Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1956

Sierra Leone
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.10 children per woman in 1956 — 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, 102,573 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
102,573
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,147,979
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
10-1417.71.4%2,118
15-19195.516.0%20,803
20-24259.721.3%24,701
25-29272.522.3%23,086
30-34197.016.1%14,803
35-39158.913.0%10,468
40-4489.97.4%5,150
45-4927.82.3%1,376
50-541.60.1%65