Fertility & birth rates in Romania and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Romania vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Romania was 1.71 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 Romania 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
	Romania	Sierra Leone
1960	2.34	6.18
1961	2.17	6.21
1962	2.04	6.22
1963	2.01	6.26
1964	1.96	6.29
1965	1.91	6.31
1966	1.9	6.35
1967	3.66	6.38
1968	3.63	6.39
1969	3.19	6.39
1970	2.89	6.41
1971	2.67	6.43
1972	2.55	6.45
1973	2.44	6.47
1974	2.71	6.53
1975	2.59	6.55
1976	2.54	6.55
1977	2.57	6.57
1978	2.52	6.59
1979	2.49	6.58
1980	2.43	6.56
1981	2.36	6.55
1982	2.17	6.56
1983	2.06	6.57
1984	2.26	6.59
1985	2.31	6.59
1986	2.39	6.6
1987	2.38	6.61
1988	2.3	6.59
1989	2.22	6.57
1990	1.83	6.57
1991	1.59	6.55
1992	1.51	6.56
1993	1.43	6.57
1994	1.4	6.56
1995	1.33	6.56
1996	1.3	6.55
1997	1.32	6.53
1998	1.32	6.5
1999	1.3	6.42
2000	1.31	6.36
2001	1.27	6.31
2002	1.27	6.23
2003	1.3	6.09
2004	1.33	5.92
2005	1.4	5.81
2006	1.42	5.74
2007	1.45	5.64
2008	1.6	5.56
2009	1.66	5.45
2010	1.59	5.33
2011	1.47	5.21
2012	1.52	5.06
2013	1.46	4.87
2014	1.56	4.7
2015	1.62	4.55
2016	1.69	4.47
2017	1.78	4.39
2018	1.76	4.29
2019	1.77	4.19
2020	1.8	4.08
2021	1.81	3.98
2022	1.71	3.88
2023	1.71	3.79
2024	1.71	3.7
2025	1.71	3.61
2026	1.7	3.53
2027	1.7	3.47
2028	1.7	3.37
2029	1.7	3.3
2030	1.7	3.23
2031	1.7	3.18
2032	1.7	3.12
2033	1.69	3.07
2034	1.69	3.02
2035	1.69	2.97
2036	1.69	2.92
2037	1.69	2.88
2038	1.69	2.84
2039	1.69	2.79
2040	1.69	2.76
2041	1.68	2.72
2042	1.68	2.68
2043	1.68	2.65
2044	1.68	2.62
2045	1.68	2.58
2046	1.68	2.55
2047	1.68	2.53
2048	1.68	2.5
2049	1.68	2.47
2050	1.68	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Romania	Sierra Leone
1960	28.1%	38.2%
1961	28%	38.3%
1962	27.7%	38.3%
1963	27.3%	38.5%
1964	26.7%	38.8%
1965	26%	39.1%
1966	25.2%	39.4%
1967	25%	39.6%
1968	25.1%	39.9%
1969	25.1%	40.1%
1970	25.1%	40.3%
1971	24.9%	40.6%
1972	24.9%	40.7%
1973	24.9%	40.9%
1974	25.1%	41.1%
1975	25.3%	41.3%
1976	25.7%	41.4%
1977	26%	41.6%
1978	26.3%	41.7%
1979	26.5%	41.8%
1980	26.8%	41.9%
1981	27.1%	42%
1982	26.8%	42.1%
1983	25.9%	42.2%
1984	25.1%	42.3%
1985	24.6%	42.5%
1986	24.3%	42.6%
1987	24%	42.7%
1988	23.9%	42.8%
1989	23.7%	42.9%
1990	23.3%	42.9%
1991	22.8%	43%
1992	22.2%	43.1%
1993	21.6%	43.2%
1994	21%	43.3%
1995	20.5%	43.4%
1996	20%	43.5%
1997	19.6%	43.5%
1998	19.3%	43.6%
1999	19.1%	43.7%
2000	18.6%	43.8%
2001	18.1%	43.9%
2002	17.5%	43.9%
2003	16.9%	43.9%
2004	16.4%	43.9%
2005	16%	43.8%
2006	15.8%	43.7%
2007	15.7%	43.6%
2008	15.7%	43.5%
2009	15.7%	43.4%
2010	15.7%	43.2%
2011	15.8%	43%
2012	15.7%	42.8%
2013	15.7%	42.5%
2014	15.7%	42.2%
2015	15.7%	41.8%
2016	15.7%	41.4%
2017	15.8%	41%
2018	15.9%	40.6%
2019	16%	40.2%
2020	16.1%	39.8%
2021	16.1%	39.4%
2022	16%	39%
2023	15.9%	38.5%
2024	15.7%	38.1%
2025	15.6%	37.7%
2026	15.4%	37.2%
2027	15.3%	36.8%
2028	15.2%	36.3%
2029	15.1%	35.9%
2030	15%	35.5%
2031	14.9%	35.2%
2032	14.7%	34.8%
2033	14.6%	34.4%
2034	14.4%	34%
2035	14.4%	33.6%
2036	14.3%	33.2%
2037	14.3%	32.8%
2038	14.3%	32.4%
2039	14.2%	32%
2040	14.2%	31.6%
2041	14.3%	31.2%
2042	14.3%	30.9%
2043	14.3%	30.5%
2044	14.3%	30.2%
2045	14.4%	29.8%
2046	14.4%	29.5%
2047	14.4%	29.2%
2048	14.4%	28.8%
2049	14.4%	28.5%
2050	14.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Romania and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Romania and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Romania vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.4% in Romania 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
	Romania	Sierra Leone
1960	191,431	38,192
1961	163,286	40,022
1962	130,736	41,603
1963	139,104	43,569
1964	134,326	45,487
1965	114,190	47,223
1966	115,293	49,486
1967	347,709	51,734
1968	338,577	53,126
1969	264,120	54,768
1970	234,905	56,513
1971	206,662	58,484
1972	198,316	60,279
1973	175,020	62,443
1974	235,530	65,357
1975	219,324	67,560
1976	213,361	69,506
1977	215,385	71,663
1978	204,148	74,130
1979	194,397	75,992
1980	168,776	77,932
1981	156,472	80,111
1982	119,121	82,457
1983	87,986	84,628
1984	117,731	87,072
1985	111,392	88,869
1986	134,737	90,902
1987	128,517	94,235
1988	126,817	96,344
1989	122,756	98,298
1990	69,605	100,778
1991	25,301	105,477
1992	-4,559	103,251
1993	-13,658	103,317
1994	-18,184	101,486
1995	-36,295	100,885
1996	-56,548	104,140
1997	-42,853	105,433
1998	-33,761	103,906
1999	-31,461	102,295
2000	-22,443	110,754
2001	-37,625	116,647
2002	-58,673	126,429
2003	-56,093	130,312
2004	-42,904	132,661
2005	-40,508	137,234
2006	-38,148	144,127
2007	-37,590	145,740
2008	-30,806	149,855
2009	-34,625	152,669
2010	-46,567	155,338
2011	-56,413	158,858
2012	-54,157	160,915
2013	-59,951	161,265
2014	-55,745	160,137
2015	-59,447	162,275
2016	-53,196	168,784
2017	-50,930	173,259
2018	-62,316	178,772
2019	-60,053	181,068
2020	-100,179	181,015
2021	-141,504	183,326
2022	-93,338	186,625
2023	-89,580	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Romania vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Romania, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Romania	Sierra Leone
1985	184	1,506
1986	180	1,530
1987	173	1,533
1988	159	1,549
1989	143	1,575
1990	118	1,572
1991	104	1,699
1992	95	1,681
1993	87	1,696
1994	80	1,755
1995	75	1,777
1996	72	1,726
1997	66	1,721
1998	58	1,753
1999	51	1,731
2000	45	1,603
2001	41	1,518
2002	38	1,492
2003	35	1,433
2004	32	1,366
2005	30	1,294
2006	27	1,168
2007	25	1,132
2008	25	1,093
2009	25	1,054
2010	23	1,018
2011	20	967
2012	19	915
2013	18	842
2014	18	821
2015	18	730
2016	17	633
2017	17	578
2018	15	491
2019	14	464
2020	16	422
2021	20	403
2022	13	370
2023	12	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.66% in Romania 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
	Romania	Sierra Leone
1960	8.82%	39.1%
1961	7.98%	38.5%
1962	6.98%	38%
1963	6.03%	37.4%
1964	5.45%	36.8%
1965	5.44%	36.2%
1966	5.83%	35.6%
1967	6.27%	35%
1968	6.44%	34.5%
1969	6.23%	33.9%
1970	5.69%	33.4%
1971	5.06%	32.9%
1972	4.64%	32.3%
1973	4.49%	31.9%
1974	4.43%	31.4%
1975	4.27%	30.9%
1976	4.05%	30.5%
1977	3.86%	30%
1978	3.76%	29.6%
1979	3.68%	29.2%
1980	3.57%	28.9%
1981	3.44%	28.5%
1982	3.28%	28.1%
1983	3.14%	27.8%
1984	3.08%	27.5%
1985	3.16%	27.2%
1986	3.33%	26.9%
1987	3.45%	26.6%
1988	3.43%	26.4%
1989	3.31%	26.2%
1990	3.14%	25.9%
1991	2.97%	25.7%
1992	2.84%	25.5%
1993	2.79%	25.3%
1994	2.76%	25%
1995	2.73%	24.7%
1996	2.68%	24.3%
1997	2.58%	23.9%
1998	2.44%	23.4%
1999	2.29%	22.9%
2000	2.16%	22.4%
2001	2.06%	21.8%
2002	2.01%	21.3%
2003	1.99%	20.7%
2004	1.94%	20.1%
2005	1.82%	19.4%
2006	1.66%	18.8%
2007	1.51%	18.1%
2008	1.4%	17.3%
2009	1.31%	16.6%
2010	1.24%	15.9%
2011	1.18%	15.2%
2012	1.12%	14.5%
2013	1.05%	13.9%
2014	0.99%	13.7%
2015	0.92%	13.8%
2016	0.85%	12.3%
2017	0.79%	11.8%
2018	0.73%	11.3%
2019	0.68%	10.9%
2020	0.66%	10.5%
2021	0.65%	10.1%
2022	0.66%	9.77%
2023	0.66%	9.43%