Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 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 Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Sierra Leone
1960	6.85	6.18
1961	6.85	6.21
1962	6.85	6.22
1963	6.86	6.26
1964	6.87	6.29
1965	6.86	6.31
1966	6.88	6.35
1967	6.87	6.38
1968	6.88	6.39
1969	6.88	6.39
1970	6.88	6.41
1971	6.88	6.43
1972	6.85	6.45
1973	6.82	6.47
1974	6.78	6.53
1975	6.74	6.55
1976	6.69	6.55
1977	6.64	6.57
1978	6.59	6.59
1979	6.52	6.58
1980	6.46	6.56
1981	6.4	6.55
1982	6.34	6.56
1983	6.3	6.57
1984	6.25	6.59
1985	6.19	6.59
1986	6.14	6.6
1987	6.09	6.61
1988	6.03	6.59
1989	5.97	6.57
1990	5.93	6.57
1991	5.86	6.55
1992	5.75	6.56
1993	5.64	6.57
1994	5.51	6.56
1995	5.33	6.56
1996	5.15	6.55
1997	4.97	6.53
1998	4.8	6.5
1999	4.69	6.42
2000	4.6	6.36
2001	4.52	6.31
2002	4.41	6.23
2003	4.3	6.09
2004	4.16	5.92
2005	4.04	5.81
2006	3.9	5.74
2007	3.76	5.64
2008	3.62	5.56
2009	3.52	5.45
2010	3.43	5.33
2011	3.34	5.21
2012	3.26	5.06
2013	3.19	4.87
2014	3.12	4.7
2015	3.04	4.55
2016	2.97	4.47
2017	2.92	4.39
2018	2.86	4.29
2019	2.8	4.19
2020	2.75	4.08
2021	2.7	3.98
2022	2.65	3.88
2023	2.61	3.79
2024	2.62	3.7
2025	2.58	3.61
2026	2.54	3.53
2027	2.51	3.47
2028	2.48	3.37
2029	2.45	3.3
2030	2.42	3.23
2031	2.39	3.18
2032	2.36	3.12
2033	2.33	3.07
2034	2.31	3.02
2035	2.29	2.97
2036	2.27	2.92
2037	2.25	2.88
2038	2.23	2.84
2039	2.21	2.79
2040	2.19	2.76
2041	2.17	2.72
2042	2.16	2.68
2043	2.14	2.65
2044	2.13	2.62
2045	2.11	2.58
2046	2.1	2.55
2047	2.09	2.53
2048	2.08	2.5
2049	2.06	2.47
2050	2.05	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Sierra Leone
1960	44.2%	38.2%
1961	44%	38.3%
1962	43.8%	38.3%
1963	43.7%	38.5%
1964	43.5%	38.8%
1965	43.6%	39.1%
1966	43.8%	39.4%
1967	44%	39.6%
1968	44.3%	39.9%
1969	44.5%	40.1%
1970	44.7%	40.3%
1971	44.9%	40.6%
1972	45%	40.7%
1973	45.2%	40.9%
1974	45.3%	41.1%
1975	45.4%	41.3%
1976	45.5%	41.4%
1977	45.5%	41.6%
1978	45.6%	41.7%
1979	45.5%	41.8%
1980	45.5%	41.9%
1981	45.4%	42%
1982	45.3%	42.1%
1983	45.1%	42.2%
1984	45%	42.3%
1985	44.8%	42.5%
1986	44.6%	42.6%
1987	44.4%	42.7%
1988	44.2%	42.8%
1989	44%	42.9%
1990	43.7%	42.9%
1991	43.5%	43%
1992	43.3%	43.1%
1993	43.1%	43.2%
1994	42.8%	43.3%
1995	42.5%	43.4%
1996	42.2%	43.5%
1997	41.5%	43.5%
1998	40.6%	43.6%
1999	40%	43.7%
2000	39.6%	43.8%
2001	39.1%	43.9%
2002	38.7%	43.9%
2003	38.6%	43.9%
2004	38.5%	43.9%
2005	38.4%	43.8%
2006	38.1%	43.7%
2007	37.7%	43.6%
2008	37.2%	43.5%
2009	36.8%	43.4%
2010	36.4%	43.2%
2011	35.9%	43%
2012	35.5%	42.8%
2013	35.1%	42.5%
2014	34.6%	42.2%
2015	34%	41.8%
2016	33.4%	41.4%
2017	32.8%	41%
2018	32.2%	40.6%
2019	31.6%	40.2%
2020	31%	39.8%
2021	30.5%	39.4%
2022	30%	39%
2023	29.6%	38.5%
2024	29.2%	38.1%
2025	28.8%	37.7%
2026	28.5%	37.2%
2027	28.1%	36.8%
2028	27.8%	36.3%
2029	27.5%	35.9%
2030	27.3%	35.5%
2031	27%	35.2%
2032	26.8%	34.8%
2033	26.6%	34.4%
2034	26.4%	34%
2035	26.2%	33.6%
2036	26.1%	33.2%
2037	25.9%	32.8%
2038	25.7%	32.4%
2039	25.5%	32%
2040	25.3%	31.6%
2041	25.1%	31.2%
2042	24.9%	30.9%
2043	24.7%	30.5%
2044	24.5%	30.2%
2045	24.3%	29.8%
2046	24.1%	29.5%
2047	23.8%	29.2%
2048	23.6%	28.8%
2049	23.4%	28.5%
2050	23.2%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Sierra Leone
1960	2,299	38,192
1961	2,412	40,022
1962	2,538	41,603
1963	2,687	43,569
1964	2,864	45,487
1965	3,054	47,223
1966	3,268	49,486
1967	3,484	51,734
1968	3,712	53,126
1969	3,950	54,768
1970	4,249	56,513
1971	4,484	58,484
1972	4,885	60,279
1973	5,234	62,443
1974	5,601	65,357
1975	6,034	67,560
1976	6,567	69,506
1977	7,195	71,663
1978	7,886	74,130
1979	8,573	75,992
1980	9,187	77,932
1981	9,654	80,111
1982	10,058	82,457
1983	10,391	84,628
1984	10,713	87,072
1985	11,106	88,869
1986	11,671	90,902
1987	12,357	94,235
1988	13,107	96,344
1989	13,851	98,298
1990	15,074	100,778
1991	16,553	105,477
1992	16,971	103,251
1993	15,805	103,317
1994	15,989	101,486
1995	15,651	100,885
1996	15,408	104,140
1997	15,255	105,433
1998	15,845	103,906
1999	16,491	102,295
2000	17,014	110,754
2001	17,710	116,647
2002	18,167	126,429
2003	18,341	130,312
2004	17,756	132,661
2005	17,361	137,234
2006	16,901	144,127
2007	16,647	145,740
2008	16,356	149,855
2009	16,323	152,669
2010	16,225	155,338
2011	16,169	158,858
2012	16,026	160,915
2013	15,986	161,265
2014	15,857	160,137
2015	15,718	162,275
2016	15,621	168,784
2017	15,593	173,259
2018	15,524	178,772
2019	15,368	181,068
2020	14,970	181,015
2021	14,555	183,326
2022	15,337	186,625
2023	15,349	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Sierra Leone
1985	821	1,506
1986	804	1,530
1987	785	1,533
1988	768	1,549
1989	746	1,575
1990	725	1,572
1991	731	1,699
1992	780	1,681
1993	704	1,696
1994	682	1,755
1995	634	1,777
1996	609	1,726
1997	582	1,721
1998	555	1,753
1999	524	1,731
2000	501	1,603
2001	441	1,518
2002	404	1,492
2003	391	1,433
2004	364	1,366
2005	315	1,294
2006	298	1,168
2007	285	1,132
2008	273	1,093
2009	263	1,054
2010	243	1,018
2011	229	967
2012	221	915
2013	219	842
2014	212	821
2015	210	730
2016	204	633
2017	201	578
2018	199	491
2019	194	464
2020	192	422
2021	221	403
2022	174	370
2023	162	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	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	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	17.1%	30.5%
1977	16.6%	30%
1978	16.2%	29.6%
1979	15.7%	29.2%
1980	15.3%	28.9%
1981	14.8%	28.5%
1982	14.4%	28.1%
1983	14%	27.8%
1984	13.6%	27.5%
1985	13.2%	27.2%
1986	12.8%	26.9%
1987	12.5%	26.6%
1988	12.2%	26.4%
1989	11.9%	26.2%
1990	11.6%	25.9%
1991	11.4%	25.7%
1992	11.2%	25.5%
1993	11.1%	25.3%
1994	10.9%	25%
1995	10.8%	24.7%
1996	10.7%	24.3%
1997	10.5%	23.9%
1998	10.3%	23.4%
1999	10.2%	22.9%
2000	9.95%	22.4%
2001	9.72%	21.8%
2002	9.48%	21.3%
2003	9.24%	20.7%
2004	9%	20.1%
2005	8.77%	19.4%
2006	8.53%	18.8%
2007	8.28%	18.1%
2008	8.03%	17.3%
2009	7.81%	16.6%
2010	7.59%	15.9%
2011	7.36%	15.2%
2012	7.14%	14.5%
2013	6.93%	13.9%
2014	6.72%	13.7%
2015	6.51%	13.8%
2016	6.33%	12.3%
2017	6.13%	11.8%
2018	5.94%	11.3%
2019	5.75%	10.9%
2020	5.56%	10.5%
2021	5.38%	10.1%
2022	5.22%	9.77%
2023	5.04%	9.43%