Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2022

Sierra Leone
2022
Total fertility rate: 3.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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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-5 -1   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 3.88 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 257,167 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.88
Births
257,167
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
8,276,806
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
10-143.40.4%1,727
15-1995.712.3%43,063
20-24181.723.4%72,495
25-29177.422.9%60,095
30-34151.419.5%43,036
35-39104.313.4%24,956
40-4445.75.9%9,102
45-4915.62.0%2,568
50-540.90.1%126