Fertility in Sierra Leone (1950–2100)

Sierra Leone
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 3.53 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 261,328 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.53
Births
261,328
Births per 1,000 people
29.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
8,996,744
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.60.4%1,335
15-1986.812.3%42,311
20-24169.824.0%73,685
25-29164.223.2%62,694
30-34139.319.7%44,910
35-3993.813.3%25,379
40-4438.35.4%8,677
45-4911.91.7%2,231
50-540.70.1%105