Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2048

Sierra Leone
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.50 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 262,066 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
262,066
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
12,659,612
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
10-140.50.1%326
15-1955.511.1%32,260
20-24129.525.9%72,583
25-29126.125.2%67,078
30-34104.420.9%51,692
35-3962.912.6%29,375
40-4417.43.5%7,216
45-494.00.8%1,470
50-540.20.0%64