Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 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 Maldives 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
	Maldives	Sierra Leone
1960	6.71	6.18
1961	6.79	6.21
1962	6.89	6.22
1963	6.94	6.26
1964	7	6.29
1965	7.07	6.31
1966	7.15	6.35
1967	7.23	6.38
1968	7.28	6.39
1969	7.33	6.39
1970	7.39	6.41
1971	7.38	6.43
1972	7.37	6.45
1973	7.4	6.47
1974	7.38	6.53
1975	7.32	6.55
1976	7.29	6.55
1977	7.27	6.57
1978	7.23	6.59
1979	7.23	6.58
1980	7.23	6.56
1981	7.19	6.55
1982	7.15	6.56
1983	7.09	6.57
1984	7.03	6.59
1985	6.94	6.59
1986	6.85	6.6
1987	6.73	6.61
1988	6.58	6.59
1989	6.39	6.57
1990	6.13	6.57
1991	5.8	6.55
1992	5.44	6.56
1993	5.06	6.57
1994	4.69	6.56
1995	4.29	6.56
1996	3.86	6.55
1997	3.48	6.53
1998	3.17	6.5
1999	2.9	6.42
2000	2.69	6.36
2001	2.53	6.31
2002	2.42	6.23
2003	2.34	6.09
2004	2.26	5.92
2005	2.2	5.81
2006	2.2	5.74
2007	2.29	5.64
2008	2.37	5.56
2009	2.39	5.45
2010	2.35	5.33
2011	2.31	5.21
2012	2.25	5.06
2013	2.17	4.87
2014	2.09	4.7
2015	2	4.55
2016	1.9	4.47
2017	1.8	4.39
2018	1.71	4.29
2019	1.64	4.19
2020	1.61	4.08
2021	1.6	3.98
2022	1.58	3.88
2023	1.58	3.79
2024	1.56	3.7
2025	1.55	3.61
2026	1.53	3.53
2027	1.53	3.47
2028	1.52	3.37
2029	1.52	3.3
2030	1.52	3.23
2031	1.51	3.18
2032	1.51	3.12
2033	1.51	3.07
2034	1.51	3.02
2035	1.51	2.97
2036	1.52	2.92
2037	1.52	2.88
2038	1.52	2.84
2039	1.52	2.79
2040	1.52	2.76
2041	1.52	2.72
2042	1.52	2.68
2043	1.52	2.65
2044	1.52	2.62
2045	1.53	2.58
2046	1.53	2.55
2047	1.53	2.53
2048	1.54	2.5
2049	1.54	2.47
2050	1.54	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Sierra Leone
1960	37.9%	38.2%
1961	38.2%	38.3%
1962	38.7%	38.3%
1963	39.4%	38.5%
1964	40.3%	38.8%
1965	41.8%	39.1%
1966	43.5%	39.4%
1967	44.7%	39.6%
1968	45.2%	39.9%
1969	45.4%	40.1%
1970	45.6%	40.3%
1971	45.8%	40.6%
1972	45.8%	40.7%
1973	45.7%	40.9%
1974	45.6%	41.1%
1975	45.6%	41.3%
1976	45.8%	41.4%
1977	45.7%	41.6%
1978	45.8%	41.7%
1979	45.9%	41.8%
1980	45.9%	41.9%
1981	45.9%	42%
1982	45.8%	42.1%
1983	45.6%	42.2%
1984	45.4%	42.3%
1985	45.5%	42.5%
1986	45.9%	42.6%
1987	46.3%	42.7%
1988	46.6%	42.8%
1989	46.8%	42.9%
1990	47%	42.9%
1991	47.1%	43%
1992	47%	43.1%
1993	46.8%	43.2%
1994	46.5%	43.3%
1995	45.8%	43.4%
1996	45%	43.5%
1997	44.1%	43.5%
1998	42.9%	43.6%
1999	41.6%	43.7%
2000	40.2%	43.8%
2001	38.7%	43.9%
2002	37.1%	43.9%
2003	35.6%	43.9%
2004	34.2%	43.9%
2005	32.7%	43.8%
2006	31.2%	43.7%
2007	29.5%	43.6%
2008	28%	43.5%
2009	26.7%	43.4%
2010	25.7%	43.2%
2011	24.9%	43%
2012	24.3%	42.8%
2013	23.9%	42.5%
2014	23.5%	42.2%
2015	23.2%	41.8%
2016	22.8%	41.4%
2017	22.5%	41%
2018	22.1%	40.6%
2019	21.7%	40.2%
2020	21.2%	39.8%
2021	20.8%	39.4%
2022	20.4%	39%
2023	20%	38.5%
2024	19.6%	38.1%
2025	19%	37.7%
2026	18.4%	37.2%
2027	17.8%	36.8%
2028	17.2%	36.3%
2029	16.6%	35.9%
2030	16%	35.5%
2031	15.5%	35.2%
2032	15.1%	34.8%
2033	14.6%	34.4%
2034	14.2%	34%
2035	13.9%	33.6%
2036	13.6%	33.2%
2037	13.4%	32.8%
2038	13.2%	32.4%
2039	13%	32%
2040	12.9%	31.6%
2041	12.8%	31.2%
2042	12.8%	30.9%
2043	12.8%	30.5%
2044	12.8%	30.2%
2045	12.8%	29.8%
2046	12.9%	29.5%
2047	12.9%	29.2%
2048	13%	28.8%
2049	13.1%	28.5%
2050	13.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 47% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Sierra Leone
1960	2,241	38,192
1961	2,354	40,022
1962	2,475	41,603
1963	2,567	43,569
1964	2,660	45,487
1965	2,747	47,223
1966	2,845	49,486
1967	3,010	51,734
1968	3,150	53,126
1969	3,260	54,768
1970	3,415	56,513
1971	3,549	58,484
1972	3,707	60,279
1973	3,924	62,443
1974	4,136	65,357
1975	4,325	67,560
1976	4,538	69,506
1977	4,779	71,663
1978	4,812	74,130
1979	5,275	75,992
1980	5,526	77,932
1981	5,778	80,111
1982	6,058	82,457
1983	6,361	84,628
1984	6,680	87,072
1985	6,944	88,869
1986	7,153	90,902
1987	7,300	94,235
1988	7,414	96,344
1989	7,472	98,298
1990	7,444	100,778
1991	7,295	105,477
1992	7,096	103,251
1993	6,842	103,317
1994	6,550	101,486
1995	6,177	100,885
1996	5,705	104,140
1997	5,267	105,433
1998	4,919	103,906
1999	4,601	102,295
2000	4,372	110,754
2001	4,271	116,647
2002	4,257	126,429
2003	4,316	130,312
2004	4,287	132,661
2005	4,493	137,234
2006	4,766	144,127
2007	5,324	145,740
2008	5,856	149,855
2009	6,227	152,669
2010	6,350	155,338
2011	6,429	158,858
2012	6,445	160,915
2013	6,307	161,265
2014	6,122	160,137
2015	5,914	162,275
2016	5,652	168,784
2017	5,342	173,259
2018	5,088	178,772
2019	4,886	181,068
2020	4,594	181,015
2021	4,426	183,326
2022	4,752	186,625
2023	4,566	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Sierra Leone
1985	552	1,506
1986	508	1,530
1987	471	1,533
1988	424	1,549
1989	381	1,575
1990	346	1,572
1991	310	1,699
1992	281	1,681
1993	251	1,696
1994	222	1,755
1995	191	1,777
1996	167	1,726
1997	149	1,721
1998	136	1,753
1999	111	1,731
2000	94	1,603
2001	81	1,518
2002	76	1,492
2003	70	1,433
2004	65	1,366
2005	54	1,294
2006	52	1,168
2007	51	1,132
2008	53	1,093
2009	52	1,054
2010	49	1,018
2011	48	967
2012	47	915
2013	47	842
2014	43	821
2015	41	730
2016	41	633
2017	41	578
2018	40	491
2019	39	464
2020	48	422
2021	60	403
2022	34	370
2023	32	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	33.4%	38%
1963	32.5%	37.4%
1964	31.5%	36.8%
1965	30.6%	36.2%
1966	29.7%	35.6%
1967	28.7%	35%
1968	27.7%	34.5%
1969	26.8%	33.9%
1970	25.8%	33.4%
1971	24.7%	32.9%
1972	23.6%	32.3%
1973	22.4%	31.9%
1974	21.2%	31.4%
1975	20.1%	30.9%
1976	18.9%	30.5%
1977	17.9%	30%
1978	16.9%	29.6%
1979	15.9%	29.2%
1980	15%	28.9%
1981	14.2%	28.5%
1982	13.4%	28.1%
1983	12.7%	27.8%
1984	12%	27.5%
1985	11.3%	27.2%
1986	10.7%	26.9%
1987	10.1%	26.6%
1988	9.59%	26.4%
1989	9.06%	26.2%
1990	8.57%	25.9%
1991	8.08%	25.7%
1992	7.61%	25.5%
1993	7.15%	25.3%
1994	6.68%	25%
1995	6.22%	24.7%
1996	5.74%	24.3%
1997	5.28%	23.9%
1998	4.81%	23.4%
1999	4.36%	22.9%
2000	3.9%	22.4%
2001	3.47%	21.8%
2002	3.08%	21.3%
2003	2.72%	20.7%
2004	2.7%	20.1%
2005	2.16%	19.4%
2006	1.94%	18.8%
2007	1.76%	18.1%
2008	1.61%	17.3%
2009	1.49%	16.6%
2010	1.38%	15.9%
2011	1.29%	15.2%
2012	1.21%	14.5%
2013	1.13%	13.9%
2014	1.05%	13.7%
2015	0.99%	13.8%
2016	0.92%	12.3%
2017	0.86%	11.8%
2018	0.8%	11.3%
2019	0.74%	10.9%
2020	0.69%	10.5%
2021	0.64%	10.1%
2022	0.6%	9.77%
2023	0.57%	9.43%