Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1969

Sierra Leone
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.39
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.39 children per woman in 1969 — 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, 126,323 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
126,323
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
2,661,365
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
10-1420.71.6%2,966
15-19206.516.2%24,993
20-24272.921.4%30,428
25-29281.622.0%28,414
30-34207.316.2%18,418
35-39164.712.9%12,880
40-4489.07.0%6,115
45-4933.42.6%2,005
50-542.10.2%107