Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2023

Sierra Leone
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone was 3.79 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 258,903 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.79
Births
258,903
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
8,460,512
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
10-143.30.4%1,658
15-1993.612.3%42,917
20-24178.523.5%73,099
25-29173.922.9%60,823
30-34148.519.6%43,535
35-39101.913.4%25,185
40-4444.45.8%9,116
45-4914.41.9%2,449
50-540.80.1%117