Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2030

Sierra Leone
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.24
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 3.24 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 262,783 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.24
Births
262,783
Births per 1,000 people
27.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
9,694,858
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
10-141.80.3%980
15-1979.312.2%40,683
20-24159.124.5%74,504
25-29153.023.6%63,639
30-34128.719.8%46,789
35-3984.813.1%25,939
40-4431.94.9%8,162
45-499.41.4%1,998
50-540.50.1%92