Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Sierra Leone
1960	8.08	6.18
1961	8.12	6.21
1962	8.12	6.22
1963	8.12	6.26
1964	8.14	6.29
1965	8.16	6.31
1966	8.2	6.35
1967	8.17	6.38
1968	8.14	6.39
1969	8.11	6.39
1970	8.07	6.41
1971	8.04	6.43
1972	8	6.45
1973	7.95	6.47
1974	7.9	6.53
1975	7.83	6.55
1976	7.76	6.55
1977	7.67	6.57
1978	7.58	6.59
1979	7.47	6.58
1980	7.37	6.56
1981	7.27	6.55
1982	7.18	6.56
1983	7.08	6.57
1984	6.99	6.59
1985	6.87	6.59
1986	6.73	6.6
1987	6.57	6.61
1988	6.38	6.59
1989	6.18	6.57
1990	5.97	6.57
1991	5.76	6.55
1992	5.55	6.56
1993	5.38	6.57
1994	5.23	6.56
1995	5.09	6.56
1996	5.02	6.55
1997	4.96	6.53
1998	4.87	6.5
1999	4.78	6.42
2000	4.7	6.36
2001	4.58	6.31
2002	4.49	6.23
2003	4.42	6.09
2004	4.34	5.92
2005	4.28	5.81
2006	4.2	5.74
2007	4.09	5.64
2008	3.97	5.56
2009	3.83	5.45
2010	3.67	5.33
2011	3.53	5.21
2012	3.38	5.06
2013	3.25	4.87
2014	3.18	4.7
2015	3.13	4.55
2016	3.09	4.47
2017	3.06	4.39
2018	3.04	4.29
2019	3.01	4.19
2020	2.99	4.08
2021	2.96	3.98
2022	2.94	3.88
2023	2.92	3.79
2024	2.86	3.7
2025	2.82	3.61
2026	2.77	3.53
2027	2.73	3.47
2028	2.69	3.37
2029	2.65	3.3
2030	2.6	3.23
2031	2.57	3.18
2032	2.53	3.12
2033	2.5	3.07
2034	2.47	3.02
2035	2.44	2.97
2036	2.41	2.92
2037	2.38	2.88
2038	2.36	2.84
2039	2.34	2.79
2040	2.31	2.76
2041	2.29	2.72
2042	2.26	2.68
2043	2.24	2.65
2044	2.23	2.62
2045	2.21	2.58
2046	2.19	2.55
2047	2.17	2.53
2048	2.15	2.5
2049	2.13	2.47
2050	2.11	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Sierra Leone
1960	46.1%	38.2%
1961	46.7%	38.3%
1962	47.1%	38.3%
1963	47.4%	38.5%
1964	47.5%	38.8%
1965	47.5%	39.1%
1966	47.2%	39.4%
1967	46.7%	39.6%
1968	46.1%	39.9%
1969	45.3%	40.1%
1970	45%	40.3%
1971	45.6%	40.6%
1972	46.6%	40.7%
1973	47.3%	40.9%
1974	47.8%	41.1%
1975	48.2%	41.3%
1976	48.5%	41.4%
1977	49%	41.6%
1978	49.4%	41.7%
1979	49.8%	41.8%
1980	50.1%	41.9%
1981	50.3%	42%
1982	50.3%	42.1%
1983	50.4%	42.2%
1984	50.4%	42.3%
1985	50.6%	42.5%
1986	50.7%	42.6%
1987	50.8%	42.7%
1988	50.8%	42.8%
1989	50.6%	42.9%
1990	50.2%	42.9%
1991	49.7%	43%
1992	49.1%	43.1%
1993	48.4%	43.2%
1994	47.5%	43.3%
1995	46.6%	43.4%
1996	45.6%	43.5%
1997	44.7%	43.5%
1998	43.7%	43.6%
1999	42.8%	43.7%
2000	42%	43.8%
2001	41.3%	43.9%
2002	40.6%	43.9%
2003	39.9%	43.9%
2004	39.4%	43.9%
2005	39.1%	43.8%
2006	38.9%	43.7%
2007	39%	43.6%
2008	39.2%	43.5%
2009	39.4%	43.4%
2010	39.7%	43.2%
2011	39.7%	43%
2012	39.4%	42.8%
2013	38.8%	42.5%
2014	38.2%	42.2%
2015	37.5%	41.8%
2016	36.8%	41.4%
2017	36.2%	41%
2018	35.7%	40.6%
2019	35.1%	40.2%
2020	34.5%	39.8%
2021	34.4%	39.4%
2022	34.6%	39%
2023	34.7%	38.5%
2024	34.5%	38.1%
2025	33.9%	37.7%
2026	33.2%	37.2%
2027	32.6%	36.8%
2028	32%	36.3%
2029	31.4%	35.9%
2030	30.9%	35.5%
2031	30.3%	35.2%
2032	29.7%	34.8%
2033	29.2%	34.4%
2034	28.6%	34%
2035	28.1%	33.6%
2036	27.6%	33.2%
2037	27.3%	32.8%
2038	27.3%	32.4%
2039	27.4%	32%
2040	27.7%	31.6%
2041	28%	31.2%
2042	28.3%	30.9%
2043	28.6%	30.5%
2044	28.8%	30.2%
2045	29%	29.8%
2046	29.1%	29.5%
2047	29.1%	29.2%
2048	29%	28.8%
2049	28.8%	28.5%
2050	28.5%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Sierra Leone
1960	452	38,192
1961	469	40,022
1962	488	41,603
1963	509	43,569
1964	536	45,487
1965	566	47,223
1966	603	49,486
1967	636	51,734
1968	685	53,126
1969	747	54,768
1970	819	56,513
1971	877	58,484
1972	913	60,279
1973	954	62,443
1974	1,000	65,357
1975	1,055	67,560
1976	1,109	69,506
1977	1,160	71,663
1978	1,207	74,130
1979	1,250	75,992
1980	1,287	77,932
1981	1,328	80,111
1982	1,375	82,457
1983	1,422	84,628
1984	1,470	87,072
1985	1,511	88,869
1986	1,544	90,902
1987	1,566	94,235
1988	1,575	96,344
1989	1,574	98,298
1990	1,556	100,778
1991	1,540	105,477
1992	1,525	103,251
1993	1,524	103,317
1994	1,524	101,486
1995	1,522	100,885
1996	1,542	104,140
1997	1,564	105,433
1998	1,576	103,906
1999	1,590	102,295
2000	1,592	110,754
2001	1,596	116,647
2002	1,594	126,429
2003	1,600	130,312
2004	1,595	132,661
2005	1,586	137,234
2006	1,556	144,127
2007	1,507	145,740
2008	1,443	149,855
2009	1,365	152,669
2010	1,273	155,338
2011	1,185	158,858
2012	1,097	160,915
2013	1,014	161,265
2014	959	160,137
2015	912	162,275
2016	866	168,784
2017	826	173,259
2018	785	178,772
2019	746	181,068
2020	689	181,015
2021	653	183,326
2022	606	186,625
2023	550	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Sierra Leone
1985	254	1,506
1986	274	1,530
1987	282	1,533
1988	276	1,549
1989	299	1,575
1990	311	1,572
1991	297	1,699
1992	322	1,681
1993	320	1,696
1994	303	1,755
1995	303	1,777
1996	292	1,726
1997	274	1,721
1998	259	1,753
1999	250	1,731
2000	251	1,603
2001	231	1,518
2002	223	1,492
2003	221	1,433
2004	238	1,366
2005	234	1,294
2006	233	1,168
2007	229	1,132
2008	226	1,093
2009	224	1,054
2010	212	1,018
2011	209	967
2012	207	915
2013	201	842
2014	199	821
2015	184	730
2016	183	633
2017	179	578
2018	167	491
2019	168	464
2020	178	422
2021	206	403
2022	174	370
2023	155	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Sierra Leone
1960	12.2%	39.1%
1961	11.6%	38.5%
1962	11%	38%
1963	10.5%	37.4%
1964	10.1%	36.8%
1965	9.64%	36.2%
1966	9.25%	35.6%
1967	8.88%	35%
1968	8.53%	34.5%
1969	8.19%	33.9%
1970	7.87%	33.4%
1971	7.58%	32.9%
1972	7.33%	32.3%
1973	7.13%	31.9%
1974	6.97%	31.4%
1975	6.86%	30.9%
1976	6.77%	30.5%
1977	6.69%	30%
1978	6.61%	29.6%
1979	6.52%	29.2%
1980	6.42%	28.9%
1981	6.29%	28.5%
1982	6.15%	28.1%
1983	6%	27.8%
1984	5.83%	27.5%
1985	5.66%	27.2%
1986	5.49%	26.9%
1987	5.31%	26.6%
1988	5.13%	26.4%
1989	4.95%	26.2%
1990	4.76%	25.9%
1991	4.59%	25.7%
1992	4.43%	25.5%
1993	4.29%	25.3%
1994	4.2%	25%
1995	4.15%	24.7%
1996	4.14%	24.3%
1997	4.15%	23.9%
1998	4.19%	23.4%
1999	4.23%	22.9%
2000	4.25%	22.4%
2001	4.25%	21.8%
2002	4.24%	21.3%
2003	4.21%	20.7%
2004	4.18%	20.1%
2005	4.14%	19.4%
2006	4.1%	18.8%
2007	4.06%	18.1%
2008	4.02%	17.3%
2009	3.97%	16.6%
2010	3.94%	15.9%
2011	3.89%	15.2%
2012	3.82%	14.5%
2013	3.75%	13.9%
2014	3.66%	13.7%
2015	3.57%	13.8%
2016	3.48%	12.3%
2017	3.38%	11.8%
2018	3.29%	11.3%
2019	3.19%	10.9%
2020	3.1%	10.5%
2021	3%	10.1%
2022	2.91%	9.77%
2023	2.82%	9.43%