Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2007

Sierra Leone
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 5.64 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 236,058 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.64
Births
236,058
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
5,749,352
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
10-1414.31.3%5,070
15-19141.812.6%42,574
20-24230.720.4%58,960
25-29235.020.8%50,617
30-34208.418.5%37,789
35-39162.514.4%24,676
40-4495.18.4%12,116
45-4938.53.4%4,034
50-542.60.2%223