Fertility & birth rates in Peru and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Peru vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Peru was 1.98 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 Peru 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
	Peru	Sierra Leone
1960	6.94	6.18
1961	6.92	6.21
1962	6.9	6.22
1963	6.86	6.26
1964	6.81	6.29
1965	6.75	6.31
1966	6.68	6.35
1967	6.6	6.38
1968	6.51	6.39
1969	6.42	6.39
1970	6.32	6.41
1971	6.21	6.43
1972	6.09	6.45
1973	5.97	6.47
1974	5.84	6.53
1975	5.71	6.55
1976	5.58	6.55
1977	5.44	6.57
1978	5.31	6.59
1979	5.17	6.58
1980	5.04	6.56
1981	4.92	6.55
1982	4.8	6.56
1983	4.68	6.57
1984	4.57	6.59
1985	4.46	6.59
1986	4.35	6.6
1987	4.25	6.61
1988	4.14	6.59
1989	4.03	6.57
1990	3.91	6.57
1991	3.79	6.55
1992	3.67	6.56
1993	3.55	6.57
1994	3.43	6.56
1995	3.32	6.56
1996	3.2	6.55
1997	3.1	6.53
1998	3	6.5
1999	2.92	6.42
2000	2.85	6.36
2001	2.74	6.31
2002	2.69	6.23
2003	2.66	6.09
2004	2.67	5.92
2005	2.64	5.81
2006	2.62	5.74
2007	2.58	5.64
2008	2.53	5.56
2009	2.48	5.45
2010	2.42	5.33
2011	2.41	5.21
2012	2.36	5.06
2013	2.32	4.87
2014	2.27	4.7
2015	2.23	4.55
2016	2.19	4.47
2017	2.15	4.39
2018	2.12	4.29
2019	2.09	4.19
2020	2.06	4.08
2021	2.03	3.98
2022	2	3.88
2023	1.98	3.79
2024	1.96	3.7
2025	1.94	3.61
2026	1.92	3.53
2027	1.91	3.47
2028	1.9	3.37
2029	1.88	3.3
2030	1.87	3.23
2031	1.86	3.18
2032	1.85	3.12
2033	1.84	3.07
2034	1.83	3.02
2035	1.83	2.97
2036	1.82	2.92
2037	1.81	2.88
2038	1.81	2.84
2039	1.8	2.79
2040	1.79	2.76
2041	1.79	2.72
2042	1.78	2.68
2043	1.78	2.65
2044	1.77	2.62
2045	1.77	2.58
2046	1.76	2.55
2047	1.75	2.53
2048	1.75	2.5
2049	1.75	2.47
2050	1.74	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Peru	Sierra Leone
1960	44%	38.2%
1961	44.2%	38.3%
1962	44.3%	38.3%
1963	44.3%	38.5%
1964	44.3%	38.8%
1965	44.3%	39.1%
1966	44.2%	39.4%
1967	44.2%	39.6%
1968	44.2%	39.9%
1969	44.1%	40.1%
1970	44%	40.3%
1971	43.9%	40.6%
1972	43.8%	40.7%
1973	43.7%	40.9%
1974	43.6%	41.1%
1975	43.5%	41.3%
1976	43.4%	41.4%
1977	43.2%	41.6%
1978	43%	41.7%
1979	42.8%	41.8%
1980	42.6%	41.9%
1981	42.4%	42%
1982	42.1%	42.1%
1983	41.8%	42.2%
1984	41.5%	42.3%
1985	41.2%	42.5%
1986	40.8%	42.6%
1987	40.5%	42.7%
1988	40.2%	42.8%
1989	39.8%	42.9%
1990	39.4%	42.9%
1991	39.1%	43%
1992	38.7%	43.1%
1993	38.3%	43.2%
1994	37.9%	43.3%
1995	37.4%	43.4%
1996	36.9%	43.5%
1997	36.4%	43.5%
1998	35.8%	43.6%
1999	35.3%	43.7%
2000	34.7%	43.8%
2001	34.1%	43.9%
2002	33.5%	43.9%
2003	32.9%	43.9%
2004	32.3%	43.9%
2005	31.7%	43.8%
2006	31.2%	43.7%
2007	30.7%	43.6%
2008	30.2%	43.5%
2009	29.7%	43.4%
2010	29.3%	43.2%
2011	28.9%	43%
2012	28.5%	42.8%
2013	28.2%	42.5%
2014	27.8%	42.2%
2015	27.5%	41.8%
2016	27.2%	41.4%
2017	26.8%	41%
2018	26.4%	40.6%
2019	25.9%	40.2%
2020	25.5%	39.8%
2021	25.1%	39.4%
2022	24.8%	39%
2023	24.4%	38.5%
2024	24%	38.1%
2025	23.6%	37.7%
2026	23.3%	37.2%
2027	22.9%	36.8%
2028	22.6%	36.3%
2029	22.3%	35.9%
2030	22.1%	35.5%
2031	21.8%	35.2%
2032	21.6%	34.8%
2033	21.3%	34.4%
2034	21%	34%
2035	20.8%	33.6%
2036	20.5%	33.2%
2037	20.3%	32.8%
2038	20.1%	32.4%
2039	19.8%	32%
2040	19.6%	31.6%
2041	19.4%	31.2%
2042	19.1%	30.9%
2043	18.9%	30.5%
2044	18.7%	30.2%
2045	18.5%	29.8%
2046	18.3%	29.5%
2047	18.1%	29.2%
2048	17.9%	28.8%
2049	17.8%	28.5%
2050	17.6%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Peru and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 39.4% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Peru and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Peru vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Peru 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
	Peru	Sierra Leone
1960	302,924	38,192
1961	313,385	40,022
1962	321,716	41,603
1963	332,352	43,569
1964	341,570	45,487
1965	349,245	47,223
1966	356,819	49,486
1967	365,224	51,734
1968	372,379	53,126
1969	379,347	54,768
1970	318,022	56,513
1971	391,506	58,484
1972	396,960	60,279
1973	400,752	62,443
1974	408,299	65,357
1975	414,400	67,560
1976	420,284	69,506
1977	425,428	71,663
1978	432,127	74,130
1979	439,110	75,992
1980	445,100	77,932
1981	453,158	80,111
1982	461,107	82,457
1983	469,781	84,628
1984	477,968	87,072
1985	488,887	88,869
1986	496,712	90,902
1987	502,229	94,235
1988	508,429	96,344
1989	512,152	98,298
1990	515,233	100,778
1991	513,867	105,477
1992	514,618	103,251
1993	513,769	103,317
1994	512,735	101,486
1995	507,894	100,885
1996	501,855	104,140
1997	495,348	105,433
1998	489,436	103,906
1999	487,095	102,295
2000	484,222	110,754
2001	470,154	116,647
2002	463,709	126,429
2003	459,243	130,312
2004	459,617	132,661
2005	454,199	137,234
2006	445,884	144,127
2007	435,122	145,740
2008	413,640	149,855
2009	396,522	152,669
2010	382,510	155,338
2011	383,268	158,858
2012	376,501	160,915
2013	372,694	161,265
2014	368,708	160,137
2015	362,781	162,275
2016	355,859	168,784
2017	349,333	173,259
2018	343,123	178,772
2019	346,981	181,068
2020	301,950	181,015
2021	235,440	183,326
2022	327,859	186,625
2023	353,788	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Peru vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 51 deaths per 100,000 live births in Peru, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Peru	Sierra Leone
1985	198	1,506
1986	193	1,530
1987	192	1,533
1988	190	1,549
1989	190	1,575
1990	191	1,572
1991	201	1,699
1992	195	1,681
1993	192	1,696
1994	188	1,755
1995	179	1,777
1996	166	1,726
1997	152	1,721
1998	139	1,753
1999	124	1,731
2000	115	1,603
2001	109	1,518
2002	106	1,492
2003	104	1,433
2004	107	1,366
2005	103	1,294
2006	99	1,168
2007	94	1,132
2008	91	1,093
2009	89	1,054
2010	86	1,018
2011	83	967
2012	79	915
2013	75	842
2014	73	821
2015	71	730
2016	69	633
2017	67	578
2018	66	491
2019	60	464
2020	75	422
2021	141	403
2022	81	370
2023	51	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.58% in Peru 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
	Peru	Sierra Leone
1960	22.9%	39.1%
1961	22.2%	38.5%
1962	21.6%	38%
1963	20.9%	37.4%
1964	20.2%	36.8%
1965	19.4%	36.2%
1966	18.7%	35.6%
1967	18.1%	35%
1968	17.5%	34.5%
1969	17%	33.9%
1970	19.7%	33.4%
1971	16.1%	32.9%
1972	15.6%	32.3%
1973	15.1%	31.9%
1974	14.7%	31.4%
1975	14.2%	30.9%
1976	13.8%	30.5%
1977	13.5%	30%
1978	13.2%	29.6%
1979	12.9%	29.2%
1980	12.7%	28.9%
1981	12.4%	28.5%
1982	12%	28.1%
1983	11.6%	27.8%
1984	11.1%	27.5%
1985	10.5%	27.2%
1986	9.97%	26.9%
1987	9.43%	26.6%
1988	8.92%	26.4%
1989	8.46%	26.2%
1990	8.04%	25.9%
1991	7.63%	25.7%
1992	7.2%	25.5%
1993	6.75%	25.3%
1994	6.29%	25%
1995	5.82%	24.7%
1996	5.36%	24.3%
1997	4.92%	23.9%
1998	4.51%	23.4%
1999	4.13%	22.9%
2000	3.79%	22.4%
2001	3.49%	21.8%
2002	3.24%	21.3%
2003	3.01%	20.7%
2004	2.82%	20.1%
2005	2.65%	19.4%
2006	2.5%	18.8%
2007	2.37%	18.1%
2008	2.25%	17.3%
2009	2.14%	16.6%
2010	2.04%	15.9%
2011	1.96%	15.2%
2012	1.89%	14.5%
2013	1.84%	13.9%
2014	1.79%	13.7%
2015	1.76%	13.8%
2016	1.73%	12.3%
2017	1.71%	11.8%
2018	1.69%	11.3%
2019	1.68%	10.9%
2020	1.66%	10.5%
2021	1.64%	10.1%
2022	1.61%	9.77%
2023	1.58%	9.43%