Fertility & birth rates in Monaco and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Monaco vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Monaco was 2.11 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 Monaco 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
	Monaco	Sierra Leone
1960	2.81	6.18
1961	2.78	6.21
1962	2.76	6.22
1963	2.73	6.26
1964	2.69	6.29
1965	2.66	6.31
1966	2.63	6.35
1967	2.59	6.38
1968	2.57	6.39
1969	2.54	6.39
1970	2.5	6.41
1971	2.47	6.43
1972	2.44	6.45
1973	2.41	6.47
1974	2.38	6.53
1975	2.35	6.55
1976	2.33	6.55
1977	2.31	6.57
1978	2.28	6.59
1979	2.26	6.58
1980	2.24	6.56
1981	2.22	6.55
1982	2.2	6.56
1983	2.18	6.57
1984	2.17	6.59
1985	2.14	6.59
1986	2.11	6.6
1987	2.06	6.61
1988	2.01	6.59
1989	1.93	6.57
1990	1.85	6.57
1991	1.79	6.55
1992	1.76	6.56
1993	1.75	6.57
1994	1.76	6.56
1995	1.78	6.56
1996	1.82	6.55
1997	1.88	6.53
1998	1.95	6.5
1999	2.01	6.42
2000	2.08	6.36
2001	2.18	6.31
2002	2.01	6.23
2003	1.91	6.09
2004	1.99	5.92
2005	2.01	5.81
2006	2.1	5.74
2007	2.21	5.64
2008	2.38	5.56
2009	2.4	5.45
2010	2.38	5.33
2011	2.22	5.21
2012	2.29	5.06
2013	2.31	4.87
2014	2.49	4.7
2015	2.5	4.55
2016	2.58	4.47
2017	2.42	4.39
2018	2.49	4.29
2019	2.4	4.19
2020	2.38	4.08
2021	2.12	3.98
2022	2.11	3.88
2023	2.11	3.79
2024	2.1	3.7
2025	2.09	3.61
2026	2.08	3.53
2027	2.08	3.47
2028	2.07	3.37
2029	2.06	3.3
2030	2.06	3.23
2031	2.05	3.18
2032	2.05	3.12
2033	2.04	3.07
2034	2.03	3.02
2035	2.03	2.97
2036	2.02	2.92
2037	2.02	2.88
2038	2.01	2.84
2039	2.01	2.79
2040	2	2.76
2041	1.99	2.72
2042	1.99	2.68
2043	1.99	2.65
2044	1.98	2.62
2045	1.98	2.58
2046	1.97	2.55
2047	1.97	2.53
2048	1.97	2.5
2049	1.96	2.47
2050	1.96	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Monaco	Sierra Leone
1960	14.5%	38.2%
1961	13.7%	38.3%
1962	13.4%	38.3%
1963	13.8%	38.5%
1964	14.3%	38.8%
1965	14.5%	39.1%
1966	14.4%	39.4%
1967	14%	39.6%
1968	13.8%	39.9%
1969	14.3%	40.1%
1970	14.5%	40.3%
1971	14.5%	40.6%
1972	14.5%	40.7%
1973	14.1%	40.9%
1974	13.6%	41.1%
1975	13.5%	41.3%
1976	14%	41.4%
1977	14.2%	41.6%
1978	14.3%	41.7%
1979	14%	41.8%
1980	13.6%	41.9%
1981	12.9%	42%
1982	12.6%	42.1%
1983	12.9%	42.2%
1984	13.3%	42.3%
1985	13.5%	42.5%
1986	13.7%	42.6%
1987	13.7%	42.7%
1988	13.6%	42.8%
1989	13.2%	42.9%
1990	12.8%	42.9%
1991	12.9%	43%
1992	13.1%	43.1%
1993	13.4%	43.2%
1994	13.5%	43.3%
1995	13.7%	43.4%
1996	13.8%	43.5%
1997	13.8%	43.5%
1998	13.8%	43.6%
1999	13.6%	43.7%
2000	13.4%	43.8%
2001	13.6%	43.9%
2002	13.8%	43.9%
2003	14%	43.9%
2004	14.1%	43.9%
2005	14%	43.8%
2006	13.8%	43.7%
2007	13.5%	43.6%
2008	13.3%	43.5%
2009	13.2%	43.4%
2010	13.2%	43.2%
2011	13.1%	43%
2012	13%	42.8%
2013	12.8%	42.5%
2014	12.5%	42.2%
2015	12.3%	41.8%
2016	12.2%	41.4%
2017	12.3%	41%
2018	12.3%	40.6%
2019	12.5%	40.2%
2020	12.8%	39.8%
2021	12.8%	39.4%
2022	12.9%	39%
2023	13.2%	38.5%
2024	13.5%	38.1%
2025	13.8%	37.7%
2026	14.1%	37.2%
2027	14.3%	36.8%
2028	14.6%	36.3%
2029	14.8%	35.9%
2030	15.1%	35.5%
2031	15.2%	35.2%
2032	15.3%	34.8%
2033	15.4%	34.4%
2034	15.5%	34%
2035	15.6%	33.6%
2036	15.7%	33.2%
2037	15.8%	32.8%
2038	15.9%	32.4%
2039	15.9%	32%
2040	16%	31.6%
2041	16%	31.2%
2042	16.1%	30.9%
2043	16.1%	30.5%
2044	16.2%	30.2%
2045	16.2%	29.8%
2046	16.3%	29.5%
2047	16.4%	29.2%
2048	16.5%	28.8%
2049	16.6%	28.5%
2050	16.7%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.5% of the population in Monaco and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 12.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Monaco and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Monaco vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -1.15% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	Sierra Leone
1960	20	38,192
1961	13	40,022
1962	5	41,603
1963	-4	43,569
1964	-9	45,487
1965	-12	47,223
1966	-15	49,486
1967	-22	51,734
1968	-25	53,126
1969	-29	54,768
1970	-30	56,513
1971	-35	58,484
1972	-41	60,279
1973	-48	62,443
1974	-55	65,357
1975	-60	67,560
1976	-57	69,506
1977	-51	71,663
1978	-45	74,130
1979	-47	75,992
1980	-53	77,932
1981	-60	80,111
1982	-59	82,457
1983	-49	84,628
1984	-30	87,072
1985	-5	88,869
1986	16	90,902
1987	30	94,235
1988	19	96,344
1989	-2	98,298
1990	-26	100,778
1991	-35	105,477
1992	-33	103,251
1993	-29	103,317
1994	-22	101,486
1995	-14	100,885
1996	-6	104,140
1997	6	105,433
1998	18	103,906
1999	25	102,295
2000	36	110,754
2001	52	116,647
2002	26	126,429
2003	14	130,312
2004	31	132,661
2005	26	137,234
2006	25	144,127
2007	24	145,740
2008	40	149,855
2009	23	152,669
2010	-18	155,338
2011	-91	158,858
2012	-144	160,915
2013	-216	161,265
2014	-266	160,137
2015	-327	162,275
2016	-376	168,784
2017	-417	173,259
2018	-423	178,772
2019	-473	181,068
2020	-445	181,015
2021	-605	183,326
2022	-576	186,625
2023	-449	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Monaco vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Monaco, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Monaco	Sierra Leone
1985	29	1,506
1986	17	1,530
1987	17	1,533
1988	16	1,549
1989	16	1,575
1990	16	1,572
1991	15	1,699
1992	15	1,681
1993	10	1,696
1994	10	1,755
1995	10	1,777
1996	10	1,726
1997	10	1,721
1998	10	1,753
1999	10	1,731
2000	10	1,603
2001	10	1,518
2002	10	1,492
2003	5	1,433
2004	5	1,366
2005	5	1,294
2006	5	1,168
2007	10	1,132
2008	11	1,093
2009	11	1,054
2010	11	1,018
2011	11	967
2012	5	915
2013	5	842
2014	5	821
2015	5	730
2016	6	633
2017	5	578
2018	6	491
2019	6	464
2020	24	422
2021	5	403
2022	5	370
2023	5	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.27% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	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	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	-	29.6%
1979	-	29.2%
1980	-	28.9%
1981	-	28.5%
1982	-	28.1%
1983	-	27.8%
1984	-	27.5%
1985	0.97%	27.2%
1986	0.93%	26.9%
1987	0.89%	26.6%
1988	0.85%	26.4%
1989	0.81%	26.2%
1990	0.77%	25.9%
1991	0.74%	25.7%
1992	0.71%	25.5%
1993	0.68%	25.3%
1994	0.65%	25%
1995	0.62%	24.7%
1996	0.6%	24.3%
1997	0.58%	23.9%
1998	0.55%	23.4%
1999	0.53%	22.9%
2000	0.52%	22.4%
2001	0.5%	21.8%
2002	0.48%	21.3%
2003	0.47%	20.7%
2004	0.46%	20.1%
2005	0.45%	19.4%
2006	0.44%	18.8%
2007	0.43%	18.1%
2008	0.42%	17.3%
2009	0.41%	16.6%
2010	0.4%	15.9%
2011	0.39%	15.2%
2012	0.38%	14.5%
2013	0.37%	13.9%
2014	0.36%	13.7%
2015	0.35%	13.8%
2016	0.34%	12.3%
2017	0.33%	11.8%
2018	0.32%	11.3%
2019	0.31%	10.9%
2020	0.3%	10.5%
2021	0.29%	10.1%
2022	0.28%	9.77%
2023	0.27%	9.43%