Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2011

Sierra Leone
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 5.21 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 246,024 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.21
Births
246,024
Births per 1,000 people
38.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
6,387,251
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
10-149.10.9%3,605
15-19129.912.5%43,967
20-24222.521.4%63,719
25-29226.221.7%54,824
30-34196.518.9%40,047
35-39142.513.7%24,304
40-4480.87.8%11,509
45-4932.43.1%3,841
50-542.20.2%208