Fertility & birth rates in Armenia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Armenia vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Armenia was 1.9 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 Armenia 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
	Armenia	Sierra Leone
1960	4.79	6.18
1961	4.67	6.21
1962	4.52	6.22
1963	4.35	6.26
1964	4.15	6.29
1965	3.99	6.31
1966	3.83	6.35
1967	3.73	6.38
1968	3.62	6.39
1969	3.49	6.39
1970	3.33	6.41
1971	3.29	6.43
1972	3.2	6.45
1973	3.08	6.47
1974	2.98	6.53
1975	2.92	6.55
1976	2.84	6.55
1977	2.74	6.57
1978	2.62	6.59
1979	2.53	6.58
1980	2.48	6.56
1981	2.48	6.55
1982	2.5	6.56
1983	2.56	6.57
1984	2.6	6.59
1985	2.64	6.59
1986	2.66	6.6
1987	2.66	6.61
1988	2.68	6.59
1989	2.71	6.57
1990	2.71	6.57
1991	2.64	6.55
1992	2.5	6.56
1993	2.29	6.57
1994	2.08	6.56
1995	2.07	6.56
1996	2.06	6.55
1997	1.9	6.53
1998	1.81	6.5
1999	1.53	6.42
2000	1.3	6.36
2001	1.2	6.31
2002	1.2	6.23
2003	1.3	6.09
2004	1.4	5.92
2005	1.3	5.81
2006	1.3	5.74
2007	1.4	5.64
2008	1.4	5.56
2009	1.5	5.45
2010	1.5	5.33
2011	1.5	5.21
2012	1.6	5.06
2013	1.6	4.87
2014	1.7	4.7
2015	1.6	4.55
2016	1.6	4.47
2017	1.6	4.39
2018	1.6	4.29
2019	1.6	4.19
2020	1.7	4.08
2021	1.7	3.98
2022	1.7	3.88
2023	1.9	3.79
2024	1.9	3.7
2025	1.9	3.61
2026	1.9	3.53
2027	1.9	3.47
2028	1.89	3.37
2029	1.89	3.3
2030	1.89	3.23
2031	1.89	3.18
2032	1.89	3.12
2033	1.89	3.07
2034	1.89	3.02
2035	1.89	2.97
2036	1.89	2.92
2037	1.88	2.88
2038	1.88	2.84
2039	1.88	2.79
2040	1.88	2.76
2041	1.88	2.72
2042	1.88	2.68
2043	1.88	2.65
2044	1.88	2.62
2045	1.88	2.58
2046	1.87	2.55
2047	1.87	2.53
2048	1.87	2.5
2049	1.87	2.47
2050	1.87	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Armenia	Sierra Leone
1960	37.5%	38.2%
1961	38.7%	38.3%
1962	39.6%	38.3%
1963	40%	38.5%
1964	40.2%	38.8%
1965	40.3%	39.1%
1966	40.2%	39.4%
1967	39.9%	39.6%
1968	39.6%	39.9%
1969	39.1%	40.1%
1970	38.5%	40.3%
1971	37.7%	40.6%
1972	36.8%	40.7%
1973	35.9%	40.9%
1974	34.9%	41.1%
1975	33.8%	41.3%
1976	32.8%	41.4%
1977	32.1%	41.6%
1978	31.5%	41.7%
1979	31%	41.8%
1980	30.5%	41.9%
1981	30.2%	42%
1982	30.1%	42.1%
1983	30.1%	42.2%
1984	30.2%	42.3%
1985	30.3%	42.5%
1986	30.4%	42.6%
1987	30.5%	42.7%
1988	30.6%	42.8%
1989	30.4%	42.9%
1990	30.3%	42.9%
1991	30.4%	43%
1992	31%	43.1%
1993	31.7%	43.2%
1994	32%	43.3%
1995	31.8%	43.4%
1996	31.3%	43.5%
1997	30.8%	43.5%
1998	29.6%	43.6%
1999	27.9%	43.7%
2000	26.3%	43.8%
2001	24.9%	43.9%
2002	23.8%	43.9%
2003	22.9%	43.9%
2004	22.1%	43.9%
2005	21.2%	43.8%
2006	20.4%	43.7%
2007	19.8%	43.6%
2008	19.4%	43.5%
2009	19.3%	43.4%
2010	19.3%	43.2%
2011	19.4%	43%
2012	19.5%	42.8%
2013	19.7%	42.5%
2014	19.9%	42.2%
2015	20.1%	41.8%
2016	20.3%	41.4%
2017	20.5%	41%
2018	20.5%	40.6%
2019	20.3%	40.2%
2020	20.2%	39.8%
2021	20%	39.4%
2022	19.9%	39%
2023	19.5%	38.5%
2024	19.2%	38.1%
2025	19%	37.7%
2026	18.7%	37.2%
2027	18.4%	36.8%
2028	18%	36.3%
2029	17.7%	35.9%
2030	17.3%	35.5%
2031	17%	35.2%
2032	16.7%	34.8%
2033	16.4%	34.4%
2034	16.1%	34%
2035	15.9%	33.6%
2036	15.7%	33.2%
2037	15.5%	32.8%
2038	15.3%	32.4%
2039	15.1%	32%
2040	15%	31.6%
2041	14.8%	31.2%
2042	14.7%	30.9%
2043	14.7%	30.5%
2044	14.6%	30.2%
2045	14.6%	29.8%
2046	14.6%	29.5%
2047	14.6%	29.2%
2048	14.6%	28.8%
2049	14.6%	28.5%
2050	14.6%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.2% of the population in Armenia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 30.3% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Armenia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Armenia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Armenia 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
	Armenia	Sierra Leone
1960	51,675	38,192
1961	51,957	40,022
1962	50,461	41,603
1963	48,058	43,569
1964	44,886	45,487
1965	42,271	47,223
1966	39,842	49,486
1967	38,674	51,734
1968	38,118	53,126
1969	37,333	54,768
1970	36,045	56,513
1971	36,590	58,484
1972	36,943	60,279
1973	37,355	62,443
1974	38,392	65,357
1975	40,217	67,560
1976	41,948	69,506
1977	45,320	71,663
1978	48,326	74,130
1979	52,452	75,992
1980	54,128	77,932
1981	56,323	80,111
1982	58,617	82,457
1983	61,028	84,628
1984	62,124	87,072
1985	62,499	88,869
1986	61,771	90,902
1987	60,176	94,235
1988	33,232	96,344
1989	57,520	98,298
1990	59,893	100,778
1991	56,269	105,477
1992	50,346	103,251
1993	35,818	103,317
1994	26,271	101,486
1995	22,452	100,885
1996	21,092	104,140
1997	16,685	105,433
1998	14,357	103,906
1999	10,452	102,295
2000	9,985	110,754
2001	8,030	116,647
2002	6,719	126,429
2003	9,866	130,312
2004	11,710	132,661
2005	11,013	137,234
2006	10,320	144,127
2007	13,362	145,740
2008	13,583	149,855
2009	16,863	152,669
2010	16,746	155,338
2011	15,442	158,858
2012	14,818	160,915
2013	14,505	161,265
2014	15,371	160,137
2015	13,821	162,275
2016	12,269	168,784
2017	10,428	173,259
2018	10,688	178,772
2019	10,072	181,068
2020	296	181,015
2021	2,370	183,326
2022	9,799	186,625
2023	12,153	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Armenia vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Armenia, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Armenia	Sierra Leone
1985	55	1,506
1986	54	1,530
1987	52	1,533
1988	55	1,549
1989	46	1,575
1990	47	1,572
1991	47	1,699
1992	50	1,681
1993	50	1,696
1994	51	1,755
1995	50	1,777
1996	49	1,726
1997	48	1,721
1998	45	1,753
1999	42	1,731
2000	40	1,603
2001	38	1,518
2002	36	1,492
2003	35	1,433
2004	34	1,366
2005	32	1,294
2006	31	1,168
2007	30	1,132
2008	29	1,093
2009	29	1,054
2010	28	1,018
2011	27	967
2012	27	915
2013	26	842
2014	26	821
2015	25	730
2016	25	633
2017	24	578
2018	24	491
2019	23	464
2020	43	422
2021	57	403
2022	27	370
2023	19	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Armenia 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
	Armenia	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	8.67%	30.5%
1977	8.32%	30%
1978	7.98%	29.6%
1979	7.67%	29.2%
1980	7.36%	28.9%
1981	7.06%	28.5%
1982	6.78%	28.1%
1983	6.52%	27.8%
1984	6.26%	27.5%
1985	6.01%	27.2%
1986	5.78%	26.9%
1987	5.55%	26.6%
1988	9.93%	26.4%
1989	5.11%	26.2%
1990	4.9%	25.9%
1991	4.69%	25.7%
1992	4.49%	25.5%
1993	4.29%	25.3%
1994	4.09%	25%
1995	3.9%	24.7%
1996	3.72%	24.3%
1997	3.55%	23.9%
1998	3.39%	23.4%
1999	3.23%	22.9%
2000	3.08%	22.4%
2001	2.93%	21.8%
2002	2.79%	21.3%
2003	2.65%	20.7%
2004	2.52%	20.1%
2005	2.4%	19.4%
2006	2.28%	18.8%
2007	2.17%	18.1%
2008	2.06%	17.3%
2009	1.97%	16.6%
2010	1.87%	15.9%
2011	1.78%	15.2%
2012	1.7%	14.5%
2013	1.62%	13.9%
2014	1.54%	13.7%
2015	1.46%	13.8%
2016	1.4%	12.3%
2017	1.33%	11.8%
2018	1.27%	11.3%
2019	1.21%	10.9%
2020	1.16%	10.5%
2021	1.1%	10.1%
2022	1.05%	9.77%
2023	1%	9.43%