Lesotho vs Niue: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Lesotho
2.41 children per women
in 2023
Niue
2.42 children per women
in 2023
Lesotho rank
81st
Niue rank
80th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Lesotho
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 2.42 children per women against 2.41 children per women in Lesotho, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niue ahead.
Lesotho ranks 81st and Niue ranks 80th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Niue in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.14 children per women | 5.7 children per women | 1.56 children per women | Niue |
| 1960s | 4.12 children per women | 6.07 children per women | 1.95 children per women | Niue |
| 1970s | 4.15 children per women | 4.91 children per women | 0.7613 children per women | Niue |
| 1980s | 4.19 children per women | 4.23 children per women | 0.0389 children per women | Niue |
| 1990s | 3.44 children per women | 3.25 children per women | 0.1883 children per women | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 2.91 children per women | 2.78 children per women | 0.1331 children per women | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 2.78 children per women | 2.74 children per women | 0.0372 children per women | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 2.45 children per women | 2.45 children per women | 0.0024 children per women | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Lesotho or Niue?
- Niue, at 2.42 children per women against 2.41 children per women in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Lesotho and Niue?
- 0.01 children per women, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Niue?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Niue rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Lesotho ranks 81st and Niue ranks 80th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).