Lesotho | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

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. Limitations and exceptions: Vital registers are the preferred source for these data, but in many developing countries systems for registering births and deaths are absent or incomplete because of deficiencies in the coverage of events or geographic areas. Many developing countries carry out special household surveys that ask respondents about recent births and deaths. Estimates derived in this way are subject to sampling errors and recall errors. Statistical concept and methodology: Vital rates are based on data from birth and death registration systems, censuses, and sample surveys by national statistical offices and other organizations, or on demographic analysis. Data for the most recent year for some high-income countries are provisional estimates based on vital registers. The estimates for many countries are projections based on extrapolations of levels and trends from earlier years or interpolations of population estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source
Lesotho | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 44.643
1961 44.379
1962 44.069
1963 43.742
1964 43.316
1965 43.161
1966 42.862
1967 42.544
1968 41.898
1969 41.29
1970 40.768
1971 40.639
1972 40.349
1973 40.16
1974 40.387
1975 40.728
1976 40.922
1977 40.864
1978 40.376
1979 39.991
1980 39.491
1981 39.001
1982 38.495
1983 38.089
1984 37.577
1985 36.994
1986 36.654
1987 36.677
1988 36.085
1989 35.255
1990 34.392
1991 33.815
1992 33.105
1993 32.183
1994 31.4
1995 31.098
1996 30.972
1997 30.755
1998 29.981
1999 29.351
2000 28.987
2001 29.185
2002 29.501
2003 29.611
2004 28.986
2005 28.778
2006 29.075
2007 29.699
2008 29.42
2009 28.916
2010 28.477
2011 29.093
2012 29.054
2013 29.19
2014 28.663
2015 28.305
2016 28.157
2017 27.723
2018 27.262
2019 26.839
2020 26.378
2021 26.107
2022

Lesotho | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

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. Limitations and exceptions: Vital registers are the preferred source for these data, but in many developing countries systems for registering births and deaths are absent or incomplete because of deficiencies in the coverage of events or geographic areas. Many developing countries carry out special household surveys that ask respondents about recent births and deaths. Estimates derived in this way are subject to sampling errors and recall errors. Statistical concept and methodology: Vital rates are based on data from birth and death registration systems, censuses, and sample surveys by national statistical offices and other organizations, or on demographic analysis. Data for the most recent year for some high-income countries are provisional estimates based on vital registers. The estimates for many countries are projections based on extrapolations of levels and trends from earlier years or interpolations of population estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source