Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1986

Sierra Leone
1986
Total fertility rate: 6.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.60 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 173,760 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.60
Births
173,760
Births per 1,000 people
46.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,728,380
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
10-1421.21.6%4,618
15-19177.813.5%33,167
20-24263.320.0%41,915
25-29271.020.5%36,107
30-34244.018.5%27,037
35-39193.614.7%18,390
40-44105.18.0%9,304
45-4940.13.0%3,048
50-542.60.2%171