Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1972

Sierra Leone
1972
Total fertility rate: 6.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.45 children per woman in 1972 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 132,795 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.45
Births
132,795
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,814,388
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
10-1422.21.7%3,452
15-19204.715.9%26,807
20-24274.921.3%30,654
25-29281.421.8%29,969
30-34211.716.4%19,614
35-39167.113.0%13,625
40-4488.76.9%6,349
45-4935.12.7%2,201
50-542.30.2%124