Fertility & birth rates in Greece and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Greece vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Greece was 1.32 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 Greece 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
	Greece	Sierra Leone
1960	2.23	6.18
1961	2.13	6.21
1962	2.16	6.22
1963	2.14	6.26
1964	2.24	6.29
1965	2.25	6.31
1966	2.32	6.35
1967	2.45	6.38
1968	2.42	6.39
1969	2.36	6.39
1970	2.4	6.41
1971	2.32	6.43
1972	2.32	6.45
1973	2.27	6.47
1974	2.38	6.53
1975	2.33	6.55
1976	2.35	6.55
1977	2.27	6.57
1978	2.28	6.59
1979	2.26	6.58
1980	2.23	6.56
1981	2.09	6.55
1982	2.03	6.56
1983	1.94	6.57
1984	1.83	6.59
1985	1.67	6.59
1986	1.6	6.6
1987	1.5	6.61
1988	1.5	6.59
1989	1.4	6.57
1990	1.39	6.57
1991	1.37	6.55
1992	1.36	6.56
1993	1.32	6.57
1994	1.33	6.56
1995	1.28	6.56
1996	1.26	6.55
1997	1.27	6.53
1998	1.24	6.5
1999	1.23	6.42
2000	1.25	6.36
2001	1.25	6.31
2002	1.28	6.23
2003	1.29	6.09
2004	1.31	5.92
2005	1.34	5.81
2006	1.4	5.74
2007	1.41	5.64
2008	1.5	5.56
2009	1.5	5.45
2010	1.48	5.33
2011	1.4	5.21
2012	1.34	5.06
2013	1.29	4.87
2014	1.3	4.7
2015	1.33	4.55
2016	1.38	4.47
2017	1.35	4.39
2018	1.35	4.29
2019	1.34	4.19
2020	1.39	4.08
2021	1.43	3.98
2022	1.32	3.88
2023	1.32	3.79
2024	1.32	3.7
2025	1.33	3.61
2026	1.33	3.53
2027	1.33	3.47
2028	1.34	3.37
2029	1.34	3.3
2030	1.34	3.23
2031	1.35	3.18
2032	1.35	3.12
2033	1.35	3.07
2034	1.35	3.02
2035	1.36	2.97
2036	1.36	2.92
2037	1.36	2.88
2038	1.37	2.84
2039	1.37	2.79
2040	1.37	2.76
2041	1.38	2.72
2042	1.38	2.68
2043	1.39	2.65
2044	1.39	2.62
2045	1.39	2.58
2046	1.39	2.55
2047	1.39	2.53
2048	1.39	2.5
2049	1.4	2.47
2050	1.4	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Greece	Sierra Leone
1960	26.7%	38.2%
1961	26.4%	38.3%
1962	26.1%	38.3%
1963	26%	38.5%
1964	25.9%	38.8%
1965	25.3%	39.1%
1966	25.5%	39.4%
1967	25.3%	39.6%
1968	25.2%	39.9%
1969	25.2%	40.1%
1970	24.8%	40.3%
1971	25.1%	40.6%
1972	24.8%	40.7%
1973	24.5%	40.9%
1974	24.3%	41.1%
1975	24%	41.3%
1976	23.8%	41.4%
1977	23.6%	41.6%
1978	23.5%	41.7%
1979	23.2%	41.8%
1980	23.4%	41.9%
1981	23.6%	42%
1982	23.2%	42.1%
1983	22.8%	42.2%
1984	22.4%	42.3%
1985	21.9%	42.5%
1986	21.4%	42.6%
1987	20.9%	42.7%
1988	20.5%	42.8%
1989	19.9%	42.9%
1990	19.4%	42.9%
1991	18.9%	43%
1992	18.6%	43.1%
1993	18.2%	43.2%
1994	17.8%	43.3%
1995	17.3%	43.4%
1996	16.9%	43.5%
1997	16.5%	43.5%
1998	16.2%	43.6%
1999	16%	43.7%
2000	15.8%	43.8%
2001	15.7%	43.9%
2002	15.6%	43.9%
2003	15.4%	43.9%
2004	15.2%	43.9%
2005	15%	43.8%
2006	14.8%	43.7%
2007	14.7%	43.6%
2008	14.6%	43.5%
2009	14.6%	43.4%
2010	14.6%	43.2%
2011	14.6%	43%
2012	14.7%	42.8%
2013	14.7%	42.5%
2014	14.6%	42.2%
2015	14.5%	41.8%
2016	14.4%	41.4%
2017	14.4%	41%
2018	14.4%	40.6%
2019	14.3%	40.2%
2020	14.2%	39.8%
2021	14%	39.4%
2022	13.8%	39%
2023	13.6%	38.5%
2024	13.2%	38.1%
2025	12.9%	37.7%
2026	12.6%	37.2%
2027	12.3%	36.8%
2028	12.1%	36.3%
2029	11.9%	35.9%
2030	11.7%	35.5%
2031	11.5%	35.2%
2032	11.3%	34.8%
2033	11.2%	34.4%
2034	11.1%	34%
2035	11%	33.6%
2036	10.9%	33.2%
2037	10.9%	32.8%
2038	11%	32.4%
2039	11%	32%
2040	11.1%	31.6%
2041	11.2%	31.2%
2042	11.3%	30.9%
2043	11.4%	30.5%
2044	11.5%	30.2%
2045	11.7%	29.8%
2046	11.8%	29.5%
2047	11.9%	29.2%
2048	12%	28.8%
2049	12.1%	28.5%
2050	12.2%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.2% of the population in Greece and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 19.4% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Greece and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Greece vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.39% in Greece 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
	Greece	Sierra Leone
1960	96,648	38,192
1961	86,500	40,022
1962	85,327	41,603
1963	81,404	43,569
1964	83,402	45,487
1965	83,793	47,223
1966	86,998	49,486
1967	91,183	51,734
1968	87,408	53,126
1969	82,464	54,768
1970	71,222	56,513
1971	67,116	58,484
1972	64,887	60,279
1973	59,824	62,443
1974	68,111	65,357
1975	61,516	67,560
1976	65,236	69,506
1977	59,574	71,663
1978	64,124	74,130
1979	65,882	75,992
1980	60,748	77,932
1981	54,484	80,111
1982	50,906	82,457
1983	42,341	84,628
1984	37,604	87,072
1985	22,849	88,869
1986	20,931	90,902
1987	10,001	94,235
1988	15,055	96,344
1989	9,080	98,298
1990	8,157	100,778
1991	6,192	105,477
1992	6,239	103,251
1993	4,185	103,317
1994	6,307	101,486
1995	1,056	100,885
1996	0	104,140
1997	2,133	105,433
1998	-2,144	103,906
1999	-2,153	102,295
2000	-1,081	110,754
2001	0	116,647
2002	0	126,429
2003	-1,093	130,312
2004	0	132,661
2005	2,197	137,234
2006	6,612	144,127
2007	2,210	145,740
2008	11,077	149,855
2009	8,886	152,669
2010	5,560	155,338
2011	-4,441	158,858
2012	-16,568	160,915
2013	-17,545	161,265
2014	-20,696	160,137
2015	-29,216	162,275
2016	-25,862	168,784
2017	-36,566	173,259
2018	-33,272	178,772
2019	-41,814	181,068
2020	-46,004	181,015
2021	-58,131	183,326
2022	-63,665	186,625
2023	-56,191	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Greece vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Greece, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Greece	Sierra Leone
1985	9	1,506
1986	8	1,530
1987	9	1,533
1988	7	1,549
1989	7	1,575
1990	7	1,572
1991	6	1,699
1992	6	1,681
1993	5	1,696
1994	5	1,755
1995	5	1,777
1996	4	1,726
1997	4	1,721
1998	4	1,753
1999	4	1,731
2000	4	1,603
2001	3	1,518
2002	3	1,492
2003	3	1,433
2004	3	1,366
2005	3	1,294
2006	3	1,168
2007	3	1,132
2008	3	1,093
2009	3	1,054
2010	4	1,018
2011	4	967
2012	4	915
2013	4	842
2014	4	821
2015	5	730
2016	5	633
2017	5	578
2018	5	491
2019	5	464
2020	7	422
2021	9	403
2022	10	370
2023	5	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Greece 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
	Greece	Sierra Leone
1960	4.62%	39.1%
1961	4.51%	38.5%
1962	4.39%	38%
1963	4.25%	37.4%
1964	4.1%	36.8%
1965	3.97%	36.2%
1966	3.86%	35.6%
1967	3.73%	35%
1968	3.54%	34.5%
1969	3.33%	33.9%
1970	3.13%	33.4%
1971	2.96%	32.9%
1972	2.84%	32.3%
1973	2.76%	31.9%
1974	2.7%	31.4%
1975	2.62%	30.9%
1976	2.51%	30.5%
1977	2.38%	30%
1978	2.24%	29.6%
1979	2.09%	29.2%
1980	1.96%	28.9%
1981	1.83%	28.5%
1982	1.71%	28.1%
1983	1.62%	27.8%
1984	1.54%	27.5%
1985	1.46%	27.2%
1986	1.37%	26.9%
1987	1.27%	26.6%
1988	1.19%	26.4%
1989	1.11%	26.2%
1990	1.05%	25.9%
1991	0.99%	25.7%
1992	0.95%	25.5%
1993	0.91%	25.3%
1994	0.88%	25%
1995	0.85%	24.7%
1996	0.81%	24.3%
1997	0.77%	23.9%
1998	0.73%	23.4%
1999	0.69%	22.9%
2000	0.64%	22.4%
2001	0.6%	21.8%
2002	0.56%	21.3%
2003	0.52%	20.7%
2004	0.49%	20.1%
2005	0.46%	19.4%
2006	0.43%	18.8%
2007	0.41%	18.1%
2008	0.4%	17.3%
2009	0.4%	16.6%
2010	0.39%	15.9%
2011	0.4%	15.2%
2012	0.4%	14.5%
2013	0.41%	13.9%
2014	0.42%	13.7%
2015	0.43%	13.8%
2016	0.43%	12.3%
2017	0.43%	11.8%
2018	0.42%	11.3%
2019	0.41%	10.9%
2020	0.4%	10.5%
2021	0.39%	10.1%
2022	0.38%	9.77%
2023	0.37%	9.43%