Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1997

Sierra Leone
1997
Total fertility rate: 6.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.53 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 196,834 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
196,834
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
4,253,716
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
10-1419.71.5%5,051
15-19157.412.0%34,526
20-24242.418.5%45,173
25-29263.120.1%41,423
30-34243.318.6%32,495
35-39207.615.9%23,055
40-44128.99.9%11,772
45-4941.73.2%3,155
50-542.60.2%183