Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2000

Sierra Leone
2000
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.35 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 199,261 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
199,261
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
4,423,612
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
10-1422.01.7%5,830
15-19160.012.6%36,203
20-24251.019.7%48,215
25-29248.219.5%40,228
30-34231.918.2%31,765
35-39191.815.1%22,078
40-44120.09.4%11,375
45-4943.43.4%3,379
50-542.80.2%185