Fertility & birth rates in Haiti and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Haiti vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Haiti was 2.66 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 Haiti 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
	Haiti	Sierra Leone
1960	6.18	6.18
1961	6.18	6.21
1962	6.18	6.22
1963	6.17	6.26
1964	6.16	6.29
1965	6.13	6.31
1966	6.09	6.35
1967	6.05	6.38
1968	6.01	6.39
1969	5.96	6.39
1970	5.91	6.41
1971	5.88	6.43
1972	5.85	6.45
1973	5.81	6.47
1974	5.78	6.53
1975	5.75	6.55
1976	5.71	6.55
1977	5.67	6.57
1978	5.64	6.59
1979	5.59	6.58
1980	5.56	6.56
1981	5.53	6.55
1982	5.53	6.56
1983	5.51	6.57
1984	5.51	6.59
1985	5.5	6.59
1986	5.48	6.6
1987	5.47	6.61
1988	5.47	6.59
1989	5.44	6.57
1990	5.41	6.57
1991	5.32	6.55
1992	5.21	6.56
1993	5.1	6.57
1994	4.99	6.56
1995	4.88	6.56
1996	4.78	6.55
1997	4.67	6.53
1998	4.56	6.5
1999	4.45	6.42
2000	4.39	6.36
2001	4.25	6.31
2002	4.13	6.23
2003	4.05	6.09
2004	3.94	5.92
2005	3.84	5.81
2006	3.76	5.74
2007	3.69	5.64
2008	3.62	5.56
2009	3.57	5.45
2010	3.5	5.33
2011	3.43	5.21
2012	3.32	5.06
2013	3.22	4.87
2014	3.16	4.7
2015	3.11	4.55
2016	3.05	4.47
2017	2.99	4.39
2018	2.92	4.29
2019	2.86	4.19
2020	2.8	4.08
2021	2.75	3.98
2022	2.7	3.88
2023	2.66	3.79
2024	2.63	3.7
2025	2.59	3.61
2026	2.55	3.53
2027	2.52	3.47
2028	2.49	3.37
2029	2.46	3.3
2030	2.43	3.23
2031	2.41	3.18
2032	2.38	3.12
2033	2.35	3.07
2034	2.33	3.02
2035	2.3	2.97
2036	2.28	2.92
2037	2.26	2.88
2038	2.25	2.84
2039	2.23	2.79
2040	2.21	2.76
2041	2.19	2.72
2042	2.18	2.68
2043	2.16	2.65
2044	2.14	2.62
2045	2.13	2.58
2046	2.11	2.55
2047	2.1	2.53
2048	2.09	2.5
2049	2.07	2.47
2050	2.06	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Haiti	Sierra Leone
1960	40.6%	38.2%
1961	40.7%	38.3%
1962	40.8%	38.3%
1963	40.8%	38.5%
1964	40.9%	38.8%
1965	40.9%	39.1%
1966	40.9%	39.4%
1967	41%	39.6%
1968	41%	39.9%
1969	41%	40.1%
1970	40.9%	40.3%
1971	40.9%	40.6%
1972	40.9%	40.7%
1973	40.9%	40.9%
1974	40.9%	41.1%
1975	41%	41.3%
1976	41%	41.4%
1977	41.1%	41.6%
1978	41.1%	41.7%
1979	41.1%	41.8%
1980	41.2%	41.9%
1981	41.2%	42%
1982	41.3%	42.1%
1983	41.4%	42.2%
1984	41.4%	42.3%
1985	41.5%	42.5%
1986	41.6%	42.6%
1987	41.7%	42.7%
1988	41.8%	42.8%
1989	41.8%	42.9%
1990	41.9%	42.9%
1991	41.9%	43%
1992	41.9%	43.1%
1993	41.8%	43.2%
1994	41.7%	43.3%
1995	41.6%	43.4%
1996	41.4%	43.5%
1997	41.2%	43.5%
1998	41%	43.6%
1999	40.7%	43.7%
2000	40.4%	43.8%
2001	40.1%	43.9%
2002	39.7%	43.9%
2003	39.3%	43.9%
2004	38.9%	43.9%
2005	38.4%	43.8%
2006	37.9%	43.7%
2007	37.5%	43.6%
2008	37.1%	43.5%
2009	36.6%	43.4%
2010	36.2%	43.2%
2011	35.9%	43%
2012	35.5%	42.8%
2013	35.1%	42.5%
2014	34.7%	42.2%
2015	34.3%	41.8%
2016	33.9%	41.4%
2017	33.6%	41%
2018	33.3%	40.6%
2019	32.9%	40.2%
2020	32.6%	39.8%
2021	32.3%	39.4%
2022	31.9%	39%
2023	31.6%	38.5%
2024	31.2%	38.1%
2025	30.8%	37.7%
2026	30.4%	37.2%
2027	30%	36.8%
2028	29.6%	36.3%
2029	29.2%	35.9%
2030	28.8%	35.5%
2031	28.5%	35.2%
2032	28.1%	34.8%
2033	27.8%	34.4%
2034	27.4%	34%
2035	27.1%	33.6%
2036	26.8%	33.2%
2037	26.5%	32.8%
2038	26.3%	32.4%
2039	26%	32%
2040	25.7%	31.6%
2041	25.5%	31.2%
2042	25.2%	30.9%
2043	25%	30.5%
2044	24.8%	30.2%
2045	24.5%	29.8%
2046	24.3%	29.5%
2047	24.1%	29.2%
2048	23.8%	28.8%
2049	23.6%	28.5%
2050	23.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.2% of the population in Haiti and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 41.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Haiti and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Haiti vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Haiti 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
	Haiti	Sierra Leone
1960	85,368	38,192
1961	87,563	40,022
1962	89,683	41,603
1963	86,394	43,569
1964	93,987	45,487
1965	95,754	47,223
1966	96,973	49,486
1967	99,266	51,734
1968	101,300	53,126
1969	103,133	54,768
1970	105,208	56,513
1971	107,968	58,484
1972	110,709	60,279
1973	113,223	62,443
1974	115,941	65,357
1975	118,508	67,560
1976	120,992	69,506
1977	123,520	71,663
1978	125,885	74,130
1979	128,206	75,992
1980	130,773	77,932
1981	133,695	80,111
1982	137,214	82,457
1983	140,422	84,628
1984	144,211	87,072
1985	148,364	88,869
1986	152,288	90,902
1987	156,468	94,235
1988	160,750	96,344
1989	163,947	98,298
1990	167,420	100,778
1991	167,919	105,477
1992	168,980	103,251
1993	169,240	103,317
1994	169,260	101,486
1995	171,852	100,885
1996	173,351	104,140
1997	174,962	105,433
1998	175,687	103,906
1999	177,421	102,295
2000	180,677	110,754
2001	178,741	116,647
2002	178,126	126,429
2003	179,543	130,312
2004	174,071	132,661
2005	180,618	137,234
2006	182,866	144,127
2007	184,223	145,740
2008	185,364	149,855
2009	187,804	152,669
2010	95,965	155,338
2011	184,695	158,858
2012	183,702	160,915
2013	181,457	161,265
2014	182,009	160,137
2015	182,063	162,275
2016	180,902	168,784
2017	180,310	173,259
2018	178,632	178,772
2019	176,550	181,068
2020	169,264	181,015
2021	158,994	183,326
2022	164,214	186,625
2023	167,381	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Haiti vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 328 deaths per 100,000 live births in Haiti, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Haiti	Sierra Leone
1985	991	1,506
1986	975	1,530
1987	952	1,533
1988	929	1,549
1989	900	1,575
1990	874	1,572
1991	831	1,699
1992	793	1,681
1993	747	1,696
1994	710	1,755
1995	638	1,777
1996	588	1,726
1997	551	1,721
1998	511	1,753
1999	464	1,731
2000	440	1,603
2001	428	1,518
2002	410	1,492
2003	385	1,433
2004	427	1,366
2005	355	1,294
2006	368	1,168
2007	383	1,132
2008	394	1,093
2009	397	1,054
2010	398	1,018
2011	409	967
2012	385	915
2013	380	842
2014	373	821
2015	364	730
2016	356	633
2017	351	578
2018	358	491
2019	351	464
2020	346	422
2021	385	403
2022	331	370
2023	328	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Haiti 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
	Haiti	Sierra Leone
1960	29.2%	39.1%
1961	28.8%	38.5%
1962	28.3%	38%
1963	27.9%	37.4%
1964	27.4%	36.8%
1965	27%	36.2%
1966	26.5%	35.6%
1967	26%	35%
1968	25.5%	34.5%
1969	25%	33.9%
1970	24.5%	33.4%
1971	23.9%	32.9%
1972	23.4%	32.3%
1973	22.8%	31.9%
1974	22.3%	31.4%
1975	21.7%	30.9%
1976	21.2%	30.5%
1977	20.6%	30%
1978	20.1%	29.6%
1979	19.6%	29.2%
1980	19.1%	28.9%
1981	18.6%	28.5%
1982	18.1%	28.1%
1983	17.6%	27.8%
1984	17.1%	27.5%
1985	16.6%	27.2%
1986	16.2%	26.9%
1987	15.8%	26.6%
1988	15.3%	26.4%
1989	14.9%	26.2%
1990	14.5%	25.9%
1991	14.1%	25.7%
1992	13.7%	25.5%
1993	13.2%	25.3%
1994	12.8%	25%
1995	12.4%	24.7%
1996	12%	24.3%
1997	11.5%	23.9%
1998	11.1%	23.4%
1999	10.7%	22.9%
2000	10.4%	22.4%
2001	10%	21.8%
2002	9.68%	21.3%
2003	9.4%	20.7%
2004	9.14%	20.1%
2005	8.91%	19.4%
2006	8.69%	18.8%
2007	8.49%	18.1%
2008	8.29%	17.3%
2009	8.11%	16.6%
2010	13.7%	15.9%
2011	7.74%	15.2%
2012	7.56%	14.5%
2013	7.38%	13.9%
2014	7.19%	13.7%
2015	6.99%	13.8%
2016	6.79%	12.3%
2017	6.61%	11.8%
2018	6.42%	11.3%
2019	6.23%	10.9%
2020	6.04%	10.5%
2021	5.85%	10.1%
2022	5.69%	9.77%
2023	5.51%	9.43%