Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1968

Sierra Leone
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.39
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.39 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 124,450 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
124,450
Births per 1,000 people
47.7
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,611,532
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
10-1420.21.6%2,812
15-19206.216.2%24,281
20-24271.721.3%30,525
25-29282.122.1%27,928
30-34206.816.2%18,099
35-39164.512.9%12,684
40-4489.57.0%6,068
45-4933.02.6%1,951
50-542.00.2%102