Fertility & birth rates in France and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in France vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	Sierra Leone
1960	2.85	6.18
1961	2.87	6.21
1962	2.89	6.22
1963	2.89	6.26
1964	2.87	6.29
1965	2.84	6.31
1966	2.8	6.35
1967	2.75	6.38
1968	2.69	6.39
1969	2.62	6.39
1970	2.55	6.41
1971	2.47	6.43
1972	2.38	6.45
1973	2.28	6.47
1974	2.18	6.53
1975	2.09	6.55
1976	2.01	6.55
1977	1.94	6.57
1978	1.89	6.59
1979	1.87	6.58
1980	1.85	6.56
1981	1.85	6.55
1982	1.86	6.56
1983	1.86	6.57
1984	1.86	6.59
1985	1.86	6.59
1986	1.85	6.6
1987	1.83	6.61
1988	1.81	6.59
1989	1.79	6.57
1990	1.77	6.57
1991	1.75	6.55
1992	1.74	6.56
1993	1.73	6.57
1994	1.73	6.56
1995	1.74	6.56
1996	1.75	6.55
1997	1.77	6.53
1998	1.78	6.5
1999	1.81	6.42
2000	1.89	6.36
2001	1.9	6.31
2002	1.88	6.23
2003	1.89	6.09
2004	1.92	5.92
2005	1.94	5.81
2006	2	5.74
2007	1.98	5.64
2008	2.01	5.56
2009	2	5.45
2010	2.03	5.33
2011	2.01	5.21
2012	2.01	5.06
2013	1.99	4.87
2014	2	4.7
2015	1.96	4.55
2016	1.92	4.47
2017	1.89	4.39
2018	1.87	4.29
2019	1.86	4.19
2020	1.83	4.08
2021	1.84	3.98
2022	1.79	3.88
2023	1.66	3.79
2024	1.66	3.7
2025	1.66	3.61
2026	1.66	3.53
2027	1.66	3.47
2028	1.66	3.37
2029	1.66	3.3
2030	1.66	3.23
2031	1.66	3.18
2032	1.66	3.12
2033	1.66	3.07
2034	1.66	3.02
2035	1.66	2.97
2036	1.66	2.92
2037	1.67	2.88
2038	1.66	2.84
2039	1.66	2.79
2040	1.66	2.76
2041	1.67	2.72
2042	1.67	2.68
2043	1.67	2.65
2044	1.67	2.62
2045	1.67	2.58
2046	1.67	2.55
2047	1.67	2.53
2048	1.67	2.5
2049	1.67	2.47
2050	1.67	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Sierra Leone
1960	26.5%	38.2%
1961	26.5%	38.3%
1962	26.2%	38.3%
1963	26%	38.5%
1964	25.8%	38.8%
1965	25.6%	39.1%
1966	25.4%	39.4%
1967	25.3%	39.6%
1968	25.1%	39.9%
1969	25%	40.1%
1970	24.8%	40.3%
1971	24.7%	40.6%
1972	24.6%	40.7%
1973	24.4%	40.9%
1974	24.2%	41.1%
1975	23.9%	41.3%
1976	23.6%	41.4%
1977	23.3%	41.6%
1978	23%	41.7%
1979	22.7%	41.8%
1980	22.4%	41.9%
1981	22.1%	42%
1982	21.9%	42.1%
1983	21.7%	42.2%
1984	21.5%	42.3%
1985	21.3%	42.5%
1986	21%	42.6%
1987	20.7%	42.7%
1988	20.5%	42.8%
1989	20.3%	42.9%
1990	20.1%	42.9%
1991	20.1%	43%
1992	20%	43.1%
1993	19.9%	43.2%
1994	19.7%	43.3%
1995	19.5%	43.4%
1996	19.3%	43.5%
1997	19.1%	43.5%
1998	19%	43.6%
1999	19%	43.7%
2000	18.9%	43.8%
2001	18.9%	43.9%
2002	18.8%	43.9%
2003	18.7%	43.9%
2004	18.6%	43.9%
2005	18.5%	43.8%
2006	18.5%	43.7%
2007	18.4%	43.6%
2008	18.5%	43.5%
2009	18.5%	43.4%
2010	18.5%	43.2%
2011	18.5%	43%
2012	18.5%	42.8%
2013	18.4%	42.5%
2014	18.3%	42.2%
2015	18.2%	41.8%
2016	18.1%	41.4%
2017	17.9%	41%
2018	17.8%	40.6%
2019	17.6%	40.2%
2020	17.4%	39.8%
2021	17.2%	39.4%
2022	17%	39%
2023	16.8%	38.5%
2024	16.5%	38.1%
2025	16.2%	37.7%
2026	16%	37.2%
2027	15.7%	36.8%
2028	15.5%	36.3%
2029	15.3%	35.9%
2030	15.1%	35.5%
2031	15%	35.2%
2032	14.8%	34.8%
2033	14.8%	34.4%
2034	14.7%	34%
2035	14.7%	33.6%
2036	14.7%	33.2%
2037	14.7%	32.8%
2038	14.7%	32.4%
2039	14.8%	32%
2040	14.9%	31.6%
2041	15%	31.2%
2042	15.1%	30.9%
2043	15.2%	30.5%
2044	15.3%	30.2%
2045	15.4%	29.8%
2046	15.5%	29.5%
2047	15.5%	29.2%
2048	15.5%	28.8%
2049	15.6%	28.5%
2050	15.6%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in France vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Sierra Leone
1960	346,115	38,192
1961	354,504	40,022
1962	358,082	41,603
1963	361,694	43,569
1964	360,631	45,487
1965	354,132	47,223
1966	352,181	49,486
1967	339,843	51,734
1968	337,346	53,126
1969	329,831	54,768
1970	322,444	56,513
1971	309,747	58,484
1972	296,589	60,279
1973	282,979	62,443
1974	268,733	65,357
1975	248,413	67,560
1976	227,776	69,506
1977	217,946	71,663
1978	213,462	74,130
1979	208,923	75,992
1980	210,042	77,932
1981	222,414	80,111
1982	234,389	82,457
1983	235,655	84,628
1984	248,086	87,072
1985	249,328	88,869
1986	250,606	90,902
1987	251,971	94,235
1988	247,672	96,344
1989	243,361	98,298
1990	238,870	100,778
1991	234,216	105,477
1992	229,502	103,251
1993	224,592	103,317
1994	201,704	101,486
1995	220,303	100,885
1996	221,092	104,140
1997	215,885	105,433
1998	222,705	103,906
1999	229,907	102,295
2000	268,042	110,754
2001	263,867	116,647
2002	253,430	126,429
2003	230,325	130,312
2004	282,185	132,661
2005	271,677	137,234
2006	305,387	144,127
2007	288,076	145,740
2008	283,250	149,855
2009	278,238	152,669
2010	286,116	155,338
2011	280,966	158,858
2012	256,065	160,915
2013	244,192	161,265
2014	265,248	160,137
2015	206,300	162,275
2016	193,500	168,784
2017	160,604	173,259
2018	147,749	178,772
2019	141,503	181,068
2020	67,602	181,015
2021	74,627	183,326
2022	54,452	186,625
2023	47,802	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Sierra Leone
1985	20	1,506
1986	20	1,530
1987	19	1,533
1988	19	1,549
1989	19	1,575
1990	18	1,572
1991	18	1,699
1992	17	1,681
1993	16	1,696
1994	15	1,755
1995	15	1,777
1996	13	1,726
1997	11	1,721
1998	10	1,753
1999	10	1,731
2000	9	1,603
2001	9	1,518
2002	9	1,492
2003	9	1,433
2004	9	1,366
2005	9	1,294
2006	9	1,168
2007	9	1,132
2008	10	1,093
2009	10	1,054
2010	9	1,018
2011	9	967
2012	9	915
2013	9	842
2014	9	821
2015	9	730
2016	9	633
2017	8	578
2018	9	491
2019	8	464
2020	9	422
2021	9	403
2022	9	370
2023	7	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Sierra Leone
1960	2.85%	39.1%
1961	2.7%	38.5%
1962	2.57%	38%
1963	2.45%	37.4%
1964	2.34%	36.8%
1965	2.24%	36.2%
1966	2.14%	35.6%
1967	2.06%	35%
1968	1.99%	34.5%
1969	1.91%	33.9%
1970	1.82%	33.4%
1971	1.74%	32.9%
1972	1.66%	32.3%
1973	1.6%	31.9%
1974	1.54%	31.4%
1975	1.49%	30.9%
1976	1.44%	30.5%
1977	1.39%	30%
1978	1.34%	29.6%
1979	1.28%	29.2%
1980	1.24%	28.9%
1981	1.19%	28.5%
1982	1.15%	28.1%
1983	1.11%	27.8%
1984	1.07%	27.5%
1985	1.04%	27.2%
1986	1.01%	26.9%
1987	0.98%	26.6%
1988	0.96%	26.4%
1989	0.93%	26.2%
1990	0.9%	25.9%
1991	0.86%	25.7%
1992	0.81%	25.5%
1993	0.75%	25.3%
1994	0.7%	25%
1995	0.65%	24.7%
1996	0.61%	24.3%
1997	0.58%	23.9%
1998	0.57%	23.4%
1999	0.55%	22.9%
2000	0.54%	22.4%
2001	0.52%	21.8%
2002	0.51%	21.3%
2003	0.49%	20.7%
2004	0.48%	20.1%
2005	0.46%	19.4%
2006	0.45%	18.8%
2007	0.44%	18.1%
2008	0.44%	17.3%
2009	0.43%	16.6%
2010	0.42%	15.9%
2011	0.42%	15.2%
2012	0.41%	14.5%
2013	0.41%	13.9%
2014	0.41%	13.7%
2015	0.42%	13.8%
2016	0.42%	12.3%
2017	0.42%	11.8%
2018	0.42%	11.3%
2019	0.42%	10.9%
2020	0.42%	10.5%
2021	0.43%	10.1%
2022	0.43%	9.77%
2023	0.43%	9.43%