Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2014

Sierra Leone
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 4.70 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 244,938 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.70
Births
244,938
Births per 1,000 people
35.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
6,876,385
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
10-147.40.8%3,166
15-19122.313.0%45,340
20-24207.022.0%64,716
25-29208.822.2%55,294
30-34179.119.0%39,846
35-39122.413.0%22,846
40-4463.76.8%9,873
45-4928.33.0%3,650
50-541.90.2%202