Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2038

Sierra Leone
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.84 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 265,570 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.84
Births
265,570
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,066,150
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
10-141.00.2%592
15-1967.011.8%37,064
20-24144.125.4%74,067
25-29138.324.3%66,763
30-34115.020.2%49,584
35-3972.612.8%27,985
40-4423.64.1%7,746
45-496.21.1%1,696
50-540.30.1%75