Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2035

Sierra Leone
2035
Total fertility rate: 2.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.97 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 265,551 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
265,551
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
10,563,168
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
10-141.30.2%715
15-1971.011.9%38,079
20-24149.625.1%75,218
25-29143.324.1%65,653
30-34119.520.1%48,785
35-3976.812.9%27,375
40-4426.34.4%7,851
45-497.21.2%1,794
50-540.40.1%81