Fertility & birth rates in Libya and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Libya vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Libya was 2.36 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 Libya 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
	Libya	Sierra Leone
1960	7.51	6.18
1961	7.56	6.21
1962	7.61	6.22
1963	7.69	6.26
1964	7.75	6.29
1965	7.82	6.31
1966	7.89	6.35
1967	7.93	6.38
1968	7.97	6.39
1969	8.01	6.39
1970	8.05	6.41
1971	8.1	6.43
1972	8.07	6.45
1973	8.05	6.47
1974	8.02	6.53
1975	7.98	6.55
1976	7.93	6.55
1977	7.87	6.57
1978	7.79	6.59
1979	7.68	6.58
1980	7.54	6.56
1981	7.37	6.55
1982	7.16	6.56
1983	6.91	6.57
1984	6.62	6.59
1985	6.33	6.59
1986	6.02	6.6
1987	5.72	6.61
1988	5.41	6.59
1989	5.09	6.57
1990	4.78	6.57
1991	4.46	6.55
1992	4.16	6.56
1993	3.88	6.57
1994	3.65	6.56
1995	3.44	6.56
1996	3.26	6.55
1997	3.13	6.53
1998	3.04	6.5
1999	2.97	6.42
2000	2.91	6.36
2001	2.87	6.31
2002	2.83	6.23
2003	2.8	6.09
2004	2.77	5.92
2005	2.77	5.81
2006	2.7	5.74
2007	2.65	5.64
2008	2.6	5.56
2009	2.56	5.45
2010	2.6	5.33
2011	2.65	5.21
2012	2.68	5.06
2013	2.72	4.87
2014	2.75	4.7
2015	2.71	4.55
2016	2.67	4.47
2017	2.63	4.39
2018	2.58	4.29
2019	2.54	4.19
2020	2.51	4.08
2021	2.46	3.98
2022	2.4	3.88
2023	2.36	3.79
2024	2.3	3.7
2025	2.25	3.61
2026	2.21	3.53
2027	2.18	3.47
2028	2.14	3.37
2029	2.11	3.3
2030	2.08	3.23
2031	2.06	3.18
2032	2.03	3.12
2033	2.01	3.07
2034	1.99	3.02
2035	1.97	2.97
2036	1.95	2.92
2037	1.94	2.88
2038	1.92	2.84
2039	1.91	2.79
2040	1.9	2.76
2041	1.89	2.72
2042	1.88	2.68
2043	1.87	2.65
2044	1.86	2.62
2045	1.85	2.58
2046	1.84	2.55
2047	1.83	2.53
2048	1.83	2.5
2049	1.82	2.47
2050	1.82	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	Sierra Leone
1960	43.6%	38.2%
1961	44.2%	38.3%
1962	44.8%	38.3%
1963	45.5%	38.5%
1964	46.1%	38.8%
1965	47%	39.1%
1966	48.4%	39.4%
1967	49.5%	39.6%
1968	50.3%	39.9%
1969	50.7%	40.1%
1970	50.9%	40.3%
1971	50.9%	40.6%
1972	50.9%	40.7%
1973	50.2%	40.9%
1974	49.3%	41.1%
1975	48.9%	41.3%
1976	48.6%	41.4%
1977	48.2%	41.6%
1978	48%	41.7%
1979	47.9%	41.8%
1980	47.7%	41.9%
1981	47.5%	42%
1982	47.3%	42.1%
1983	46.8%	42.2%
1984	46.1%	42.3%
1985	45.5%	42.5%
1986	44.8%	42.6%
1987	44.1%	42.7%
1988	43.4%	42.8%
1989	42.6%	42.9%
1990	41.7%	42.9%
1991	40.7%	43%
1992	39.7%	43.1%
1993	38.6%	43.2%
1994	37.4%	43.3%
1995	36.3%	43.4%
1996	35.2%	43.5%
1997	34.2%	43.5%
1998	33.3%	43.6%
1999	32.5%	43.7%
2000	32%	43.8%
2001	31.7%	43.9%
2002	31.5%	43.9%
2003	31.3%	43.9%
2004	31.2%	43.9%
2005	31.1%	43.8%
2006	30.9%	43.7%
2007	30.6%	43.6%
2008	30.3%	43.5%
2009	30.1%	43.4%
2010	29.9%	43.2%
2011	30.7%	43%
2012	31.5%	42.8%
2013	31.3%	42.5%
2014	31.1%	42.2%
2015	31%	41.8%
2016	30.9%	41.4%
2017	30.6%	41%
2018	30.3%	40.6%
2019	29.9%	40.2%
2020	29.5%	39.8%
2021	29%	39.4%
2022	28.5%	39%
2023	28%	38.5%
2024	27.4%	38.1%
2025	26.8%	37.7%
2026	26.2%	37.2%
2027	25.6%	36.8%
2028	25.1%	36.3%
2029	24.5%	35.9%
2030	23.9%	35.5%
2031	23.4%	35.2%
2032	23%	34.8%
2033	22.5%	34.4%
2034	22.1%	34%
2035	21.8%	33.6%
2036	21.5%	33.2%
2037	21.3%	32.8%
2038	21%	32.4%
2039	20.9%	32%
2040	20.7%	31.6%
2041	20.6%	31.2%
2042	20.5%	30.9%
2043	20.4%	30.5%
2044	20.3%	30.2%
2045	20.2%	29.8%
2046	20.1%	29.5%
2047	20%	29.2%
2048	19.9%	28.8%
2049	19.8%	28.5%
2050	19.6%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Libya vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya 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
	Libya	Sierra Leone
1960	38,391	38,192
1961	42,167	40,022
1962	46,252	41,603
1963	50,421	43,569
1964	55,227	45,487
1965	59,134	47,223
1966	60,394	49,486
1967	61,889	51,734
1968	63,971	53,126
1969	66,782	54,768
1970	70,488	56,513
1971	74,934	58,484
1972	77,864	60,279
1973	81,256	62,443
1974	89,337	65,357
1975	94,862	67,560
1976	101,146	69,506
1977	107,769	71,663
1978	114,669	74,130
1979	121,469	75,992
1980	128,034	77,932
1981	130,233	80,111
1982	133,511	82,457
1983	122,183	84,628
1984	110,028	87,072
1985	110,194	88,869
1986	109,325	90,902
1987	107,761	94,235
1988	105,469	96,344
1989	102,823	98,298
1990	99,898	100,778
1991	96,582	105,477
1992	93,568	103,251
1993	90,553	103,317
1994	88,765	101,486
1995	87,661	100,885
1996	86,945	104,140
1997	86,899	105,433
1998	87,613	103,906
1999	88,743	102,295
2000	89,814	110,754
2001	93,370	116,647
2002	97,598	126,429
2003	102,144	130,312
2004	107,144	132,661
2005	112,823	137,234
2006	115,645	144,127
2007	116,704	145,740
2008	117,481	149,855
2009	118,102	152,669
2010	122,926	155,338
2011	121,016	158,858
2012	108,855	160,915
2013	110,772	161,265
2014	110,420	160,137
2015	108,096	162,275
2016	105,265	168,784
2017	103,891	173,259
2018	101,619	178,772
2019	97,842	181,068
2020	92,950	181,015
2021	88,005	183,326
2022	91,951	186,625
2023	75,760	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Libya vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Libya, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Libya	Sierra Leone
1985	86	1,506
1986	82	1,530
1987	77	1,533
1988	74	1,549
1989	70	1,575
1990	67	1,572
1991	64	1,699
1992	61	1,681
1993	60	1,696
1994	59	1,755
1995	59	1,777
1996	61	1,726
1997	64	1,721
1998	67	1,753
1999	69	1,731
2000	71	1,603
2001	71	1,518
2002	69	1,492
2003	68	1,433
2004	67	1,366
2005	66	1,294
2006	66	1,168
2007	67	1,132
2008	68	1,093
2009	70	1,054
2010	71	1,018
2011	81	967
2012	74	915
2013	75	842
2014	77	821
2015	76	730
2016	74	633
2017	69	578
2018	66	491
2019	65	464
2020	71	422
2021	98	403
2022	60	370
2023	59	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya 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
	Libya	Sierra Leone
1960	27.7%	39.1%
1961	26%	38.5%
1962	24.3%	38%
1963	22.7%	37.4%
1964	21.2%	36.8%
1965	19.7%	36.2%
1966	18.3%	35.6%
1967	17%	35%
1968	15.8%	34.5%
1969	14.7%	33.9%
1970	13.6%	33.4%
1971	12.6%	32.9%
1972	11.7%	32.3%
1973	10.9%	31.9%
1974	10.2%	31.4%
1975	9.5%	30.9%
1976	8.91%	30.5%
1977	8.39%	30%
1978	7.92%	29.6%
1979	7.5%	29.2%
1980	7.11%	28.9%
1981	6.76%	28.5%
1982	6.42%	28.1%
1983	6.1%	27.8%
1984	5.79%	27.5%
1985	5.5%	27.2%
1986	5.21%	26.9%
1987	4.94%	26.6%
1988	4.67%	26.4%
1989	4.42%	26.2%
1990	4.19%	25.9%
1991	3.98%	25.7%
1992	3.78%	25.5%
1993	3.61%	25.3%
1994	3.46%	25%
1995	3.32%	24.7%
1996	3.2%	24.3%
1997	3.09%	23.9%
1998	2.99%	23.4%
1999	2.9%	22.9%
2000	2.81%	22.4%
2001	2.73%	21.8%
2002	2.65%	21.3%
2003	2.55%	20.7%
2004	2.44%	20.1%
2005	2.31%	19.4%
2006	2.17%	18.8%
2007	2.02%	18.1%
2008	1.88%	17.3%
2009	1.76%	16.6%
2010	1.66%	15.9%
2011	1.96%	15.2%
2012	1.51%	14.5%
2013	1.45%	13.9%
2014	1.39%	13.7%
2015	1.33%	13.8%
2016	1.28%	12.3%
2017	1.24%	11.8%
2018	1.19%	11.3%
2019	1.16%	10.9%
2020	1.12%	10.5%
2021	1.08%	10.1%
2022	1.05%	9.77%
2023	3.08%	9.43%