Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1983

Sierra Leone
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.57 children per woman in 1983 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 162,737 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.57
Births
162,737
Births per 1,000 people
46.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
3,481,646
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
10-1422.61.7%4,565
15-19183.113.9%31,825
20-24266.920.3%39,176
25-29275.821.0%33,786
30-34237.218.1%24,171
35-39186.714.2%17,896
40-4499.07.5%8,253
45-4940.03.0%2,900
50-542.70.2%168