Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Papua New Guinea was 3.1 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 Papua New Guinea 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
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	6.02	6.18
1961	6.07	6.21
1962	6.14	6.22
1963	6.15	6.26
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	6.2	6.31
1966	6.23	6.35
1967	6.24	6.38
1968	6.25	6.39
1969	6.26	6.39
1970	6.25	6.41
1971	6.23	6.43
1972	6.2	6.45
1973	6.16	6.47
1974	6.11	6.53
1975	6.07	6.55
1976	6.02	6.55
1977	5.96	6.57
1978	5.88	6.59
1979	5.79	6.58
1980	5.71	6.56
1981	5.65	6.55
1982	5.59	6.56
1983	5.56	6.57
1984	5.51	6.59
1985	5.47	6.59
1986	5.42	6.6
1987	5.36	6.61
1988	5.3	6.59
1989	5.24	6.57
1990	5.18	6.57
1991	5.11	6.55
1992	5.03	6.56
1993	4.96	6.57
1994	4.87	6.56
1995	4.78	6.56
1996	4.73	6.55
1997	4.68	6.53
1998	4.63	6.5
1999	4.59	6.42
2000	4.53	6.36
2001	4.47	6.31
2002	4.42	6.23
2003	4.36	6.09
2004	4.28	5.92
2005	4.22	5.81
2006	4.15	5.74
2007	4.08	5.64
2008	4.01	5.56
2009	3.94	5.45
2010	3.88	5.33
2011	3.82	5.21
2012	3.75	5.06
2013	3.68	4.87
2014	3.63	4.7
2015	3.56	4.55
2016	3.5	4.47
2017	3.43	4.39
2018	3.38	4.29
2019	3.32	4.19
2020	3.27	4.08
2021	3.22	3.98
2022	3.17	3.88
2023	3.1	3.79
2024	3.07	3.7
2025	3.03	3.61
2026	2.99	3.53
2027	2.95	3.47
2028	2.92	3.37
2029	2.88	3.3
2030	2.84	3.23
2031	2.81	3.18
2032	2.78	3.12
2033	2.75	3.07
2034	2.73	3.02
2035	2.69	2.97
2036	2.67	2.92
2037	2.64	2.88
2038	2.61	2.84
2039	2.59	2.79
2040	2.56	2.76
2041	2.54	2.72
2042	2.51	2.68
2043	2.49	2.65
2044	2.48	2.62
2045	2.46	2.58
2046	2.44	2.55
2047	2.42	2.53
2048	2.4	2.5
2049	2.38	2.47
2050	2.36	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	43.4%	38.2%
1961	43.7%	38.3%
1962	43.9%	38.3%
1963	44.2%	38.5%
1964	44.4%	38.8%
1965	44.6%	39.1%
1966	44.9%	39.4%
1967	45.1%	39.6%
1968	45.3%	39.9%
1969	45.6%	40.1%
1970	45.8%	40.3%
1971	46%	40.6%
1972	46%	40.7%
1973	45.9%	40.9%
1974	45.8%	41.1%
1975	45.5%	41.3%
1976	45.2%	41.4%
1977	44.9%	41.6%
1978	44.4%	41.7%
1979	44%	41.8%
1980	43.5%	41.9%
1981	43.2%	42%
1982	43%	42.1%
1983	42.9%	42.2%
1984	42.8%	42.3%
1985	42.6%	42.5%
1986	42.5%	42.6%
1987	42.4%	42.7%
1988	42.4%	42.8%
1989	42.3%	42.9%
1990	42.1%	42.9%
1991	41.9%	43%
1992	41.7%	43.1%
1993	41.5%	43.2%
1994	41.2%	43.3%
1995	41%	43.4%
1996	40.8%	43.5%
1997	40.6%	43.5%
1998	40.4%	43.6%
1999	40.2%	43.7%
2000	40%	43.8%
2001	39.8%	43.9%
2002	39.5%	43.9%
2003	39.3%	43.9%
2004	39%	43.9%
2005	38.8%	43.8%
2006	38.5%	43.7%
2007	38.3%	43.6%
2008	38%	43.5%
2009	37.7%	43.4%
2010	37.5%	43.2%
2011	37.2%	43%
2012	37%	42.8%
2013	36.7%	42.5%
2014	36.5%	42.2%
2015	36.2%	41.8%
2016	35.9%	41.4%
2017	35.6%	41%
2018	35.3%	40.6%
2019	35%	40.2%
2020	34.7%	39.8%
2021	34.4%	39.4%
2022	34.1%	39%
2023	33.8%	38.5%
2024	33.5%	38.1%
2025	33.1%	37.7%
2026	32.8%	37.2%
2027	32.5%	36.8%
2028	32.1%	36.3%
2029	31.8%	35.9%
2030	31.4%	35.5%
2031	31.1%	35.2%
2032	30.7%	34.8%
2033	30.4%	34.4%
2034	30.1%	34%
2035	29.7%	33.6%
2036	29.4%	33.2%
2037	29.1%	32.8%
2038	28.8%	32.4%
2039	28.5%	32%
2040	28.3%	31.6%
2041	28%	31.2%
2042	27.8%	30.9%
2043	27.5%	30.5%
2044	27.3%	30.2%
2045	27.1%	29.8%
2046	26.9%	29.5%
2047	26.7%	29.2%
2048	26.5%	28.8%
2049	26.3%	28.5%
2050	26.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea 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
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	56,326	38,192
1961	58,151	40,022
1962	59,974	41,603
1963	62,260	43,569
1964	64,558	45,487
1965	66,693	47,223
1966	69,206	49,486
1967	71,519	51,734
1968	73,983	53,126
1969	76,454	54,768
1970	78,712	56,513
1971	80,599	58,484
1972	82,672	60,279
1973	83,821	62,443
1974	84,829	65,357
1975	85,809	67,560
1976	86,965	69,506
1977	87,954	71,663
1978	88,747	74,130
1979	89,330	75,992
1980	90,266	77,932
1981	91,767	80,111
1982	93,522	82,457
1983	95,982	84,628
1984	98,103	87,072
1985	100,333	88,869
1986	102,346	90,902
1987	104,367	94,235
1988	106,256	96,344
1989	108,199	98,298
1990	110,033	100,778
1991	111,453	105,477
1992	114,818	103,251
1993	118,668	103,317
1994	122,113	101,486
1995	125,410	100,885
1996	129,802	104,140
1997	134,458	105,433
1998	136,677	103,906
1999	143,592	102,295
2000	147,496	110,754
2001	151,431	116,647
2002	155,091	126,429
2003	158,611	130,312
2004	161,023	132,661
2005	163,888	137,234
2006	166,540	144,127
2007	169,306	145,740
2008	172,823	149,855
2009	175,421	152,669
2010	178,998	155,338
2011	181,842	158,858
2012	183,658	160,915
2013	185,790	161,265
2014	187,592	160,137
2015	188,600	162,275
2016	189,281	168,784
2017	189,715	173,259
2018	190,662	178,772
2019	190,662	181,068
2020	189,130	181,015
2021	183,766	183,326
2022	186,861	186,625
2023	187,637	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 189 deaths per 100,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1985	393	1,506
1986	386	1,530
1987	379	1,533
1988	377	1,549
1989	369	1,575
1990	360	1,572
1991	354	1,699
1992	340	1,681
1993	333	1,696
1994	324	1,755
1995	318	1,777
1996	316	1,726
1997	316	1,721
1998	325	1,753
1999	321	1,731
2000	323	1,603
2001	325	1,518
2002	329	1,492
2003	328	1,433
2004	326	1,366
2005	326	1,294
2006	325	1,168
2007	326	1,132
2008	315	1,093
2009	302	1,054
2010	289	1,018
2011	271	967
2012	257	915
2013	243	842
2014	232	821
2015	221	730
2016	214	633
2017	207	578
2018	205	491
2019	199	464
2020	194	422
2021	223	403
2022	189	370
2023	189	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea 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
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	19.8%	39.1%
1961	19.2%	38.5%
1962	18.6%	38%
1963	18%	37.4%
1964	17.4%	36.8%
1965	16.9%	36.2%
1966	16.3%	35.6%
1967	15.8%	35%
1968	15.2%	34.5%
1969	14.7%	33.9%
1970	14.2%	33.4%
1971	13.7%	32.9%
1972	13.3%	32.3%
1973	12.9%	31.9%
1974	12.4%	31.4%
1975	12.1%	30.9%
1976	11.7%	30.5%
1977	11.3%	30%
1978	11%	29.6%
1979	10.7%	29.2%
1980	10.4%	28.9%
1981	10.2%	28.5%
1982	9.94%	28.1%
1983	9.71%	27.8%
1984	9.5%	27.5%
1985	9.3%	27.2%
1986	9.12%	26.9%
1987	8.96%	26.6%
1988	8.78%	26.4%
1989	8.63%	26.2%
1990	8.47%	25.9%
1991	8.31%	25.7%
1992	8.17%	25.5%
1993	8.03%	25.3%
1994	7.89%	25%
1995	7.77%	24.7%
1996	7.64%	24.3%
1997	7.52%	23.9%
1998	7.41%	23.4%
1999	7.3%	22.9%
2000	7.19%	22.4%
2001	7.08%	21.8%
2002	6.96%	21.3%
2003	6.84%	20.7%
2004	6.71%	20.1%
2005	6.58%	19.4%
2006	6.44%	18.8%
2007	6.31%	18.1%
2008	6.16%	17.3%
2009	6.02%	16.6%
2010	5.88%	15.9%
2011	5.73%	15.2%
2012	5.59%	14.5%
2013	5.44%	13.9%
2014	5.3%	13.7%
2015	5.17%	13.8%
2016	5.02%	12.3%
2017	4.87%	11.8%
2018	4.72%	11.3%
2019	4.59%	10.9%
2020	4.45%	10.5%
2021	4.31%	10.1%
2022	4.17%	9.77%
2023	4.03%	9.43%