Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2002

Sierra Leone
2002
Total fertility rate: 6.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.23 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 220,140 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.23
Births
220,140
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
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
4,971,434
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
10-1419.71.6%5,872
15-19157.112.6%40,140
20-24246.319.8%53,267
25-29249.520.0%45,597
30-34226.518.2%34,815
35-39186.114.9%24,150
40-44112.79.0%12,098
45-4945.33.6%3,979
50-543.10.2%222