Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1963

Sierra Leone
1963
Total fertility rate: 6.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.26 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 114,838 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.26
Births
114,838
Births per 1,000 people
48.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,382,258
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
10-1419.11.5%2,325
15-19202.116.1%23,650
20-24266.221.2%27,609
25-29278.622.2%25,662
30-34201.916.1%16,450
35-39162.413.0%11,683
40-4490.77.2%5,717
45-4930.32.4%1,657
50-541.80.1%83