Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1957

Sierra Leone
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.11 children per woman in 1957 — 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, 104,000 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.11
Births
104,000
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,176,250
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
10-1418.01.5%2,182
15-19195.816.0%21,064
20-24260.321.3%25,049
25-29273.022.3%23,381
30-34197.516.1%15,002
35-39159.213.0%10,625
40-4490.07.4%5,223
45-4928.12.3%1,408
50-541.60.1%66