Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1974

Sierra Leone
1974
Total fertility rate: 6.53
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Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.53 children per woman in 1974 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 138,506 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
138,506
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,920,459
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
10-1422.81.7%3,734
15-19202.615.5%28,002
20-24280.021.5%32,484
25-29282.321.6%29,991
30-34217.616.7%20,838
35-39171.413.1%14,388
40-4489.86.9%6,598
45-4936.42.8%2,339
50-542.40.2%133