Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2049

Sierra Leone
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.47 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 261,540 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
261,540
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
12,805,142
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%309
15-1954.611.0%31,822
20-24128.325.9%72,196
25-29125.325.3%67,187
30-34103.720.9%51,963
35-3962.112.5%29,361
40-4417.03.4%7,197
45-493.80.8%1,443
50-540.20.0%63