Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Finland vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Finland was 1.26 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 Finland 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
	Finland	Sierra Leone
1960	2.72	6.18
1961	2.72	6.21
1962	2.68	6.22
1963	2.68	6.26
1964	2.59	6.29
1965	2.48	6.31
1966	2.41	6.35
1967	2.32	6.38
1968	2.14	6.39
1969	1.93	6.39
1970	1.83	6.41
1971	1.68	6.43
1972	1.58	6.45
1973	1.49	6.47
1974	1.61	6.53
1975	1.68	6.55
1976	1.7	6.55
1977	1.68	6.57
1978	1.64	6.59
1979	1.64	6.58
1980	1.63	6.56
1981	1.64	6.55
1982	1.71	6.56
1983	1.74	6.57
1984	1.69	6.59
1985	1.64	6.59
1986	1.6	6.6
1987	1.59	6.61
1988	1.69	6.59
1989	1.71	6.57
1990	1.78	6.57
1991	1.79	6.55
1992	1.85	6.56
1993	1.81	6.57
1994	1.85	6.56
1995	1.81	6.56
1996	1.78	6.55
1997	1.75	6.53
1998	1.7	6.5
1999	1.73	6.42
2000	1.73	6.36
2001	1.73	6.31
2002	1.72	6.23
2003	1.76	6.09
2004	1.8	5.92
2005	1.8	5.81
2006	1.84	5.74
2007	1.83	5.64
2008	1.85	5.56
2009	1.86	5.45
2010	1.87	5.33
2011	1.83	5.21
2012	1.8	5.06
2013	1.75	4.87
2014	1.71	4.7
2015	1.65	4.55
2016	1.57	4.47
2017	1.49	4.39
2018	1.41	4.29
2019	1.35	4.19
2020	1.37	4.08
2021	1.46	3.98
2022	1.32	3.88
2023	1.26	3.79
2024	1.27	3.7
2025	1.28	3.61
2026	1.28	3.53
2027	1.29	3.47
2028	1.3	3.37
2029	1.3	3.3
2030	1.31	3.23
2031	1.31	3.18
2032	1.32	3.12
2033	1.32	3.07
2034	1.33	3.02
2035	1.34	2.97
2036	1.34	2.92
2037	1.35	2.88
2038	1.35	2.84
2039	1.35	2.79
2040	1.36	2.76
2041	1.36	2.72
2042	1.37	2.68
2043	1.37	2.65
2044	1.37	2.62
2045	1.37	2.58
2046	1.38	2.55
2047	1.38	2.53
2048	1.39	2.5
2049	1.39	2.47
2050	1.39	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Sierra Leone
1960	30.4%	38.2%
1961	29.8%	38.3%
1962	29.1%	38.3%
1963	28.4%	38.5%
1964	27.7%	38.8%
1965	27.1%	39.1%
1966	26.6%	39.4%
1967	26.2%	39.6%
1968	25.7%	39.9%
1969	25.2%	40.1%
1970	24.6%	40.3%
1971	24%	40.6%
1972	23.4%	40.7%
1973	22.9%	40.9%
1974	22.4%	41.1%
1975	22%	41.3%
1976	21.7%	41.4%
1977	21.3%	41.6%
1978	21%	41.7%
1979	20.6%	41.8%
1980	20.3%	41.9%
1981	20%	42%
1982	19.8%	42.1%
1983	19.6%	42.2%
1984	19.5%	42.3%
1985	19.4%	42.5%
1986	19.3%	42.6%
1987	19.3%	42.7%
1988	19.3%	42.8%
1989	19.4%	42.9%
1990	19.3%	42.9%
1991	19.2%	43%
1992	19.2%	43.1%
1993	19.1%	43.2%
1994	19.1%	43.3%
1995	19%	43.4%
1996	18.9%	43.5%
1997	18.8%	43.5%
1998	18.6%	43.6%
1999	18.3%	43.7%
2000	18.2%	43.8%
2001	18%	43.9%
2002	17.9%	43.9%
2003	17.7%	43.9%
2004	17.5%	43.9%
2005	17.4%	43.8%
2006	17.2%	43.7%
2007	17%	43.6%
2008	16.8%	43.5%
2009	16.7%	43.4%
2010	16.6%	43.2%
2011	16.5%	43%
2012	16.4%	42.8%
2013	16.4%	42.5%
2014	16.4%	42.2%
2015	16.4%	41.8%
2016	16.3%	41.4%
2017	16.2%	41%
2018	16.1%	40.6%
2019	15.9%	40.2%
2020	15.7%	39.8%
2021	15.5%	39.4%
2022	15.2%	39%
2023	14.9%	38.5%
2024	14.6%	38.1%
2025	14.3%	37.7%
2026	14%	37.2%
2027	13.7%	36.8%
2028	13.4%	36.3%
2029	13.2%	35.9%
2030	12.9%	35.5%
2031	12.7%	35.2%
2032	12.6%	34.8%
2033	12.5%	34.4%
2034	12.4%	34%
2035	12.4%	33.6%
2036	12.4%	33.2%
2037	12.4%	32.8%
2038	12.4%	32.4%
2039	12.5%	32%
2040	12.5%	31.6%
2041	12.6%	31.2%
2042	12.7%	30.9%
2043	12.7%	30.5%
2044	12.8%	30.2%
2045	12.9%	29.8%
2046	13%	29.5%
2047	13%	29.2%
2048	13.1%	28.8%
2049	13.1%	28.5%
2050	13.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland 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
	Finland	Sierra Leone
1960	42,082	38,192
1961	41,487	40,022
1962	38,627	41,603
1963	40,258	43,569
1964	38,208	45,487
1965	33,771	47,223
1966	34,356	49,486
1967	33,622	51,734
1968	28,684	53,126
1969	21,732	54,768
1970	20,268	56,513
1971	15,220	58,484
1972	14,847	60,279
1973	13,532	62,443
1974	17,824	65,357
1975	21,673	67,560
1976	21,738	69,506
1977	21,799	71,663
1978	20,436	74,130
1979	19,535	75,992
1980	18,640	77,932
1981	18,720	80,111
1982	22,686	82,457
1983	21,851	84,628
1984	20,015	87,072
1985	14,707	88,869
1986	13,279	90,902
1987	11,837	94,235
1988	14,344	96,344
1989	14,396	98,298
1990	15,458	100,778
1991	16,044	105,477
1992	16,639	103,251
1993	13,679	103,317
1994	17,300	101,486
1995	13,791	100,885
1996	11,274	104,140
1997	9,766	105,433
1998	7,730	103,906
1999	7,748	102,295
2000	7,765	110,754
2001	7,263	116,647
2002	6,241	126,429
2003	7,819	130,312
2004	9,933	132,661
2005	9,968	137,234
2006	11,059	144,127
2007	9,519	145,740
2008	10,627	149,855
2009	10,678	152,669
2010	10,191	155,338
2011	9,160	158,858
2012	7,579	160,915
2013	6,527	161,265
2014	4,915	160,137
2015	2,740	162,275
2016	-1,099	168,784
2017	-3,856	173,259
2018	-7,170	178,772
2019	-8,282	181,068
2020	-8,847	181,015
2021	-7,757	183,326
2022	-18,335	186,625
2023	-17,869	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Finland, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Finland	Sierra Leone
1985	7	1,506
1986	8	1,530
1987	7	1,533
1988	8	1,549
1989	8	1,575
1990	8	1,572
1991	8	1,699
1992	8	1,681
1993	7	1,696
1994	7	1,755
1995	7	1,777
1996	7	1,726
1997	7	1,721
1998	7	1,753
1999	7	1,731
2000	7	1,603
2001	7	1,518
2002	7	1,492
2003	7	1,433
2004	7	1,366
2005	8	1,294
2006	7	1,168
2007	7	1,132
2008	7	1,093
2009	8	1,054
2010	8	1,018
2011	7	967
2012	8	915
2013	8	842
2014	7	821
2015	7	730
2016	7	633
2017	8	578
2018	8	491
2019	8	464
2020	9	422
2021	8	403
2022	8	370
2023	8	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland 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
	Finland	Sierra Leone
1960	2.68%	39.1%
1961	2.53%	38.5%
1962	2.38%	38%
1963	2.25%	37.4%
1964	2.13%	36.8%
1965	2.02%	36.2%
1966	1.92%	35.6%
1967	1.84%	35%
1968	1.76%	34.5%
1969	1.68%	33.9%
1970	1.61%	33.4%
1971	1.54%	32.9%
1972	1.46%	32.3%
1973	1.39%	31.9%
1974	1.31%	31.4%
1975	1.23%	30.9%
1976	1.14%	30.5%
1977	1.06%	30%
1978	0.99%	29.6%
1979	0.92%	29.2%
1980	0.87%	28.9%
1981	0.82%	28.5%
1982	0.79%	28.1%
1983	0.76%	27.8%
1984	0.75%	27.5%
1985	0.73%	27.2%
1986	0.73%	26.9%
1987	0.72%	26.6%
1988	0.71%	26.4%
1989	0.69%	26.2%
1990	0.67%	25.9%
1991	0.64%	25.7%
1992	0.61%	25.5%
1993	0.58%	25.3%
1994	0.55%	25%
1995	0.52%	24.7%
1996	0.49%	24.3%
1997	0.47%	23.9%
1998	0.46%	23.4%
1999	0.44%	22.9%
2000	0.43%	22.4%
2001	0.42%	21.8%
2002	0.41%	21.3%
2003	0.4%	20.7%
2004	0.39%	20.1%
2005	0.37%	19.4%
2006	0.36%	18.8%
2007	0.35%	18.1%
2008	0.33%	17.3%
2009	0.32%	16.6%
2010	0.3%	15.9%
2011	0.29%	15.2%
2012	0.28%	14.5%
2013	0.26%	13.9%
2014	0.26%	13.7%
2015	0.25%	13.8%
2016	0.24%	12.3%
2017	0.24%	11.8%
2018	0.24%	11.3%
2019	0.23%	10.9%
2020	0.23%	10.5%
2021	0.23%	10.1%
2022	0.23%	9.77%
2023	0.23%	9.43%