Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2040

Sierra Leone
2040
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.76 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 265,159 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
265,159
Births per 1,000 people
23.3
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,398,400
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
10-140.90.2%521
15-1964.511.7%36,169
20-24140.825.5%74,014
25-29135.224.5%66,496
30-34112.420.4%50,481
35-3970.112.7%28,082
40-4422.04.0%7,681
45-495.71.0%1,644
50-540.30.1%71