Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2044

Sierra Leone
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.62 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 264,281 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
264,281
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
12,049,426
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%408
15-1959.811.4%34,292
20-24134.925.7%73,797
25-29130.224.9%66,275
30-34107.820.6%51,743
35-3966.312.6%28,672
40-4419.43.7%7,467
45-494.70.9%1,560
50-540.20.0%67