Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1953

Sierra Leone
1953
Total fertility rate: 6.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.00 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (269 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 97,615 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.00
Births
97,615
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,070,810
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%1,970
15-19192.416.0%19,823
20-24255.421.3%23,551
25-29268.622.4%22,068
30-34193.816.1%14,072
35-39156.313.0%9,921
40-4488.87.4%4,881
45-4926.92.2%1,273
50-541.50.1%60