Fertility & birth rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 1.51 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
	Saint Kitts	Sierra Leone
1960	6.54	6.18
1961	6.27	6.21
1962	6.06	6.22
1963	6.12	6.26
1964	6.08	6.29
1965	6.01	6.31
1966	5.78	6.35
1967	5.46	6.38
1968	5.17	6.39
1969	4.97	6.39
1970	4.73	6.41
1971	4.51	6.43
1972	4.16	6.45
1973	3.97	6.47
1974	3.81	6.53
1975	3.68	6.55
1976	3.59	6.55
1977	3.48	6.57
1978	3.29	6.59
1979	3.23	6.58
1980	3.26	6.56
1981	3.3	6.55
1982	3.18	6.56
1983	3.1	6.57
1984	2.88	6.59
1985	2.82	6.59
1986	2.68	6.6
1987	2.62	6.61
1988	2.62	6.59
1989	2.69	6.57
1990	2.73	6.57
1991	2.6	6.55
1992	2.43	6.56
1993	2.38	6.57
1994	2.31	6.56
1995	2.3	6.56
1996	2.26	6.55
1997	2.3	6.53
1998	2.31	6.5
1999	2.26	6.42
2000	2.13	6.36
2001	2.08	6.31
2002	2.04	6.23
2003	2	6.09
2004	1.96	5.92
2005	1.93	5.81
2006	1.9	5.74
2007	1.87	5.64
2008	1.83	5.56
2009	1.8	5.45
2010	1.76	5.33
2011	1.74	5.21
2012	1.71	5.06
2013	1.68	4.87
2014	1.67	4.7
2015	1.64	4.55
2016	1.63	4.47
2017	1.61	4.39
2018	1.59	4.29
2019	1.57	4.19
2020	1.55	4.08
2021	1.53	3.98
2022	1.51	3.88
2023	1.51	3.79
2024	1.53	3.7
2025	1.51	3.61
2026	1.5	3.53
2027	1.49	3.47
2028	1.49	3.37
2029	1.49	3.3
2030	1.48	3.23
2031	1.48	3.18
2032	1.48	3.12
2033	1.48	3.07
2034	1.48	3.02
2035	1.48	2.97
2036	1.48	2.92
2037	1.49	2.88
2038	1.49	2.84
2039	1.49	2.79
2040	1.49	2.76
2041	1.49	2.72
2042	1.49	2.68
2043	1.5	2.65
2044	1.5	2.62
2045	1.5	2.58
2046	1.5	2.55
2047	1.5	2.53
2048	1.5	2.5
2049	1.5	2.47
2050	1.5	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Kitts	Sierra Leone
1960	45.6%	38.2%
1961	45.7%	38.3%
1962	45.8%	38.3%
1963	46%	38.5%
1964	46.1%	38.8%
1965	46.3%	39.1%
1966	46.6%	39.4%
1967	47%	39.6%
1968	47.4%	39.9%
1969	47.7%	40.1%
1970	47.2%	40.3%
1971	45.8%	40.6%
1972	44.3%	40.7%
1973	42.9%	40.9%
1974	41.6%	41.1%
1975	40.5%	41.3%
1976	39.6%	41.4%
1977	38.8%	41.6%
1978	38.2%	41.7%
1979	37.6%	41.8%
1980	36.9%	41.9%
1981	36.2%	42%
1982	35.6%	42.1%
1983	35.1%	42.2%
1984	34.7%	42.3%
1985	34.5%	42.5%
1986	34.3%	42.6%
1987	34.2%	42.7%
1988	34.1%	42.8%
1989	34.1%	42.9%
1990	34.2%	42.9%
1991	34.1%	43%
1992	33.6%	43.1%
1993	32.9%	43.2%
1994	32.3%	43.3%
1995	31.7%	43.4%
1996	31.1%	43.5%
1997	30.6%	43.5%
1998	30.1%	43.6%
1999	29.7%	43.7%
2000	29.3%	43.8%
2001	28.8%	43.9%
2002	28.1%	43.9%
2003	27.4%	43.9%
2004	26.6%	43.9%
2005	26%	43.8%
2006	25.3%	43.7%
2007	24.8%	43.6%
2008	24.4%	43.5%
2009	24%	43.4%
2010	23.3%	43.2%
2011	22.7%	43%
2012	22.2%	42.8%
2013	21.7%	42.5%
2014	21.1%	42.2%
2015	20.6%	41.8%
2016	20.2%	41.4%
2017	19.9%	41%
2018	19.6%	40.6%
2019	19.3%	40.2%
2020	19.1%	39.8%
2021	18.8%	39.4%
2022	18.6%	39%
2023	18.3%	38.5%
2024	18.2%	38.1%
2025	18.3%	37.7%
2026	18.4%	37.2%
2027	18.2%	36.8%
2028	17.9%	36.3%
2029	17.7%	35.9%
2030	17.5%	35.5%
2031	17.2%	35.2%
2032	17%	34.8%
2033	16.8%	34.4%
2034	16.5%	34%
2035	16.3%	33.6%
2036	16.1%	33.2%
2037	15.9%	32.8%
2038	15.7%	32.4%
2039	15.5%	32%
2040	15.4%	31.6%
2041	15.2%	31.2%
2042	15.1%	30.9%
2043	15%	30.5%
2044	14.8%	30.2%
2045	14.7%	29.8%
2046	14.6%	29.5%
2047	14.5%	29.2%
2048	14.5%	28.8%
2049	14.4%	28.5%
2050	14.3%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 34.2% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
	Saint Kitts	Sierra Leone
1960	1,562	38,192
1961	1,466	40,022
1962	1,373	41,603
1963	1,360	43,569
1964	1,305	45,487
1965	1,228	47,223
1966	1,103	49,486
1967	951	51,734
1968	812	53,126
1969	708	54,768
1970	611	56,513
1971	615	58,484
1972	619	60,279
1973	646	62,443
1974	670	65,357
1975	688	67,560
1976	703	69,506
1977	697	71,663
1978	654	74,130
1979	643	75,992
1980	652	77,932
1981	684	80,111
1982	672	82,457
1983	664	84,628
1984	598	87,072
1985	574	88,869
1986	520	90,902
1987	486	94,235
1988	471	96,344
1989	476	98,298
1990	471	100,778
1991	411	105,477
1992	369	103,251
1993	373	103,317
1994	370	101,486
1995	382	100,885
1996	379	104,140
1997	405	105,433
1998	415	103,906
1999	413	102,295
2000	376	110,754
2001	369	116,647
2002	365	126,429
2003	369	130,312
2004	365	132,661
2005	361	137,234
2006	355	144,127
2007	341	145,740
2008	322	149,855
2009	300	152,669
2010	274	155,338
2011	250	158,858
2012	246	160,915
2013	227	161,265
2014	213	160,137
2015	197	162,275
2016	185	168,784
2017	169	173,259
2018	150	178,772
2019	135	181,068
2020	98	181,015
2021	-20	183,326
2022	14	186,625
2023	84	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 74 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Kitts and Nevis, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Kitts	Sierra Leone
1985	290	1,506
1986	285	1,530
1987	302	1,533
1988	308	1,549
1989	316	1,575
1990	302	1,572
1991	280	1,699
1992	255	1,681
1993	225	1,696
1994	205	1,755
1995	204	1,777
1996	194	1,726
1997	194	1,721
1998	193	1,753
1999	164	1,731
2000	143	1,603
2001	131	1,518
2002	115	1,492
2003	111	1,433
2004	104	1,366
2005	102	1,294
2006	99	1,168
2007	96	1,132
2008	95	1,093
2009	93	1,054
2010	92	1,018
2011	90	967
2012	88	915
2013	82	842
2014	82	821
2015	76	730
2016	75	633
2017	74	578
2018	78	491
2019	74	464
2020	80	422
2021	111	403
2022	99	370
2023	74	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
	Saint Kitts	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	6.16%	31.9%
1974	6.03%	31.4%
1975	5.91%	30.9%
1976	5.78%	30.5%
1977	5.64%	30%
1978	5.48%	29.6%
1979	5.29%	29.2%
1980	5.06%	28.9%
1981	4.81%	28.5%
1982	4.53%	28.1%
1983	4.26%	27.8%
1984	4%	27.5%
1985	3.76%	27.2%
1986	3.56%	26.9%
1987	3.39%	26.6%
1988	3.24%	26.4%
1989	3.12%	26.2%
1990	3.03%	25.9%
1991	2.96%	25.7%
1992	2.9%	25.5%
1993	2.85%	25.3%
1994	2.8%	25%
1995	2.76%	24.7%
1996	2.7%	24.3%
1997	2.64%	23.9%
1998	2.56%	23.4%
1999	2.48%	22.9%
2000	2.39%	22.4%
2001	2.29%	21.8%
2002	2.2%	21.3%
2003	2.11%	20.7%
2004	2.03%	20.1%
2005	1.97%	19.4%
2006	1.92%	18.8%
2007	1.89%	18.1%
2008	1.88%	17.3%
2009	1.87%	16.6%
2010	1.88%	15.9%
2011	1.89%	15.2%
2012	1.91%	14.5%
2013	1.93%	13.9%
2014	1.95%	13.7%
2015	1.94%	13.8%
2016	1.93%	12.3%
2017	1.9%	11.8%
2018	1.86%	11.3%
2019	1.82%	10.9%
2020	1.77%	10.5%
2021	1.72%	10.1%
2022	1.68%	9.77%
2023	1.63%	9.43%