Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2055

Sierra Leone
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.34 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 256,282 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
256,282
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
13,629,114
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%224
15-1949.010.5%29,046
20-24121.025.9%69,564
25-29120.625.8%66,714
30-34100.121.4%53,217
35-3958.712.6%29,323
40-4414.63.1%6,831
45-493.10.7%1,307
50-540.20.0%56