Lesotho vs Tonga: Birth rate, crude

Lesotho
23.76 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Tonga
23.04 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Lesotho rank
56th
Tonga rank
59th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 23.76 per 1,000 people against 23.04 per 1,000 people in Tonga, a difference of 0.72 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 56th and Tonga ranks 59th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 5 and Tonga in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Tonga Difference Ahead
1960s 43.22 per 1,000 people 42.11 per 1,000 people 1.11 per 1,000 people Lesotho
1970s 40.61 per 1,000 people 36.53 per 1,000 people 4.08 per 1,000 people Lesotho
1980s 38.46 per 1,000 people 34.87 per 1,000 people 3.58 per 1,000 people Lesotho
1990s 31.43 per 1,000 people 31.55 per 1,000 people 0.1175 per 1,000 people Tonga
2000s 29 per 1,000 people 29.39 per 1,000 people 0.3851 per 1,000 people Tonga
2010s 28.9 per 1,000 people 25.98 per 1,000 people 2.93 per 1,000 people Lesotho
2020s 24.56 per 1,000 people 23.33 per 1,000 people 1.23 per 1,000 people Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Lesotho or Tonga?
Lesotho, at 23.76 per 1,000 people against 23.04 per 1,000 people in Tonga as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Lesotho and Tonga?
0.72 per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Tonga?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Tonga rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Lesotho ranks 56th and Tonga ranks 59th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.