Lesotho vs Turkmenistan: Fertility rate, total

Lesotho
2.66 births per woman
in 2024
Turkmenistan
2.66 births per woman
in 2024
Lesotho rank
68th
Turkmenistan rank
69th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Lesotho
  • Turkmenistan
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.66 births per woman against 2.66 births per woman in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0 births per woman.

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

Lesotho ranks 68th and Turkmenistan ranks 69th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1960s 5.76 births per woman 6.67 births per woman 0.9147 births per woman Turkmenistan
1970s 5.77 births per woman 5.99 births per woman 0.2223 births per woman Turkmenistan
1980s 5.41 births per woman 4.93 births per woman 0.4798 births per woman Lesotho
1990s 4.23 births per woman 3.58 births per woman 0.6455 births per woman Lesotho
2000s 3.5 births per woman 2.75 births per woman 0.7556 births per woman Lesotho
2010s 3.19 births per woman 2.94 births per woman 0.2454 births per woman Lesotho
2020s 2.74 births per woman 2.73 births per woman 0.0126 births per woman Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Lesotho or Turkmenistan?
Lesotho, at 2.66 births per woman against 2.66 births per woman in Turkmenistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Lesotho and Turkmenistan?
0 births per woman, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Turkmenistan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Turkmenistan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Lesotho ranks 68th and Turkmenistan ranks 69th 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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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
266 places, 17,258 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.