Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 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 the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Sierra Leone
1960	5.09	6.18
1961	5.16	6.21
1962	5.13	6.22
1963	5.06	6.26
1964	4.97	6.29
1965	4.88	6.31
1966	4.79	6.35
1967	4.69	6.38
1968	4.56	6.39
1969	4.38	6.39
1970	4.21	6.41
1971	4.06	6.43
1972	3.89	6.45
1973	3.73	6.47
1974	3.57	6.53
1975	3.42	6.55
1976	3.3	6.55
1977	3.17	6.57
1978	3.05	6.59
1979	2.94	6.58
1980	2.84	6.56
1981	2.77	6.55
1982	2.71	6.56
1983	2.65	6.57
1984	2.59	6.59
1985	2.55	6.59
1986	2.53	6.6
1987	2.52	6.61
1988	2.52	6.59
1989	2.52	6.57
1990	2.52	6.57
1991	2.51	6.55
1992	2.71	6.56
1993	2.61	6.57
1994	2.47	6.56
1995	2.42	6.56
1996	2.35	6.55
1997	2.29	6.53
1998	2.23	6.5
1999	2.13	6.42
2000	2.06	6.36
2001	2.02	6.31
2002	1.98	6.23
2003	1.97	6.09
2004	1.98	5.92
2005	2.01	5.81
2006	2.02	5.74
2007	2.04	5.64
2008	2	5.56
2009	2.01	5.45
2010	1.84	5.33
2011	1.79	5.21
2012	1.76	5.06
2013	1.74	4.87
2014	1.69	4.7
2015	1.57	4.55
2016	1.5	4.47
2017	1.42	4.39
2018	1.4	4.29
2019	1.4	4.19
2020	1.39	4.08
2021	1.38	3.98
2022	1.38	3.88
2023	1.37	3.79
2024	1.37	3.7
2025	1.36	3.61
2026	1.36	3.53
2027	1.35	3.47
2028	1.35	3.37
2029	1.35	3.3
2030	1.35	3.23
2031	1.36	3.18
2032	1.36	3.12
2033	1.36	3.07
2034	1.37	3.02
2035	1.37	2.97
2036	1.37	2.92
2037	1.38	2.88
2038	1.38	2.84
2039	1.38	2.79
2040	1.39	2.76
2041	1.39	2.72
2042	1.39	2.68
2043	1.39	2.65
2044	1.4	2.62
2045	1.4	2.58
2046	1.4	2.55
2047	1.4	2.53
2048	1.41	2.5
2049	1.41	2.47
2050	1.41	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Sierra Leone
1960	41.1%	38.2%
1961	41%	38.3%
1962	40.9%	38.3%
1963	40.8%	38.5%
1964	40.7%	38.8%
1965	40.7%	39.1%
1966	40.6%	39.4%
1967	40.6%	39.6%
1968	40.4%	39.9%
1969	40.3%	40.1%
1970	40.1%	40.3%
1971	40%	40.6%
1972	39.9%	40.7%
1973	39.7%	40.9%
1974	39.4%	41.1%
1975	39%	41.3%
1976	38.4%	41.4%
1977	37.8%	41.6%
1978	37%	41.7%
1979	36.1%	41.8%
1980	35.3%	41.9%
1981	34.4%	42%
1982	33.6%	42.1%
1983	32.8%	42.2%
1984	32%	42.3%
1985	31.2%	42.5%
1986	30.6%	42.6%
1987	30%	42.7%
1988	29.5%	42.8%
1989	29.2%	42.9%
1990	28.9%	42.9%
1991	28.7%	43%
1992	28.6%	43.1%
1993	28.6%	43.2%
1994	28.6%	43.3%
1995	28.5%	43.4%
1996	28.5%	43.5%
1997	28.4%	43.5%
1998	28.2%	43.6%
1999	28.1%	43.7%
2000	27.8%	43.8%
2001	27.5%	43.9%
2002	27.2%	43.9%
2003	26.8%	43.9%
2004	26.3%	43.9%
2005	25.9%	43.8%
2006	25.4%	43.7%
2007	24.9%	43.6%
2008	24.3%	43.5%
2009	23.8%	43.4%
2010	23.3%	43.2%
2011	22.8%	43%
2012	22.4%	42.8%
2013	22%	42.5%
2014	21.6%	42.2%
2015	21.3%	41.8%
2016	20.9%	41.4%
2017	20.6%	41%
2018	20.2%	40.6%
2019	19.8%	40.2%
2020	19.5%	39.8%
2021	19.1%	39.4%
2022	18.8%	39%
2023	18.3%	38.5%
2024	17.9%	38.1%
2025	17.5%	37.7%
2026	17.2%	37.2%
2027	16.9%	36.8%
2028	16.7%	36.3%
2029	16.4%	35.9%
2030	16.2%	35.5%
2031	16%	35.2%
2032	15.9%	34.8%
2033	15.8%	34.4%
2034	15.7%	34%
2035	15.6%	33.6%
2036	15.5%	33.2%
2037	15.4%	32.8%
2038	15.3%	32.4%
2039	15.3%	32%
2040	15.2%	31.6%
2041	15.1%	31.2%
2042	15%	30.9%
2043	14.9%	30.5%
2044	14.9%	30.2%
2045	14.8%	29.8%
2046	14.7%	29.5%
2047	14.7%	29.2%
2048	14.6%	28.8%
2049	14.5%	28.5%
2050	14.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Sierra Leone
1960	3,351	38,192
1961	3,577	40,022
1962	3,748	41,603
1963	3,901	43,569
1964	4,037	45,487
1965	4,193	47,223
1966	4,339	49,486
1967	4,502	51,734
1968	4,622	53,126
1969	4,688	54,768
1970	4,726	56,513
1971	4,690	58,484
1972	4,583	60,279
1973	4,467	62,443
1974	4,352	65,357
1975	4,249	67,560
1976	4,167	69,506
1977	4,069	71,663
1978	3,987	74,130
1979	3,899	75,992
1980	3,845	77,932
1981	3,851	80,111
1982	3,863	82,457
1983	3,888	84,628
1984	3,892	87,072
1985	3,918	88,869
1986	3,998	90,902
1987	4,090	94,235
1988	4,198	96,344
1989	4,323	98,298
1990	4,432	100,778
1991	4,498	105,477
1992	5,064	103,251
1993	4,877	103,317
1994	4,558	101,486
1995	4,434	100,885
1996	4,265	104,140
1997	4,107	105,433
1998	3,949	103,906
1999	3,688	102,295
2000	3,487	110,754
2001	3,377	116,647
2002	3,249	126,429
2003	3,181	130,312
2004	3,165	132,661
2005	3,220	137,234
2006	3,205	144,127
2007	3,243	145,740
2008	3,134	149,855
2009	3,163	152,669
2010	2,662	155,338
2011	2,558	158,858
2012	2,485	160,915
2013	2,432	161,265
2014	2,259	160,137
2015	1,840	162,275
2016	1,569	168,784
2017	1,289	173,259
2018	1,173	178,772
2019	740	181,068
2020	631	181,015
2021	-93	183,326
2022	947	186,625
2023	854	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Sierra Leone
1985	70	1,506
1986	68	1,530
1987	66	1,533
1988	66	1,549
1989	65	1,575
1990	65	1,572
1991	67	1,699
1992	67	1,681
1993	66	1,696
1994	64	1,755
1995	63	1,777
1996	62	1,726
1997	59	1,721
1998	57	1,753
1999	54	1,731
2000	51	1,603
2001	48	1,518
2002	46	1,492
2003	57	1,433
2004	69	1,366
2005	70	1,294
2006	74	1,168
2007	78	1,132
2008	80	1,093
2009	84	1,054
2010	79	1,018
2011	74	967
2012	71	915
2013	74	842
2014	78	821
2015	83	730
2016	77	633
2017	79	578
2018	82	491
2019	82	464
2020	84	422
2021	174	403
2022	80	370
2023	76	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	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	2.94%	34.5%
1969	2.99%	33.9%
1970	3.03%	33.4%
1971	3.07%	32.9%
1972	3.1%	32.3%
1973	3.13%	31.9%
1974	3.14%	31.4%
1975	3.13%	30.9%
1976	3.1%	30.5%
1977	3.07%	30%
1978	3.03%	29.6%
1979	2.99%	29.2%
1980	2.95%	28.9%
1981	2.91%	28.5%
1982	2.88%	28.1%
1983	2.84%	27.8%
1984	2.81%	27.5%
1985	2.78%	27.2%
1986	2.73%	26.9%
1987	2.65%	26.6%
1988	2.55%	26.4%
1989	2.45%	26.2%
1990	2.34%	25.9%
1991	2.23%	25.7%
1992	2.12%	25.5%
1993	2.03%	25.3%
1994	1.93%	25%
1995	1.84%	24.7%
1996	1.76%	24.3%
1997	1.69%	23.9%
1998	1.65%	23.4%
1999	1.62%	22.9%
2000	1.62%	22.4%
2001	1.63%	21.8%
2002	1.65%	21.3%
2003	1.67%	20.7%
2004	1.69%	20.1%
2005	1.69%	19.4%
2006	1.68%	18.8%
2007	1.65%	18.1%
2008	1.62%	17.3%
2009	1.58%	16.6%
2010	1.54%	15.9%
2011	1.5%	15.2%
2012	1.47%	14.5%
2013	1.44%	13.9%
2014	1.42%	13.7%
2015	1.39%	13.8%
2016	1.38%	12.3%
2017	1.36%	11.8%
2018	1.35%	11.3%
2019	2.35%	10.9%
2020	1.33%	10.5%
2021	1.31%	10.1%
2022	1.29%	9.77%
2023	1.27%	9.43%