# Crude birth rate in Lesotho

Crude birth rate in Lesotho was 23.76 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `crude_birth_rate`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.
- Source: World Bank, Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/birth-rate/lesotho
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/birth-rate/lesotho.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=crude_birth_rate&place=ls

| Period | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 23.76 |
| 2023 | 24.11 |
| 2022 | 24.39 |
| 2021 | 24.9 |
| 2020 | 25.63 |
| 2019 | 26.44 |
| 2018 | 27.36 |
| 2017 | 28.24 |
| 2016 | 28.93 |
| 2015 | 29.18 |
| 2014 | 29.5 |
| 2013 | 29.99 |
| 2012 | 30.03 |
| 2011 | 30.21 |
| 2010 | 29.16 |
| 2009 | 29.35 |
| 2008 | 29.64 |
| 2007 | 29.48 |
| 2006 | 28.63 |
| 2005 | 28.56 |
| 2004 | 28.74 |
| 2003 | 29.29 |
| 2002 | 29.37 |
| 2001 | 28.72 |
| 2000 | 28.25 |
| 1999 | 28.46 |
| 1998 | 29.24 |
| 1997 | 30.22 |
| 1996 | 30.41 |
| 1995 | 30.56 |
| 1994 | 31.02 |
| 1993 | 31.95 |
| 1992 | 33.17 |
| 1991 | 34.19 |
| 1990 | 35.13 |
| 1989 | 36.27 |
| 1988 | 37.36 |
| 1987 | 38.33 |
| 1986 | 37.53 |
| 1985 | 37.93 |
| 1984 | 38.42 |
| 1983 | 38.95 |
| 1982 | 39.46 |
| 1981 | 39.92 |
| 1980 | 40.38 |
| 1979 | 40.79 |
| 1978 | 41.02 |
| 1977 | 41.1 |
| 1976 | 41 |
| 1975 | 40.62 |
| 1974 | 40.24 |
| 1973 | 39.94 |
| 1972 | 40.18 |
| 1971 | 40.45 |
| 1970 | 40.79 |
| 1969 | 41.27 |
| 1968 | 41.88 |
| 1967 | 42.54 |
| 1966 | 42.97 |
| 1965 | 43.33 |
| 1964 | 43.46 |
| 1963 | 43.75 |
| 1962 | 44.08 |
| 1961 | 44.34 |
| 1960 | 44.57 |