Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Sierra Leone
1960	6.74	6.18
1961	6.71	6.21
1962	6.66	6.22
1963	6.58	6.26
1964	6.48	6.29
1965	6.33	6.31
1966	6.16	6.35
1967	5.96	6.38
1968	5.74	6.39
1969	5.51	6.39
1970	5.28	6.41
1971	5.06	6.43
1972	4.86	6.45
1973	4.68	6.47
1974	4.53	6.53
1975	4.4	6.55
1976	4.29	6.55
1977	4.16	6.57
1978	4	6.59
1979	3.89	6.58
1980	3.8	6.56
1981	3.71	6.55
1982	3.62	6.56
1983	3.5	6.57
1984	3.35	6.59
1985	3.23	6.59
1986	3.15	6.6
1987	3.09	6.61
1988	3.04	6.59
1989	3.01	6.57
1990	3	6.57
1991	2.98	6.55
1992	2.98	6.56
1993	2.98	6.57
1994	2.94	6.56
1995	2.85	6.56
1996	2.77	6.55
1997	2.74	6.53
1998	2.72	6.5
1999	2.64	6.42
2000	2.57	6.36
2001	2.52	6.31
2002	2.49	6.23
2003	2.45	6.09
2004	2.38	5.92
2005	2.31	5.81
2006	2.24	5.74
2007	2.19	5.64
2008	2.15	5.56
2009	2.1	5.45
2010	2.01	5.33
2011	1.94	5.21
2012	1.9	5.06
2013	1.86	4.87
2014	1.82	4.7
2015	1.77	4.55
2016	1.72	4.47
2017	1.72	4.39
2018	1.72	4.29
2019	1.71	4.19
2020	1.69	4.08
2021	1.68	3.98
2022	1.66	3.88
2023	1.65	3.79
2024	1.63	3.7
2025	1.62	3.61
2026	1.6	3.53
2027	1.6	3.47
2028	1.59	3.37
2029	1.59	3.3
2030	1.58	3.23
2031	1.58	3.18
2032	1.57	3.12
2033	1.57	3.07
2034	1.57	3.02
2035	1.57	2.97
2036	1.57	2.92
2037	1.57	2.88
2038	1.57	2.84
2039	1.57	2.79
2040	1.57	2.76
2041	1.57	2.72
2042	1.57	2.68
2043	1.57	2.65
2044	1.57	2.62
2045	1.57	2.58
2046	1.57	2.55
2047	1.58	2.53
2048	1.58	2.5
2049	1.58	2.47
2050	1.58	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Sierra Leone
1960	46.8%	38.2%
1961	47%	38.3%
1962	47.1%	38.3%
1963	47.2%	38.5%
1964	47.3%	38.8%
1965	47.2%	39.1%
1966	47.1%	39.4%
1967	46.9%	39.6%
1968	46.7%	39.9%
1969	46.4%	40.1%
1970	46%	40.3%
1971	45.6%	40.6%
1972	45.1%	40.7%
1973	44.6%	40.9%
1974	44%	41.1%
1975	43.4%	41.3%
1976	42.8%	41.4%
1977	42.2%	41.6%
1978	41.5%	41.7%
1979	40.9%	41.8%
1980	40.3%	41.9%
1981	39.7%	42%
1982	39.1%	42.1%
1983	38.6%	42.2%
1984	38.1%	42.3%
1985	37.6%	42.5%
1986	37.2%	42.6%
1987	36.9%	42.7%
1988	36.5%	42.8%
1989	36.2%	42.9%
1990	35.9%	42.9%
1991	35.6%	43%
1992	35.3%	43.1%
1993	35%	43.2%
1994	34.7%	43.3%
1995	34.4%	43.4%
1996	34%	43.5%
1997	33.7%	43.5%
1998	33.3%	43.6%
1999	32.9%	43.7%
2000	32.5%	43.8%
2001	32.1%	43.9%
2002	31.7%	43.9%
2003	31.3%	43.9%
2004	30.9%	43.9%
2005	30.4%	43.8%
2006	29.9%	43.7%
2007	29.3%	43.6%
2008	28.7%	43.5%
2009	28.1%	43.4%
2010	27.5%	43.2%
2011	26.9%	43%
2012	26.3%	42.8%
2013	25.7%	42.5%
2014	25.1%	42.2%
2015	24.5%	41.8%
2016	23.9%	41.4%
2017	23.3%	41%
2018	22.7%	40.6%
2019	22.1%	40.2%
2020	21.7%	39.8%
2021	21.3%	39.4%
2022	21%	39%
2023	20.6%	38.5%
2024	20.3%	38.1%
2025	20%	37.7%
2026	19.7%	37.2%
2027	19.5%	36.8%
2028	19.3%	36.3%
2029	19.1%	35.9%
2030	18.8%	35.5%
2031	18.6%	35.2%
2032	18.4%	34.8%
2033	18.2%	34.4%
2034	18%	34%
2035	17.7%	33.6%
2036	17.4%	33.2%
2037	17.2%	32.8%
2038	16.9%	32.4%
2039	16.7%	32%
2040	16.4%	31.6%
2041	16.2%	31.2%
2042	16%	30.9%
2043	15.7%	30.5%
2044	15.5%	30.2%
2045	15.4%	29.8%
2046	15.2%	29.5%
2047	15%	29.2%
2048	14.8%	28.8%
2049	14.7%	28.5%
2050	14.6%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Sierra Leone
1960	529,316	38,192
1961	545,627	40,022
1962	559,985	41,603
1963	572,355	43,569
1964	581,435	45,487
1965	587,677	47,223
1966	590,855	49,486
1967	591,649	51,734
1968	589,407	53,126
1969	586,559	54,768
1970	583,396	56,513
1971	582,011	58,484
1972	581,361	60,279
1973	583,608	62,443
1974	589,035	65,357
1975	598,580	67,560
1976	612,265	69,506
1977	622,814	71,663
1978	626,378	74,130
1979	635,747	75,992
1980	649,872	77,932
1981	662,195	80,111
1982	675,339	82,457
1983	674,767	84,628
1984	666,315	87,072
1985	625,379	88,869
1986	659,701	90,902
1987	659,429	94,235
1988	663,796	96,344
1989	674,102	98,298
1990	682,409	100,778
1991	690,266	105,477
1992	697,763	103,251
1993	709,287	103,317
1994	708,660	101,486
1995	694,968	100,885
1996	682,547	104,140
1997	686,073	105,433
1998	687,704	103,906
1999	668,576	102,295
2000	652,176	110,754
2001	642,933	116,647
2002	640,840	126,429
2003	642,144	130,312
2004	628,424	132,661
2005	610,618	137,234
2006	594,388	144,127
2007	583,115	145,740
2008	576,654	149,855
2009	559,017	152,669
2010	533,657	155,338
2011	511,524	158,858
2012	503,285	160,915
2013	489,069	161,265
2014	470,916	160,137
2015	446,778	162,275
2016	425,087	168,784
2017	426,538	173,259
2018	433,622	178,772
2019	441,087	181,068
2020	378,965	181,015
2021	311,122	183,326
2022	406,143	186,625
2023	422,598	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Sierra Leone
1985	143	1,506
1986	123	1,530
1987	120	1,533
1988	113	1,549
1989	106	1,575
1990	102	1,572
1991	99	1,699
1992	97	1,681
1993	94	1,696
1994	93	1,755
1995	91	1,777
1996	89	1,726
1997	90	1,721
1998	92	1,753
1999	96	1,731
2000	95	1,603
2001	94	1,518
2002	91	1,492
2003	87	1,433
2004	84	1,366
2005	82	1,294
2006	81	1,168
2007	80	1,132
2008	78	1,093
2009	77	1,054
2010	76	1,018
2011	75	967
2012	73	915
2013	72	842
2014	71	821
2015	70	730
2016	69	633
2017	68	578
2018	67	491
2019	66	464
2020	94	422
2021	147	403
2022	74	370
2023	59	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Sierra Leone
1960	13.4%	39.1%
1961	13%	38.5%
1962	12.6%	38%
1963	12.2%	37.4%
1964	11.8%	36.8%
1965	11.5%	36.2%
1966	11.1%	35.6%
1967	10.8%	35%
1968	10.4%	34.5%
1969	10.1%	33.9%
1970	9.72%	33.4%
1971	9.36%	32.9%
1972	8.99%	32.3%
1973	8.6%	31.9%
1974	8.2%	31.4%
1975	7.8%	30.9%
1976	7.39%	30.5%
1977	6.98%	30%
1978	6.58%	29.6%
1979	6.2%	29.2%
1980	5.84%	28.9%
1981	5.5%	28.5%
1982	5.17%	28.1%
1983	4.88%	27.8%
1984	4.62%	27.5%
1985	4.89%	27.2%
1986	4.17%	26.9%
1987	3.99%	26.6%
1988	3.84%	26.4%
1989	3.7%	26.2%
1990	3.57%	25.9%
1991	3.45%	25.7%
1992	3.33%	25.5%
1993	3.21%	25.3%
1994	3.1%	25%
1995	2.99%	24.7%
1996	2.88%	24.3%
1997	2.78%	23.9%
1998	2.68%	23.4%
1999	2.59%	22.9%
2000	2.51%	22.4%
2001	2.43%	21.8%
2002	2.35%	21.3%
2003	2.28%	20.7%
2004	2.22%	20.1%
2005	2.15%	19.4%
2006	2.09%	18.8%
2007	2.02%	18.1%
2008	1.96%	17.3%
2009	1.89%	16.6%
2010	1.83%	15.9%
2011	1.77%	15.2%
2012	1.72%	14.5%
2013	1.66%	13.9%
2014	1.61%	13.7%
2015	1.56%	13.8%
2016	1.51%	12.3%
2017	1.46%	11.8%
2018	1.41%	11.3%
2019	1.37%	10.9%
2020	1.32%	10.5%
2021	1.28%	10.1%
2022	1.24%	9.77%
2023	1.2%	9.43%