9%
1964	18.6%	15.8%
1965	18.7%	14.8%
1966	18.6%	13.7%
1967	18.5%	12.6%
1968	18.3%	11.6%
1969	18%	10.6%
1970	17.7%	9.62%
1971	17.3%	8.72%
1972	16.9%	7.89%
1973	16.5%	7.12%
1974	16%	6.43%
1975	15.5%	5.8%
1976	14.9%	5.23%
1977	14.2%	4.7%
1978	13.6%	4.22%
1979	12.9%	3.78%
1980	12.3%	3.4%
1981	11.7%	3.06%
1982	11.1%	2.77%
1983	10.6%	2.52%
1984	10.1%	2.31%
1985	9.72%	2.12%
1986	9.36%	1.97%
1987	9.06%	1.83%
1988	8.8%	1.71%
1989	8.6%	1.61%
1990	8.47%	1.51%
1991	8.43%	1.43%
1992	8.51%	1.37%
1993	8.73%	1.31%
1994	9.07%	1.26%
1995	9.45%	1.21%
1996	9.83%	1.18%
1997	10.2%	1.15%
1998	10.5%	1.12%
1999	10.7%	1.09%
2000	10.9%	1.07%
2001	11.1%	1.05%
2002	11.2%	1.03%
2003	11.4%	1.01%
2004	11.5%	1%
2005	11.6%	0.98%
2006	11.5%	0.96%
2007	11.2%	0.94%
2008	10.9%	0.92%
2009	9.64%	0.9%
2010	9.01%	0.88%
2011	8.59%	0.86%
2012	8.26%	0.84%
2013	8.02%	0.82%
2014	7.82%	0.79%
2015	7.51%	0.77%
2016	7.18%	0.73%
2017	7.12%	0.7%
2018	6.91%	0.67%
2019	6.87%	0.63%
2020	6.68%	0.6%
2021	6.44%	0.56%
2022	6.15%	0.53%
2023	5.89%	0.5%