Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1976

Sierra Leone
1976
Total fertility rate: 6.55
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.55 children per woman in 1976 — 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 28.5 years old. In total, 142,940 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.55
Births
142,940
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,028,820
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
10-1422.51.7%3,878
15-19195.614.9%28,467
20-24279.121.3%34,057
25-29282.121.6%29,791
30-34222.517.0%22,105
35-39175.213.4%15,098
40-4491.97.0%6,928
45-4937.52.9%2,475
50-542.50.2%142