Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 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 Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Sierra Leone
1960	6.5	6.18
1961	6.49	6.21
1962	6.47	6.22
1963	6.45	6.26
1964	6.42	6.29
1965	6.35	6.31
1966	6.23	6.35
1967	6.1	6.38
1968	5.97	6.39
1969	5.84	6.39
1970	5.72	6.41
1971	5.59	6.43
1972	5.46	6.45
1973	5.35	6.47
1974	5.27	6.53
1975	5.18	6.55
1976	5.12	6.55
1977	5.08	6.57
1978	5.04	6.59
1979	5.06	6.58
1980	5.1	6.56
1981	5.15	6.55
1982	5.13	6.56
1983	5.09	6.57
1984	5.04	6.59
1985	4.97	6.59
1986	4.93	6.6
1987	4.85	6.61
1988	4.77	6.59
1989	4.68	6.57
1990	4.57	6.57
1991	4.48	6.55
1992	4.4	6.56
1993	4.28	6.57
1994	4.2	6.56
1995	4.11	6.56
1996	4.01	6.55
1997	3.91	6.53
1998	3.8	6.5
1999	3.67	6.42
2000	3.51	6.36
2001	3.36	6.31
2002	3.23	6.23
2003	3.12	6.09
2004	3.05	5.92
2005	2.97	5.81
2006	2.89	5.74
2007	2.82	5.64
2008	2.79	5.56
2009	2.76	5.45
2010	2.7	5.33
2011	2.67	5.21
2012	2.66	5.06
2013	2.64	4.87
2014	2.65	4.7
2015	2.65	4.55
2016	2.62	4.47
2017	2.59	4.39
2018	2.56	4.29
2019	2.53	4.19
2020	2.5	4.08
2021	2.47	3.98
2022	2.44	3.88
2023	2.42	3.79
2024	2.42	3.7
2025	2.39	3.61
2026	2.37	3.53
2027	2.35	3.47
2028	2.33	3.37
2029	2.31	3.3
2030	2.29	3.23
2031	2.27	3.18
2032	2.26	3.12
2033	2.24	3.07
2034	2.22	3.02
2035	2.21	2.97
2036	2.19	2.92
2037	2.17	2.88
2038	2.16	2.84
2039	2.14	2.79
2040	2.13	2.76
2041	2.12	2.72
2042	2.11	2.68
2043	2.09	2.65
2044	2.08	2.62
2045	2.07	2.58
2046	2.06	2.55
2047	2.05	2.53
2048	2.04	2.5
2049	2.03	2.47
2050	2.02	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Sierra Leone
1960	46.3%	38.2%
1961	46.2%	38.3%
1962	46.1%	38.3%
1963	46%	38.5%
1964	46%	38.8%
1965	46%	39.1%
1966	46%	39.4%
1967	45.9%	39.6%
1968	45.8%	39.9%
1969	45.7%	40.1%
1970	45.5%	40.3%
1971	45.2%	40.6%
1972	45%	40.7%
1973	44.6%	40.9%
1974	44.2%	41.1%
1975	43.7%	41.3%
1976	43.3%	41.4%
1977	42.8%	41.6%
1978	42.4%	41.7%
1979	42%	41.8%
1980	41.6%	41.9%
1981	41.4%	42%
1982	41.2%	42.1%
1983	41.2%	42.2%
1984	41.2%	42.3%
1985	41.2%	42.5%
1986	41.3%	42.6%
1987	41.3%	42.7%
1988	41.4%	42.8%
1989	41.5%	42.9%
1990	41.5%	42.9%
1991	41.5%	43%
1992	41.5%	43.1%
1993	41.4%	43.2%
1994	41.3%	43.3%
1995	41.1%	43.4%
1996	40.8%	43.5%
1997	40.4%	43.5%
1998	40%	43.6%
1999	39.5%	43.7%
2000	39%	43.8%
2001	38.4%	43.9%
2002	37.9%	43.9%
2003	37.3%	43.9%
2004	36.6%	43.9%
2005	35.8%	43.8%
2006	35.1%	43.7%
2007	34.4%	43.6%
2008	33.8%	43.5%
2009	33.2%	43.4%
2010	32.5%	43.2%
2011	32%	43%
2012	31.4%	42.8%
2013	30.9%	42.5%
2014	30.5%	42.2%
2015	30.2%	41.8%
2016	29.9%	41.4%
2017	29.7%	41%
2018	29.5%	40.6%
2019	29.3%	40.2%
2020	29.1%	39.8%
2021	29%	39.4%
2022	28.9%	39%
2023	28.8%	38.5%
2024	28.6%	38.1%
2025	28.4%	37.7%
2026	28.1%	37.2%
2027	27.9%	36.8%
2028	27.6%	36.3%
2029	27.3%	35.9%
2030	26.9%	35.5%
2031	26.5%	35.2%
2032	26.1%	34.8%
2033	25.8%	34.4%
2034	25.4%	34%
2035	25%	33.6%
2036	24.7%	33.2%
2037	24.4%	32.8%
2038	24.1%	32.4%
2039	23.8%	32%
2040	23.5%	31.6%
2041	23.2%	31.2%
2042	23%	30.9%
2043	22.7%	30.5%
2044	22.5%	30.2%
2045	22.3%	29.8%
2046	22.1%	29.5%
2047	22%	29.2%
2048	21.8%	28.8%
2049	21.6%	28.5%
2050	21.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Sierra Leone
1960	60,009	38,192
1961	61,536	40,022
1962	63,079	41,603
1963	64,741	43,569
1964	65,681	45,487
1965	66,063	47,223
1966	66,002	49,486
1967	65,695	51,734
1968	65,575	53,126
1969	65,616	54,768
1970	65,905	56,513
1971	66,142	58,484
1972	66,625	60,279
1973	67,803	62,443
1974	69,059	65,357
1975	70,285	67,560
1976	71,973	69,506
1977	74,359	71,663
1978	76,691	74,130
1979	80,345	75,992
1980	84,568	77,932
1981	89,456	80,111
1982	92,917	82,457
1983	96,406	84,628
1984	99,937	87,072
1985	102,859	88,869
1986	105,776	90,902
1987	107,962	94,235
1988	110,348	96,344
1989	111,727	98,298
1990	112,864	100,778
1991	114,472	105,477
1992	115,442	103,251
1993	115,211	103,317
1994	115,662	101,486
1995	115,777	100,885
1996	115,623	104,140
1997	115,095	105,433
1998	114,122	103,906
1999	112,726	102,295
2000	109,979	110,754
2001	107,225	116,647
2002	104,658	126,429
2003	102,427	130,312
2004	101,896	132,661
2005	101,035	137,234
2006	99,808	144,127
2007	99,141	145,740
2008	99,821	149,855
2009	100,296	152,669
2010	99,456	155,338
2011	100,442	158,858
2012	102,508	160,915
2013	103,383	161,265
2014	105,585	160,137
2015	106,817	162,275
2016	106,804	168,784
2017	105,634	173,259
2018	104,908	178,772
2019	103,179	181,068
2020	98,667	181,015
2021	78,667	183,326
2022	94,627	186,625
2023	97,748	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Sierra Leone
1985	237	1,506
1986	230	1,530
1987	225	1,533
1988	220	1,549
1989	209	1,575
1990	198	1,572
1991	192	1,699
1992	195	1,681
1993	197	1,696
1994	201	1,755
1995	202	1,777
1996	203	1,726
1997	205	1,721
1998	207	1,753
1999	207	1,731
2000	207	1,603
2001	207	1,518
2002	206	1,492
2003	203	1,433
2004	199	1,366
2005	194	1,294
2006	186	1,168
2007	177	1,132
2008	166	1,093
2009	152	1,054
2010	136	1,018
2011	120	967
2012	100	915
2013	84	842
2014	70	821
2015	64	730
2016	60	633
2017	58	578
2018	58	491
2019	58	464
2020	69	422
2021	140	403
2022	78	370
2023	58	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Sierra Leone
1960	8.18%	39.1%
1961	8.11%	38.5%
1962	8.06%	38%
1963	8.02%	37.4%
1964	7.99%	36.8%
1965	7.96%	36.2%
1966	7.94%	35.6%
1967	7.91%	35%
1968	7.88%	34.5%
1969	7.84%	33.9%
1970	7.79%	33.4%
1971	7.73%	32.9%
1972	7.66%	32.3%
1973	7.57%	31.9%
1974	7.46%	31.4%
1975	7.34%	30.9%
1976	7.21%	30.5%
1977	7.06%	30%
1978	6.91%	29.6%
1979	6.74%	29.2%
1980	6.55%	28.9%
1981	6.35%	28.5%
1982	6.14%	28.1%
1983	5.92%	27.8%
1984	5.71%	27.5%
1985	5.5%	27.2%
1986	5.3%	26.9%
1987	5.1%	26.6%
1988	4.92%	26.4%
1989	4.73%	26.2%
1990	4.55%	25.9%
1991	4.38%	25.7%
1992	4.23%	25.5%
1993	4.08%	25.3%
1994	3.95%	25%
1995	3.83%	24.7%
1996	3.72%	24.3%
1997	3.62%	23.9%
1998	3.53%	23.4%
1999	3.45%	22.9%
2000	3.36%	22.4%
2001	3.29%	21.8%
2002	3.22%	21.3%
2003	3.14%	20.7%
2004	3.07%	20.1%
2005	2.99%	19.4%
2006	2.91%	18.8%
2007	2.83%	18.1%
2008	2.75%	17.3%
2009	2.67%	16.6%
2010	2.59%	15.9%
2011	2.51%	15.2%
2012	2.44%	14.5%
2013	2.37%	13.9%
2014	2.3%	13.7%
2015	2.22%	13.8%
2016	2.15%	12.3%
2017	2.08%	11.8%
2018	2.01%	11.3%
2019	1.94%	10.9%
2020	1.88%	10.5%
2021	1.82%	10.1%
2022	1.76%	9.77%
2023	1.7%	9.43%