Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ivory Coast was 4.28 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 Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone
1960	7.69	6.18
1961	7.72	6.21
1962	7.75	6.22
1963	7.78	6.26
1964	7.81	6.29
1965	7.84	6.31
1966	7.87	6.35
1967	7.89	6.38
1968	7.91	6.39
1969	7.93	6.39
1970	7.94	6.41
1971	7.94	6.43
1972	7.94	6.45
1973	7.94	6.47
1974	7.93	6.53
1975	7.91	6.55
1976	7.88	6.55
1977	7.83	6.57
1978	7.67	6.59
1979	7.63	6.58
1980	7.59	6.56
1981	7.54	6.55
1982	7.49	6.56
1983	7.42	6.57
1984	7.35	6.59
1985	7.27	6.59
1986	7.19	6.6
1987	7.09	6.61
1988	6.97	6.59
1989	6.85	6.57
1990	6.72	6.57
1991	6.59	6.55
1992	6.43	6.56
1993	6.27	6.57
1994	6.13	6.56
1995	6.04	6.56
1996	5.95	6.55
1997	5.9	6.53
1998	5.85	6.5
1999	5.81	6.42
2000	5.77	6.36
2001	5.7	6.31
2002	5.64	6.23
2003	5.57	6.09
2004	5.53	5.92
2005	5.5	5.81
2006	5.45	5.74
2007	5.4	5.64
2008	5.36	5.56
2009	5.33	5.45
2010	5.29	5.33
2011	5.24	5.21
2012	5.19	5.06
2013	5.14	4.87
2014	5.07	4.7
2015	4.97	4.55
2016	4.87	4.47
2017	4.76	4.39
2018	4.6	4.29
2019	4.52	4.19
2020	4.46	4.08
2021	4.41	3.98
2022	4.35	3.88
2023	4.28	3.79
2024	4.23	3.7
2025	4.17	3.61
2026	4.1	3.53
2027	4.05	3.47
2028	3.99	3.37
2029	3.93	3.3
2030	3.88	3.23
2031	3.83	3.18
2032	3.78	3.12
2033	3.75	3.07
2034	3.69	3.02
2035	3.64	2.97
2036	3.6	2.92
2037	3.56	2.88
2038	3.51	2.84
2039	3.47	2.79
2040	3.43	2.76
2041	3.39	2.72
2042	3.35	2.68
2043	3.31	2.65
2044	3.27	2.62
2045	3.23	2.58
2046	3.2	2.55
2047	3.17	2.53
2048	3.13	2.5
2049	3.1	2.47
2050	3.07	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone
1960	43.1%	38.2%
1961	43.2%	38.3%
1962	43.4%	38.3%
1963	43.6%	38.5%
1964	43.9%	38.8%
1965	44.1%	39.1%
1966	44.3%	39.4%
1967	44.6%	39.6%
1968	44.8%	39.9%
1969	44.9%	40.1%
1970	45.1%	40.3%
1971	45.1%	40.6%
1972	45.2%	40.7%
1973	45.2%	40.9%
1974	45.3%	41.1%
1975	45.4%	41.3%
1976	45.7%	41.4%
1977	46.1%	41.6%
1978	46.5%	41.7%
1979	46.8%	41.8%
1980	47.1%	41.9%
1981	47.3%	42%
1982	47.5%	42.1%
1983	47.7%	42.2%
1984	47.8%	42.3%
1985	47.9%	42.5%
1986	48%	42.6%
1987	48.1%	42.7%
1988	48%	42.8%
1989	47.9%	42.9%
1990	47.8%	42.9%
1991	47.6%	43%
1992	47.4%	43.1%
1993	47.1%	43.2%
1994	46.9%	43.3%
1995	46.7%	43.4%
1996	46.4%	43.5%
1997	46.2%	43.5%
1998	46.1%	43.6%
1999	46%	43.7%
2000	46%	43.8%
2001	46.1%	43.9%
2002	46.2%	43.9%
2003	46.2%	43.9%
2004	46.3%	43.9%
2005	46.3%	43.8%
2006	46.3%	43.7%
2007	46.4%	43.6%
2008	45.8%	43.5%
2009	44.9%	43.4%
2010	44%	43.2%
2011	43.3%	43%
2012	42.7%	42.8%
2013	42.2%	42.5%
2014	42%	42.2%
2015	42.2%	41.8%
2016	42.3%	41.4%
2017	42.4%	41%
2018	42.4%	40.6%
2019	42.3%	40.2%
2020	42.2%	39.8%
2021	42%	39.4%
2022	41.7%	39%
2023	41.3%	38.5%
2024	40.9%	38.1%
2025	40.5%	37.7%
2026	40%	37.2%
2027	39.7%	36.8%
2028	39.3%	36.3%
2029	38.8%	35.9%
2030	38.3%	35.5%
2031	37.8%	35.2%
2032	37.3%	34.8%
2033	37%	34.4%
2034	36.7%	34%
2035	36.4%	33.6%
2036	36.2%	33.2%
2037	35.9%	32.8%
2038	35.7%	32.4%
2039	35.6%	32%
2040	35.4%	31.6%
2041	35.3%	31.2%
2042	35.1%	30.9%
2043	35%	30.5%
2044	34.8%	30.2%
2045	34.7%	29.8%
2046	34.5%	29.5%
2047	34.4%	29.2%
2048	34.2%	28.8%
2049	34%	28.5%
2050	33.7%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone
1960	99,681	38,192
1961	105,568	40,022
1962	111,930	41,603
1963	118,526	43,569
1964	124,996	45,487
1965	131,601	47,223
1966	138,438	49,486
1967	145,773	51,734
1968	153,464	53,126
1969	161,541	54,768
1970	170,070	56,513
1971	179,918	58,484
1972	190,842	60,279
1973	203,429	62,443
1974	216,389	65,357
1975	228,883	67,560
1976	241,939	69,506
1977	250,858	71,663
1978	257,222	74,130
1979	268,875	75,992
1980	280,630	77,932
1981	292,755	80,111
1982	305,204	82,457
1983	317,379	84,628
1984	331,910	87,072
1985	344,549	88,869
1986	357,205	90,902
1987	370,654	94,235
1988	378,575	96,344
1989	390,081	98,298
1990	402,629	100,778
1991	413,354	105,477
1992	423,294	103,251
1993	430,759	103,317
1994	438,274	101,486
1995	453,719	100,885
1996	469,740	104,140
1997	489,984	105,433
1998	509,167	103,906
1999	527,634	102,295
2000	545,129	110,754
2001	555,220	116,647
2002	563,692	126,429
2003	568,220	130,312
2004	579,424	132,661
2005	593,685	137,234
2006	605,001	144,127
2007	617,247	145,740
2008	630,610	149,855
2009	654,439	152,669
2010	676,554	155,338
2011	694,033	158,858
2012	708,847	160,915
2013	720,228	161,265
2014	728,978	160,137
2015	731,387	162,275
2016	735,630	168,784
2017	734,553	173,259
2018	722,445	178,772
2019	727,774	181,068
2020	727,455	181,015
2021	732,191	183,326
2022	750,270	186,625
2023	758,261	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 359 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ivory Coast, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone
1985	766	1,506
1986	735	1,530
1987	697	1,533
1988	671	1,549
1989	645	1,575
1990	619	1,572
1991	584	1,699
1992	546	1,681
1993	503	1,696
1994	463	1,755
1995	421	1,777
1996	381	1,726
1997	364	1,721
1998	380	1,753
1999	381	1,731
2000	378	1,603
2001	405	1,518
2002	427	1,492
2003	451	1,433
2004	456	1,366
2005	492	1,294
2006	544	1,168
2007	567	1,132
2008	562	1,093
2009	588	1,054
2010	592	1,018
2011	569	967
2012	566	915
2013	544	842
2014	522	821
2015	505	730
2016	488	633
2017	465	578
2018	449	491
2019	429	464
2020	447	422
2021	459	403
2022	409	370
2023	359	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone
1960	32.1%	39.1%
1961	31.3%	38.5%
1962	30.5%	38%
1963	29.7%	37.4%
1964	28.9%	36.8%
1965	28.2%	36.2%
1966	27.4%	35.6%
1967	26.7%	35%
1968	26%	34.5%
1969	25.2%	33.9%
1970	24.5%	33.4%
1971	23.7%	32.9%
1972	22.9%	32.3%
1973	22.1%	31.9%
1974	21.2%	31.4%
1975	20.3%	30.9%
1976	19.5%	30.5%
1977	18.7%	30%
1978	18%	29.6%
1979	17.4%	29.2%
1980	16.9%	28.9%
1981	16.4%	28.5%
1982	16.1%	28.1%
1983	15.8%	27.8%
1984	15.5%	27.5%
1985	15.4%	27.2%
1986	15.3%	26.9%
1987	15.2%	26.6%
1988	15.2%	26.4%
1989	15.3%	26.2%
1990	15.3%	25.9%
1991	15.4%	25.7%
1992	15.4%	25.5%
1993	15.4%	25.3%
1994	15.3%	25%
1995	15.2%	24.7%
1996	15.1%	24.3%
1997	14.9%	23.9%
1998	14.6%	23.4%
1999	14.4%	22.9%
2000	14.1%	22.4%
2001	13.7%	21.8%
2002	13.3%	21.3%
2003	13%	20.7%
2004	12.6%	20.1%
2005	12.2%	19.4%
2006	11.8%	18.8%
2007	11.4%	18.1%
2008	11%	17.3%
2009	10.6%	16.6%
2010	10.2%	15.9%
2011	9.91%	15.2%
2012	9.6%	14.5%
2013	9.27%	13.9%
2014	8.92%	13.7%
2015	8.61%	13.8%
2016	8.36%	12.3%
2017	8.11%	11.8%
2018	7.85%	11.3%
2019	7.59%	10.9%
2020	7.37%	10.5%
2021	7.14%	10.1%
2022	6.92%	9.77%
2023	6.71%	9.43%