Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2005

Sierra Leone
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 5.81 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 230,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
230,908
Births per 1,000 people
42.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
5,501,712
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
10-1415.81.4%5,301
15-19146.912.6%42,058
20-24234.320.2%56,884
25-29241.120.7%49,463
30-34210.718.1%36,318
35-39167.414.4%24,283
40-4499.78.6%12,078
45-4943.23.7%4,283
50-543.00.3%241