Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iceland was 1.59 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 Iceland 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
	Iceland	Sierra Leone
1960	4.29	6.18
1961	3.88	6.21
1962	3.98	6.22
1963	3.99	6.26
1964	3.88	6.29
1965	3.73	6.31
1966	3.59	6.35
1967	3.28	6.38
1968	3.06	6.39
1969	2.99	6.39
1970	2.81	6.41
1971	2.92	6.43
1972	3.09	6.45
1973	2.94	6.47
1974	2.66	6.53
1975	2.65	6.55
1976	2.52	6.55
1977	2.31	6.57
1978	2.35	6.59
1979	2.49	6.58
1980	2.48	6.56
1981	2.33	6.55
1982	2.27	6.56
1983	2.24	6.57
1984	2.08	6.59
1985	1.93	6.59
1986	1.92	6.6
1987	2.06	6.61
1988	2.26	6.59
1989	2.19	6.57
1990	2.3	6.57
1991	2.18	6.55
1992	2.21	6.56
1993	2.22	6.57
1994	2.14	6.56
1995	2.08	6.56
1996	2.12	6.55
1997	2.04	6.53
1998	2.05	6.5
1999	1.99	6.42
2000	2.08	6.36
2001	1.95	6.31
2002	1.93	6.23
2003	1.99	6.09
2004	2.04	5.92
2005	2.05	5.81
2006	2.08	5.74
2007	2.09	5.64
2008	2.15	5.56
2009	2.23	5.45
2010	2.2	5.33
2011	2.02	5.21
2012	2.04	5.06
2013	1.93	4.87
2014	1.93	4.7
2015	1.8	4.55
2016	1.74	4.47
2017	1.71	4.39
2018	1.71	4.29
2019	1.74	4.19
2020	1.72	4.08
2021	1.82	3.98
2022	1.59	3.88
2023	1.59	3.79
2024	1.57	3.7
2025	1.55	3.61
2026	1.54	3.53
2027	1.53	3.47
2028	1.53	3.37
2029	1.53	3.3
2030	1.52	3.23
2031	1.52	3.18
2032	1.52	3.12
2033	1.53	3.07
2034	1.53	3.02
2035	1.53	2.97
2036	1.53	2.92
2037	1.53	2.88
2038	1.53	2.84
2039	1.54	2.79
2040	1.54	2.76
2041	1.54	2.72
2042	1.54	2.68
2043	1.54	2.65
2044	1.54	2.62
2045	1.54	2.58
2046	1.55	2.55
2047	1.55	2.53
2048	1.55	2.5
2049	1.55	2.47
2050	1.56	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Sierra Leone
1960	34.9%	38.2%
1961	35%	38.3%
1962	34.9%	38.3%
1963	34.9%	38.5%
1964	34.7%	38.8%
1965	34.5%	39.1%
1966	34.3%	39.4%
1967	34%	39.6%
1968	33.6%	39.9%
1969	33.2%	40.1%
1970	32.6%	40.3%
1971	32.1%	40.6%
1972	31.6%	40.7%
1973	31.2%	40.9%
1974	30.7%	41.1%
1975	30.1%	41.3%
1976	29.5%	41.4%
1977	29%	41.6%
1978	28.4%	41.7%
1979	27.9%	41.8%
1980	27.5%	41.9%
1981	27.2%	42%
1982	26.9%	42.1%
1983	26.7%	42.2%
1984	26.5%	42.3%
1985	26.2%	42.5%
1986	25.9%	42.6%
1987	25.6%	42.7%
1988	25.2%	42.8%
1989	25%	42.9%
1990	25%	42.9%
1991	24.8%	43%
1992	24.8%	43.1%
1993	24.8%	43.2%
1994	24.7%	43.3%
1995	24.4%	43.4%
1996	24.1%	43.5%
1997	23.9%	43.5%
1998	23.6%	43.6%
1999	23.4%	43.7%
2000	23.3%	43.8%
2001	23.2%	43.9%
2002	23%	43.9%
2003	22.8%	43.9%
2004	22.5%	43.9%
2005	22.1%	43.8%
2006	21.5%	43.7%
2007	21.1%	43.6%
2008	20.9%	43.5%
2009	20.9%	43.4%
2010	20.9%	43.2%
2011	20.8%	43%
2012	20.7%	42.8%
2013	20.6%	42.5%
2014	20.4%	42.2%
2015	20.2%	41.8%
2016	19.9%	41.4%
2017	19.6%	41%
2018	19.2%	40.6%
2019	18.9%	40.2%
2020	18.7%	39.8%
2021	18.6%	39.4%
2022	18.4%	39%
2023	18.1%	38.5%
2024	17.8%	38.1%
2025	17.5%	37.7%
2026	17.3%	37.2%
2027	17.1%	36.8%
2028	17%	36.3%
2029	16.8%	35.9%
2030	16.7%	35.5%
2031	16.6%	35.2%
2032	16.5%	34.8%
2033	16.3%	34.4%
2034	16.1%	34%
2035	15.9%	33.6%
2036	15.6%	33.2%
2037	15.4%	32.8%
2038	15.2%	32.4%
2039	15%	32%
2040	14.8%	31.6%
2041	14.7%	31.2%
2042	14.5%	30.9%
2043	14.4%	30.5%
2044	14.2%	30.2%
2045	14.1%	29.8%
2046	14%	29.5%
2047	13.9%	29.2%
2048	13.8%	28.8%
2049	13.7%	28.5%
2050	13.6%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 25% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Sierra Leone
1960	3,758	38,192
1961	3,312	40,022
1962	3,465	41,603
1963	3,490	43,569
1964	3,459	45,487
1965	3,442	47,223
1966	3,305	49,486
1967	3,021	51,734
1968	2,841	53,126
1969	2,766	54,768
1970	2,576	56,513
1971	2,782	58,484
1972	3,241	60,279
1973	3,121	62,443
1974	2,776	65,357
1975	2,965	67,560
1976	2,951	69,506
1977	2,551	71,663
1978	2,727	74,130
1979	2,980	75,992
1980	2,966	77,932
1981	2,677	80,111
1982	2,736	82,457
1983	2,702	84,628
1984	2,539	87,072
1985	2,221	88,869
1986	2,384	90,902
1987	2,360	94,235
1988	2,847	96,344
1989	2,832	98,298
1990	3,058	100,778
1991	2,733	105,477
1992	2,898	103,251
1993	2,875	103,317
1994	2,713	101,486
1995	2,354	100,885
1996	2,447	104,140
1997	2,305	105,433
1998	2,357	103,906
1999	2,192	102,295
2000	2,475	110,754
2001	2,365	116,647
2002	2,243	126,429
2003	2,317	130,312
2004	2,425	132,661
2005	2,433	137,234
2006	2,491	144,127
2007	2,617	145,740
2008	2,825	149,855
2009	3,026	152,669
2010	2,862	155,338
2011	2,521	158,858
2012	2,566	160,915
2013	2,169	161,265
2014	2,324	160,137
2015	1,952	162,275
2016	1,711	168,784
2017	1,854	173,259
2018	1,975	178,772
2019	2,163	181,068
2020	2,199	181,015
2021	2,534	183,326
2022	1,719	186,625
2023	1,730	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iceland, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Sierra Leone
1985	11	1,506
1986	15	1,530
1987	13	1,533
1988	11	1,549
1989	14	1,575
1990	13	1,572
1991	11	1,699
1992	12	1,681
1993	10	1,696
1994	9	1,755
1995	13	1,777
1996	7	1,726
1997	8	1,721
1998	8	1,753
1999	7	1,731
2000	7	1,603
2001	6	1,518
2002	7	1,492
2003	6	1,433
2004	6	1,366
2005	5	1,294
2006	5	1,168
2007	5	1,132
2008	4	1,093
2009	5	1,054
2010	5	1,018
2011	4	967
2012	4	915
2013	4	842
2014	4	821
2015	4	730
2016	3	633
2017	3	578
2018	4	491
2019	4	464
2020	12	422
2021	5	403
2022	5	370
2023	3	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Sierra Leone
1960	2.14%	39.1%
1961	2.11%	38.5%
1962	2.07%	38%
1963	2.02%	37.4%
1964	1.97%	36.8%
1965	1.92%	36.2%
1966	1.85%	35.6%
1967	1.79%	35%
1968	1.72%	34.5%
1969	1.66%	33.9%
1970	1.6%	33.4%
1971	1.54%	32.9%
1972	1.48%	32.3%
1973	1.41%	31.9%
1974	1.35%	31.4%
1975	1.29%	30.9%
1976	1.22%	30.5%
1977	1.15%	30%
1978	1.09%	29.6%
1979	1.03%	29.2%
1980	0.97%	28.9%
1981	0.92%	28.5%
1982	0.87%	28.1%
1983	0.83%	27.8%
1984	0.79%	27.5%
1985	0.75%	27.2%
1986	0.73%	26.9%
1987	0.7%	26.6%
1988	0.67%	26.4%
1989	0.65%	26.2%
1990	0.63%	25.9%
1991	0.61%	25.7%
1992	0.58%	25.5%
1993	0.56%	25.3%
1994	0.54%	25%
1995	0.52%	24.7%
1996	0.49%	24.3%
1997	0.47%	23.9%
1998	0.45%	23.4%
1999	0.42%	22.9%
2000	0.4%	22.4%
2001	0.38%	21.8%
2002	0.36%	21.3%
2003	0.34%	20.7%
2004	0.33%	20.1%
2005	0.31%	19.4%
2006	0.3%	18.8%
2007	0.29%	18.1%
2008	0.28%	17.3%
2009	0.27%	16.6%
2010	0.27%	15.9%
2011	0.27%	15.2%
2012	0.26%	14.5%
2013	0.26%	13.9%
2014	0.26%	13.7%
2015	0.26%	13.8%
2016	0.26%	12.3%
2017	0.26%	11.8%
2018	0.27%	11.3%
2019	0.27%	10.9%
2020	0.27%	10.5%
2021	0.27%	10.1%
2022	0.26%	9.77%
2023	0.26%	9.43%