Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Panama vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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 Panama 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
	Panama	Sierra Leone
1960	5.83	6.18
1961	5.87	6.21
1962	5.87	6.22
1963	5.87	6.26
1964	5.81	6.29
1965	5.73	6.31
1966	5.65	6.35
1967	5.53	6.38
1968	5.41	6.39
1969	5.29	6.39
1970	5.18	6.41
1971	5.05	6.43
1972	4.91	6.45
1973	4.74	6.47
1974	4.58	6.53
1975	4.41	6.55
1976	4.26	6.55
1977	4.12	6.57
1978	3.98	6.59
1979	3.88	6.58
1980	3.8	6.56
1981	3.72	6.55
1982	3.66	6.56
1983	3.6	6.57
1984	3.52	6.59
1985	3.43	6.59
1986	3.34	6.6
1987	3.25	6.61
1988	3.17	6.59
1989	3.12	6.57
1990	3.07	6.57
1991	3	6.55
1992	2.95	6.56
1993	2.91	6.57
1994	2.88	6.56
1995	2.85	6.56
1996	2.83	6.55
1997	2.81	6.53
1998	2.79	6.5
1999	2.77	6.42
2000	2.74	6.36
2001	2.72	6.31
2002	2.7	6.23
2003	2.68	6.09
2004	2.68	5.92
2005	2.64	5.81
2006	2.62	5.74
2007	2.61	5.64
2008	2.61	5.56
2009	2.59	5.45
2010	2.59	5.33
2011	2.6	5.21
2012	2.59	5.06
2013	2.57	4.87
2014	2.55	4.7
2015	2.53	4.55
2016	2.5	4.47
2017	2.46	4.39
2018	2.4	4.29
2019	2.29	4.19
2020	2.18	4.08
2021	2.15	3.98
2022	2.14	3.88
2023	2.12	3.79
2024	2.11	3.7
2025	2.09	3.61
2026	2.07	3.53
2027	2.06	3.47
2028	2.04	3.37
2029	2.02	3.3
2030	2.01	3.23
2031	2	3.18
2032	1.99	3.12
2033	1.97	3.07
2034	1.96	3.02
2035	1.95	2.97
2036	1.95	2.92
2037	1.94	2.88
2038	1.93	2.84
2039	1.92	2.79
2040	1.91	2.76
2041	1.91	2.72
2042	1.9	2.68
2043	1.89	2.65
2044	1.89	2.62
2045	1.88	2.58
2046	1.88	2.55
2047	1.87	2.53
2048	1.87	2.5
2049	1.86	2.47
2050	1.86	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Sierra Leone
1960	44.2%	38.2%
1961	44.3%	38.3%
1962	44.5%	38.3%
1963	44.6%	38.5%
1964	44.7%	38.8%
1965	44.8%	39.1%
1966	44.8%	39.4%
1967	44.8%	39.6%
1968	44.7%	39.9%
1969	44.6%	40.1%
1970	44.5%	40.3%
1971	44.3%	40.6%
1972	44.1%	40.7%
1973	43.9%	40.9%
1974	43.6%	41.1%
1975	43.3%	41.3%
1976	42.9%	41.4%
1977	42.4%	41.6%
1978	41.9%	41.7%
1979	41.4%	41.8%
1980	40.8%	41.9%
1981	40.3%	42%
1982	39.8%	42.1%
1983	39.3%	42.2%
1984	38.8%	42.3%
1985	38.3%	42.5%
1986	37.8%	42.6%
1987	37.4%	42.7%
1988	36.9%	42.8%
1989	36.5%	42.9%
1990	36.1%	42.9%
1991	35.7%	43%
1992	35.3%	43.1%
1993	34.9%	43.2%
1994	34.6%	43.3%
1995	34.2%	43.4%
1996	33.9%	43.5%
1997	33.5%	43.5%
1998	33.1%	43.6%
1999	32.8%	43.7%
2000	32.4%	43.8%
2001	32%	43.9%
2002	31.6%	43.9%
2003	31.3%	43.9%
2004	31%	43.9%
2005	30.6%	43.8%
2006	30.3%	43.7%
2007	30%	43.6%
2008	29.7%	43.5%
2009	29.5%	43.4%
2010	29.2%	43.2%
2011	28.9%	43%
2012	28.7%	42.8%
2013	28.4%	42.5%
2014	28.2%	42.2%
2015	27.9%	41.8%
2016	27.6%	41.4%
2017	27.4%	41%
2018	27.1%	40.6%
2019	26.7%	40.2%
2020	26.4%	39.8%
2021	26%	39.4%
2022	25.7%	39%
2023	25.3%	38.5%
2024	24.9%	38.1%
2025	24.5%	37.7%
2026	24.1%	37.2%
2027	23.8%	36.8%
2028	23.4%	36.3%
2029	23%	35.9%
2030	22.6%	35.5%
2031	22.2%	35.2%
2032	21.9%	34.8%
2033	21.6%	34.4%
2034	21.3%	34%
2035	21%	33.6%
2036	20.9%	33.2%
2037	20.7%	32.8%
2038	20.5%	32.4%
2039	20.3%	32%
2040	20.1%	31.6%
2041	20%	31.2%
2042	19.8%	30.9%
2043	19.6%	30.5%
2044	19.4%	30.2%
2045	19.3%	29.8%
2046	19.1%	29.5%
2047	18.9%	29.2%
2048	18.8%	28.8%
2049	18.6%	28.5%
2050	18.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Sierra Leone
1960	35,431	38,192
1961	37,100	40,022
1962	38,537	41,603
1963	39,872	43,569
1964	40,806	45,487
1965	41,604	47,223
1966	42,457	49,486
1967	43,054	51,734
1968	43,641	53,126
1969	44,278	54,768
1970	45,075	56,513
1971	45,867	58,484
1972	46,311	60,279
1973	46,540	62,443
1974	46,932	65,357
1975	47,149	67,560
1976	47,307	69,506
1977	47,438	71,663
1978	47,694	74,130
1979	48,362	75,992
1980	49,077	77,932
1981	50,018	80,111
1982	50,858	82,457
1983	51,880	84,628
1984	52,436	87,072
1985	52,573	88,869
1986	52,681	90,902
1987	52,690	94,235
1988	52,767	96,344
1989	52,295	98,298
1990	53,451	100,778
1991	53,079	105,477
1992	53,186	103,251
1993	53,591	103,317
1994	53,845	101,486
1995	54,069	100,885
1996	54,512	104,140
1997	55,060	105,433
1998	55,482	103,906
1999	55,911	102,295
2000	56,236	110,754
2001	56,654	116,647
2002	57,011	126,429
2003	57,458	130,312
2004	58,281	132,661
2005	58,014	137,234
2006	58,067	144,127
2007	58,454	145,740
2008	58,961	149,855
2009	59,168	152,669
2010	59,418	155,338
2011	60,411	158,858
2012	60,471	160,915
2013	60,295	161,265
2014	60,227	160,137
2015	59,896	162,275
2016	59,454	168,784
2017	58,607	173,259
2018	57,508	178,772
2019	54,420	181,068
2020	46,599	181,015
2021	46,747	183,326
2022	50,556	186,625
2023	50,197	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Sierra Leone
1985	95	1,506
1986	94	1,530
1987	93	1,533
1988	93	1,549
1989	96	1,575
1990	89	1,572
1991	87	1,699
1992	85	1,681
1993	81	1,696
1994	78	1,755
1995	77	1,777
1996	73	1,726
1997	70	1,721
1998	68	1,753
1999	65	1,731
2000	64	1,603
2001	62	1,518
2002	59	1,492
2003	58	1,433
2004	57	1,366
2005	57	1,294
2006	56	1,168
2007	55	1,132
2008	55	1,093
2009	55	1,054
2010	56	1,018
2011	55	967
2012	53	915
2013	52	842
2014	49	821
2015	48	730
2016	47	633
2017	47	578
2018	43	491
2019	41	464
2020	74	422
2021	59	403
2022	40	370
2023	37	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Sierra Leone
1960	9.31%	39.1%
1961	9.04%	38.5%
1962	8.78%	38%
1963	8.52%	37.4%
1964	8.28%	36.8%
1965	8.05%	36.2%
1966	7.83%	35.6%
1967	7.62%	35%
1968	7.38%	34.5%
1969	7.1%	33.9%
1970	6.78%	33.4%
1971	6.43%	32.9%
1972	6.07%	32.3%
1973	5.72%	31.9%
1974	5.41%	31.4%
1975	5.15%	30.9%
1976	4.93%	30.5%
1977	4.76%	30%
1978	4.61%	29.6%
1979	4.47%	29.2%
1980	4.34%	28.9%
1981	4.19%	28.5%
1982	4.05%	28.1%
1983	3.9%	27.8%
1984	3.75%	27.5%
1985	3.61%	27.2%
1986	3.47%	26.9%
1987	3.35%	26.6%
1988	3.24%	26.4%
1989	3.14%	26.2%
1990	3.05%	25.9%
1991	2.97%	25.7%
1992	2.91%	25.5%
1993	2.87%	25.3%
1994	2.83%	25%
1995	2.8%	24.7%
1996	2.77%	24.3%
1997	2.73%	23.9%
1998	2.68%	23.4%
1999	2.63%	22.9%
2000	2.56%	22.4%
2001	2.49%	21.8%
2002	2.41%	21.3%
2003	2.33%	20.7%
2004	2.25%	20.1%
2005	2.17%	19.4%
2006	2.1%	18.8%
2007	2.03%	18.1%
2008	1.97%	17.3%
2009	1.91%	16.6%
2010	1.86%	15.9%
2011	1.81%	15.2%
2012	1.77%	14.5%
2013	1.75%	13.9%
2014	1.73%	13.7%
2015	1.72%	13.8%
2016	1.7%	12.3%
2017	1.68%	11.8%
2018	1.65%	11.3%
2019	1.59%	10.9%
2020	1.52%	10.5%
2021	1.45%	10.1%
2022	1.39%	9.77%
2023	1.33%	9.43%