Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Canada vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Sierra Leone
1960	3.81	6.18
1961	3.75	6.21
1962	3.68	6.22
1963	3.61	6.26
1964	3.46	6.29
1965	3.12	6.31
1966	2.75	6.35
1967	2.53	6.38
1968	2.39	6.39
1969	2.33	6.39
1970	2.26	6.41
1971	2.14	6.43
1972	1.98	6.45
1973	1.89	6.47
1974	1.84	6.53
1975	1.82	6.55
1976	1.8	6.55
1977	1.78	6.57
1978	1.77	6.59
1979	1.75	6.58
1980	1.74	6.56
1981	1.7	6.55
1982	1.69	6.56
1983	1.68	6.57
1984	1.65	6.59
1985	1.67	6.59
1986	1.68	6.6
1987	1.68	6.61
1988	1.68	6.59
1989	1.77	6.57
1990	1.83	6.57
1991	1.72	6.55
1992	1.71	6.56
1993	1.69	6.57
1994	1.69	6.56
1995	1.67	6.56
1996	1.63	6.55
1997	1.57	6.53
1998	1.56	6.5
1999	1.55	6.42
2000	1.51	6.36
2001	1.54	6.31
2002	1.52	6.23
2003	1.55	6.09
2004	1.56	5.92
2005	1.58	5.81
2006	1.63	5.74
2007	1.67	5.64
2008	1.7	5.56
2009	1.69	5.45
2010	1.65	5.33
2011	1.63	5.21
2012	1.63	5.06
2013	1.61	4.87
2014	1.61	4.7
2015	1.6	4.55
2016	1.59	4.47
2017	1.55	4.39
2018	1.51	4.29
2019	1.47	4.19
2020	1.41	4.08
2021	1.44	3.98
2022	1.33	3.88
2023	1.26	3.79
2024	1.25	3.7
2025	1.24	3.61
2026	1.24	3.53
2027	1.23	3.47
2028	1.24	3.37
2029	1.23	3.3
2030	1.24	3.23
2031	1.24	3.18
2032	1.24	3.12
2033	1.25	3.07
2034	1.25	3.02
2035	1.25	2.97
2036	1.26	2.92
2037	1.26	2.88
2038	1.26	2.84
2039	1.27	2.79
2040	1.27	2.76
2041	1.27	2.72
2042	1.28	2.68
2043	1.28	2.65
2044	1.28	2.62
2045	1.28	2.58
2046	1.29	2.55
2047	1.29	2.53
2048	1.29	2.5
2049	1.3	2.47
2050	1.3	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Sierra Leone
1960	33.8%	38.2%
1961	33.9%	38.3%
1962	33.9%	38.3%
1963	33.9%	38.5%
1964	33.7%	38.8%
1965	33.3%	39.1%
1966	32.9%	39.4%
1967	32.3%	39.6%
1968	31.6%	39.9%
1969	31%	40.1%
1970	30.2%	40.3%
1971	29.3%	40.6%
1972	28.6%	40.7%
1973	27.8%	40.9%
1974	27%	41.1%
1975	26.2%	41.3%
1976	25.5%	41.4%
1977	24.7%	41.6%
1978	24%	41.7%
1979	23.4%	41.8%
1980	22.8%	41.9%
1981	22.3%	42%
1982	22%	42.1%
1983	21.8%	42.2%
1984	21.6%	42.3%
1985	21.3%	42.5%
1986	21.1%	42.6%
1987	20.9%	42.7%
1988	20.8%	42.8%
1989	20.8%	42.9%
1990	20.7%	42.9%
1991	20.7%	43%
1992	20.7%	43.1%
1993	20.7%	43.2%
1994	20.6%	43.3%
1995	20.4%	43.4%
1996	20.2%	43.5%
1997	20%	43.5%
1998	19.8%	43.6%
1999	19.5%	43.7%
2000	19.2%	43.8%
2001	18.9%	43.9%
2002	18.6%	43.9%
2003	18.3%	43.9%
2004	18%	43.9%
2005	17.7%	43.8%
2006	17.4%	43.7%
2007	17.1%	43.6%
2008	16.9%	43.5%
2009	16.7%	43.4%
2010	16.6%	43.2%
2011	16.4%	43%
2012	16.3%	42.8%
2013	16.3%	42.5%
2014	16.2%	42.2%
2015	16.2%	41.8%
2016	16.2%	41.4%
2017	16.2%	41%
2018	16.1%	40.6%
2019	16%	40.2%
2020	15.9%	39.8%
2021	15.7%	39.4%
2022	15.5%	39%
2023	15.3%	38.5%
2024	15.1%	38.1%
2025	15%	37.7%
2026	14.9%	37.2%
2027	14.7%	36.8%
2028	14.6%	36.3%
2029	14.5%	35.9%
2030	14.4%	35.5%
2031	14.3%	35.2%
2032	14.2%	34.8%
2033	14.1%	34.4%
2034	14%	34%
2035	13.9%	33.6%
2036	13.9%	33.2%
2037	13.8%	32.8%
2038	13.8%	32.4%
2039	13.7%	32%
2040	13.7%	31.6%
2041	13.6%	31.2%
2042	13.6%	30.9%
2043	13.6%	30.5%
2044	13.5%	30.2%
2045	13.5%	29.8%
2046	13.5%	29.5%
2047	13.5%	29.2%
2048	13.5%	28.8%
2049	13.5%	28.5%
2050	13.5%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Sierra Leone
1960	338,487	38,192
1961	334,360	40,022
1962	325,745	41,603
1963	318,595	43,569
1964	307,268	45,487
1965	269,589	47,223
1966	236,566	49,486
1967	220,450	51,734
1968	211,589	53,126
1969	216,588	54,768
1970	215,372	56,513
1971	208,640	58,484
1972	188,857	60,279
1973	184,432	62,443
1974	182,464	65,357
1975	196,718	67,560
1976	196,979	69,506
1977	199,297	71,663
1978	194,102	74,130
1979	203,293	75,992
1980	203,480	77,932
1981	206,005	80,111
1982	200,935	82,457
1983	202,931	84,628
1984	204,856	87,072
1985	204,153	88,869
1986	190,532	90,902
1987	190,416	94,235
1988	192,901	96,344
1989	207,304	98,298
1990	213,222	100,778
1991	207,477	105,477
1992	204,273	103,251
1993	186,451	103,317
1994	179,804	101,486
1995	167,023	100,885
1996	153,973	104,140
1997	134,577	105,433
1998	126,651	103,906
1999	118,565	102,295
2000	110,469	110,754
2001	114,777	116,647
2002	106,621	126,429
2003	110,749	130,312
2004	111,786	132,661
2005	116,074	137,234
2006	130,285	144,127
2007	134,845	145,740
2008	142,963	149,855
2009	144,609	152,669
2010	139,425	155,338
2011	133,923	158,858
2012	135,382	160,915
2013	129,799	161,265
2014	127,563	160,137
2015	117,825	162,275
2016	115,555	168,784
2017	98,672	173,259
2018	88,974	178,772
2019	86,523	181,068
2020	53,241	181,015
2021	57,360	183,326
2022	15,574	186,625
2023	28,058	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Sierra Leone
1985	7	1,506
1986	7	1,530
1987	7	1,533
1988	7	1,549
1989	8	1,575
1990	7	1,572
1991	8	1,699
1992	8	1,681
1993	8	1,696
1994	8	1,755
1995	8	1,777
1996	9	1,726
1997	8	1,721
1998	9	1,753
1999	9	1,731
2000	9	1,603
2001	10	1,518
2002	10	1,492
2003	10	1,433
2004	10	1,366
2005	11	1,294
2006	11	1,168
2007	11	1,132
2008	12	1,093
2009	12	1,054
2010	11	1,018
2011	11	967
2012	11	915
2013	11	842
2014	12	821
2015	11	730
2016	12	633
2017	12	578
2018	13	491
2019	12	464
2020	17	422
2021	14	403
2022	15	370
2023	12	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Sierra Leone
1960	3.26%	39.1%
1961	3.15%	38.5%
1962	3.05%	38%
1963	2.94%	37.4%
1964	2.82%	36.8%
1965	2.71%	36.2%
1966	2.6%	35.6%
1967	2.5%	35%
1968	2.4%	34.5%
1969	2.3%	33.9%
1970	2.19%	33.4%
1971	2.09%	32.9%
1972	1.99%	32.3%
1973	1.89%	31.9%
1974	1.79%	31.4%
1975	1.7%	30.9%
1976	1.6%	30.5%
1977	1.51%	30%
1978	1.42%	29.6%
1979	1.33%	29.2%
1980	1.25%	28.9%
1981	1.18%	28.5%
1982	1.12%	28.1%
1983	1.06%	27.8%
1984	1.01%	27.5%
1985	0.98%	27.2%
1986	0.94%	26.9%
1987	0.91%	26.6%
1988	0.88%	26.4%
1989	0.85%	26.2%
1990	0.82%	25.9%
1991	0.8%	25.7%
1992	0.77%	25.5%
1993	0.74%	25.3%
1994	0.72%	25%
1995	0.69%	24.7%
1996	0.67%	24.3%
1997	0.65%	23.9%
1998	0.64%	23.4%
1999	0.63%	22.9%
2000	0.62%	22.4%
2001	0.62%	21.8%
2002	0.62%	21.3%
2003	0.62%	20.7%
2004	0.61%	20.1%
2005	0.61%	19.4%
2006	0.6%	18.8%
2007	0.6%	18.1%
2008	0.59%	17.3%
2009	0.58%	16.6%
2010	0.57%	15.9%
2011	0.56%	15.2%
2012	0.56%	14.5%
2013	0.55%	13.9%
2014	0.54%	13.7%
2015	0.54%	13.8%
2016	0.53%	12.3%
2017	0.52%	11.8%
2018	0.52%	11.3%
2019	0.51%	10.9%
2020	0.51%	10.5%
2021	0.51%	10.1%
2022	0.51%	9.77%
2023	0.51%	9.43%