Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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 Belarus 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
	Belarus	Sierra Leone
1960	2.67	6.18
1961	2.59	6.21
1962	2.5	6.22
1963	2.4	6.26
1964	2.31	6.29
1965	2.27	6.31
1966	2.29	6.35
1967	2.26	6.38
1968	2.22	6.39
1969	2.26	6.39
1970	2.31	6.41
1971	2.31	6.43
1972	2.28	6.45
1973	2.25	6.47
1974	2.21	6.53
1975	2.17	6.55
1976	2.12	6.55
1977	2.08	6.57
1978	2.06	6.59
1979	2.05	6.58
1980	2.03	6.56
1981	2.02	6.55
1982	2.05	6.56
1983	2.11	6.57
1984	2.11	6.59
1985	2.09	6.59
1986	2.09	6.6
1987	2.03	6.61
1988	2.03	6.59
1989	2.03	6.57
1990	1.91	6.57
1991	1.81	6.55
1992	1.76	6.56
1993	1.62	6.57
1994	1.53	6.56
1995	1.41	6.56
1996	1.34	6.55
1997	1.25	6.53
1998	1.3	6.5
1999	1.31	6.42
2000	1.32	6.36
2001	1.29	6.31
2002	1.24	6.23
2003	1.23	6.09
2004	1.23	5.92
2005	1.25	5.81
2006	1.34	5.74
2007	1.43	5.64
2008	1.49	5.56
2009	1.51	5.45
2010	1.49	5.33
2011	1.52	5.21
2012	1.62	5.06
2013	1.67	4.87
2014	1.7	4.7
2015	1.72	4.55
2016	1.73	4.47
2017	1.54	4.39
2018	1.45	4.29
2019	1.38	4.19
2020	1.37	4.08
2021	1.37	3.98
2022	1.33	3.88
2023	1.21	3.79
2024	1.22	3.7
2025	1.23	3.61
2026	1.23	3.53
2027	1.24	3.47
2028	1.25	3.37
2029	1.25	3.3
2030	1.26	3.23
2031	1.27	3.18
2032	1.28	3.12
2033	1.28	3.07
2034	1.29	3.02
2035	1.3	2.97
2036	1.31	2.92
2037	1.31	2.88
2038	1.32	2.84
2039	1.32	2.79
2040	1.33	2.76
2041	1.34	2.72
2042	1.34	2.68
2043	1.35	2.65
2044	1.35	2.62
2045	1.36	2.58
2046	1.36	2.55
2047	1.37	2.53
2048	1.37	2.5
2049	1.38	2.47
2050	1.38	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Sierra Leone
1960	30.8%	38.2%
1961	31.2%	38.3%
1962	31.2%	38.3%
1963	31.1%	38.5%
1964	30.8%	38.8%
1965	30.5%	39.1%
1966	30.2%	39.4%
1967	29.9%	39.6%
1968	29.6%	39.9%
1969	29.3%	40.1%
1970	28.7%	40.3%
1971	27.9%	40.6%
1972	27.2%	40.7%
1973	26.4%	40.9%
1974	25.7%	41.1%
1975	25%	41.3%
1976	24.4%	41.4%
1977	23.9%	41.6%
1978	23.5%	41.7%
1979	23.1%	41.8%
1980	22.9%	41.9%
1981	22.8%	42%
1982	22.7%	42.1%
1983	22.7%	42.2%
1984	22.8%	42.3%
1985	22.9%	42.5%
1986	23%	42.6%
1987	23%	42.7%
1988	23.1%	42.8%
1989	23.1%	42.9%
1990	23.1%	42.9%
1991	23%	43%
1992	22.8%	43.1%
1993	22.6%	43.2%
1994	22.2%	43.3%
1995	21.8%	43.4%
1996	21.3%	43.5%
1997	20.7%	43.5%
1998	20%	43.6%
1999	19.3%	43.7%
2000	18.6%	43.8%
2001	17.9%	43.9%
2002	17.3%	43.9%
2003	16.6%	43.9%
2004	16%	43.9%
2005	15.5%	43.8%
2006	15.2%	43.7%
2007	14.9%	43.6%
2008	14.8%	43.5%
2009	14.8%	43.4%
2010	14.8%	43.2%
2011	15%	43%
2012	15.3%	42.8%
2013	15.6%	42.5%
2014	15.9%	42.2%
2015	16.2%	41.8%
2016	16.5%	41.4%
2017	16.7%	41%
2018	16.9%	40.6%
2019	17%	40.2%
2020	17%	39.8%
2021	17.1%	39.4%
2022	17%	39%
2023	16.7%	38.5%
2024	16.3%	38.1%
2025	15.9%	37.7%
2026	15.5%	37.2%
2027	15%	36.8%
2028	14.4%	36.3%
2029	13.8%	35.9%
2030	13.2%	35.5%
2031	12.6%	35.2%
2032	12.1%	34.8%
2033	11.7%	34.4%
2034	11.5%	34%
2035	11.3%	33.6%
2036	11.1%	33.2%
2037	11%	32.8%
2038	11%	32.4%
2039	11.1%	32%
2040	11.2%	31.6%
2041	11.3%	31.2%
2042	11.5%	30.9%
2043	11.6%	30.5%
2044	11.8%	30.2%
2045	12%	29.8%
2046	12.2%	29.5%
2047	12.3%	29.2%
2048	12.5%	28.8%
2049	12.6%	28.5%
2050	12.7%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Sierra Leone
1960	136,399	38,192
1961	134,490	40,022
1962	124,945	41,603
1963	113,160	43,569
1964	101,618	45,487
1965	90,611	47,223
1966	84,191	49,486
1967	81,136	51,734
1968	76,782	53,126
1969	74,567	54,768
1970	75,520	56,513
1971	77,464	58,484
1972	74,036	60,279
1973	70,911	62,443
1974	71,158	65,357
1975	65,494	67,560
1976	66,677	69,506
1977	67,434	71,663
1978	67,342	74,130
1979	64,481	75,992
1980	62,101	77,932
1981	65,057	80,111
1982	65,499	82,457
1983	75,791	84,628
1984	64,415	87,072
1985	58,852	88,869
1986	74,318	90,902
1987	62,689	94,235
1988	60,840	96,344
1989	49,833	98,298
1990	32,606	100,778
1991	18,349	105,477
1992	11,238	103,251
1993	-11,263	103,317
1994	-19,431	101,486
1995	-32,621	100,885
1996	-37,591	104,140
1997	-46,540	105,433
1998	-44,316	103,906
1999	-49,131	102,295
2000	-40,916	110,754
2001	-48,650	116,647
2002	-58,207	126,429
2003	-53,882	130,312
2004	-50,597	132,661
2005	-50,252	137,234
2006	-41,301	144,127
2007	-28,683	145,740
2008	-25,726	149,855
2009	-25,662	152,669
2010	-29,400	155,338
2011	-26,493	158,858
2012	-11,336	160,915
2013	-6,610	161,265
2014	-2,834	160,137
2015	-946	162,275
2016	-1,894	168,784
2017	-17,026	173,259
2018	-26,429	178,772
2019	-32,969	181,068
2020	-64,703	181,015
2021	-67,118	183,326
2022	-47,839	186,625
2023	-56,924	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Sierra Leone
1985	30	1,506
1986	30	1,530
1987	30	1,533
1988	32	1,549
1989	33	1,575
1990	33	1,572
1991	32	1,699
1992	32	1,681
1993	31	1,696
1994	30	1,755
1995	29	1,777
1996	28	1,726
1997	27	1,721
1998	25	1,753
1999	23	1,731
2000	20	1,603
2001	18	1,518
2002	16	1,492
2003	14	1,433
2004	12	1,366
2005	9	1,294
2006	7	1,168
2007	6	1,132
2008	4	1,093
2009	4	1,054
2010	3	1,018
2011	2	967
2012	2	915
2013	2	842
2014	2	821
2015	1	730
2016	1	633
2017	1	578
2018	1	491
2019	1	464
2020	2	422
2021	2	403
2022	1	370
2023	1	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Sierra Leone
1960	4.49%	39.1%
1961	4.05%	38.5%
1962	3.68%	38%
1963	3.36%	37.4%
1964	3.1%	36.8%
1965	2.88%	36.2%
1966	2.7%	35.6%
1967	2.56%	35%
1968	2.45%	34.5%
1969	2.37%	33.9%
1970	2.3%	33.4%
1971	2.25%	32.9%
1972	2.22%	32.3%
1973	2.2%	31.9%
1974	2.19%	31.4%
1975	2.18%	30.9%
1976	2.18%	30.5%
1977	2.16%	30%
1978	2.14%	29.6%
1979	2.11%	29.2%
1980	2.06%	28.9%
1981	2%	28.5%
1982	1.94%	28.1%
1983	1.88%	27.8%
1984	1.82%	27.5%
1985	1.76%	27.2%
1986	1.7%	26.9%
1987	1.64%	26.6%
1988	1.59%	26.4%
1989	1.55%	26.2%
1990	1.52%	25.9%
1991	1.52%	25.7%
1992	1.53%	25.5%
1993	1.55%	25.3%
1994	1.57%	25%
1995	1.57%	24.7%
1996	1.55%	24.3%
1997	1.51%	23.9%
1998	1.45%	23.4%
1999	1.37%	22.9%
2000	1.28%	22.4%
2001	1.18%	21.8%
2002	1.1%	21.3%
2003	1.02%	20.7%
2004	0.94%	20.1%
2005	0.87%	19.4%
2006	0.8%	18.8%
2007	0.73%	18.1%
2008	0.66%	17.3%
2009	0.61%	16.6%
2010	0.56%	15.9%
2011	0.52%	15.2%
2012	0.49%	14.5%
2013	0.46%	13.9%
2014	0.43%	13.7%
2015	0.41%	13.8%
2016	0.39%	12.3%
2017	0.36%	11.8%
2018	0.34%	11.3%
2019	0.31%	10.9%
2020	0.29%	10.5%
2021	0.27%	10.1%
2022	0.26%	9.77%
2023	0.24%	9.43%