Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iraq was 3.25 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 Iraq 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
	Iraq	Sierra Leone
1960	5.3	6.18
1961	5.8	6.21
1962	6.99	6.22
1963	7.01	6.26
1964	7.01	6.29
1965	7.02	6.31
1966	7.02	6.35
1967	7.03	6.38
1968	7.06	6.39
1969	7.08	6.39
1970	7.07	6.41
1971	7.06	6.43
1972	7.02	6.45
1973	6.99	6.47
1974	6.95	6.53
1975	6.91	6.55
1976	6.86	6.55
1977	6.8	6.57
1978	6.73	6.59
1979	6.66	6.58
1980	6.59	6.56
1981	6.53	6.55
1982	6.46	6.56
1983	6.39	6.57
1984	6.32	6.59
1985	6.25	6.59
1986	6.18	6.6
1987	6.11	6.61
1988	6.05	6.59
1989	5.99	6.57
1990	5.93	6.57
1991	5.83	6.55
1992	5.72	6.56
1993	5.61	6.57
1994	5.49	6.56
1995	5.36	6.56
1996	5.25	6.55
1997	5.19	6.53
1998	5.11	6.5
1999	5.04	6.42
2000	4.92	6.36
2001	4.8	6.31
2002	4.67	6.23
2003	4.58	6.09
2004	4.53	5.92
2005	4.45	5.81
2006	4.46	5.74
2007	4.4	5.64
2008	4.37	5.56
2009	4.38	5.45
2010	4.46	5.33
2011	4.59	5.21
2012	4.54	5.06
2013	4.44	4.87
2014	4.31	4.7
2015	4.08	4.55
2016	3.84	4.47
2017	3.64	4.39
2018	3.55	4.29
2019	3.48	4.19
2020	3.42	4.08
2021	3.36	3.98
2022	3.29	3.88
2023	3.25	3.79
2024	3.22	3.7
2025	3.17	3.61
2026	3.13	3.53
2027	3.09	3.47
2028	3.05	3.37
2029	3.01	3.3
2030	2.97	3.23
2031	2.94	3.18
2032	2.89	3.12
2033	2.86	3.07
2034	2.83	3.02
2035	2.79	2.97
2036	2.77	2.92
2037	2.74	2.88
2038	2.71	2.84
2039	2.69	2.79
2040	2.66	2.76
2041	2.64	2.72
2042	2.61	2.68
2043	2.59	2.65
2044	2.57	2.62
2045	2.54	2.58
2046	2.52	2.55
2047	2.5	2.53
2048	2.48	2.5
2049	2.47	2.47
2050	2.45	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Sierra Leone
1960	39.8%	38.2%
1961	39.9%	38.3%
1962	40.4%	38.3%
1963	41%	38.5%
1964	41.5%	38.8%
1965	42.1%	39.1%
1966	42.5%	39.4%
1967	42.8%	39.6%
1968	43%	39.9%
1969	43.3%	40.1%
1970	43.6%	40.3%
1971	44.1%	40.6%
1972	44.7%	40.7%
1973	45.5%	40.9%
1974	46.2%	41.1%
1975	46.7%	41.3%
1976	47.2%	41.4%
1977	47.3%	41.6%
1978	47.1%	41.7%
1979	47%	41.8%
1980	46.8%	41.9%
1981	46.7%	42%
1982	46.6%	42.1%
1983	46.5%	42.2%
1984	46.3%	42.3%
1985	46.2%	42.5%
1986	46%	42.6%
1987	45.8%	42.7%
1988	45.6%	42.8%
1989	45.4%	42.9%
1990	45.2%	42.9%
1991	45%	43%
1992	44.9%	43.1%
1993	44.7%	43.2%
1994	44.6%	43.3%
1995	44.4%	43.4%
1996	44.3%	43.5%
1997	44.1%	43.5%
1998	44%	43.6%
1999	43.8%	43.7%
2000	43.7%	43.8%
2001	43.5%	43.9%
2002	43.3%	43.9%
2003	43.1%	43.9%
2004	42.9%	43.9%
2005	42.6%	43.8%
2006	42.3%	43.7%
2007	42.1%	43.6%
2008	41.8%	43.5%
2009	41.5%	43.4%
2010	41.2%	43.2%
2011	41.1%	43%
2012	41%	42.8%
2013	40.8%	42.5%
2014	40.6%	42.2%
2015	40.4%	41.8%
2016	40.1%	41.4%
2017	39.7%	41%
2018	39.3%	40.6%
2019	38.9%	40.2%
2020	38.5%	39.8%
2021	38.1%	39.4%
2022	37.6%	39%
2023	37.1%	38.5%
2024	36.6%	38.1%
2025	36%	37.7%
2026	35.4%	37.2%
2027	34.7%	36.8%
2028	34.1%	36.3%
2029	33.4%	35.9%
2030	32.9%	35.5%
2031	32.5%	35.2%
2032	32.1%	34.8%
2033	31.8%	34.4%
2034	31.6%	34%
2035	31.3%	33.6%
2036	31.1%	33.2%
2037	30.9%	32.8%
2038	30.6%	32.4%
2039	30.4%	32%
2040	30.1%	31.6%
2041	29.9%	31.2%
2042	29.7%	30.9%
2043	29.4%	30.5%
2044	29.1%	30.2%
2045	28.8%	29.8%
2046	28.6%	29.5%
2047	28.3%	29.2%
2048	28%	28.8%
2049	27.7%	28.5%
2050	27.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Sierra Leone
1960	155,651	38,192
1961	184,792	40,022
1962	247,520	41,603
1963	254,046	43,569
1964	262,825	45,487
1965	274,551	47,223
1966	285,507	49,486
1967	298,192	51,734
1968	310,644	53,126
1969	324,792	54,768
1970	338,030	56,513
1971	351,464	58,484
1972	362,334	60,279
1973	373,191	62,443
1974	376,197	65,357
1975	385,916	67,560
1976	402,260	69,506
1977	410,229	71,663
1978	418,756	74,130
1979	428,458	75,992
1980	419,653	77,932
1981	416,998	80,111
1982	428,336	82,457
1983	439,800	84,628
1984	455,740	87,072
1985	467,445	88,869
1986	474,348	90,902
1987	488,742	94,235
1988	476,778	96,344
1989	496,852	98,298
1990	518,575	100,778
1991	550,146	105,477
1992	591,886	103,251
1993	606,700	103,317
1994	634,344	101,486
1995	642,977	100,885
1996	652,866	104,140
1997	667,582	105,433
1998	684,152	103,906
1999	702,170	102,295
2000	715,771	110,754
2001	729,704	116,647
2002	739,419	126,429
2003	746,159	130,312
2004	761,563	132,661
2005	776,603	137,234
2006	797,342	144,127
2007	784,119	145,740
2008	802,382	149,855
2009	855,096	152,669
2010	906,369	155,338
2011	971,082	158,858
2012	999,987	160,915
2013	1,026,036	161,265
2014	1,040,726	160,137
2015	1,007,561	162,275
2016	946,968	168,784
2017	924,507	173,259
2018	938,310	178,772
2019	942,972	181,068
2020	919,953	181,015
2021	941,924	183,326
2022	962,501	186,625
2023	973,420	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Sierra Leone
1985	152	1,506
1986	147	1,530
1987	145	1,533
1988	174	1,549
1989	190	1,575
1990	195	1,572
1991	157	1,699
1992	126	1,681
1993	132	1,696
1994	142	1,755
1995	152	1,777
1996	158	1,726
1997	165	1,721
1998	163	1,753
1999	156	1,731
2000	146	1,603
2001	137	1,518
2002	128	1,492
2003	125	1,433
2004	122	1,366
2005	118	1,294
2006	120	1,168
2007	117	1,132
2008	109	1,093
2009	107	1,054
2010	107	1,018
2011	105	967
2012	100	915
2013	96	842
2014	90	821
2015	86	730
2016	87	633
2017	81	578
2018	76	491
2019	74	464
2020	63	422
2021	77	403
2022	59	370
2023	66	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Sierra Leone
1960	19%	39.1%
1961	17.9%	38.5%
1962	16.9%	38%
1963	16%	37.4%
1964	15.1%	36.8%
1965	14.4%	36.2%
1966	13.6%	35.6%
1967	13%	35%
1968	12.4%	34.5%
1969	11.8%	33.9%
1970	11.2%	33.4%
1971	10.7%	32.9%
1972	10.3%	32.3%
1973	9.79%	31.9%
1974	9.35%	31.4%
1975	8.93%	30.9%
1976	8.54%	30.5%
1977	8.17%	30%
1978	7.83%	29.6%
1979	7.52%	29.2%
1980	7.23%	28.9%
1981	6.96%	28.5%
1982	6.71%	28.1%
1983	6.49%	27.8%
1984	6.28%	27.5%
1985	6.09%	27.2%
1986	5.91%	26.9%
1987	5.75%	26.6%
1988	6.92%	26.4%
1989	8.12%	26.2%
1990	7.97%	25.9%
1991	6.49%	25.7%
1992	5.17%	25.5%
1993	5.07%	25.3%
1994	4.98%	25%
1995	4.89%	24.7%
1996	4.8%	24.3%
1997	4.71%	23.9%
1998	4.61%	23.4%
1999	4.52%	22.9%
2000	4.43%	22.4%
2001	4.33%	21.8%
2002	4.24%	21.3%
2003	4.16%	20.7%
2004	4.07%	20.1%
2005	3.97%	19.4%
2006	3.88%	18.8%
2007	3.78%	18.1%
2008	3.67%	17.3%
2009	3.56%	16.6%
2010	3.46%	15.9%
2011	3.35%	15.2%
2012	3.24%	14.5%
2013	3.14%	13.9%
2014	3.04%	13.7%
2015	2.94%	13.8%
2016	2.84%	12.3%
2017	2.75%	11.8%
2018	2.66%	11.3%
2019	2.57%	10.9%
2020	2.49%	10.5%
2021	2.41%	10.1%
2022	2.33%	9.77%
2023	2.26%	9.43%