Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Sierra Leone population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Sierra Leone
1960	7.5	6.18
1961	7.56	6.21
1962	7.61	6.22
1963	7.65	6.26
1964	7.67	6.29
1965	7.71	6.31
1966	7.71	6.35
1967	7.71	6.38
1968	7.71	6.39
1969	7.71	6.39
1970	7.7	6.41
1971	7.67	6.43
1972	7.63	6.45
1973	7.59	6.47
1974	7.55	6.53
1975	7.49	6.55
1976	7.41	6.55
1977	7.31	6.57
1978	7.21	6.59
1979	7.12	6.58
1980	6.99	6.56
1981	6.85	6.55
1982	6.68	6.56
1983	6.5	6.57
1984	6.28	6.59
1985	6.04	6.59
1986	5.65	6.6
1987	5.3	6.61
1988	5.02	6.59
1989	4.76	6.57
1990	4.51	6.57
1991	4.37	6.55
1992	4.27	6.56
1993	4.08	6.57
1994	3.91	6.56
1995	3.49	6.56
1996	3.14	6.55
1997	2.89	6.53
1998	2.69	6.5
1999	2.62	6.42
2000	2.59	6.36
2001	2.52	6.31
2002	2.43	6.23
2003	2.45	6.09
2004	2.5	5.92
2005	2.56	5.81
2006	2.63	5.74
2007	2.7	5.64
2008	2.79	5.56
2009	2.83	5.45
2010	2.88	5.33
2011	2.9	5.21
2012	3	5.06
2013	3	4.87
2014	3.08	4.7
2015	3.09	4.55
2016	3.09	4.47
2017	3.09	4.39
2018	3.02	4.29
2019	3	4.19
2020	2.94	4.08
2021	2.87	3.98
2022	2.82	3.88
2023	2.77	3.79
2024	2.72	3.7
2025	2.67	3.61
2026	2.62	3.53
2027	2.58	3.47
2028	2.53	3.37
2029	2.49	3.3
2030	2.45	3.23
2031	2.41	3.18
2032	2.38	3.12
2033	2.34	3.07
2034	2.32	3.02
2035	2.29	2.97
2036	2.26	2.92
2037	2.23	2.88
2038	2.21	2.84
2039	2.18	2.79
2040	2.16	2.76
2041	2.14	2.72
2042	2.12	2.68
2043	2.1	2.65
2044	2.08	2.62
2045	2.07	2.58
2046	2.05	2.55
2047	2.04	2.53
2048	2.03	2.5
2049	2.01	2.47
2050	2	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Sierra Leone
1960	45.5%	38.2%
1961	45.9%	38.3%
1962	46.2%	38.3%
1963	46.6%	38.5%
1964	46.9%	38.8%
1965	47%	39.1%
1966	47.1%	39.4%
1967	47.2%	39.6%
1968	47.1%	39.9%
1969	47%	40.1%
1970	47%	40.3%
1971	46.9%	40.6%
1972	46.8%	40.7%
1973	46.7%	40.9%
1974	46.6%	41.1%
1975	46.7%	41.3%
1976	47.2%	41.4%
1977	47.3%	41.6%
1978	47%	41.7%
1979	46.8%	41.8%
1980	46.5%	41.9%
1981	46.1%	42%
1982	45.8%	42.1%
1983	45.4%	42.2%
1984	45%	42.3%
1985	44.6%	42.5%
1986	44.2%	42.6%
1987	43.7%	42.7%
1988	43.1%	42.8%
1989	42.6%	42.9%
1990	42%	42.9%
1991	41.4%	43%
1992	41%	43.1%
1993	40.5%	43.2%
1994	39.9%	43.3%
1995	39.1%	43.4%
1996	38.2%	43.5%
1997	37.2%	43.5%
1998	36.1%	43.6%
1999	34.9%	43.7%
2000	33.7%	43.8%
2001	32.6%	43.9%
2002	31.5%	43.9%
2003	30.6%	43.9%
2004	29.7%	43.9%
2005	29%	43.8%
2006	28.4%	43.7%
2007	28%	43.6%
2008	27.7%	43.5%
2009	27.5%	43.4%
2010	27.5%	43.2%
2011	27.5%	43%
2012	27.7%	42.8%
2013	28.1%	42.5%
2014	28.6%	42.2%
2015	29%	41.8%
2016	29.5%	41.4%
2017	29.9%	41%
2018	30.3%	40.6%
2019	30.6%	40.2%
2020	30.8%	39.8%
2021	30.9%	39.4%
2022	30.8%	39%
2023	30.6%	38.5%
2024	30.3%	38.1%
2025	29.9%	37.7%
2026	29.4%	37.2%
2027	28.9%	36.8%
2028	28.2%	36.3%
2029	27.5%	35.9%
2030	26.8%	35.5%
2031	26%	35.2%
2032	25.2%	34.8%
2033	24.5%	34.4%
2034	23.8%	34%
2035	23.2%	33.6%
2036	22.6%	33.2%
2037	22.2%	32.8%
2038	21.8%	32.4%
2039	21.5%	32%
2040	21.2%	31.6%
2041	21%	31.2%
2042	20.9%	30.9%
2043	20.8%	30.5%
2044	20.8%	30.2%
2045	20.8%	29.8%
2046	20.9%	29.5%
2047	20.9%	29.2%
2048	20.9%	28.8%
2049	21%	28.5%
2050	21%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 42% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Sierra Leone
1960	290,582	38,192
1961	296,467	40,022
1962	283,903	41,603
1963	315,645	43,569
1964	312,729	45,487
1965	311,190	47,223
1966	309,628	49,486
1967	316,289	51,734
1968	324,560	53,126
1969	334,541	54,768
1970	346,564	56,513
1971	356,069	58,484
1972	368,179	60,279
1973	382,736	62,443
1974	399,509	65,357
1975	417,803	67,560
1976	440,192	69,506
1977	465,405	71,663
1978	491,876	74,130
1979	523,875	75,992
1980	559,983	77,932
1981	595,150	80,111
1982	620,415	82,457
1983	641,167	84,628
1984	656,475	87,072
1985	672,185	88,869
1986	661,644	90,902
1987	645,309	94,235
1988	637,215	96,344
1989	628,542	98,298
1990	612,369	100,778
1991	616,850	105,477
1992	627,289	103,251
1993	611,306	103,317
1994	594,445	101,486
1995	533,104	100,885
1996	483,632	104,140
1997	450,138	105,433
1998	425,928	103,906
1999	434,198	102,295
2000	447,025	110,754
2001	450,637	116,647
2002	451,369	126,429
2003	474,272	130,312
2004	508,773	132,661
2005	543,158	137,234
2006	580,812	144,127
2007	620,196	145,740
2008	662,044	149,855
2009	691,496	152,669
2010	719,350	155,338
2011	741,832	158,858
2012	790,645	160,915
2013	802,203	161,265
2014	839,654	160,137
2015	847,054	162,275
2016	849,368	168,784
2017	848,585	173,259
2018	824,428	178,772
2019	809,522	181,068
2020	724,140	181,015
2021	735,514	183,326
2022	722,591	186,625
2023	691,724	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Sierra Leone
1985	292	1,506
1986	265	1,530
1987	243	1,533
1988	227	1,549
1989	215	1,575
1990	202	1,572
1991	198	1,699
1992	193	1,681
1993	195	1,696
1994	196	1,755
1995	187	1,777
1996	173	1,726
1997	155	1,721
1998	143	1,753
1999	132	1,731
2000	123	1,603
2001	113	1,518
2002	102	1,492
2003	101	1,433
2004	91	1,366
2005	87	1,294
2006	84	1,168
2007	83	1,132
2008	83	1,093
2009	83	1,054
2010	82	1,018
2011	81	967
2012	81	915
2013	81	842
2014	80	821
2015	79	730
2016	79	633
2017	77	578
2018	75	491
2019	73	464
2020	97	422
2021	79	403
2022	64	370
2023	62	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Sierra Leone
1960	24%	39.1%
1961	24%	38.5%
1962	24.1%	38%
1963	24.2%	37.4%
1964	24.3%	36.8%
1965	24.5%	36.2%
1966	24.6%	35.6%
1967	24.6%	35%
1968	24.6%	34.5%
1969	24.4%	33.9%
1970	24.1%	33.4%
1971	23.7%	32.9%
1972	23.1%	32.3%
1973	22.4%	31.9%
1974	21.7%	31.4%
1975	20.9%	30.9%
1976	20%	30.5%
1977	19%	30%
1978	18%	29.6%
1979	16.9%	29.2%
1980	15.6%	28.9%
1981	14%	28.5%
1982	12.3%	28.1%
1983	10.5%	27.8%
1984	8.91%	27.5%
1985	7.61%	27.2%
1986	6.63%	26.9%
1987	5.96%	26.6%
1988	5.55%	26.4%
1989	5.3%	26.2%
1990	5.17%	25.9%
1991	5.09%	25.7%
1992	5.04%	25.5%
1993	4.98%	25.3%
1994	4.9%	25%
1995	4.81%	24.7%
1996	4.7%	24.3%
1997	4.58%	23.9%
1998	4.45%	23.4%
1999	4.31%	22.9%
2000	4.16%	22.4%
2001	4.01%	21.8%
2002	3.85%	21.3%
2003	3.7%	20.7%
2004	3.54%	20.1%
2005	3.4%	19.4%
2006	3.26%	18.8%
2007	3.13%	18.1%
2008	3.01%	17.3%
2009	2.9%	16.6%
2010	2.81%	15.9%
2011	2.73%	15.2%
2012	2.66%	14.5%
2013	2.6%	13.9%
2014	2.54%	13.7%
2015	2.49%	13.8%
2016	2.45%	12.3%
2017	2.4%	11.8%
2018	2.37%	11.3%
2019	2.33%	10.9%
2020	2.29%	10.5%
2021	2.26%	10.1%
2022	2.23%	9.77%
2023	2.2%	9.43%