Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2043

Sierra Leone
2043
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.65 children per woman in 2043 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 264,800 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
264,800
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,887,937
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
10-140.70.1%434
15-1961.011.5%34,815
20-24136.425.7%74,025
25-29131.524.8%66,168
30-34108.920.5%51,698
35-3967.212.7%28,464
40-4420.03.8%7,548
45-494.90.9%1,580
50-540.30.0%68