Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2039

Sierra Leone
2039
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.79 children per woman in 2039 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 265,209 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
265,209
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,230,061
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%554
15-1965.711.7%36,608
20-24142.425.4%73,923
25-29136.724.4%66,652
30-34113.620.3%49,967
35-3971.312.7%28,050
40-4422.84.1%7,713
45-495.91.1%1,669
50-540.30.1%72