Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1960

Sierra Leone
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.17 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 108,883 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.17
Births
108,883
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,268,356
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
10-1419.71.6%2,352
15-19197.116.0%22,207
20-24262.721.3%26,186
25-29275.222.3%24,350
30-34199.316.1%15,635
35-39160.613.0%11,114
40-4490.27.3%5,448
45-4929.02.3%1,518
50-541.70.1%75