Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2006

Sierra Leone
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 5.74 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 235,141 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
235,141
Births per 1,000 people
41.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
5,624,466
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
10-1415.21.3%5,245
15-19147.012.8%43,202
20-24233.920.4%58,408
25-29237.920.7%50,136
30-34211.318.4%37,447
35-39164.214.3%24,441
40-4496.28.4%11,988
45-4939.63.5%4,048
50-542.70.2%224