Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1982

Sierra Leone
1982
Total fertility rate: 6.56
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Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.56 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (276 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 159,450 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
159,450
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,408,183
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
10-1423.31.8%4,596
15-19184.814.1%31,347
20-24269.520.5%38,504
25-29276.421.1%32,939
30-34234.217.8%23,543
35-39184.514.1%17,565
40-4497.17.4%7,963
45-4939.63.0%2,832
50-542.70.2%165