Haiti vs Lesotho: Fertility rate, total

Haiti
2.62 births per woman
in 2024
Lesotho
2.66 births per woman
in 2024
Haiti rank
71st
Lesotho rank
68th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Haiti
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.66 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Haiti, a difference of 0.04 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Haiti ahead.

Haiti ranks 71st and Lesotho ranks 68th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 4 and Lesotho in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Lesotho Difference Ahead
1960s 6.11 births per woman 5.76 births per woman 0.3509 births per woman Haiti
1970s 5.76 births per woman 5.77 births per woman 0.0088 births per woman Lesotho
1980s 5.5 births per woman 5.41 births per woman 0.0877 births per woman Haiti
1990s 4.94 births per woman 4.23 births per woman 0.7112 births per woman Haiti
2000s 3.92 births per woman 3.5 births per woman 0.4193 births per woman Haiti
2010s 3.16 births per woman 3.19 births per woman 0.0284 births per woman Lesotho
2020s 2.71 births per woman 2.74 births per woman 0.0314 births per woman Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Haiti or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 2.66 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Haiti as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Haiti and Lesotho?
0.04 births per woman, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Lesotho?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Haiti and Lesotho rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Haiti ranks 71st and Lesotho ranks 68th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.