Editing Demographics of Lesotho (section)

==Vital statistics==
[[File:Lesotho Population 1950-2021 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|300px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]
Registration of vital events is in Lesotho not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
<ref name="WPP 2010"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70pt"|Period
! width="70pt"|Live births per year
! width="70pt"|Deaths per year
! width="70pt"|Natural change per year
! width="70pt"|CBR*
! width="70pt"|CDR*
! width="70pt"|NC*
! width="70pt"|TFR*
! width="70pt"|IMR*
|-
| 1950–1955 || 32 000|| 17 000|| 15 000||42.1||22.7||19.4||5.84||169
|-
| 1955–1960 || 35 000|| 17 000|| 18 000||42.2||20.3||21.9||5.86||150
|-
| 1960–1965 || 38 000|| 16 000|| 21 000||42.3||18.3||24.0||5.81||134
|-
| 1965–1970 || 42 000|| 17 000|| 24 000||42.5||17.8||24.8||5.80||130
|-
| 1970–1975 || 47 000|| 18 000|| 28 000||42.8||16.9||26.0||5.80||123
|-
| 1975–1980 || 52 000|| 19 000|| 33 000||42.0||15.1||27.0||5.69||110
|-
| 1980–1985 || 56 000|| 18 000|| 38 000||40.4||13.0||27.4||5.46||94
|-
| 1985–1990 || 59 000|| 18 000|| 41 000||37.6||11.6||26.0||5.14||84
|-
| 1990–1995 || 60 000|| 17 000|| 42 000||34.7||10.0||24.7||4.70||70
|-
| 1995–2000 || 63 000|| 25 000|| 38 000||33.7||13.5||20.2||4.37||81
|-
| 2000–2005 || 62 000|| 36 000|| 26 000||30.7||17.9||12.8||3.79||86
|-
| 2005–2010 || 60 000|| 35 000|| 25 000||28.5||16.7||11.9||3.37||77
|-
|align="left" colspan="9" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>[http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=9&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk= Demographic and Health Surveys]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=3| Total
! colspan=3| Urban
! colspan=3| Rural
|-
! {{abbr|CBR|Crude Birth Rate}} !! {{abbr|TFR|Total Fertility Rate}} !! {{abbr|WFR|Wanted Fertility Rate}}
! {{abbr|CBR|Crude Birth Rate}} !! {{abbr|TFR|Total Fertility Rate}} !! {{abbr|WFR|Wanted Fertility Rate}}
! {{abbr|CBR|Crude Birth Rate}} !! {{abbr|TFR|Total Fertility Rate}} !! {{abbr|WFR|Wanted Fertility Rate}}
|-
|align=left| 2004
| 25.3 || 3.5 || 2.5
| 19.3 || 1.9 || 1.4
| 26.7 || 4.1 || 2.9
|-
|align=left| 2009
| 26.4 || 3.3 || 2.4
| 24.5 || 2.1 || 1.7
| 27.1 || 4.0 || 2.8
|-
|align=left| 2014
| 24.3 || 3.3 || 2.3
| 23.3 || 2.3 || 1.7
| 24.7 || 3.9 || 2.7
|-
|align=left| 2023-24
| 18.6 || 2.5 || 1.9
| 19.0 || 2.1 || 1.6
| 18.4 || 2.8 || 2.1
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Fertility data as of 2014 (DHS Program):<ref>http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR309/FR309.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:100pt;"| District
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
|-
| Butha-Buthe || 3.7 || 4.7 || 3.9
|-
| Leribe || 3.5 || 3.6 || 3.7
|-
| Berea || 3.1 || 3.5 || 3.7
|-
| Maseru || 2.6 || 4.4 || 3.5
|-
| Mafeteng || 2.8 || 6.1 || 3.5
|-
| Mohale's Hoek || 3.8 || 3.8 || 3.7
|-
| Quthing || 3.9 || 3.3 || 4.1
|-
| Qacha's Nek || 2.9 || 5.0 || 3.8
|-
| Mokhotlong || 4.4 || 5.2 || 4.9
|-
| Thaba-Tseka || 4.0 || 4.3 || 4.6
|}

=== Life expectancy at birth ===
Life expectancy from 1950 to 2015 (''UN World Population Prospects''):<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|42.15
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 45.08
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 47.80
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 48.52
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 49.80
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 52.24
|-
|1980–1985
|{{increase}} 55.28
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 57.33
|-
|1990–1995
|{{increase}} 59.70
|-
|1995–2000
|{{decrease}} 52.74
|-
|2000–2005
|{{decrease}} 45.62
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 49.04
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 52.51
|}