Lesotho birth rate for 2026 is 23.72, a 1.6% decline from 2025.
Lesotho birth rate for 2025 was 24.11, a 1.58% decline from 2024.
Lesotho birth rate for 2024 was 24.50, a 1.55% decline from 2023.
Lesotho birth rate for 2023 was 24.88, a 1.7% decline from 2022.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Lesotho Birth Rate | Historical Data | 1950 - 2026.