Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Australia vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 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 Australia 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
	Australia	Sierra Leone
1960	3.45	6.18
1961	3.54	6.21
1962	3.44	6.22
1963	3.33	6.26
1964	3.15	6.29
1965	2.98	6.31
1966	2.88	6.35
1967	2.85	6.38
1968	2.89	6.39
1969	2.89	6.39
1970	2.86	6.41
1971	2.96	6.43
1972	2.74	6.45
1973	2.49	6.47
1974	2.4	6.53
1975	2.15	6.55
1976	2.06	6.55
1977	2.01	6.57
1978	1.95	6.59
1979	1.91	6.58
1980	1.89	6.56
1981	1.94	6.55
1982	1.93	6.56
1983	1.92	6.57
1984	1.84	6.59
1985	1.92	6.59
1986	1.87	6.6
1987	1.85	6.61
1988	1.83	6.59
1989	1.84	6.57
1990	1.9	6.57
1991	1.85	6.55
1992	1.89	6.56
1993	1.86	6.57
1994	1.84	6.56
1995	1.82	6.56
1996	1.8	6.55
1997	1.78	6.53
1998	1.76	6.5
1999	1.76	6.42
2000	1.76	6.36
2001	1.74	6.31
2002	1.76	6.23
2003	1.75	6.09
2004	1.77	5.92
2005	1.81	5.81
2006	1.91	5.74
2007	1.96	5.64
2008	1.98	5.56
2009	1.97	5.45
2010	1.93	5.33
2011	1.93	5.21
2012	1.92	5.06
2013	1.86	4.87
2014	1.83	4.7
2015	1.81	4.55
2016	1.75	4.47
2017	1.74	4.39
2018	1.74	4.29
2019	1.66	4.19
2020	1.58	4.08
2021	1.7	3.98
2022	1.63	3.88
2023	1.5	3.79
2024	1.5	3.7
2025	1.5	3.61
2026	1.5	3.53
2027	1.5	3.47
2028	1.51	3.37
2029	1.5	3.3
2030	1.51	3.23
2031	1.5	3.18
2032	1.5	3.12
2033	1.5	3.07
2034	1.5	3.02
2035	1.5	2.97
2036	1.5	2.92
2037	1.5	2.88
2038	1.5	2.84
2039	1.5	2.79
2040	1.5	2.76
2041	1.5	2.72
2042	1.5	2.68
2043	1.5	2.65
2044	1.5	2.62
2045	1.5	2.58
2046	1.5	2.55
2047	1.5	2.53
2048	1.5	2.5
2049	1.5	2.47
2050	1.5	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Sierra Leone
1960	30.2%	38.2%
1961	30.2%	38.3%
1962	30.1%	38.3%
1963	29.9%	38.5%
1964	29.8%	38.8%
1965	29.6%	39.1%
1966	29.5%	39.4%
1967	29.3%	39.6%
1968	29.1%	39.9%
1969	28.9%	40.1%
1970	28.8%	40.3%
1971	28.7%	40.6%
1972	28.5%	40.7%
1973	28.2%	40.9%
1974	27.9%	41.1%
1975	27.5%	41.3%
1976	27%	41.4%
1977	26.5%	41.6%
1978	26.1%	41.7%
1979	25.6%	41.8%
1980	25.3%	41.9%
1981	25%	42%
1982	24.7%	42.1%
1983	24.4%	42.2%
1984	24%	42.3%
1985	23.6%	42.5%
1986	23.1%	42.6%
1987	22.7%	42.7%
1988	22.4%	42.8%
1989	22.2%	42.9%
1990	22%	42.9%
1991	21.9%	43%
1992	21.8%	43.1%
1993	21.7%	43.2%
1994	21.7%	43.3%
1995	21.5%	43.4%
1996	21.4%	43.5%
1997	21.2%	43.5%
1998	21.1%	43.6%
1999	20.9%	43.7%
2000	20.8%	43.8%
2001	20.6%	43.9%
2002	20.4%	43.9%
2003	20.2%	43.9%
2004	20%	43.9%
2005	19.8%	43.8%
2006	19.6%	43.7%
2007	19.4%	43.6%
2008	19.3%	43.5%
2009	19.2%	43.4%
2010	19.1%	43.2%
2011	19%	43%
2012	18.9%	42.8%
2013	18.9%	42.5%
2014	18.9%	42.2%
2015	18.9%	41.8%
2016	18.9%	41.4%
2017	18.8%	41%
2018	18.8%	40.6%
2019	18.7%	40.2%
2020	18.6%	39.8%
2021	18.4%	39.4%
2022	18.2%	39%
2023	18%	38.5%
2024	17.8%	38.1%
2025	17.7%	37.7%
2026	17.5%	37.2%
2027	17.4%	36.8%
2028	17.2%	36.3%
2029	17%	35.9%
2030	16.9%	35.5%
2031	16.7%	35.2%
2032	16.6%	34.8%
2033	16.5%	34.4%
2034	16.4%	34%
2035	16.3%	33.6%
2036	16.2%	33.2%
2037	16.1%	32.8%
2038	16%	32.4%
2039	15.9%	32%
2040	15.9%	31.6%
2041	15.8%	31.2%
2042	15.8%	30.9%
2043	15.7%	30.5%
2044	15.7%	30.2%
2045	15.7%	29.8%
2046	15.7%	29.5%
2047	15.7%	29.2%
2048	15.7%	28.8%
2049	15.7%	28.5%
2050	15.7%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 22% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia 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
	Australia	Sierra Leone
1960	141,816	38,192
1961	150,955	40,022
1962	143,943	41,603
1963	140,161	43,569
1964	128,420	45,487
1965	122,990	47,223
1966	126,996	49,486
1967	126,249	51,734
1968	132,099	53,126
1969	143,477	54,768
1970	145,081	56,513
1971	165,593	58,484
1972	155,488	60,279
1973	136,476	62,443
1974	128,996	65,357
1975	123,648	67,560
1976	115,070	69,506
1977	117,793	71,663
1978	116,299	74,130
1979	116,112	75,992
1980	117,536	77,932
1981	125,356	80,111
1982	126,030	82,457
1983	130,844	84,628
1984	123,077	87,072
1985	143,674	88,869
1986	123,342	90,902
1987	128,484	94,235
1988	127,298	96,344
1989	127,789	98,298
1990	143,347	100,778
1991	138,273	105,477
1992	139,829	103,251
1993	137,551	103,317
1994	131,761	101,486
1995	131,436	100,885
1996	125,751	104,140
1997	121,592	105,433
1998	120,949	103,906
1999	118,517	102,295
2000	119,882	110,754
2001	117,575	116,647
2002	116,971	126,429
2003	118,325	130,312
2004	115,610	132,661
2005	129,132	137,234
2006	132,931	144,127
2007	154,124	145,740
2008	155,119	149,855
2009	160,518	152,669
2010	158,628	155,338
2011	156,380	158,858
2012	161,408	160,915
2013	159,584	161,265
2014	154,940	160,137
2015	150,041	162,275
2016	152,403	168,784
2017	150,015	173,259
2018	157,269	178,772
2019	136,808	181,068
2020	133,376	181,015
2021	138,701	183,326
2022	111,862	186,625
2023	103,945	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Sierra Leone
1985	9	1,506
1986	8	1,530
1987	9	1,533
1988	9	1,549
1989	9	1,575
1990	9	1,572
1991	9	1,699
1992	9	1,681
1993	9	1,696
1994	9	1,755
1995	9	1,777
1996	8	1,726
1997	8	1,721
1998	7	1,753
1999	7	1,731
2000	7	1,603
2001	6	1,518
2002	6	1,492
2003	5	1,433
2004	5	1,366
2005	5	1,294
2006	5	1,168
2007	5	1,132
2008	5	1,093
2009	5	1,054
2010	5	1,018
2011	6	967
2012	6	915
2013	6	842
2014	6	821
2015	6	730
2016	6	633
2017	6	578
2018	5	491
2019	5	464
2020	5	422
2021	4	403
2022	4	370
2023	2	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia 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
	Australia	Sierra Leone
1960	2.49%	39.1%
1961	2.43%	38.5%
1962	2.37%	38%
1963	2.32%	37.4%
1964	2.27%	36.8%
1965	2.24%	36.2%
1966	2.21%	35.6%
1967	2.2%	35%
1968	2.19%	34.5%
1969	2.18%	33.9%
1970	2.15%	33.4%
1971	2.1%	32.9%
1972	2.03%	32.3%
1973	1.94%	31.9%
1974	1.84%	31.4%
1975	1.73%	30.9%
1976	1.62%	30.5%
1977	1.52%	30%
1978	1.44%	29.6%
1979	1.36%	29.2%
1980	1.3%	28.9%
1981	1.26%	28.5%
1982	1.22%	28.1%
1983	1.19%	27.8%
1984	1.16%	27.5%
1985	1.13%	27.2%
1986	1.1%	26.9%
1987	1.06%	26.6%
1988	1.02%	26.4%
1989	0.97%	26.2%
1990	0.92%	25.9%
1991	0.87%	25.7%
1992	0.82%	25.5%
1993	0.77%	25.3%
1994	0.73%	25%
1995	0.7%	24.7%
1996	0.68%	24.3%
1997	0.66%	23.9%
1998	0.64%	23.4%
1999	0.63%	22.9%
2000	0.62%	22.4%
2001	0.61%	21.8%
2002	0.6%	21.3%
2003	0.59%	20.7%
2004	0.58%	20.1%
2005	0.57%	19.4%
2006	0.56%	18.8%
2007	0.54%	18.1%
2008	0.52%	17.3%
2009	0.5%	16.6%
2010	0.48%	15.9%
2011	0.45%	15.2%
2012	0.43%	14.5%
2013	0.41%	13.9%
2014	0.4%	13.7%
2015	0.39%	13.8%
2016	0.38%	12.3%
2017	0.38%	11.8%
2018	0.38%	11.3%
2019	0.38%	10.9%
2020	0.38%	10.5%
2021	0.37%	10.1%
2022	0.37%	9.77%
2023	0.37%	9.43%