Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2074

Sierra Leone
2074
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 2.06 children per woman in 2074 — 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, 235,115 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
235,115
Births per 1,000 people
15.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
15,450,928
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%93
15-1934.88.4%20,211
20-24101.424.6%58,719
25-29112.927.4%64,636
30-3496.923.5%54,836
35-3953.513.0%29,683
40-4411.12.7%5,966
45-491.80.4%932
50-540.10.0%39