Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sierra Leone, 2085

Sierra Leone
2085
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sierra Leone is projected at 1.96 children per woman in 2085 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 219,564 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
219,564
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
15,913,301
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
10-140.10.0%61
15-1927.87.1%15,605
20-2490.323.0%50,650
25-29110.728.2%61,928
30-3498.425.1%55,120
35-3953.113.5%29,653
40-4410.42.6%5,723
45-491.50.4%789
50-540.10.0%29