Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 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 Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Sierra Leone
1960	5.88	6.18
1961	5.94	6.21
1962	5.96	6.22
1963	5.95	6.26
1964	5.89	6.29
1965	5.79	6.31
1966	5.66	6.35
1967	5.38	6.38
1968	5.22	6.39
1969	5.07	6.39
1970	4.91	6.41
1971	4.77	6.43
1972	4.62	6.45
1973	4.45	6.47
1974	4.33	6.53
1975	4.18	6.55
1976	4.02	6.55
1977	3.87	6.57
1978	3.73	6.59
1979	3.61	6.58
1980	3.5	6.56
1981	3.41	6.55
1982	3.34	6.56
1983	3.29	6.57
1984	3.26	6.59
1985	2.91	6.59
1986	2.9	6.6
1987	2.9	6.61
1988	2.8	6.59
1989	2.8	6.57
1990	2.74	6.57
1991	2.87	6.55
1992	2.74	6.56
1993	2.7	6.57
1994	2.52	6.56
1995	2.29	6.56
1996	2.06	6.55
1997	2.07	6.53
1998	2	6.5
1999	2.07	6.42
2000	2	6.36
2001	1.8	6.31
2002	1.8	6.23
2003	1.9	6.09
2004	2.05	5.92
2005	2	5.81
2006	1.97	5.74
2007	1.97	5.64
2008	1.9	5.56
2009	1.82	5.45
2010	1.92	5.33
2011	1.96	5.21
2012	2	5.06
2013	1.98	4.87
2014	1.97	4.7
2015	1.94	4.55
2016	1.9	4.47
2017	1.75	4.39
2018	1.73	4.29
2019	1.81	4.19
2020	1.7	4.08
2021	1.52	3.98
2022	1.67	3.88
2023	1.55	3.79
2024	1.55	3.7
2025	1.54	3.61
2026	1.54	3.53
2027	1.54	3.47
2028	1.54	3.37
2029	1.54	3.3
2030	1.54	3.23
2031	1.53	3.18
2032	1.53	3.12
2033	1.53	3.07
2034	1.53	3.02
2035	1.53	2.97
2036	1.53	2.92
2037	1.53	2.88
2038	1.53	2.84
2039	1.52	2.79
2040	1.52	2.76
2041	1.52	2.72
2042	1.52	2.68
2043	1.52	2.65
2044	1.52	2.62
2045	1.52	2.58
2046	1.52	2.55
2047	1.52	2.53
2048	1.52	2.5
2049	1.52	2.47
2050	1.52	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Sierra Leone
1960	40.4%	38.2%
1961	42%	38.3%
1962	43.3%	38.3%
1963	44.2%	38.5%
1964	44.9%	38.8%
1965	45.3%	39.1%
1966	45.6%	39.4%
1967	45.7%	39.6%
1968	45.6%	39.9%
1969	45.3%	40.1%
1970	44.9%	40.3%
1971	44.3%	40.6%
1972	43.6%	40.7%
1973	42.7%	40.9%
1974	41.7%	41.1%
1975	40.6%	41.3%
1976	39.4%	41.4%
1977	38.1%	41.6%
1978	36.7%	41.7%
1979	35.6%	41.8%
1980	35%	41.9%
1981	34.4%	42%
1982	34%	42.1%
1983	33.8%	42.2%
1984	33.5%	42.3%
1985	33.4%	42.5%
1986	33.2%	42.6%
1987	33.1%	42.7%
1988	33.2%	42.8%
1989	33.5%	42.9%
1990	33.8%	42.9%
1991	34%	43%
1992	34.1%	43.1%
1993	34%	43.2%
1994	33.9%	43.3%
1995	33.6%	43.4%
1996	33.2%	43.5%
1997	32.8%	43.5%
1998	32.2%	43.6%
1999	31.4%	43.7%
2000	30.3%	43.8%
2001	29.2%	43.9%
2002	28.1%	43.9%
2003	27%	43.9%
2004	26%	43.9%
2005	25.1%	43.8%
2006	24.4%	43.7%
2007	23.8%	43.6%
2008	23.2%	43.5%
2009	22.7%	43.4%
2010	22.3%	43.2%
2011	22.2%	43%
2012	22.3%	42.8%
2013	22.7%	42.5%
2014	23.1%	42.2%
2015	23.5%	41.8%
2016	23.8%	41.4%
2017	23.9%	41%
2018	23.8%	40.6%
2019	23.5%	40.2%
2020	23.4%	39.8%
2021	23.1%	39.4%
2022	22.8%	39%
2023	22.3%	38.5%
2024	21.8%	38.1%
2025	21.2%	37.7%
2026	20.6%	37.2%
2027	20%	36.8%
2028	19.4%	36.3%
2029	18.9%	35.9%
2030	18.3%	35.5%
2031	17.9%	35.2%
2032	17.6%	34.8%
2033	17.5%	34.4%
2034	17.3%	34%
2035	17%	33.6%
2036	16.9%	33.2%
2037	16.8%	32.8%
2038	16.8%	32.4%
2039	16.8%	32%
2040	16.8%	31.6%
2041	16.8%	31.2%
2042	16.9%	30.9%
2043	16.9%	30.5%
2044	16.9%	30.2%
2045	16.8%	29.8%
2046	16.8%	29.5%
2047	16.8%	29.2%
2048	16.7%	28.8%
2049	16.6%	28.5%
2050	16.5%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Sierra Leone
1960	127,982	38,192
1961	133,870	40,022
1962	135,928	41,603
1963	136,762	43,569
1964	134,971	45,487
1965	131,114	47,223
1966	126,678	49,486
1967	118,988	51,734
1968	115,379	53,126
1969	111,387	54,768
1970	108,976	56,513
1971	106,948	58,484
1972	105,009	60,279
1973	103,208	62,443
1974	103,872	65,357
1975	103,472	67,560
1976	103,370	69,506
1977	102,304	71,663
1978	102,831	74,130
1979	104,864	75,992
1980	110,279	77,932
1981	121,400	80,111
1982	117,615	82,457
1983	125,966	84,628
1984	130,043	87,072
1985	132,068	88,869
1986	141,499	90,902
1987	138,195	94,235
1988	136,702	96,344
1989	141,531	98,298
1990	142,069	100,778
1991	147,607	105,477
1992	133,615	103,251
1993	123,664	103,317
1994	107,112	101,486
1995	93,755	100,885
1996	80,735	104,140
1997	84,653	105,433
1998	77,548	103,906
1999	71,047	102,295
2000	70,023	110,754
2001	64,890	116,647
2002	63,741	126,429
2003	64,226	130,312
2004	81,403	132,661
2005	89,793	137,234
2006	96,724	144,127
2007	97,827	145,740
2008	99,903	149,855
2009	99,315	152,669
2010	112,274	155,338
2011	122,002	158,858
2012	119,915	160,915
2013	117,710	161,265
2014	115,374	160,137
2015	110,967	162,275
2016	102,457	168,784
2017	86,715	173,259
2018	81,506	178,772
2019	85,207	181,068
2020	50,466	181,015
2021	35,483	183,326
2022	61,865	186,625
2023	52,800	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Sierra Leone
1985	45	1,506
1986	48	1,530
1987	45	1,533
1988	45	1,549
1989	43	1,575
1990	41	1,572
1991	43	1,699
1992	56	1,681
1993	54	1,696
1994	58	1,755
1995	64	1,777
1996	58	1,726
1997	59	1,721
1998	54	1,753
1999	51	1,731
2000	46	1,603
2001	45	1,518
2002	40	1,492
2003	41	1,433
2004	40	1,366
2005	40	1,294
2006	33	1,168
2007	33	1,132
2008	30	1,093
2009	29	1,054
2010	28	1,018
2011	27	967
2012	28	915
2013	24	842
2014	23	821
2015	21	730
2016	22	633
2017	22	578
2018	21	491
2019	21	464
2020	21	422
2021	55	403
2022	32	370
2023	18	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	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	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	-	29.6%
1979	-	29.2%
1980	-	28.9%
1981	-	28.5%
1982	10.9%	28.1%
1983	10.7%	27.8%
1984	10.4%	27.5%
1985	10.2%	27.2%
1986	9.96%	26.9%
1987	9.77%	26.6%
1988	9.62%	26.4%
1989	9.52%	26.2%
1990	9.48%	25.9%
1991	9.5%	25.7%
1992	9.52%	25.5%
1993	9.52%	25.3%
1994	9.47%	25%
1995	9.34%	24.7%
1996	9.1%	24.3%
1997	8.78%	23.9%
1998	8.37%	23.4%
1999	7.91%	22.9%
2000	7.4%	22.4%
2001	6.9%	21.8%
2002	6.41%	21.3%
2003	5.96%	20.7%
2004	5.55%	20.1%
2005	5.18%	19.4%
2006	4.85%	18.8%
2007	4.55%	18.1%
2008	4.27%	17.3%
2009	4.01%	16.6%
2010	3.77%	15.9%
2011	3.54%	15.2%
2012	3.32%	14.5%
2013	3.12%	13.9%
2014	2.95%	13.7%
2015	2.78%	13.8%
2016	2.63%	12.3%
2017	2.49%	11.8%
2018	2.36%	11.3%
2019	2.24%	10.9%
2020	2.13%	10.5%
2021	2.04%	10.1%
2022	1.94%	9.77%
2023	1.86%	9.43%