Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2003

Sierra Leone
2003
Total fertility rate: 6.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 6.09 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (247 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 225,091 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.09
Births
225,091
Births per 1,000 people
43.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
5,177,687
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
10-1418.31.5%5,700
15-19156.012.8%41,651
20-24241.719.8%54,591
25-29247.220.3%47,243
30-34219.018.0%35,123
35-39178.014.6%24,118
40-44109.29.0%12,267
45-4945.33.7%4,167
50-543.10.3%232