Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Malta vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malta was 1.06 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 Malta 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
	Malta	Sierra Leone
1960	3.62	6.18
1961	3.27	6.21
1962	3.24	6.22
1963	2.9	6.26
1964	2.79	6.29
1965	2.52	6.31
1966	2.33	6.35
1967	2.24	6.38
1968	2.12	6.39
1969	2.02	6.39
1970	2.03	6.41
1971	2.06	6.43
1972	2.01	6.45
1973	1.65	6.47
1974	1.64	6.53
1975	2.27	6.55
1976	2.21	6.55
1977	2.14	6.57
1978	2.05	6.59
1979	2.1	6.58
1980	1.99	6.56
1981	1.87	6.55
1982	1.9	6.56
1983	1.92	6.57
1984	1.95	6.59
1985	1.95	6.59
1986	1.93	6.6
1987	1.97	6.61
1988	2.06	6.59
1989	2.1	6.57
1990	2.02	6.57
1991	1.99	6.55
1992	2.07	6.56
1993	1.96	6.57
1994	1.84	6.56
1995	1.77	6.56
1996	1.99	6.55
1997	1.93	6.53
1998	1.84	6.5
1999	1.73	6.42
2000	1.68	6.36
2001	1.48	6.31
2002	1.45	6.23
2003	1.48	6.09
2004	1.4	5.92
2005	1.38	5.81
2006	1.36	5.74
2007	1.35	5.64
2008	1.43	5.56
2009	1.42	5.45
2010	1.36	5.33
2011	1.45	5.21
2012	1.42	5.06
2013	1.36	4.87
2014	1.38	4.7
2015	1.37	4.55
2016	1.37	4.47
2017	1.26	4.39
2018	1.23	4.29
2019	1.14	4.19
2020	1.13	4.08
2021	1.13	3.98
2022	1.08	3.88
2023	1.06	3.79
2024	1.07	3.7
2025	1.08	3.61
2026	1.08	3.53
2027	1.09	3.47
2028	1.1	3.37
2029	1.11	3.3
2030	1.11	3.23
2031	1.12	3.18
2032	1.12	3.12
2033	1.13	3.07
2034	1.13	3.02
2035	1.14	2.97
2036	1.15	2.92
2037	1.15	2.88
2038	1.16	2.84
2039	1.16	2.79
2040	1.17	2.76
2041	1.17	2.72
2042	1.18	2.68
2043	1.18	2.65
2044	1.19	2.62
2045	1.19	2.58
2046	1.2	2.55
2047	1.2	2.53
2048	1.21	2.5
2049	1.21	2.47
2050	1.21	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Sierra Leone
1960	35.8%	38.2%
1961	35%	38.3%
1962	34.2%	38.3%
1963	33.4%	38.5%
1964	32.6%	38.8%
1965	31.7%	39.1%
1966	30.9%	39.4%
1967	30.1%	39.6%
1968	29.3%	39.9%
1969	28.5%	40.1%
1970	27.7%	40.3%
1971	26.9%	40.6%
1972	26.3%	40.7%
1973	25.6%	40.9%
1974	25%	41.1%
1975	24.5%	41.3%
1976	24.1%	41.4%
1977	23.8%	41.6%
1978	23.6%	41.7%
1979	23.5%	41.8%
1980	23.4%	41.9%
1981	23.5%	42%
1982	23.6%	42.1%
1983	23.8%	42.2%
1984	24%	42.3%
1985	24.1%	42.5%
1986	24.1%	42.6%
1987	24%	42.7%
1988	23.8%	42.8%
1989	23.6%	42.9%
1990	23.4%	42.9%
1991	23.1%	43%
1992	22.9%	43.1%
1993	22.6%	43.2%
1994	22.3%	43.3%
1995	22%	43.4%
1996	21.6%	43.5%
1997	21.2%	43.5%
1998	20.7%	43.6%
1999	20.2%	43.7%
2000	19.8%	43.8%
2001	19.4%	43.9%
2002	18.9%	43.9%
2003	18.4%	43.9%
2004	17.9%	43.9%
2005	17.4%	43.8%
2006	16.9%	43.7%
2007	16.4%	43.6%
2008	15.9%	43.5%
2009	15.5%	43.4%
2010	15.2%	43.2%
2011	14.9%	43%
2012	14.7%	42.8%
2013	14.5%	42.5%
2014	14.3%	42.2%
2015	14.2%	41.8%
2016	14.2%	41.4%
2017	14%	41%
2018	13.8%	40.6%
2019	13.6%	40.2%
2020	13.3%	39.8%
2021	13.2%	39.4%
2022	13.2%	39%
2023	13.2%	38.5%
2024	13%	38.1%
2025	12.9%	37.7%
2026	12.8%	37.2%
2027	12.6%	36.8%
2028	12.5%	36.3%
2029	12.3%	35.9%
2030	12.2%	35.5%
2031	12%	35.2%
2032	11.7%	34.8%
2033	11.5%	34.4%
2034	11.3%	34%
2035	11.1%	33.6%
2036	10.9%	33.2%
2037	10.8%	32.8%
2038	10.6%	32.4%
2039	10.4%	32%
2040	10.3%	31.6%
2041	10.1%	31.2%
2042	9.98%	30.9%
2043	9.86%	30.5%
2044	9.75%	30.2%
2045	9.66%	29.8%
2046	9.59%	29.5%
2047	9.55%	29.2%
2048	9.52%	28.8%
2049	9.51%	28.5%
2050	9.52%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta 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
	Malta	Sierra Leone
1960	5,747	38,192
1961	4,748	40,022
1962	4,664	41,603
1963	3,709	43,569
1964	3,630	45,487
1965	2,646	47,223
1966	2,458	49,486
1967	2,306	51,734
1968	2,247	53,126
1969	2,069	54,768
1970	2,270	56,513
1971	2,482	58,484
1972	2,480	60,279
1973	2,327	62,443
1974	2,687	65,357
1975	2,829	67,560
1976	2,721	69,506
1977	2,916	71,663
1978	2,389	74,130
1979	2,852	75,992
1980	2,375	77,932
1981	2,233	80,111
1982	2,835	82,457
1983	2,512	84,628
1984	2,678	87,072
1985	2,590	88,869
1986	2,395	90,902
1987	2,412	94,235
1988	2,813	96,344
1989	2,981	98,298
1990	2,621	100,778
1991	2,438	105,477
1992	2,573	103,251
1993	2,451	103,317
1994	2,136	101,486
1995	1,887	100,885
1996	2,279	104,140
1997	1,991	105,433
1998	1,656	103,906
1999	1,357	102,295
2000	1,482	110,754
2001	1,061	116,647
2002	911	126,429
2003	917	130,312
2004	883	132,661
2005	727	137,234
2006	568	144,127
2007	691	145,740
2008	777	149,855
2009	825	152,669
2010	871	155,338
2011	916	158,858
2012	714	160,915
2013	807	161,265
2014	910	160,137
2015	888	162,275
2016	1,091	168,784
2017	747	173,259
2018	774	178,772
2019	655	181,068
2020	361	181,015
2021	259	183,326
2022	54	186,625
2023	442	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malta, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Sierra Leone
1985	21	1,506
1986	19	1,530
1987	19	1,533
1988	17	1,549
1989	17	1,575
1990	17	1,572
1991	17	1,699
1992	17	1,681
1993	16	1,696
1994	16	1,755
1995	15	1,777
1996	16	1,726
1997	15	1,721
1998	14	1,753
1999	15	1,731
2000	13	1,603
2001	12	1,518
2002	13	1,492
2003	13	1,433
2004	11	1,366
2005	11	1,294
2006	12	1,168
2007	10	1,132
2008	10	1,093
2009	11	1,054
2010	9	1,018
2011	11	967
2012	9	915
2013	7	842
2014	8	821
2015	7	730
2016	10	633
2017	7	578
2018	9	491
2019	8	464
2020	10	422
2021	10	403
2022	10	370
2023	8	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta 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
	Malta	Sierra Leone
1960	4%	39.1%
1961	3.85%	38.5%
1962	3.73%	38%
1963	3.63%	37.4%
1964	3.53%	36.8%
1965	3.43%	36.2%
1966	3.31%	35.6%
1967	3.19%	35%
1968	3.06%	34.5%
1969	2.93%	33.9%
1970	2.79%	33.4%
1971	2.66%	32.9%
1972	2.52%	32.3%
1973	2.39%	31.9%
1974	2.26%	31.4%
1975	2.14%	30.9%
1976	2.03%	30.5%
1977	1.93%	30%
1978	1.84%	29.6%
1979	1.76%	29.2%
1980	1.69%	28.9%
1981	1.62%	28.5%
1982	1.57%	28.1%
1983	1.51%	27.8%
1984	1.45%	27.5%
1985	1.39%	27.2%
1986	1.33%	26.9%
1987	1.28%	26.6%
1988	1.23%	26.4%
1989	1.18%	26.2%
1990	1.13%	25.9%
1991	1.1%	25.7%
1992	1.06%	25.5%
1993	1.02%	25.3%
1994	0.98%	25%
1995	0.94%	24.7%
1996	0.9%	24.3%
1997	0.86%	23.9%
1998	0.82%	23.4%
1999	0.79%	22.9%
2000	0.76%	22.4%
2001	0.74%	21.8%
2002	0.72%	21.3%
2003	0.71%	20.7%
2004	0.7%	20.1%
2005	0.69%	19.4%
2006	0.69%	18.8%
2007	0.69%	18.1%
2008	0.69%	17.3%
2009	0.69%	16.6%
2010	0.69%	15.9%
2011	0.68%	15.2%
2012	0.68%	14.5%
2013	0.67%	13.9%
2014	0.67%	13.7%
2015	0.66%	13.8%
2016	0.65%	12.3%
2017	0.64%	11.8%
2018	0.63%	11.3%
2019	0.61%	10.9%
2020	0.6%	10.5%
2021	0.58%	10.1%
2022	0.57%	9.77%
2023	0.55%	9.43%