Fertility & birth rates in India and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in India vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 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 India 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
	India	Sierra Leone
1960	5.92	6.18
1961	5.94	6.21
1962	5.95	6.22
1963	5.97	6.26
1964	5.98	6.29
1965	5.94	6.31
1966	5.88	6.35
1967	5.83	6.38
1968	5.76	6.39
1969	5.68	6.39
1970	5.62	6.41
1971	5.57	6.43
1972	5.48	6.45
1973	5.4	6.47
1974	5.33	6.53
1975	5.2	6.55
1976	5.13	6.55
1977	5.01	6.57
1978	4.89	6.59
1979	4.81	6.58
1980	4.78	6.56
1981	4.7	6.55
1982	4.62	6.56
1983	4.57	6.57
1984	4.52	6.59
1985	4.43	6.59
1986	4.4	6.6
1987	4.31	6.61
1988	4.22	6.59
1989	4.13	6.57
1990	4.05	6.57
1991	3.96	6.55
1992	3.88	6.56
1993	3.8	6.57
1994	3.72	6.56
1995	3.65	6.56
1996	3.58	6.55
1997	3.51	6.53
1998	3.45	6.5
1999	3.38	6.42
2000	3.35	6.36
2001	3.3	6.31
2002	3.22	6.23
2003	3.12	6.09
2004	3.05	5.92
2005	2.96	5.81
2006	2.87	5.74
2007	2.78	5.64
2008	2.71	5.56
2009	2.67	5.45
2010	2.6	5.33
2011	2.53	5.21
2012	2.47	5.06
2013	2.4	4.87
2014	2.29	4.7
2015	2.29	4.55
2016	2.28	4.47
2017	2.19	4.39
2018	2.18	4.29
2019	2.12	4.19
2020	2.05	4.08
2021	2.01	3.98
2022	1.99	3.88
2023	1.98	3.79
2024	1.96	3.7
2025	1.94	3.61
2026	1.93	3.53
2027	1.91	3.47
2028	1.9	3.37
2029	1.89	3.3
2030	1.88	3.23
2031	1.87	3.18
2032	1.86	3.12
2033	1.85	3.07
2034	1.84	3.02
2035	1.84	2.97
2036	1.83	2.92
2037	1.82	2.88
2038	1.81	2.84
2039	1.81	2.79
2040	1.8	2.76
2041	1.8	2.72
2042	1.79	2.68
2043	1.79	2.65
2044	1.78	2.62
2045	1.78	2.58
2046	1.78	2.55
2047	1.77	2.53
2048	1.77	2.5
2049	1.77	2.47
2050	1.76	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Sierra Leone
1960	40.6%	38.2%
1961	40.9%	38.3%
1962	41.2%	38.3%
1963	41.5%	38.5%
1964	41.6%	38.8%
1965	41.7%	39.1%
1966	41.7%	39.4%
1967	41.6%	39.6%
1968	41.5%	39.9%
1969	41.5%	40.1%
1970	41.4%	40.3%
1971	41.2%	40.6%
1972	41.1%	40.7%
1973	41%	40.9%
1974	40.8%	41.1%
1975	40.7%	41.3%
1976	40.5%	41.4%
1977	40.3%	41.6%
1978	40.1%	41.7%
1979	40%	41.8%
1980	39.8%	41.9%
1981	39.7%	42%
1982	39.6%	42.1%
1983	39.5%	42.2%
1984	39.4%	42.3%
1985	39.3%	42.5%
1986	39.2%	42.6%
1987	39.1%	42.7%
1988	38.9%	42.8%
1989	38.8%	42.9%
1990	38.6%	42.9%
1991	38.4%	43%
1992	38.1%	43.1%
1993	37.9%	43.2%
1994	37.6%	43.3%
1995	37.3%	43.4%
1996	37%	43.5%
1997	36.7%	43.5%
1998	36.3%	43.6%
1999	35.9%	43.7%
2000	35.6%	43.8%
2001	35.2%	43.9%
2002	34.8%	43.9%
2003	34.4%	43.9%
2004	34%	43.9%
2005	33.6%	43.8%
2006	33.1%	43.7%
2007	32.7%	43.6%
2008	32.2%	43.5%
2009	31.8%	43.4%
2010	31.3%	43.2%
2011	30.9%	43%
2012	30.4%	42.8%
2013	29.9%	42.5%
2014	29.4%	42.2%
2015	28.9%	41.8%
2016	28.4%	41.4%
2017	27.8%	41%
2018	27.3%	40.6%
2019	26.8%	40.2%
2020	26.3%	39.8%
2021	25.9%	39.4%
2022	25.5%	39%
2023	25.1%	38.5%
2024	24.6%	38.1%
2025	24.2%	37.7%
2026	23.8%	37.2%
2027	23.4%	36.8%
2028	23%	36.3%
2029	22.7%	35.9%
2030	22.4%	35.5%
2031	22.1%	35.2%
2032	21.8%	34.8%
2033	21.5%	34.4%
2034	21.3%	34%
2035	21%	33.6%
2036	20.8%	33.2%
2037	20.6%	32.8%
2038	20.4%	32.4%
2039	20.2%	32%
2040	19.9%	31.6%
2041	19.7%	31.2%
2042	19.5%	30.9%
2043	19.3%	30.5%
2044	19.1%	30.2%
2045	18.8%	29.8%
2046	18.6%	29.5%
2047	18.4%	29.2%
2048	18.2%	28.8%
2049	18%	28.5%
2050	17.8%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in India vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India 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
	India	Sierra Leone
1960	10,237,489	38,192
1961	10,468,816	40,022
1962	10,743,409	41,603
1963	11,016,705	43,569
1964	11,285,378	45,487
1965	10,925,714	47,223
1966	11,089,894	49,486
1967	11,279,897	51,734
1968	12,006,807	53,126
1969	12,167,671	54,768
1970	12,417,866	56,513
1971	12,787,104	58,484
1972	13,041,792	60,279
1973	13,412,707	62,443
1974	13,795,836	65,357
1975	13,958,642	67,560
1976	14,435,504	69,506
1977	14,575,662	71,663
1978	14,898,145	74,130
1979	15,392,957	75,992
1980	16,018,786	77,932
1981	16,422,159	80,111
1982	16,790,507	82,457
1983	17,219,127	84,628
1984	17,698,810	87,072
1985	17,968,697	88,869
1986	18,455,495	90,902
1987	18,496,213	94,235
1988	18,702,916	96,344
1989	18,848,915	98,298
1990	18,893,588	100,778
1991	19,049,524	105,477
1992	19,132,757	103,251
1993	19,152,399	103,317
1994	19,310,798	101,486
1995	19,396,161	100,885
1996	19,442,699	104,140
1997	19,494,098	105,433
1998	19,569,575	103,906
1999	19,648,424	102,295
2000	19,984,160	110,754
2001	20,182,573	116,647
2002	20,024,621	126,429
2003	19,720,507	130,312
2004	19,469,758	132,661
2005	19,034,839	137,234
2006	18,641,737	144,127
2007	18,331,648	145,740
2008	18,234,926	149,855
2009	18,286,055	152,669
2010	17,991,935	155,338
2011	17,793,362	158,858
2012	17,552,365	160,915
2013	17,107,541	161,265
2014	16,165,943	160,137
2015	16,211,195	162,275
2016	16,202,593	168,784
2017	15,394,041	173,259
2018	15,451,168	178,772
2019	14,859,846	181,068
2020	13,366,946	181,015
2021	10,227,523	183,326
2022	13,912,130	186,625
2023	13,711,993	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 80 deaths per 100,000 live births in India, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Sierra Leone
1985	658	1,506
1986	624	1,530
1987	592	1,533
1988	562	1,549
1989	538	1,575
1990	516	1,572
1991	498	1,699
1992	482	1,681
1993	467	1,696
1994	451	1,755
1995	437	1,777
1996	422	1,726
1997	407	1,721
1998	393	1,753
1999	378	1,731
2000	362	1,603
2001	349	1,518
2002	330	1,492
2003	313	1,433
2004	296	1,366
2005	277	1,294
2006	258	1,168
2007	240	1,132
2008	223	1,093
2009	205	1,054
2010	188	1,018
2011	173	967
2012	160	915
2013	148	842
2014	137	821
2015	129	730
2016	121	633
2017	113	578
2018	107	491
2019	101	464
2020	101	422
2021	155	403
2022	90	370
2023	80	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India 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
	India	Sierra Leone
1960	24.1%	39.1%
1961	23.8%	38.5%
1962	23.5%	38%
1963	23.2%	37.4%
1964	22.9%	36.8%
1965	22.7%	36.2%
1966	22.4%	35.6%
1967	22.2%	35%
1968	22%	34.5%
1969	21.7%	33.9%
1970	21.5%	33.4%
1971	21.2%	32.9%
1972	20.8%	32.3%
1973	20.5%	31.9%
1974	20.1%	31.4%
1975	19.6%	30.9%
1976	19.1%	30.5%
1977	18.6%	30%
1978	18%	29.6%
1979	17.5%	29.2%
1980	16.9%	28.9%
1981	16.4%	28.5%
1982	15.9%	28.1%
1983	15.5%	27.8%
1984	15%	27.5%
1985	14.6%	27.2%
1986	14.2%	26.9%
1987	13.8%	26.6%
1988	13.4%	26.4%
1989	13%	26.2%
1990	12.7%	25.9%
1991	12.3%	25.7%
1992	12%	25.5%
1993	11.6%	25.3%
1994	11.3%	25%
1995	11%	24.7%
1996	10.6%	24.3%
1997	10.3%	23.9%
1998	9.89%	23.4%
1999	9.53%	22.9%
2000	9.16%	22.4%
2001	8.8%	21.8%
2002	8.45%	21.3%
2003	8.11%	20.7%
2004	7.77%	20.1%
2005	7.44%	19.4%
2006	7.11%	18.8%
2007	6.79%	18.1%
2008	6.46%	17.3%
2009	6.14%	16.6%
2010	5.82%	15.9%
2011	5.5%	15.2%
2012	5.2%	14.5%
2013	4.91%	13.9%
2014	4.63%	13.7%
2015	4.36%	13.8%
2016	4.11%	12.3%
2017	3.87%	11.8%
2018	3.64%	11.3%
2019	3.43%	10.9%
2020	3.24%	10.5%
2021	3.06%	10.1%
2022	2.91%	9.77%
2023	2.77%	9.43%