Fertility & birth rates in Cuba and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Cuba vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cuba was 1.44 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 Cuba 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
	Cuba	Sierra Leone
1960	4.13	6.18
1961	4.26	6.21
1962	4.42	6.22
1963	4.56	6.26
1964	4.53	6.29
1965	4.5	6.31
1966	4.4	6.35
1967	4.29	6.38
1968	4.19	6.39
1969	4.12	6.39
1970	3.98	6.41
1971	3.8	6.43
1972	3.61	6.45
1973	3.4	6.47
1974	3.16	6.53
1975	2.82	6.55
1976	2.51	6.55
1977	2.21	6.57
1978	1.88	6.59
1979	1.77	6.58
1980	1.64	6.56
1981	1.59	6.55
1982	1.78	6.56
1983	1.8	6.57
1984	1.77	6.59
1985	1.77	6.59
1986	1.78	6.6
1987	1.8	6.61
1988	1.85	6.59
1989	1.83	6.57
1990	1.81	6.57
1991	1.66	6.55
1992	1.56	6.56
1993	1.49	6.57
1994	1.47	6.56
1995	1.48	6.56
1996	1.46	6.55
1997	1.59	6.53
1998	1.62	6.5
1999	1.64	6.42
2000	1.61	6.36
2001	1.6	6.31
2002	1.65	6.23
2003	1.63	6.09
2004	1.55	5.92
2005	1.49	5.81
2006	1.4	5.74
2007	1.44	5.64
2008	1.58	5.56
2009	1.68	5.45
2010	1.67	5.33
2011	1.73	5.21
2012	1.67	5.06
2013	1.68	4.87
2014	1.66	4.7
2015	1.69	4.55
2016	1.6	4.47
2017	1.59	4.39
2018	1.61	4.29
2019	1.54	4.19
2020	1.49	4.08
2021	1.43	3.98
2022	1.41	3.88
2023	1.44	3.79
2024	1.45	3.7
2025	1.45	3.61
2026	1.45	3.53
2027	1.46	3.47
2028	1.46	3.37
2029	1.46	3.3
2030	1.47	3.23
2031	1.47	3.18
2032	1.47	3.12
2033	1.48	3.07
2034	1.48	3.02
2035	1.49	2.97
2036	1.49	2.92
2037	1.49	2.88
2038	1.49	2.84
2039	1.49	2.79
2040	1.49	2.76
2041	1.49	2.72
2042	1.5	2.68
2043	1.5	2.65
2044	1.5	2.62
2045	1.5	2.58
2046	1.51	2.55
2047	1.51	2.53
2048	1.51	2.5
2049	1.51	2.47
2050	1.51	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cuba	Sierra Leone
1960	36%	38.2%
1961	36.2%	38.3%
1962	36.5%	38.3%
1963	36.8%	38.5%
1964	37.1%	38.8%
1965	37.3%	39.1%
1966	37.5%	39.4%
1967	37.7%	39.6%
1968	37.8%	39.9%
1969	37.9%	40.1%
1970	38%	40.3%
1971	37.9%	40.6%
1972	37.8%	40.7%
1973	37.6%	40.9%
1974	37.3%	41.1%
1975	36.8%	41.3%
1976	36.2%	41.4%
1977	35.4%	41.6%
1978	34.3%	41.7%
1979	33.2%	41.8%
1980	31.9%	41.9%
1981	30.5%	42%
1982	29.3%	42.1%
1983	28.1%	42.2%
1984	27.1%	42.3%
1985	26.1%	42.5%
1986	25.2%	42.6%
1987	24.3%	42.7%
1988	23.6%	42.8%
1989	23.1%	42.9%
1990	22.8%	42.9%
1991	22.5%	43%
1992	22.4%	43.1%
1993	22.2%	43.2%
1994	22.1%	43.3%
1995	22.1%	43.4%
1996	22.1%	43.5%
1997	22%	43.5%
1998	21.8%	43.6%
1999	21.5%	43.7%
2000	21.3%	43.8%
2001	20.9%	43.9%
2002	20.6%	43.9%
2003	20.2%	43.9%
2004	19.8%	43.9%
2005	19.4%	43.8%
2006	18.9%	43.7%
2007	18.5%	43.6%
2008	18.2%	43.5%
2009	17.9%	43.4%
2010	17.7%	43.2%
2011	17.5%	43%
2012	17.3%	42.8%
2013	17.1%	42.5%
2014	16.9%	42.2%
2015	16.7%	41.8%
2016	16.5%	41.4%
2017	16.3%	41%
2018	16.1%	40.6%
2019	16%	40.2%
2020	15.8%	39.8%
2021	15.8%	39.4%
2022	15.7%	39%
2023	15.5%	38.5%
2024	15.3%	38.1%
2025	15%	37.7%
2026	14.7%	37.2%
2027	14.4%	36.8%
2028	14.1%	36.3%
2029	13.9%	35.9%
2030	13.6%	35.5%
2031	13.4%	35.2%
2032	13.2%	34.8%
2033	13%	34.4%
2034	12.8%	34%
2035	12.7%	33.6%
2036	12.6%	33.2%
2037	12.6%	32.8%
2038	12.5%	32.4%
2039	12.4%	32%
2040	12.4%	31.6%
2041	12.3%	31.2%
2042	12.3%	30.9%
2043	12.2%	30.5%
2044	12.2%	30.2%
2045	12.1%	29.8%
2046	12.1%	29.5%
2047	12%	29.2%
2048	12%	28.8%
2049	11.9%	28.5%
2050	11.8%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.3% of the population in Cuba and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 22.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cuba and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Cuba vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.06% in Cuba 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
	Cuba	Sierra Leone
1960	172,816	38,192
1961	183,806	40,022
1962	196,423	41,603
1963	205,788	43,569
1964	209,315	45,487
1965	211,322	47,223
1966	209,179	49,486
1967	207,245	51,734
1968	205,487	53,126
1969	205,581	54,768
1970	201,823	56,513
1971	195,106	58,484
1972	187,588	60,279
1973	177,387	62,443
1974	165,099	65,357
1975	144,964	67,560
1976	125,383	69,506
1977	106,875	71,663
1978	86,864	74,130
1979	81,192	75,992
1980	74,271	77,932
1981	74,067	80,111
1982	95,866	82,457
1983	101,858	84,628
1984	101,670	87,072
1985	103,228	88,869
1986	105,997	90,902
1987	109,617	94,235
1988	116,626	96,344
1989	114,865	98,298
1990	112,378	100,778
1991	95,398	105,477
1992	83,461	103,251
1993	73,221	103,317
1994	68,604	101,486
1995	66,809	100,885
1996	61,837	104,140
1997	71,828	105,433
1998	71,284	103,906
1999	69,069	102,295
2000	61,133	110,754
2001	57,325	116,647
2002	58,212	126,429
2003	56,170	130,312
2004	44,258	132,661
2005	36,660	137,234
2006	24,508	144,127
2007	24,617	145,740
2008	32,848	149,855
2009	37,543	152,669
2010	37,021	155,338
2011	40,753	158,858
2012	33,864	160,915
2013	29,827	161,265
2014	22,448	160,137
2015	20,464	162,275
2016	9,677	168,784
2017	2,306	173,259
2018	3,436	178,772
2019	-4,245	181,068
2020	-12,808	181,015
2021	-71,616	183,326
2022	-17,961	186,625
2023	-15,880	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Cuba vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 35 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cuba, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cuba	Sierra Leone
1985	70	1,506
1986	70	1,530
1987	69	1,533
1988	68	1,549
1989	66	1,575
1990	66	1,572
1991	66	1,699
1992	66	1,681
1993	65	1,696
1994	64	1,755
1995	62	1,777
1996	59	1,726
1997	57	1,721
1998	54	1,753
1999	51	1,731
2000	48	1,603
2001	46	1,518
2002	45	1,492
2003	44	1,433
2004	44	1,366
2005	43	1,294
2006	42	1,168
2007	42	1,132
2008	44	1,093
2009	45	1,054
2010	44	1,018
2011	44	967
2012	42	915
2013	42	842
2014	42	821
2015	41	730
2016	40	633
2017	39	578
2018	39	491
2019	40	464
2020	40	422
2021	172	403
2022	41	370
2023	35	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.83% in Cuba 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
	Cuba	Sierra Leone
1960	4.41%	39.1%
1961	4.44%	38.5%
1962	4.45%	38%
1963	4.45%	37.4%
1964	4.43%	36.8%
1965	4.38%	36.2%
1966	4.31%	35.6%
1967	4.22%	35%
1968	4.11%	34.5%
1969	3.97%	33.9%
1970	3.82%	33.4%
1971	3.65%	32.9%
1972	3.47%	32.3%
1973	3.29%	31.9%
1974	3.11%	31.4%
1975	2.94%	30.9%
1976	2.77%	30.5%
1977	2.62%	30%
1978	2.47%	29.6%
1979	2.34%	29.2%
1980	2.22%	28.9%
1981	2.11%	28.5%
1982	2%	28.1%
1983	1.9%	27.8%
1984	1.81%	27.5%
1985	1.73%	27.2%
1986	1.64%	26.9%
1987	1.56%	26.6%
1988	1.49%	26.4%
1989	1.41%	26.2%
1990	1.34%	25.9%
1991	1.28%	25.7%
1992	1.22%	25.5%
1993	1.16%	25.3%
1994	1.11%	25%
1995	1.06%	24.7%
1996	1.01%	24.3%
1997	0.97%	23.9%
1998	0.93%	23.4%
1999	0.89%	22.9%
2000	0.86%	22.4%
2001	0.82%	21.8%
2002	0.79%	21.3%
2003	0.76%	20.7%
2004	0.73%	20.1%
2005	0.71%	19.4%
2006	0.69%	18.8%
2007	0.66%	18.1%
2008	0.65%	17.3%
2009	0.63%	16.6%
2010	0.62%	15.9%
2011	0.61%	15.2%
2012	0.6%	14.5%
2013	0.6%	13.9%
2014	0.6%	13.7%
2015	0.61%	13.8%
2016	0.62%	12.3%
2017	0.64%	11.8%
2018	0.66%	11.3%
2019	0.69%	10.9%
2020	0.72%	10.5%
2021	0.76%	10.1%
2022	0.79%	9.77%
2023	0.83%	9.43%