Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 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 Jordan 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
	Jordan	Sierra Leone
1960	7.6	6.18
1961	7.7	6.21
1962	7.79	6.22
1963	7.85	6.26
1964	7.91	6.29
1965	7.93	6.31
1966	7.99	6.35
1967	8.06	6.38
1968	8.14	6.39
1969	8.19	6.39
1970	8.18	6.41
1971	8.15	6.43
1972	8.12	6.45
1973	8.06	6.47
1974	8	6.53
1975	7.93	6.55
1976	7.83	6.55
1977	7.72	6.57
1978	7.59	6.59
1979	7.45	6.58
1980	7.29	6.56
1981	7.12	6.55
1982	6.96	6.56
1983	6.81	6.57
1984	6.67	6.59
1985	6.53	6.59
1986	6.39	6.6
1987	6.2	6.61
1988	6.01	6.59
1989	5.8	6.57
1990	5.54	6.57
1991	5.33	6.55
1992	5.14	6.56
1993	4.97	6.57
1994	4.82	6.56
1995	4.68	6.56
1996	4.51	6.55
1997	4.32	6.53
1998	4.11	6.5
1999	3.97	6.42
2000	3.86	6.36
2001	3.8	6.31
2002	3.81	6.23
2003	3.82	6.09
2004	3.73	5.92
2005	3.65	5.81
2006	3.71	5.74
2007	3.8	5.64
2008	3.88	5.56
2009	3.84	5.45
2010	3.78	5.33
2011	3.69	5.21
2012	3.57	5.06
2013	3.45	4.87
2014	3.3	4.7
2015	3.14	4.55
2016	3.07	4.47
2017	2.99	4.39
2018	2.92	4.29
2019	2.86	4.19
2020	2.79	4.08
2021	2.74	3.98
2022	2.68	3.88
2023	2.64	3.79
2024	2.6	3.7
2025	2.57	3.61
2026	2.54	3.53
2027	2.51	3.47
2028	2.48	3.37
2029	2.44	3.3
2030	2.42	3.23
2031	2.39	3.18
2032	2.36	3.12
2033	2.33	3.07
2034	2.3	3.02
2035	2.27	2.97
2036	2.25	2.92
2037	2.23	2.88
2038	2.21	2.84
2039	2.19	2.79
2040	2.16	2.76
2041	2.14	2.72
2042	2.12	2.68
2043	2.1	2.65
2044	2.08	2.62
2045	2.07	2.58
2046	2.05	2.55
2047	2.04	2.53
2048	2.02	2.5
2049	2.01	2.47
2050	1.99	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Sierra Leone
1960	46.1%	38.2%
1961	46.6%	38.3%
1962	47.2%	38.3%
1963	47.7%	38.5%
1964	48.2%	38.8%
1965	48.7%	39.1%
1966	49.1%	39.4%
1967	49.4%	39.6%
1968	49.8%	39.9%
1969	50%	40.1%
1970	50.3%	40.3%
1971	50.4%	40.6%
1972	50.6%	40.7%
1973	50.6%	40.9%
1974	50.6%	41.1%
1975	50.6%	41.3%
1976	50.5%	41.4%
1977	50.4%	41.6%
1978	50.2%	41.7%
1979	50%	41.8%
1980	49.7%	41.9%
1981	49.5%	42%
1982	49.2%	42.1%
1983	48.9%	42.2%
1984	48.6%	42.3%
1985	48.2%	42.5%
1986	47.9%	42.6%
1987	47.6%	42.7%
1988	47.2%	42.8%
1989	46.8%	42.9%
1990	45%	42.9%
1991	43.1%	43%
1992	42.2%	43.1%
1993	41.5%	43.2%
1994	40.9%	43.3%
1995	40.5%	43.4%
1996	40.4%	43.5%
1997	40.4%	43.5%
1998	40.3%	43.6%
1999	40.2%	43.7%
2000	40.1%	43.8%
2001	39.8%	43.9%
2002	39.5%	43.9%
2003	39.2%	43.9%
2004	38.8%	43.9%
2005	38.4%	43.8%
2006	38%	43.7%
2007	37.5%	43.6%
2008	37%	43.5%
2009	36.5%	43.4%
2010	36%	43.2%
2011	35.5%	43%
2012	35.1%	42.8%
2013	34.9%	42.5%
2014	34.9%	42.2%
2015	34.8%	41.8%
2016	34.5%	41.4%
2017	34.1%	41%
2018	33.7%	40.6%
2019	33.3%	40.2%
2020	32.8%	39.8%
2021	32.4%	39.4%
2022	31.9%	39%
2023	31.2%	38.5%
2024	30.7%	38.1%
2025	30.2%	37.7%
2026	29.6%	37.2%
2027	29%	36.8%
2028	28.4%	36.3%
2029	27.8%	35.9%
2030	27.3%	35.5%
2031	26.9%	35.2%
2032	26.6%	34.8%
2033	26.2%	34.4%
2034	25.9%	34%
2035	25.7%	33.6%
2036	25.4%	33.2%
2037	25.2%	32.8%
2038	25%	32.4%
2039	24.9%	32%
2040	24.7%	31.6%
2041	24.6%	31.2%
2042	24.4%	30.9%
2043	24.3%	30.5%
2044	24.1%	30.2%
2045	23.9%	29.8%
2046	23.7%	29.5%
2047	23.5%	29.2%
2048	23.3%	28.8%
2049	23.1%	28.5%
2050	22.8%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 45% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Sierra Leone
1960	29,491	38,192
1961	32,143	40,022
1962	34,598	41,603
1963	36,858	43,569
1964	39,205	45,487
1965	41,635	47,223
1966	44,580	49,486
1967	48,791	51,734
1968	53,336	53,126
1969	57,431	54,768
1970	60,321	56,513
1971	64,763	58,484
1972	67,707	60,279
1973	70,058	62,443
1974	72,212	65,357
1975	74,392	67,560
1976	75,981	69,506
1977	78,101	71,663
1978	79,908	74,130
1979	82,076	75,992
1980	84,508	77,932
1981	86,751	80,111
1982	89,473	82,457
1983	92,863	84,628
1984	96,092	87,072
1985	99,801	88,869
1986	103,551	90,902
1987	106,536	94,235
1988	109,754	96,344
1989	112,608	98,298
1990	114,912	100,778
1991	129,642	105,477
1992	134,241	103,251
1993	139,467	103,317
1994	144,199	101,486
1995	147,652	100,885
1996	147,852	104,140
1997	145,358	105,433
1998	140,696	103,906
1999	138,201	102,295
2000	136,414	110,754
2001	136,450	116,647
2002	139,250	126,429
2003	142,443	130,312
2004	141,752	132,661
2005	141,816	137,234
2006	147,643	144,127
2007	167,574	145,740
2008	175,048	149,855
2009	177,651	152,669
2010	177,748	155,338
2011	177,076	158,858
2012	175,437	160,915
2013	170,473	161,265
2014	184,169	160,137
2015	195,495	162,275
2016	205,891	168,784
2017	205,903	173,259
2018	205,333	178,772
2019	204,933	181,068
2020	198,138	181,015
2021	190,795	183,326
2022	199,900	186,625
2023	200,895	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Sierra Leone
1985	100	1,506
1986	93	1,530
1987	87	1,533
1988	82	1,549
1989	79	1,575
1990	72	1,572
1991	74	1,699
1992	72	1,681
1993	71	1,696
1994	70	1,755
1995	70	1,777
1996	69	1,726
1997	67	1,721
1998	65	1,753
1999	63	1,731
2000	61	1,603
2001	60	1,518
2002	58	1,492
2003	56	1,433
2004	54	1,366
2005	53	1,294
2006	49	1,168
2007	50	1,132
2008	50	1,093
2009	49	1,054
2010	48	1,018
2011	47	967
2012	47	915
2013	44	842
2014	43	821
2015	41	730
2016	40	633
2017	38	578
2018	36	491
2019	35	464
2020	41	422
2021	79	403
2022	35	370
2023	31	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Sierra Leone
1960	15.5%	39.1%
1961	14.6%	38.5%
1962	13.8%	38%
1963	13%	37.4%
1964	12.3%	36.8%
1965	11.6%	36.2%
1966	11%	35.6%
1967	10.4%	35%
1968	9.87%	34.5%
1969	9.38%	33.9%
1970	8.91%	33.4%
1971	8.48%	32.9%
1972	8.06%	32.3%
1973	7.67%	31.9%
1974	7.31%	31.4%
1975	6.96%	30.9%
1976	6.63%	30.5%
1977	6.31%	30%
1978	6.02%	29.6%
1979	5.74%	29.2%
1980	5.48%	28.9%
1981	5.22%	28.5%
1982	4.99%	28.1%
1983	4.76%	27.8%
1984	4.55%	27.5%
1985	4.34%	27.2%
1986	4.16%	26.9%
1987	3.98%	26.6%
1988	3.82%	26.4%
1989	3.68%	26.2%
1990	3.54%	25.9%
1991	3.42%	25.7%
1992	3.31%	25.5%
1993	3.2%	25.3%
1994	3.1%	25%
1995	3.01%	24.7%
1996	2.91%	24.3%
1997	2.83%	23.9%
1998	2.74%	23.4%
1999	2.66%	22.9%
2000	2.58%	22.4%
2001	2.5%	21.8%
2002	2.42%	21.3%
2003	2.35%	20.7%
2004	2.27%	20.1%
2005	2.2%	19.4%
2006	2.13%	18.8%
2007	2.07%	18.1%
2008	2%	17.3%
2009	1.94%	16.6%
2010	1.89%	15.9%
2011	1.83%	15.2%
2012	1.78%	14.5%
2013	1.74%	13.9%
2014	1.69%	13.7%
2015	1.65%	13.8%
2016	1.6%	12.3%
2017	1.56%	11.8%
2018	1.52%	11.3%
2019	1.48%	10.9%
2020	1.44%	10.5%
2021	1.4%	10.1%
2022	1.36%	9.77%
2023	1.32%	9.43%