Lesotho vs Syria: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Lesotho

2.69 live births per woman

in 2023

Syria

2.71 live births per woman

in 2023

Lesotho rank

72nd

Syria rank

70th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Lesotho
Syria

How they compare

Syria currently reports 2.71 live births per woman against 2.69 live births per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.018 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Syria ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 72nd and Syria ranks 70th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
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: 06 August 2026

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.