Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2010

Sierra Leone
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 5.33 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 243,404 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.33
Births
243,404
Births per 1,000 people
39.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
6,222,714
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
10-1410.71.0%4,139
15-19130.412.2%42,795
20-24224.021.0%62,327
25-29228.721.5%53,750
30-34201.618.9%39,902
35-39147.013.8%24,334
40-4486.58.1%11,980
45-4934.43.2%3,960
50-542.30.2%217