Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2053

Sierra Leone
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.38 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 258,664 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
258,664
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
13,372,796
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
10-140.40.1%249
15-1950.910.7%30,052
20-24123.525.9%70,514
25-29122.125.6%67,175
30-34101.321.2%53,066
35-3959.812.5%29,163
40-4415.33.2%7,042
45-493.30.7%1,343
50-540.20.0%60