Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2050

Sierra Leone
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.45 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 260,819 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.45
Births
260,819
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
12,948,325
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%293
15-1953.610.9%31,393
20-24127.225.9%71,761
25-29124.525.4%67,189
30-34103.121.0%52,277
35-3961.412.5%29,259
40-4416.53.4%7,174
45-493.70.8%1,413
50-540.20.0%61