Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2073

Sierra Leone
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.07 children per woman in 2073 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 236,571 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.07
Births
236,571
Births per 1,000 people
15.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
15,390,199
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
10-140.20.0%98
15-1935.58.5%20,682
20-24102.524.7%59,448
25-29113.227.3%64,881
30-3496.923.3%54,791
35-3953.712.9%29,688
40-4411.22.7%5,997
45-491.80.4%950
50-540.10.0%39