Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1985

Sierra Leone
1985
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.59 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 169,929 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
169,929
Births per 1,000 people
46.7
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
3,638,438
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
10-1421.61.6%4,590
15-19179.913.7%32,782
20-24261.619.9%40,574
25-29274.520.8%35,567
30-34242.718.4%26,218
35-39191.114.5%18,080
40-44102.87.8%8,930
45-4940.33.1%3,019
50-542.70.2%172