Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Sierra Leone
1960	3.39	6.18
1961	3.62	6.21
1962	3.51	6.22
1963	3.49	6.26
1964	3.41	6.29
1965	3.47	6.31
1966	3.4	6.35
1967	3.32	6.38
1968	3.27	6.39
1969	3.19	6.39
1970	3.07	6.41
1971	3.04	6.43
1972	2.99	6.45
1973	2.4	6.47
1974	2.28	6.53
1975	2.11	6.55
1976	2.33	6.55
1977	2.09	6.57
1978	2.08	6.59
1979	2.14	6.58
1980	2.3	6.56
1981	2.15	6.55
1982	2.49	6.56
1983	2.49	6.57
1984	2.51	6.59
1985	2.43	6.59
1986	2.45	6.6
1987	2.39	6.61
1988	2.47	6.59
1989	2.37	6.57
1990	2.4	6.57
1991	2.34	6.55
1992	2.46	6.56
1993	2.25	6.57
1994	2.16	6.56
1995	2.03	6.56
1996	1.95	6.55
1997	1.86	6.53
1998	1.76	6.5
1999	1.67	6.42
2000	1.64	6.36
2001	1.57	6.31
2002	1.5	6.23
2003	1.51	6.09
2004	1.51	5.92
2005	1.48	5.81
2006	1.51	5.74
2007	1.45	5.64
2008	1.48	5.56
2009	1.48	5.45
2010	1.43	5.33
2011	1.36	5.21
2012	1.38	5.06
2013	1.3	4.87
2014	1.31	4.7
2015	1.32	4.55
2016	1.36	4.47
2017	1.32	4.39
2018	1.32	4.29
2019	1.33	4.19
2020	1.36	4.08
2021	1.39	3.98
2022	1.39	3.88
2023	1.39	3.79
2024	1.38	3.7
2025	1.37	3.61
2026	1.37	3.53
2027	1.36	3.47
2028	1.36	3.37
2029	1.36	3.3
2030	1.37	3.23
2031	1.37	3.18
2032	1.37	3.12
2033	1.37	3.07
2034	1.37	3.02
2035	1.38	2.97
2036	1.38	2.92
2037	1.38	2.88
2038	1.38	2.84
2039	1.39	2.79
2040	1.39	2.76
2041	1.39	2.72
2042	1.39	2.68
2043	1.4	2.65
2044	1.4	2.62
2045	1.4	2.58
2046	1.41	2.55
2047	1.41	2.53
2048	1.42	2.5
2049	1.42	2.47
2050	1.42	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	Sierra Leone
1960	36.5%	38.2%
1961	36.4%	38.3%
1962	35.8%	38.3%
1963	35.1%	38.5%
1964	34.5%	38.8%
1965	34%	39.1%
1966	33.5%	39.4%
1967	33%	39.6%
1968	32.6%	39.9%
1969	32.1%	40.1%
1970	31.7%	40.3%
1971	31.2%	40.6%
1972	30.8%	40.7%
1973	30.3%	40.9%
1974	30%	41.1%
1975	29.6%	41.3%
1976	28.8%	41.4%
1977	27.9%	41.6%
1978	27%	41.7%
1979	26.2%	41.8%
1980	25.5%	41.9%
1981	25%	42%
1982	24.8%	42.1%
1983	24.9%	42.2%
1984	25.1%	42.3%
1985	25.2%	42.5%
1986	25.2%	42.6%
1987	25.2%	42.7%
1988	25.1%	42.8%
1989	25%	42.9%
1990	24.8%	42.9%
1991	24.7%	43%
1992	24.6%	43.1%
1993	24.6%	43.2%
1994	24.7%	43.3%
1995	24.6%	43.4%
1996	24.3%	43.5%
1997	23.9%	43.5%
1998	23.4%	43.6%
1999	22.9%	43.7%
2000	22.3%	43.8%
2001	21.7%	43.9%
2002	21.3%	43.9%
2003	21%	43.9%
2004	20.5%	43.9%
2005	19.9%	43.8%
2006	19.3%	43.7%
2007	18.7%	43.6%
2008	18%	43.5%
2009	17.5%	43.4%
2010	17%	43.2%
2011	16.6%	43%
2012	16.4%	42.8%
2013	16.2%	42.5%
2014	16.1%	42.2%
2015	16%	41.8%
2016	15.9%	41.4%
2017	15.9%	41%
2018	15.9%	40.6%
2019	15.9%	40.2%
2020	15.9%	39.8%
2021	16%	39.4%
2022	16%	39%
2023	16.1%	38.5%
2024	16.1%	38.1%
2025	16.1%	37.7%
2026	16%	37.2%
2027	16%	36.8%
2028	15.9%	36.3%
2029	15.8%	35.9%
2030	15.6%	35.5%
2031	15.4%	35.2%
2032	15.2%	34.8%
2033	15%	34.4%
2034	14.8%	34%
2035	14.6%	33.6%
2036	14.3%	33.2%
2037	14%	32.8%
2038	13.8%	32.4%
2039	13.5%	32%
2040	13.3%	31.6%
2041	13.1%	31.2%
2042	12.9%	30.9%
2043	12.7%	30.5%
2044	12.6%	30.2%
2045	12.5%	29.8%
2046	12.4%	29.5%
2047	12.4%	29.2%
2048	12.4%	28.8%
2049	12.3%	28.5%
2050	12.3%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Sierra Leone
1960	8,385	38,192
1961	9,584	40,022
1962	9,455	41,603
1963	8,568	43,569
1964	8,322	45,487
1965	9,643	47,223
1966	9,478	49,486
1967	9,313	51,734
1968	9,153	53,126
1969	8,857	54,768
1970	8,412	56,513
1971	8,398	58,484
1972	8,244	60,279
1973	5,405	62,443
1974	321	65,357
1975	5,023	67,560
1976	6,546	69,506
1977	5,607	71,663
1978	5,949	74,130
1979	6,620	75,992
1980	7,954	77,932
1981	7,135	80,111
1982	9,282	82,457
1983	9,318	84,628
1984	9,516	87,072
1985	9,242	88,869
1986	9,412	90,902
1987	9,114	94,235
1988	9,595	96,344
1989	9,156	98,298
1990	9,417	100,778
1991	9,102	105,477
1992	9,844	103,251
1993	8,463	103,317
1994	7,973	101,486
1995	7,226	100,885
1996	6,911	104,140
1997	6,444	105,433
1998	5,879	103,906
1999	5,524	102,295
2000	5,570	110,754
2001	5,308	116,647
2002	5,225	126,429
2003	5,484	130,312
2004	5,705	132,661
2005	5,646	137,234
2006	6,166	144,127
2007	5,983	145,740
2008	6,429	149,855
2009	6,820	152,669
2010	6,723	155,338
2011	6,271	158,858
2012	6,726	160,915
2013	6,116	161,265
2014	6,193	160,137
2015	6,340	162,275
2016	6,643	168,784
2017	6,082	173,259
2018	5,905	178,772
2019	5,679	181,068
2020	5,826	181,015
2021	5,305	183,326
2022	4,466	186,625
2023	5,025	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	Sierra Leone
1985	19	1,506
1986	18	1,530
1987	17	1,533
1988	17	1,549
1989	16	1,575
1990	15	1,572
1991	15	1,699
1992	15	1,681
1993	15	1,696
1994	15	1,755
1995	14	1,777
1996	14	1,726
1997	13	1,721
1998	13	1,753
1999	12	1,731
2000	12	1,603
2001	11	1,518
2002	11	1,492
2003	10	1,433
2004	10	1,366
2005	10	1,294
2006	10	1,168
2007	10	1,132
2008	10	1,093
2009	10	1,054
2010	10	1,018
2011	10	967
2012	10	915
2013	10	842
2014	11	821
2015	11	730
2016	12	633
2017	12	578
2018	13	491
2019	13	464
2020	87	422
2021	98	403
2022	53	370
2023	14	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	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	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	3.81%	32.9%
1972	3.72%	32.3%
1973	3.63%	31.9%
1974	3.53%	31.4%
1975	3.37%	30.9%
1976	3.16%	30.5%
1977	2.91%	30%
1978	2.65%	29.6%
1979	2.39%	29.2%
1980	2.16%	28.9%
1981	1.96%	28.5%
1982	1.78%	28.1%
1983	1.61%	27.8%
1984	1.45%	27.5%
1985	1.33%	27.2%
1986	1.23%	26.9%
1987	1.16%	26.6%
1988	1.13%	26.4%
1989	1.12%	26.2%
1990	1.11%	25.9%
1991	1.09%	25.7%
1992	1.06%	25.5%
1993	1.02%	25.3%
1994	0.97%	25%
1995	0.91%	24.7%
1996	0.86%	24.3%
1997	0.81%	23.9%
1998	0.76%	23.4%
1999	0.71%	22.9%
2000	0.66%	22.4%
2001	0.62%	21.8%
2002	0.58%	21.3%
2003	0.54%	20.7%
2004	0.5%	20.1%
2005	0.46%	19.4%
2006	0.42%	18.8%
2007	0.39%	18.1%
2008	0.37%	17.3%
2009	0.35%	16.6%
2010	0.33%	15.9%
2011	0.32%	15.2%
2012	0.3%	14.5%
2013	0.3%	13.9%
2014	0.29%	13.7%
2015	0.29%	13.8%
2016	0.29%	12.3%
2017	0.3%	11.8%
2018	0.3%	11.3%
2019	0.31%	10.9%
2020	0.32%	10.5%
2021	0.34%	10.1%
2022	0.35%	9.77%
2023	0.35%	9.43%