Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1959

Sierra Leone
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.15 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 106,986 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.15
Births
106,986
Births per 1,000 people
47.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,235,026
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
10-1419.11.6%2,310
15-19196.216.0%21,702
20-24261.521.3%25,758
25-29274.122.3%23,980
30-34198.416.1%15,392
35-39159.913.0%10,930
40-4490.07.3%5,362
45-4928.62.3%1,478
50-541.60.1%72