Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1962

Sierra Leone
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.22
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Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.22 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 112,687 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.22
Births
112,687
Births per 1,000 people
48.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,342,242
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
10-1419.51.6%2,349
15-19199.816.0%23,226
20-24264.721.3%27,047
25-29277.022.3%25,152
30-34200.716.1%16,138
35-39161.513.0%11,472
40-4490.47.3%5,616
45-4929.82.4%1,607
50-541.70.1%80