Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1978

Sierra Leone
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.59
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.59 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 148,361 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
148,361
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
3,145,517
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
10-1422.41.7%4,035
15-19189.414.4%29,021
20-24278.921.2%35,813
25-29283.221.5%30,379
30-34228.017.3%23,111
35-39179.813.6%15,921
40-4494.37.2%7,309
45-4938.72.9%2,619
50-542.60.2%152