Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1993

Sierra Leone
1993
Total fertility rate: 6.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.57 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 195,162 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.57
Births
195,162
Births per 1,000 people
46.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
4,157,130
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
10-1421.01.6%5,250
15-19162.912.4%34,901
20-24255.019.4%46,273
25-29267.720.4%41,419
30-34243.618.5%31,584
35-39204.715.6%21,954
40-44120.69.2%10,642
45-4936.32.8%2,977
50-542.30.2%160