Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2042

Sierra Leone
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.69 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 265,281 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
265,281
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,728,792
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
10-140.80.1%462
15-1962.211.6%35,310
20-24137.925.6%74,204
25-29132.724.7%66,243
30-34110.120.5%51,467
35-3968.112.7%28,324
40-4420.63.8%7,600
45-495.21.0%1,601
50-540.30.1%69