Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1973

Sierra Leone
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.47 children per woman in 1973 — 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, 135,213 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.47
Births
135,213
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,866,955
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
10-1422.61.7%3,605
15-19203.115.7%27,316
20-24276.521.4%31,223
25-29281.121.7%30,125
30-34214.016.6%20,130
35-39168.813.1%13,968
40-4489.06.9%6,456
45-4935.72.8%2,264
50-542.30.2%128