Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1989

Sierra Leone
1989
Total fertility rate: 6.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.57 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 186,584 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.57
Births
186,584
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
4,034,037
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
10-1421.81.7%5,200
15-19160.612.2%32,619
20-24264.820.2%46,007
25-29262.720.0%38,545
30-34248.618.9%30,333
35-39201.115.3%20,332
40-44111.58.5%10,168
45-4939.53.0%3,198
50-542.60.2%180