Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 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 the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Sierra Leone
1960	2.09	6.18
1961	2.11	6.21
1962	2.12	6.22
1963	2.31	6.26
1964	2.34	6.29
1965	2.18	6.31
1966	2.02	6.35
1967	1.91	6.38
1968	1.84	6.39
1969	1.87	6.39
1970	1.92	6.41
1971	2	6.43
1972	2.09	6.45
1973	2.31	6.47
1974	2.46	6.53
1975	2.43	6.55
1976	2.39	6.55
1977	2.34	6.57
1978	2.33	6.59
1979	2.27	6.58
1980	2.08	6.56
1981	2	6.55
1982	2	6.56
1983	1.97	6.57
1984	1.97	6.59
1985	1.95	6.59
1986	1.92	6.6
1987	1.91	6.61
1988	1.94	6.59
1989	1.87	6.57
1990	1.9	6.57
1991	1.86	6.55
1992	1.71	6.56
1993	1.67	6.57
1994	1.44	6.56
1995	1.28	6.56
1996	1.18	6.55
1997	1.17	6.53
1998	1.16	6.5
1999	1.13	6.42
2000	1.15	6.36
2001	1.15	6.31
2002	1.17	6.23
2003	1.18	6.09
2004	1.23	5.92
2005	1.29	5.81
2006	1.34	5.74
2007	1.45	5.64
2008	1.51	5.56
2009	1.51	5.45
2010	1.51	5.33
2011	1.43	5.21
2012	1.45	5.06
2013	1.46	4.87
2014	1.53	4.7
2015	1.57	4.55
2016	1.63	4.47
2017	1.69	4.39
2018	1.71	4.29
2019	1.71	4.19
2020	1.74	4.08
2021	1.83	3.98
2022	1.64	3.88
2023	1.45	3.79
2024	1.46	3.7
2025	1.47	3.61
2026	1.48	3.53
2027	1.48	3.47
2028	1.49	3.37
2029	1.49	3.3
2030	1.5	3.23
2031	1.51	3.18
2032	1.51	3.12
2033	1.52	3.07
2034	1.52	3.02
2035	1.53	2.97
2036	1.53	2.92
2037	1.54	2.88
2038	1.54	2.84
2039	1.54	2.79
2040	1.55	2.76
2041	1.55	2.72
2042	1.55	2.68
2043	1.55	2.65
2044	1.56	2.62
2045	1.56	2.58
2046	1.56	2.55
2047	1.56	2.53
2048	1.56	2.5
2049	1.57	2.47
2050	1.57	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Sierra Leone
1960	25.6%	38.2%
1961	25.1%	38.3%
1962	24.5%	38.3%
1963	23.9%	38.5%
1964	23.5%	38.8%
1965	23.2%	39.1%
1966	22.7%	39.4%
1967	22.3%	39.6%
1968	21.9%	39.9%
1969	21.6%	40.1%
1970	21.3%	40.3%
1971	21.1%	40.6%
1972	21.1%	40.7%
1973	21.2%	40.9%
1974	21.6%	41.1%
1975	22.1%	41.3%
1976	22.6%	41.4%
1977	22.9%	41.6%
1978	23.2%	41.7%
1979	23.4%	41.8%
1980	23.4%	41.9%
1981	23.5%	42%
1982	23.5%	42.1%
1983	23.5%	42.2%
1984	23.5%	42.3%
1985	23.4%	42.5%
1986	23.2%	42.6%
1987	23%	42.7%
1988	22.6%	42.8%
1989	22%	42.9%
1990	21.4%	42.9%
1991	20.9%	43%
1992	20.3%	43.1%
1993	19.8%	43.2%
1994	19.2%	43.3%
1995	18.7%	43.4%
1996	18.2%	43.5%
1997	17.7%	43.5%
1998	17.3%	43.6%
1999	16.9%	43.7%
2000	16.5%	43.8%
2001	16.1%	43.9%
2002	15.7%	43.9%
2003	15.3%	43.9%
2004	15%	43.9%
2005	14.7%	43.8%
2006	14.4%	43.7%
2007	14.3%	43.6%
2008	14.2%	43.5%
2009	14.2%	43.4%
2010	14.4%	43.2%
2011	14.6%	43%
2012	14.8%	42.8%
2013	14.9%	42.5%
2014	15.1%	42.2%
2015	15.3%	41.8%
2016	15.4%	41.4%
2017	15.6%	41%
2018	15.8%	40.6%
2019	15.9%	40.2%
2020	16%	39.8%
2021	16.1%	39.4%
2022	15.9%	39%
2023	15.7%	38.5%
2024	15.4%	38.1%
2025	15.1%	37.7%
2026	14.8%	37.2%
2027	14.6%	36.8%
2028	14.4%	36.3%
2029	14.2%	35.9%
2030	14%	35.5%
2031	13.8%	35.2%
2032	13.5%	34.8%
2033	13.3%	34.4%
2034	13%	34%
2035	12.9%	33.6%
2036	12.7%	33.2%
2037	12.5%	32.8%
2038	12.5%	32.4%
2039	12.6%	32%
2040	12.7%	31.6%
2041	12.8%	31.2%
2042	12.9%	30.9%
2043	13.1%	30.5%
2044	13.2%	30.2%
2045	13.4%	29.8%
2046	13.5%	29.5%
2047	13.7%	29.2%
2048	13.8%	28.8%
2049	13.9%	28.5%
2050	14%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Sierra Leone
1960	34,567	38,192
1961	36,430	40,022
1962	29,836	41,603
1963	48,353	43,569
1964	52,531	45,487
1965	43,029	47,223
1966	35,355	49,486
1967	29,558	51,734
1968	21,728	53,126
1969	22,762	54,768
1970	24,646	56,513
1971	31,445	58,484
1972	44,404	60,279
1973	57,549	62,443
1974	66,923	65,357
1975	67,393	67,560
1976	61,768	69,506
1977	55,009	71,663
1978	52,234	74,130
1979	44,257	75,992
1980	17,517	77,932
1981	13,391	80,111
1982	10,315	82,457
1983	3,097	84,628
1984	5,165	87,072
1985	4,135	88,869
1986	1,034	90,902
1987	4,138	94,235
1988	7,249	96,344
1989	1,036	98,298
1990	1,034	100,778
1991	4,124	105,477
1992	1,032	103,251
1993	3,099	103,317
1994	-11,367	101,486
1995	-21,687	100,885
1996	-21,662	104,140
1997	-21,639	105,433
1998	-18,530	103,906
1999	-20,568	102,295
2000	-17,433	110,754
2001	-16,347	116,647
2002	-15,296	126,429
2003	-17,330	130,312
2004	-9,177	132,661
2005	-6,126	137,234
2006	1,024	144,127
2007	9,268	145,740
2008	14,538	149,855
2009	10,444	152,669
2010	10,475	155,338
2011	2,099	158,858
2012	0	160,915
2013	-2,103	161,265
2014	4,210	160,137
2015	0	162,275
2016	5,283	168,784
2017	3,178	173,259
2018	1,063	178,772
2019	0	181,068
2020	-19,257	181,015
2021	-28,365	183,326
2022	-19,209	186,625
2023	-21,729	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Czech Republic, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Sierra Leone
1985	15	1,506
1986	17	1,530
1987	15	1,533
1988	16	1,549
1989	15	1,575
1990	15	1,572
1991	15	1,699
1992	13	1,681
1993	12	1,696
1994	11	1,755
1995	10	1,777
1996	8	1,726
1997	8	1,721
1998	7	1,753
1999	7	1,731
2000	7	1,603
2001	6	1,518
2002	6	1,492
2003	6	1,433
2004	5	1,366
2005	5	1,294
2006	5	1,168
2007	4	1,132
2008	4	1,093
2009	4	1,054
2010	4	1,018
2011	4	967
2012	4	915
2013	3	842
2014	3	821
2015	3	730
2016	3	633
2017	3	578
2018	3	491
2019	3	464
2020	3	422
2021	4	403
2022	3	370
2023	3	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Sierra Leone
1960	2.48%	39.1%
1961	2.44%	38.5%
1962	2.42%	38%
1963	2.43%	37.4%
1964	2.44%	36.8%
1965	2.46%	36.2%
1966	2.47%	35.6%
1967	2.48%	35%
1968	2.47%	34.5%
1969	2.46%	33.9%
1970	2.43%	33.4%
1971	2.39%	32.9%
1972	2.34%	32.3%
1973	2.29%	31.9%
1974	2.23%	31.4%
1975	2.16%	30.9%
1976	2.08%	30.5%
1977	1.99%	30%
1978	1.89%	29.6%
1979	1.78%	29.2%
1980	1.68%	28.9%
1981	1.59%	28.5%
1982	1.52%	28.1%
1983	1.47%	27.8%
1984	1.44%	27.5%
1985	1.41%	27.2%
1986	1.38%	26.9%
1987	1.35%	26.6%
1988	1.3%	26.4%
1989	1.25%	26.2%
1990	1.21%	25.9%
1991	1.17%	25.7%
1992	1.11%	25.5%
1993	1.03%	25.3%
1994	0.94%	25%
1995	0.85%	24.7%
1996	0.77%	24.3%
1997	0.7%	23.9%
1998	0.63%	23.4%
1999	0.58%	22.9%
2000	0.55%	22.4%
2001	0.52%	21.8%
2002	0.5%	21.3%
2003	0.48%	20.7%
2004	0.46%	20.1%
2005	0.44%	19.4%
2006	0.41%	18.8%
2007	0.39%	18.1%
2008	0.37%	17.3%
2009	0.35%	16.6%
2010	0.34%	15.9%
2011	0.33%	15.2%
2012	0.32%	14.5%
2013	0.31%	13.9%
2014	0.31%	13.7%
2015	0.32%	13.8%
2016	0.32%	12.3%
2017	0.32%	11.8%
2018	0.31%	11.3%
2019	0.3%	10.9%
2020	0.29%	10.5%
2021	0.28%	10.1%
2022	0.27%	9.77%
2023	0.26%	9.43%