Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: Birth rate
Lesotho
24.11 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
24.58 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
58th
Papua New Guinea rank
57th
Birth rate over time
- Lesotho
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 24.58 births per 1,000 people against 24.11 births per 1,000 people in Lesotho, a difference of 0.47 births per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Lesotho ranks 58th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.6 births per 1,000 people | 46.41 births per 1,000 people | 1.81 births per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 43.22 births per 1,000 people | 44.65 births per 1,000 people | 1.43 births per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 40.61 births per 1,000 people | 41.49 births per 1,000 people | 0.8716 births per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 38.46 births per 1,000 people | 37.62 births per 1,000 people | 0.8408 births per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 31.43 births per 1,000 people | 35.37 births per 1,000 people | 3.93 births per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 29 births per 1,000 people | 32.92 births per 1,000 people | 3.92 births per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 28.9 births per 1,000 people | 28.61 births per 1,000 people | 0.2923 births per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 24.76 births per 1,000 people | 25.35 births per 1,000 people | 0.5962 births per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, Lesotho or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 24.58 births per 1,000 people against 24.11 births per 1,000 people in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth rate between Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.47 births per 1,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea rank globally for birth rate?
- Lesotho ranks 58th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.