Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 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 El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Sierra Leone
1960	6.62	6.18
1961	6.64	6.21
1962	6.68	6.22
1963	6.69	6.26
1964	6.68	6.29
1965	6.64	6.31
1966	6.57	6.35
1967	6.49	6.38
1968	6.39	6.39
1969	6.28	6.39
1970	6.18	6.41
1971	6.13	6.43
1972	6.03	6.45
1973	5.93	6.47
1974	5.82	6.53
1975	5.71	6.55
1976	5.59	6.55
1977	5.47	6.57
1978	5.36	6.59
1979	5.23	6.58
1980	5.11	6.56
1981	4.99	6.55
1982	4.83	6.56
1983	4.65	6.57
1984	4.48	6.59
1985	4.32	6.59
1986	4.19	6.6
1987	4.18	6.61
1988	4.1	6.59
1989	4.03	6.57
1990	3.96	6.57
1991	3.89	6.55
1992	3.8	6.56
1993	3.69	6.57
1994	3.61	6.56
1995	3.57	6.56
1996	3.48	6.55
1997	3.38	6.53
1998	3.34	6.5
1999	3.22	6.42
2000	3.08	6.36
2001	2.93	6.31
2002	2.78	6.23
2003	2.64	6.09
2004	2.52	5.92
2005	2.44	5.81
2006	2.4	5.74
2007	2.35	5.64
2008	2.29	5.56
2009	2.26	5.45
2010	2.24	5.33
2011	2.22	5.21
2012	2.19	5.06
2013	2.15	4.87
2014	2.13	4.7
2015	2.07	4.55
2016	1.97	4.47
2017	1.9	4.39
2018	1.85	4.29
2019	1.84	4.19
2020	1.82	4.08
2021	1.8	3.98
2022	1.79	3.88
2023	1.78	3.79
2024	1.77	3.7
2025	1.75	3.61
2026	1.74	3.53
2027	1.73	3.47
2028	1.72	3.37
2029	1.72	3.3
2030	1.71	3.23
2031	1.7	3.18
2032	1.7	3.12
2033	1.69	3.07
2034	1.69	3.02
2035	1.68	2.97
2036	1.68	2.92
2037	1.68	2.88
2038	1.67	2.84
2039	1.67	2.79
2040	1.67	2.76
2041	1.67	2.72
2042	1.67	2.68
2043	1.67	2.65
2044	1.66	2.62
2045	1.66	2.58
2046	1.66	2.55
2047	1.66	2.53
2048	1.66	2.5
2049	1.66	2.47
2050	1.65	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Sierra Leone
1960	45.5%	38.2%
1961	45.7%	38.3%
1962	45.8%	38.3%
1963	46%	38.5%
1964	46.1%	38.8%
1965	46.2%	39.1%
1966	46.3%	39.4%
1967	46.5%	39.6%
1968	46.6%	39.9%
1969	46.8%	40.1%
1970	46.8%	40.3%
1971	46.7%	40.6%
1972	46.6%	40.7%
1973	46.4%	40.9%
1974	46.2%	41.1%
1975	45.9%	41.3%
1976	45.6%	41.4%
1977	45.3%	41.6%
1978	44.9%	41.7%
1979	44.5%	41.8%
1980	44.2%	41.9%
1981	43.9%	42%
1982	43.7%	42.1%
1983	43.4%	42.2%
1984	43.1%	42.3%
1985	42.7%	42.5%
1986	42.4%	42.6%
1987	42.1%	42.7%
1988	41.9%	42.8%
1989	41.8%	42.9%
1990	41.7%	42.9%
1991	41.7%	43%
1992	41.5%	43.1%
1993	41.1%	43.2%
1994	40.5%	43.3%
1995	39.8%	43.4%
1996	39.1%	43.5%
1997	38.5%	43.5%
1998	38%	43.6%
1999	37.5%	43.7%
2000	37.1%	43.8%
2001	36.7%	43.9%
2002	36.3%	43.9%
2003	35.9%	43.9%
2004	35.4%	43.9%
2005	34.9%	43.8%
2006	34.4%	43.7%
2007	33.9%	43.6%
2008	33.4%	43.5%
2009	32.7%	43.4%
2010	32%	43.2%
2011	31.3%	43%
2012	30.6%	42.8%
2013	29.9%	42.5%
2014	29.2%	42.2%
2015	28.6%	41.8%
2016	28%	41.4%
2017	27.5%	41%
2018	27%	40.6%
2019	26.7%	40.2%
2020	26.3%	39.8%
2021	26%	39.4%
2022	25.6%	39%
2023	25.2%	38.5%
2024	24.8%	38.1%
2025	24.4%	37.7%
2026	24%	37.2%
2027	23.5%	36.8%
2028	23.1%	36.3%
2029	22.7%	35.9%
2030	22.3%	35.5%
2031	21.9%	35.2%
2032	21.6%	34.8%
2033	21.4%	34.4%
2034	21.1%	34%
2035	20.8%	33.6%
2036	20.6%	33.2%
2037	20.3%	32.8%
2038	20.1%	32.4%
2039	19.8%	32%
2040	19.6%	31.6%
2041	19.3%	31.2%
2042	19%	30.9%
2043	18.8%	30.5%
2044	18.5%	30.2%
2045	18.3%	29.8%
2046	18%	29.5%
2047	17.8%	29.2%
2048	17.6%	28.8%
2049	17.3%	28.5%
2050	17.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Sierra Leone
1960	81,544	38,192
1961	84,614	40,022
1962	88,237	41,603
1963	90,794	43,569
1964	93,328	45,487
1965	95,341	47,223
1966	97,156	49,486
1967	98,424	51,734
1968	98,851	53,126
1969	99,848	54,768
1970	100,499	56,513
1971	104,714	58,484
1972	107,604	60,279
1973	111,546	62,443
1974	113,846	65,357
1975	116,737	67,560
1976	120,511	69,506
1977	121,446	71,663
1978	124,468	74,130
1979	123,838	75,992
1980	111,771	77,932
1981	117,346	80,111
1982	120,938	82,457
1983	121,700	84,628
1984	125,036	87,072
1985	127,248	88,869
1986	130,177	90,902
1987	133,667	94,235
1988	136,230	96,344
1989	139,093	98,298
1990	140,311	100,778
1991	140,691	105,477
1992	139,221	103,251
1993	138,432	103,317
1994	137,974	101,486
1995	138,268	100,885
1996	136,929	104,140
1997	134,448	105,433
1998	134,065	103,906
1999	128,947	102,295
2000	122,315	110,754
2001	114,313	116,647
2002	106,137	126,429
2003	97,849	130,312
2004	90,905	132,661
2005	84,883	137,234
2006	80,887	144,127
2007	76,776	145,740
2008	75,107	149,855
2009	74,908	152,669
2010	75,695	155,338
2011	76,182	158,858
2012	75,495	160,915
2013	73,869	161,265
2014	72,581	160,137
2015	69,263	162,275
2016	63,751	168,784
2017	59,824	173,259
2018	57,509	178,772
2019	56,816	181,068
2020	48,244	181,015
2021	46,530	183,326
2022	53,138	186,625
2023	51,985	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 39 deaths per 100,000 live births in El Salvador, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Sierra Leone
1985	193	1,506
1986	169	1,530
1987	178	1,533
1988	173	1,549
1989	155	1,575
1990	145	1,572
1991	129	1,699
1992	121	1,681
1993	114	1,696
1994	101	1,755
1995	89	1,777
1996	78	1,726
1997	67	1,721
1998	61	1,753
1999	53	1,731
2000	48	1,603
2001	45	1,518
2002	40	1,492
2003	38	1,433
2004	35	1,366
2005	34	1,294
2006	33	1,168
2007	33	1,132
2008	33	1,093
2009	35	1,054
2010	34	1,018
2011	35	967
2012	36	915
2013	39	842
2014	41	821
2015	43	730
2016	43	633
2017	44	578
2018	43	491
2019	40	464
2020	48	422
2021	58	403
2022	39	370
2023	39	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Sierra Leone
1960	18.5%	39.1%
1961	18.1%	38.5%
1962	17.7%	38%
1963	17.3%	37.4%
1964	17%	36.8%
1965	16.6%	36.2%
1966	16.3%	35.6%
1967	16%	35%
1968	15.6%	34.5%
1969	15.3%	33.9%
1970	15%	33.4%
1971	14.6%	32.9%
1972	14.3%	32.3%
1973	13.9%	31.9%
1974	13.5%	31.4%
1975	13.1%	30.9%
1976	12.6%	30.5%
1977	12.1%	30%
1978	11.6%	29.6%
1979	11.1%	29.2%
1980	12.5%	28.9%
1981	10%	28.5%
1982	9.46%	28.1%
1983	8.94%	27.8%
1984	8.42%	27.5%
1985	7.93%	27.2%
1986	7.47%	26.9%
1987	7.04%	26.6%
1988	6.65%	26.4%
1989	6.28%	26.2%
1990	5.94%	25.9%
1991	5.61%	25.7%
1992	5.3%	25.5%
1993	5%	25.3%
1994	4.71%	25%
1995	4.42%	24.7%
1996	4.15%	24.3%
1997	3.89%	23.9%
1998	3.65%	23.4%
1999	3.43%	22.9%
2000	3.23%	22.4%
2001	3.04%	21.8%
2002	2.86%	21.3%
2003	2.7%	20.7%
2004	2.55%	20.1%
2005	2.4%	19.4%
2006	2.27%	18.8%
2007	2.15%	18.1%
2008	2.04%	17.3%
2009	1.94%	16.6%
2010	1.84%	15.9%
2011	1.75%	15.2%
2012	1.67%	14.5%
2013	1.59%	13.9%
2014	1.52%	13.7%
2015	1.45%	13.8%
2016	1.39%	12.3%
2017	1.33%	11.8%
2018	1.27%	11.3%
2019	1.22%	10.9%
2020	1.17%	10.5%
2021	1.12%	10.1%
2022	1.08%	9.77%
2023	1.04%	9.43%