Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 1999

Sierra Leone
1999
Total fertility rate: 6.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.42 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 199,179 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.42
Births
199,179
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
4,318,044
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
10-1421.11.6%5,550
15-19158.812.4%35,648
20-24247.719.3%47,292
25-29252.719.7%40,644
30-34236.918.4%32,295
35-39198.015.4%22,611
40-44123.69.6%11,611
45-4943.43.4%3,345
50-542.70.2%182