Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1992

Sierra Leone
1992
Total fertility rate: 6.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.56 children per woman in 1992 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 195,771 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
195,771
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
4,166,366
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
10-1421.31.6%5,360
15-19161.312.3%34,677
20-24257.819.7%47,063
25-29264.320.2%41,089
30-34245.918.8%31,926
35-39203.515.5%21,855
40-44117.28.9%10,499
45-4937.32.8%3,131
50-542.40.2%170