Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1971

Sierra Leone
1971
Total fertility rate: 6.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.43 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 130,657 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.43
Births
130,657
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,763,222
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
10-1421.81.7%3,296
15-19205.716.0%26,258
20-24275.021.4%30,543
25-29281.321.9%29,503
30-34210.116.3%19,200
35-39166.112.9%13,358
40-4488.56.9%6,248
45-4934.52.7%2,133
50-542.20.2%117