Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2028

Sierra Leone
2028
Total fertility rate: 3.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 3.37 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 262,197 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.37
Births
262,197
Births per 1,000 people
28.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
9,349,025
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
10-142.10.3%1,136
15-1982.812.2%41,680
20-24164.124.3%73,843
25-29158.223.4%63,479
30-34133.619.8%45,855
35-3989.013.2%25,587
40-4434.95.2%8,416
45-4910.61.6%2,105
50-540.60.1%98