Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1951

Sierra Leone
1951
Total fertility rate: 6.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.07 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 96,433 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.07
Births
96,433
Births per 1,000 people
47.7
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,023,276
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
10-1417.11.4%1,907
15-19195.416.1%19,658
20-24258.221.3%23,291
25-29271.922.4%21,860
30-34195.916.1%13,868
35-39157.913.0%9,758
40-4489.87.4%4,795
45-4927.02.2%1,238
50-541.50.1%59