Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2021

Sierra Leone
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 3.98 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 256,143 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.98
Births
256,143
Births per 1,000 people
31.6
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
8,094,602
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
10-143.70.5%1,817
15-1998.112.3%43,233
20-24185.423.3%71,924
25-29181.522.8%59,516
30-34155.019.5%42,740
35-39107.313.5%24,870
40-4447.86.0%9,219
45-4916.92.1%2,689
50-541.00.1%134