Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1981

Sierra Leone
1981
Total fertility rate: 6.55
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.55 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 156,218 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.55
Births
156,218
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
3,338,940
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
10-1423.61.8%4,557
15-19185.314.1%30,664
20-24272.520.8%37,905
25-29277.421.2%32,206
30-34231.417.7%23,155
35-39182.313.9%17,089
40-4495.47.3%7,713
45-4939.33.0%2,767
50-542.70.2%163