Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1979

Sierra Leone
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.58
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.58 children per woman in 1979 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 150,749 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
150,749
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
3,207,499
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%4,152
15-19185.614.1%29,195
20-24277.621.1%36,606
25-29282.121.4%31,085
30-34229.517.5%23,057
35-39181.313.8%16,351
40-4495.07.2%7,470
45-4939.13.0%2,678
50-542.60.2%155