Lesotho vs Mongolia: Fertility rate: births per woman

Lesotho
2.69 live births per woman
in 2023
Mongolia
2.69 live births per woman
in 2023
Lesotho rank
72nd
Mongolia rank
74th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Lesotho
  • Mongolia
2468195019862023

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.69 live births per woman against 2.69 live births per woman in Mongolia, a difference of 0.009 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 72nd and Mongolia ranks 74th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.