Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1954

Sierra Leone
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.05 children per woman in 1954 — 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, 99,440 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.05
Births
99,440
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,095,066
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
10-1417.31.4%2,009
15-19193.816.0%20,181
20-24257.421.3%23,978
25-29270.522.4%22,448
30-34195.316.1%14,346
35-39157.513.0%10,122
40-4489.47.4%4,981
45-4927.32.3%1,309
50-541.50.1%62