Lesotho vs Syria: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)
Lesotho
2.66 births per woman
in 2024
Syria
2.7 births per woman
in 2024
Lesotho rank
68th
Syria rank
66th
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time
- Lesotho
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 2.7 births per woman against 2.66 births per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.04 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Syria ahead.
Lesotho ranks 68th and Syria ranks 66th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Syria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.76 births per woman | 7.53 births per woman | 1.77 births per woman | Syria |
| 1970s | 5.77 births per woman | 7.48 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman | Syria |
| 1980s | 5.41 births per woman | 6.5 births per woman | 1.09 births per woman | Syria |
| 1990s | 4.23 births per woman | 4.79 births per woman | 0.5632 births per woman | Syria |
| 2000s | 3.5 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman | 0.1923 births per woman | Syria |
| 2010s | 3.19 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman | 0.0849 births per woman | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 2.74 births per woman | 2.76 births per woman | 0.0208 births per woman | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Lesotho or Syria?
- Syria, at 2.7 births per woman against 2.66 births per woman in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Lesotho and Syria?
- 0.04 births per woman, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Syria?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Syria rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Lesotho ranks 68th and Syria ranks 66th of 218 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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About this data
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.