Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 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 Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Sierra Leone
1960	6.8	6.18
1961	6.8	6.21
1962	6.8	6.22
1963	6.8	6.26
1964	6.8	6.29
1965	6.8	6.31
1966	6.8	6.35
1967	6.8	6.38
1968	6.8	6.39
1969	6.8	6.39
1970	6.8	6.41
1971	6.8	6.43
1972	6.81	6.45
1973	6.81	6.47
1974	6.81	6.53
1975	6.81	6.55
1976	6.81	6.55
1977	6.8	6.57
1978	6.78	6.59
1979	6.76	6.58
1980	6.73	6.56
1981	6.7	6.55
1982	6.67	6.56
1983	6.64	6.57
1984	6.62	6.59
1985	6.59	6.59
1986	6.55	6.6
1987	6.52	6.61
1988	6.48	6.59
1989	6.43	6.57
1990	6.36	6.57
1991	6.29	6.55
1992	6.21	6.56
1993	6.11	6.57
1994	6.01	6.56
1995	5.89	6.56
1996	5.77	6.55
1997	5.64	6.53
1998	5.51	6.5
1999	5.46	6.42
2000	5.35	6.36
2001	5.18	6.31
2002	5.01	6.23
2003	4.89	6.09
2004	4.68	5.92
2005	4.6	5.81
2006	4.59	5.74
2007	4.55	5.64
2008	4.51	5.56
2009	4.47	5.45
2010	4.4	5.33
2011	4.31	5.21
2012	4.2	5.06
2013	4.13	4.87
2014	4.06	4.7
2015	3.99	4.55
2016	3.9	4.47
2017	3.9	4.39
2018	3.86	4.29
2019	3.81	4.19
2020	3.77	4.08
2021	3.72	3.98
2022	3.66	3.88
2023	3.61	3.79
2024	3.55	3.7
2025	3.5	3.61
2026	3.44	3.53
2027	3.39	3.47
2028	3.34	3.37
2029	3.3	3.3
2030	3.25	3.23
2031	3.21	3.18
2032	3.16	3.12
2033	3.12	3.07
2034	3.08	3.02
2035	3.04	2.97
2036	3.01	2.92
2037	2.97	2.88
2038	2.94	2.84
2039	2.9	2.79
2040	2.87	2.76
2041	2.83	2.72
2042	2.8	2.68
2043	2.77	2.65
2044	2.74	2.62
2045	2.71	2.58
2046	2.69	2.55
2047	2.66	2.53
2048	2.63	2.5
2049	2.61	2.47
2050	2.58	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Sierra Leone
1960	41.3%	38.2%
1961	41.4%	38.3%
1962	41.6%	38.3%
1963	41.8%	38.5%
1964	42.2%	38.8%
1965	42.7%	39.1%
1966	43%	39.4%
1967	43.3%	39.6%
1968	43.5%	39.9%
1969	43.7%	40.1%
1970	43.9%	40.3%
1971	44%	40.6%
1972	44.1%	40.7%
1973	44.1%	40.9%
1974	44.1%	41.1%
1975	44.1%	41.3%
1976	44%	41.4%
1977	43.9%	41.6%
1978	43.8%	41.7%
1979	43.7%	41.8%
1980	43.3%	41.9%
1981	43.1%	42%
1982	43%	42.1%
1983	43.1%	42.2%
1984	43.3%	42.3%
1985	43.5%	42.5%
1986	43.6%	42.6%
1987	43.7%	42.7%
1988	43.8%	42.8%
1989	44%	42.9%
1990	44.1%	42.9%
1991	44.1%	43%
1992	44.3%	43.1%
1993	44.5%	43.2%
1994	44.5%	43.3%
1995	44.5%	43.4%
1996	44.3%	43.5%
1997	44.1%	43.5%
1998	43.9%	43.6%
1999	43.6%	43.7%
2000	43.3%	43.8%
2001	42.9%	43.9%
2002	42.6%	43.9%
2003	42.3%	43.9%
2004	41.8%	43.9%
2005	41.3%	43.8%
2006	40.9%	43.7%
2007	40.4%	43.6%
2008	40%	43.5%
2009	39.6%	43.4%
2010	39.3%	43.2%
2011	39.1%	43%
2012	39%	42.8%
2013	38.9%	42.5%
2014	38.9%	42.2%
2015	38.8%	41.8%
2016	38.6%	41.4%
2017	38.5%	41%
2018	38.3%	40.6%
2019	38.1%	40.2%
2020	37.9%	39.8%
2021	37.6%	39.4%
2022	37.3%	39%
2023	37%	38.5%
2024	36.7%	38.1%
2025	36.2%	37.7%
2026	35.8%	37.2%
2027	35.3%	36.8%
2028	34.9%	36.3%
2029	34.5%	35.9%
2030	34.2%	35.5%
2031	33.8%	35.2%
2032	33.5%	34.8%
2033	33.3%	34.4%
2034	33%	34%
2035	32.7%	33.6%
2036	32.5%	33.2%
2037	32.2%	32.8%
2038	32%	32.4%
2039	31.7%	32%
2040	31.5%	31.6%
2041	31.3%	31.2%
2042	31%	30.9%
2043	30.8%	30.5%
2044	30.5%	30.2%
2045	30.3%	29.8%
2046	30%	29.5%
2047	29.7%	29.2%
2048	29.5%	28.8%
2049	29.2%	28.5%
2050	28.9%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Sierra Leone
1960	1,217,147	38,192
1961	1,273,772	40,022
1962	1,328,675	41,603
1963	1,384,934	43,569
1964	1,447,394	45,487
1965	1,496,050	47,223
1966	1,566,343	49,486
1967	1,626,737	51,734
1968	1,683,296	53,126
1969	1,733,601	54,768
1970	1,793,570	56,513
1971	1,695,374	58,484
1972	1,912,774	60,279
1973	1,971,909	62,443
1974	2,028,061	65,357
1975	2,099,811	67,560
1976	2,171,812	69,506
1977	2,257,849	71,663
1978	2,356,601	74,130
1979	2,461,311	75,992
1980	2,598,421	77,932
1981	2,790,454	80,111
1982	2,934,689	82,457
1983	3,052,738	84,628
1984	3,145,772	87,072
1985	3,233,315	88,869
1986	3,341,643	90,902
1987	3,448,813	94,235
1988	3,554,755	96,344
1989	3,648,132	98,298
1990	3,731,730	100,778
1991	3,822,363	105,477
1992	3,888,637	103,251
1993	3,915,776	103,317
1994	3,956,699	101,486
1995	3,977,175	100,885
1996	4,021,758	104,140
1997	4,043,912	105,433
1998	4,104,824	103,906
1999	4,228,026	102,295
2000	4,281,169	110,754
2001	4,304,297	116,647
2002	4,307,607	126,429
2003	4,340,688	130,312
2004	4,294,654	132,661
2005	4,294,393	137,234
2006	4,538,426	144,127
2007	4,690,187	145,740
2008	4,885,855	149,855
2009	5,028,132	152,669
2010	5,147,142	155,338
2011	5,189,412	158,858
2012	5,191,263	160,915
2013	5,176,590	161,265
2014	5,148,994	160,137
2015	5,113,507	162,275
2016	5,044,922	168,784
2017	5,090,200	173,259
2018	5,103,858	178,772
2019	5,127,011	181,068
2020	5,011,177	181,015
2021	5,065,913	183,326
2022	5,268,077	186,625
2023	5,281,745	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan 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 Pakistan, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Sierra Leone
1985	432	1,506
1986	436	1,530
1987	442	1,533
1988	441	1,549
1989	439	1,575
1990	434	1,572
1991	443	1,699
1992	459	1,681
1993	473	1,696
1994	479	1,755
1995	485	1,777
1996	482	1,726
1997	476	1,721
1998	456	1,753
1999	438	1,731
2000	419	1,603
2001	400	1,518
2002	380	1,492
2003	358	1,433
2004	333	1,366
2005	316	1,294
2006	284	1,168
2007	265	1,132
2008	254	1,093
2009	246	1,054
2010	240	1,018
2011	234	967
2012	227	915
2013	220	842
2014	211	821
2015	202	730
2016	193	633
2017	184	578
2018	178	491
2019	173	464
2020	178	422
2021	193	403
2022	160	370
2023	155	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Sierra Leone
1960	25%	39.1%
1961	24.1%	38.5%
1962	23.3%	38%
1963	22.5%	37.4%
1964	21.8%	36.8%
1965	21.2%	36.2%
1966	20.6%	35.6%
1967	20.2%	35%
1968	19.7%	34.5%
1969	19.4%	33.9%
1970	19%	33.4%
1971	18.7%	32.9%
1972	18.4%	32.3%
1973	18.1%	31.9%
1974	17.8%	31.4%
1975	17.6%	30.9%
1976	17.4%	30.5%
1977	17.1%	30%
1978	16.9%	29.6%
1979	16.7%	29.2%
1980	16.5%	28.9%
1981	16.3%	28.5%
1982	16.1%	28.1%
1983	15.8%	27.8%
1984	15.6%	27.5%
1985	15.3%	27.2%
1986	15%	26.9%
1987	14.8%	26.6%
1988	14.5%	26.4%
1989	14.2%	26.2%
1990	14%	25.9%
1991	13.7%	25.7%
1992	13.4%	25.5%
1993	13.1%	25.3%
1994	12.8%	25%
1995	12.5%	24.7%
1996	12.1%	24.3%
1997	11.8%	23.9%
1998	11.5%	23.4%
1999	11.1%	22.9%
2000	10.8%	22.4%
2001	10.5%	21.8%
2002	10.3%	21.3%
2003	10.1%	20.7%
2004	9.85%	20.1%
2005	9.65%	19.4%
2006	9.47%	18.8%
2007	9.29%	18.1%
2008	9.1%	17.3%
2009	8.91%	16.6%
2010	8.71%	15.9%
2011	8.49%	15.2%
2012	8.27%	14.5%
2013	8.04%	13.9%
2014	7.8%	13.7%
2015	7.56%	13.8%
2016	7.33%	12.3%
2017	7.1%	11.8%
2018	6.88%	11.3%
2019	6.67%	10.9%
2020	6.46%	10.5%
2021	6.25%	10.1%
2022	6.05%	9.77%
2023	5.85%	9.43%