Lesotho vs East Timor: Fertility rate: births per woman
Lesotho
2.69 live births per woman
in 2023
East Timor
2.71 live births per woman
in 2023
Lesotho rank
72nd
East Timor rank
71st
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Lesotho
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 2.71 live births per woman against 2.69 live births per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was East Timor ahead.
Lesotho ranks 72nd and East Timor ranks 71st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.76 live births per woman | 6.49 live births per woman | 0.7284 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 1960s | 5.76 live births per woman | 6.04 live births per woman | 0.2758 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 1970s | 5.77 live births per woman | 5.3 live births per woman | 0.4649 live births per woman | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 5.41 live births per woman | 5.6 live births per woman | 0.1863 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 1990s | 4.23 live births per woman | 5.91 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 2000s | 3.5 live births per woman | 5.59 live births per woman | 2.09 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 2010s | 3.19 live births per woman | 3.92 live births per woman | 0.7308 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 2020s | 2.76 live births per woman | 2.85 live births per woman | 0.0965 live births per woman | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Lesotho or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 2.71 live births per woman against 2.69 live births per woman in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Lesotho and East Timor?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and East Timor?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and East Timor rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Lesotho ranks 72nd and East Timor ranks 71st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: 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
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.