Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1964

Sierra Leone
1964
Total fertility rate: 6.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.29 children per woman in 1964 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 116,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.29
Births
116,849
Births per 1,000 people
48.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,424,390
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
10-1419.31.5%2,411
15-19204.916.3%23,784
20-24267.521.2%28,252
25-29280.022.2%26,154
30-34202.916.1%16,753
35-39163.112.9%11,887
40-4490.87.2%5,810
45-4930.82.4%1,711
50-541.80.1%87