Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Sierra Leone
1960	3.32	6.18
1961	3.23	6.21
1962	3.04	6.22
1963	2.89	6.26
1964	2.71	6.29
1965	2.69	6.31
1966	2.65	6.35
1967	2.62	6.38
1968	2.59	6.39
1969	2.57	6.39
1970	2.57	6.41
1971	2.56	6.43
1972	2.56	6.45
1973	2.57	6.47
1974	2.56	6.53
1975	2.52	6.55
1976	2.47	6.55
1977	2.42	6.57
1978	2.39	6.59
1979	2.38	6.58
1980	2.38	6.56
1981	2.4	6.55
1982	2.45	6.56
1983	2.58	6.57
1984	2.67	6.59
1985	2.67	6.59
1986	2.74	6.6
1987	2.78	6.61
1988	2.63	6.59
1989	2.46	6.57
1990	2.39	6.57
1991	2.28	6.55
1992	2.22	6.56
1993	2.11	6.57
1994	1.99	6.56
1995	1.83	6.56
1996	1.71	6.55
1997	1.79	6.53
1998	1.65	6.5
1999	1.56	6.42
2000	1.5	6.36
2001	1.47	6.31
2002	1.45	6.23
2003	1.48	6.09
2004	1.54	5.92
2005	1.53	5.81
2006	1.54	5.74
2007	1.58	5.64
2008	1.64	5.56
2009	1.72	5.45
2010	1.7	5.33
2011	1.65	5.21
2012	1.66	5.06
2013	1.62	4.87
2014	1.82	4.7
2015	1.87	4.55
2016	1.89	4.47
2017	1.81	4.39
2018	1.81	4.29
2019	1.78	4.19
2020	1.77	4.08
2021	1.75	3.98
2022	1.69	3.88
2023	1.73	3.79
2024	1.73	3.7
2025	1.72	3.61
2026	1.72	3.53
2027	1.72	3.47
2028	1.72	3.37
2029	1.72	3.3
2030	1.72	3.23
2031	1.72	3.18
2032	1.72	3.12
2033	1.71	3.07
2034	1.71	3.02
2035	1.71	2.97
2036	1.71	2.92
2037	1.71	2.88
2038	1.71	2.84
2039	1.71	2.79
2040	1.71	2.76
2041	1.71	2.72
2042	1.71	2.68
2043	1.7	2.65
2044	1.7	2.62
2045	1.7	2.58
2046	1.7	2.55
2047	1.7	2.53
2048	1.7	2.5
2049	1.7	2.47
2050	1.7	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Sierra Leone
1960	34.5%	38.2%
1961	34.9%	38.3%
1962	35.1%	38.3%
1963	35.1%	38.5%
1964	34.7%	38.8%
1965	34.2%	39.1%
1966	33.5%	39.4%
1967	32.8%	39.6%
1968	32.1%	39.9%
1969	31.3%	40.1%
1970	30.7%	40.3%
1971	30.1%	40.6%
1972	29.5%	40.7%
1973	28.9%	40.9%
1974	28.3%	41.1%
1975	27.7%	41.3%
1976	27.2%	41.4%
1977	26.8%	41.6%
1978	26.5%	41.7%
1979	26.7%	41.8%
1980	26.9%	41.9%
1981	26.9%	42%
1982	27%	42.1%
1983	27.1%	42.2%
1984	27.3%	42.3%
1985	27.5%	42.5%
1986	27.7%	42.6%
1987	27.8%	42.7%
1988	27.9%	42.8%
1989	27.8%	42.9%
1990	27.7%	42.9%
1991	27.6%	43%
1992	27.4%	43.1%
1993	27.2%	43.2%
1994	27%	43.3%
1995	26.7%	43.4%
1996	26.3%	43.5%
1997	25.8%	43.5%
1998	25.1%	43.6%
1999	24.4%	43.7%
2000	23.5%	43.8%
2001	22.5%	43.9%
2002	21.6%	43.9%
2003	20.7%	43.9%
2004	19.9%	43.9%
2005	19.3%	43.8%
2006	18.8%	43.7%
2007	18.4%	43.6%
2008	18%	43.5%
2009	17.7%	43.4%
2010	17.5%	43.2%
2011	17.4%	43%
2012	17.3%	42.8%
2013	17.4%	42.5%
2014	17.8%	42.2%
2015	18.2%	41.8%
2016	18.7%	41.4%
2017	19.1%	41%
2018	19.5%	40.6%
2019	19.8%	40.2%
2020	20%	39.8%
2021	20.1%	39.4%
2022	20.1%	39%
2023	20%	38.5%
2024	19.8%	38.1%
2025	19.5%	37.7%
2026	19.2%	37.2%
2027	18.9%	36.8%
2028	18.4%	36.3%
2029	17.9%	35.9%
2030	17.3%	35.5%
2031	16.8%	35.2%
2032	16.3%	34.8%
2033	15.9%	34.4%
2034	15.6%	34%
2035	15.4%	33.6%
2036	15.2%	33.2%
2037	15.1%	32.8%
2038	15.1%	32.4%
2039	15.1%	32%
2040	15.2%	31.6%
2041	15.3%	31.2%
2042	15.4%	30.9%
2043	15.6%	30.5%
2044	15.7%	30.2%
2045	15.9%	29.8%
2046	16.1%	29.5%
2047	16.3%	29.2%
2048	16.5%	28.8%
2049	16.6%	28.5%
2050	16.7%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Sierra Leone
1960	36,352	38,192
1961	35,180	40,022
1962	32,082	41,603
1963	29,382	43,569
1964	25,860	45,487
1965	24,916	47,223
1966	23,720	49,486
1967	22,654	51,734
1968	22,005	53,126
1969	21,768	54,768
1970	22,314	56,513
1971	23,359	58,484
1972	24,626	60,279
1973	25,967	62,443
1974	27,219	65,357
1975	27,677	67,560
1976	27,801	69,506
1977	27,707	71,663
1978	27,622	74,130
1979	28,322	75,992
1980	30,053	77,932
1981	31,360	80,111
1982	32,814	82,457
1983	36,076	84,628
1984	38,108	87,072
1985	38,060	88,869
1986	39,463	90,902
1987	40,122	94,235
1988	35,608	96,344
1989	29,638	98,298
1990	25,824	100,778
1991	21,127	105,477
1992	17,373	103,251
1993	13,886	103,317
1994	9,921	101,486
1995	5,534	100,885
1996	2,655	104,140
1997	4,669	105,433
1998	2,140	103,906
1999	642	102,295
2000	-324	110,754
2001	-718	116,647
2002	-1,249	126,429
2003	-322	130,312
2004	1,714	132,661
2005	2,005	137,234
2006	2,406	144,127
2007	3,490	145,740
2008	5,210	149,855
2009	7,492	152,669
2010	7,456	155,338
2011	5,948	158,858
2012	5,581	160,915
2013	3,537	161,265
2014	7,248	160,137
2015	6,049	162,275
2016	4,580	168,784
2017	1,402	173,259
2018	-961	178,772
2019	-3,416	181,068
2020	-7,067	181,015
2021	-13,444	183,326
2022	-6,385	186,625
2023	-7,007	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Sierra Leone
1985	62	1,506
1986	60	1,530
1987	56	1,533
1988	53	1,549
1989	52	1,575
1990	53	1,572
1991	53	1,699
1992	55	1,681
1993	55	1,696
1994	56	1,755
1995	54	1,777
1996	53	1,726
1997	52	1,721
1998	48	1,753
1999	43	1,731
2000	38	1,603
2001	35	1,518
2002	31	1,492
2003	29	1,433
2004	28	1,366
2005	26	1,294
2006	25	1,168
2007	24	1,132
2008	23	1,093
2009	22	1,054
2010	20	1,018
2011	19	967
2012	19	915
2013	19	842
2014	20	821
2015	20	730
2016	21	633
2017	20	578
2018	20	491
2019	21	464
2020	29	422
2021	24	403
2022	19	370
2023	19	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	6.39%	32.9%
1972	6.2%	32.3%
1973	6.03%	31.9%
1974	5.86%	31.4%
1975	5.68%	30.9%
1976	5.53%	30.5%
1977	5.38%	30%
1978	5.23%	29.6%
1979	5.08%	29.2%
1980	4.93%	28.9%
1981	4.78%	28.5%
1982	4.61%	28.1%
1983	4.41%	27.8%
1984	4.2%	27.5%
1985	4%	27.2%
1986	3.8%	26.9%
1987	3.62%	26.6%
1988	3.48%	26.4%
1989	3.38%	26.2%
1990	3.35%	25.9%
1991	3.39%	25.7%
1992	3.48%	25.5%
1993	3.62%	25.3%
1994	3.75%	25%
1995	3.84%	24.7%
1996	3.85%	24.3%
1997	3.78%	23.9%
1998	3.62%	23.4%
1999	3.4%	22.9%
2000	3.13%	22.4%
2001	2.85%	21.8%
2002	2.58%	21.3%
2003	2.34%	20.7%
2004	2.16%	20.1%
2005	2.01%	19.4%
2006	1.91%	18.8%
2007	1.83%	18.1%
2008	1.77%	17.3%
2009	1.73%	16.6%
2010	1.69%	15.9%
2011	1.66%	15.2%
2012	1.63%	14.5%
2013	1.6%	13.9%
2014	1.58%	13.7%
2015	1.55%	13.8%
2016	1.53%	12.3%
2017	1.52%	11.8%
2018	1.51%	11.3%
2019	1.5%	10.9%
2020	1.49%	10.5%
2021	1.48%	10.1%
2022	1.48%	9.77%
2023	1.47%	9.43%