Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2041

Sierra Leone
2041
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2041  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.72 children per woman in 2041 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 265,164 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
265,164
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,566,216
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
10-140.80.2%491
15-1963.311.6%35,727
20-24139.325.6%74,142
25-29133.924.6%66,323
30-34111.120.4%50,983
35-3969.012.7%28,170
40-4421.33.9%7,639
45-495.41.0%1,621
50-540.30.1%71