Total fertility rate in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 3.7 births. Ranked 35 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 | −0.09 | −2.32% |
| 2023 | 3.79 | −0.09 | −2.19% |
| 2022 | 3.88 | −0.1 | −2.56% |
| 2021 | 3.98 | −0.1 | −2.5% |
| 2020 | 4.08 | −0.11 | −2.67% |
| 2019 | 4.19 | −0.1 | −2.38% |
| 2018 | 4.29 | −0.1 | −2.16% |
| 2017 | 4.39 | −0.08 | −1.72% |
| 2016 | 4.47 | −0.08 | −1.8% |
| 2015 | 4.55 | −0.16 | −3.3% |
| 2014 | 4.7 | −0.17 | −3.49% |
| 2013 | 4.87 | −0.19 | −3.77% |
| 2012 | 5.06 | −0.15 | −2.78% |
| 2011 | 5.21 | −0.12 | −2.22% |
| 2010 | 5.33 | −0.12 | −2.22% |
| 2009 | 5.45 | −0.11 | −2.07% |
| 2008 | 5.56 | −0.08 | −1.42% |
| 2007 | 5.64 | −0.09 | −1.64% |
| 2006 | 5.74 | −0.07 | −1.21% |
| 2005 | 5.81 | −0.11 | −1.89% |
| 2004 | 5.92 | −0.17 | −2.76% |
| 2003 | 6.09 | −0.14 | −2.3% |
| 2002 | 6.23 | −0.07 | −1.19% |
| 2001 | 6.31 | −0.05 | −0.79% |
| 2000 | 6.36 | −0.07 | −1.06% |
| 1999 | 6.42 | −0.07 | −1.11% |
| 1998 | 6.5 | −0.04 | −0.55% |
| 1997 | 6.53 | −0.02 | −0.32% |
| 1996 | 6.55 | −0 | −0.05% |
| 1995 | 6.56 | −0 | −0.03% |
| 1994 | 6.56 | −0.01 | −0.18% |
| 1993 | 6.57 | +0.01 | +0.21% |
| 1992 | 6.56 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1991 | 6.55 | −0.01 | −0.21% |
| 1990 | 6.57 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 1989 | 6.57 | −0.02 | −0.26% |
| 1988 | 6.59 | −0.02 | −0.32% |
| 1987 | 6.61 | +0.01 | +0.18% |
| 1986 | 6.6 | +0.01 | +0.08% |
| 1985 | 6.59 | +0 | +0% |
| 1984 | 6.59 | +0.02 | +0.29% |
| 1983 | 6.57 | +0.01 | +0.15% |
| 1982 | 6.56 | +0.01 | +0.14% |
| 1981 | 6.55 | −0.01 | −0.12% |
| 1980 | 6.56 | −0.02 | −0.3% |
| 1979 | 6.58 | −0.01 | −0.14% |
| 1978 | 6.59 | +0.02 | +0.35% |
| 1977 | 6.57 | +0.01 | +0.23% |
| 1976 | 6.55 | +0.01 | +0.11% |
| 1975 | 6.55 | +0.01 | +0.18% |
| 1974 | 6.53 | +0.06 | +0.94% |
| 1973 | 6.47 | +0.03 | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 6.45 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1971 | 6.43 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1970 | 6.41 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1969 | 6.39 | +0.01 | +0.13% |
| 1968 | 6.39 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1967 | 6.38 | +0.04 | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 6.35 | +0.03 | +0.54% |
| 1965 | 6.31 | +0.02 | +0.27% |
| 1964 | 6.29 | +0.03 | +0.53% |
| 1963 | 6.26 | +0.04 | +0.63% |
| 1962 | 6.22 | +0.02 | +0.27% |
| 1961 | 6.21 | +0.03 | +0.49% |
| 1960 | 6.18 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
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