Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1998

Sierra Leone
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.50 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 198,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.50
Births
198,896
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
4,295,785
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
10-1420.31.6%5,297
15-19157.612.1%35,095
20-24244.018.8%46,206
25-29257.119.8%41,008
30-34242.118.6%32,790
35-39205.015.8%23,162
40-44128.09.8%11,896
45-4942.93.3%3,256
50-542.70.2%185