Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1952

Sierra Leone
1952
Total fertility rate: 6.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.03 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 96,996 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.03
Births
96,996
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,047,200
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
10-1417.21.4%1,938
15-19193.816.1%19,727
20-24256.721.3%23,413
25-29270.122.4%21,960
30-34194.816.1%13,968
35-39157.013.0%9,838
40-4489.37.4%4,837
45-4927.02.2%1,255
50-541.50.1%59