Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1996

Sierra Leone
1996
Total fertility rate: 6.55
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.55 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 195,188 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.55
Births
195,188
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
4,199,210
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
10-1420.41.6%5,175
15-19159.212.1%34,452
20-24243.718.6%44,762
25-29265.420.3%41,289
30-34243.918.6%32,112
35-39207.715.8%22,694
40-44128.29.8%11,527
45-4939.53.0%3,004
50-542.50.2%172