Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1950

Sierra Leone
1950
Total fertility rate: 6.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.09 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 95,629 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.09
Births
95,629
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
1,999,623
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
10-1417.01.4%1,874
15-19196.516.1%19,550
20-24259.021.2%23,115
25-29273.022.4%21,695
30-34196.516.1%13,733
35-39158.313.0%9,648
40-4490.27.4%4,741
45-4927.02.2%1,217
50-541.50.1%56