# Live births in Lesotho

Live births in Lesotho was 55,728 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/lesotho
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=ls

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 55,728 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 55,764 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 56,302 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 57,297 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 58,417 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 59,745 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 60,920 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 61,638 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 61,408 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 61,362 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 61,671 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 61,085 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 60,840 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 58,218 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 58,148 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 58,292 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 57,589 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 55,681 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 55,781 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 56,642 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 58,151 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 58,573 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 57,456 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 56,606 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 57,007 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 58,418 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 60,089 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 59,988 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 59,643 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 59,788 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 60,762 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 62,133 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 62,988 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 63,575 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 64,401 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 65,007 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 65,296 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 62,528 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 61,614 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 60,664 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 59,762 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 58,829 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 57,809 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 56,801 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 55,728 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 54,437 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 53,013 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 51,384 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 49,300 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 47,182 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 45,243 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 43,962 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 42,729 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 41,577 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 40,573 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 39,705 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 38,885 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 37,892 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 37,010 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 36,050 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 35,234 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 34,465 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 33,645 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 32,825 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 32,030 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 31,245 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 30,438 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 29,657 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 28,865 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 28,158 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 27,296 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 26,597 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 25,931 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 25,260 (estimated) |