Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Vincent was 1.78 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 Vincent 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 Vincent	Sierra Leone
1960	7.25	6.18
1961	7.16	6.21
1962	7.03	6.22
1963	6.92	6.26
1964	6.83	6.29
1965	6.74	6.31
1966	6.64	6.35
1967	6.53	6.38
1968	6.42	6.39
1969	6.28	6.39
1970	6.12	6.41
1971	5.95	6.43
1972	5.77	6.45
1973	5.59	6.47
1974	5.38	6.53
1975	5.17	6.55
1976	4.95	6.55
1977	4.75	6.57
1978	4.55	6.59
1979	4.29	6.58
1980	3.92	6.56
1981	3.85	6.55
1982	3.74	6.56
1983	3.56	6.57
1984	3.28	6.59
1985	3.08	6.59
1986	2.92	6.6
1987	2.82	6.61
1988	2.75	6.59
1989	2.73	6.57
1990	2.73	6.57
1991	2.75	6.55
1992	2.76	6.56
1993	2.74	6.57
1994	2.68	6.56
1995	2.61	6.56
1996	2.53	6.55
1997	2.43	6.53
1998	2.35	6.5
1999	2.31	6.42
2000	2.31	6.36
2001	2.3	6.31
2002	2.22	6.23
2003	2.14	6.09
2004	2.09	5.92
2005	2.07	5.81
2006	2.03	5.74
2007	2.06	5.64
2008	2.15	5.56
2009	2.17	5.45
2010	2.14	5.33
2011	2.08	5.21
2012	2.11	5.06
2013	2.11	4.87
2014	2.14	4.7
2015	2.13	4.55
2016	2.06	4.47
2017	1.94	4.39
2018	1.9	4.29
2019	1.86	4.19
2020	1.83	4.08
2021	1.81	3.98
2022	1.79	3.88
2023	1.78	3.79
2024	1.76	3.7
2025	1.75	3.61
2026	1.73	3.53
2027	1.72	3.47
2028	1.71	3.37
2029	1.71	3.3
2030	1.7	3.23
2031	1.7	3.18
2032	1.69	3.12
2033	1.69	3.07
2034	1.68	3.02
2035	1.68	2.97
2036	1.68	2.92
2037	1.68	2.88
2038	1.67	2.84
2039	1.67	2.79
2040	1.67	2.76
2041	1.67	2.72
2042	1.67	2.68
2043	1.67	2.65
2044	1.66	2.62
2045	1.66	2.58
2046	1.66	2.55
2047	1.66	2.53
2048	1.66	2.5
2049	1.66	2.47
2050	1.66	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Sierra Leone
1960	49%	38.2%
1961	48.8%	38.3%
1962	48.6%	38.3%
1963	48.2%	38.5%
1964	47.7%	38.8%
1965	47.4%	39.1%
1966	47.1%	39.4%
1967	46.8%	39.6%
1968	46.6%	39.9%
1969	46.4%	40.1%
1970	46.2%	40.3%
1971	46%	40.6%
1972	45.8%	40.7%
1973	45.7%	40.9%
1974	45.5%	41.1%
1975	45.3%	41.3%
1976	45%	41.4%
1977	44.7%	41.6%
1978	44.4%	41.7%
1979	44.1%	41.8%
1980	43.5%	41.9%
1981	42.6%	42%
1982	41.7%	42.1%
1983	41%	42.2%
1984	40.4%	42.3%
1985	39.9%	42.5%
1986	39.4%	42.6%
1987	38.9%	42.7%
1988	38.4%	42.8%
1989	38%	42.9%
1990	37.5%	42.9%
1991	36.8%	43%
1992	36%	43.1%
1993	35.1%	43.2%
1994	34.4%	43.3%
1995	33.7%	43.4%
1996	33.1%	43.5%
1997	32.5%	43.5%
1998	32%	43.6%
1999	31.6%	43.7%
2000	31.4%	43.8%
2001	31%	43.9%
2002	30.3%	43.9%
2003	29.7%	43.9%
2004	29%	43.9%
2005	28.4%	43.8%
2006	27.8%	43.7%
2007	27.2%	43.6%
2008	26.7%	43.5%
2009	26.1%	43.4%
2010	25.7%	43.2%
2011	25.2%	43%
2012	24.8%	42.8%
2013	24.4%	42.5%
2014	24%	42.2%
2015	23.7%	41.8%
2016	23.4%	41.4%
2017	23%	41%
2018	22.7%	40.6%
2019	22.5%	40.2%
2020	22.2%	39.8%
2021	22.1%	39.4%
2022	21.9%	39%
2023	21.6%	38.5%
2024	21.3%	38.1%
2025	20.9%	37.7%
2026	20.4%	37.2%
2027	20%	36.8%
2028	19.5%	36.3%
2029	19%	35.9%
2030	18.6%	35.5%
2031	18.1%	35.2%
2032	17.8%	34.8%
2033	17.5%	34.4%
2034	17.3%	34%
2035	17.1%	33.6%
2036	17%	33.2%
2037	16.9%	32.8%
2038	16.9%	32.4%
2039	16.9%	32%
2040	16.9%	31.6%
2041	16.9%	31.2%
2042	16.9%	30.9%
2043	16.9%	30.5%
2044	17%	30.2%
2045	17%	29.8%
2046	17%	29.5%
2047	17%	29.2%
2048	16.9%	28.8%
2049	16.9%	28.5%
2050	16.9%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent 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 Vincent	Sierra Leone
1960	3,029	38,192
1961	3,059	40,022
1962	3,073	41,603
1963	3,086	43,569
1964	3,130	45,487
1965	3,165	47,223
1966	3,194	49,486
1967	3,212	51,734
1968	3,218	53,126
1969	3,200	54,768
1970	3,161	56,513
1971	3,102	58,484
1972	3,033	60,279
1973	2,952	62,443
1974	2,863	65,357
1975	2,775	67,560
1976	2,694	69,506
1977	2,622	71,663
1978	2,581	74,130
1979	2,575	75,992
1980	2,362	77,932
1981	2,429	80,111
1982	2,477	82,457
1983	2,411	84,628
1984	2,248	87,072
1985	2,128	88,869
1986	2,020	90,902
1987	1,937	94,235
1988	1,876	96,344
1989	1,843	98,298
1990	1,825	100,778
1991	1,821	105,477
1992	1,849	103,251
1993	1,832	103,317
1994	1,786	101,486
1995	1,715	100,885
1996	1,610	104,140
1997	1,496	105,433
1998	1,379	103,906
1999	1,315	102,295
2000	1,279	110,754
2001	1,231	116,647
2002	1,166	126,429
2003	1,063	130,312
2004	992	132,661
2005	949	137,234
2006	881	144,127
2007	867	145,740
2008	904	149,855
2009	881	152,669
2010	796	155,338
2011	676	158,858
2012	637	160,915
2013	580	161,265
2014	580	160,137
2015	542	162,275
2016	443	168,784
2017	340	173,259
2018	271	178,772
2019	206	181,068
2020	-10	181,015
2021	-9	183,326
2022	96	186,625
2023	66	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 56 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Vincent, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Sierra Leone
1985	77	1,506
1986	71	1,530
1987	69	1,533
1988	67	1,549
1989	70	1,575
1990	72	1,572
1991	71	1,699
1992	89	1,681
1993	76	1,696
1994	78	1,755
1995	80	1,777
1996	79	1,726
1997	78	1,721
1998	77	1,753
1999	72	1,731
2000	68	1,603
2001	64	1,518
2002	62	1,492
2003	59	1,433
2004	56	1,366
2005	55	1,294
2006	54	1,168
2007	54	1,132
2008	56	1,093
2009	56	1,054
2010	59	1,018
2011	59	967
2012	61	915
2013	73	842
2014	64	821
2015	59	730
2016	52	633
2017	58	578
2018	56	491
2019	58	464
2020	57	422
2021	105	403
2022	56	370
2023	56	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent 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 Vincent	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	6.03%	33.9%
1970	6.42%	33.4%
1971	6.82%	32.9%
1972	7.2%	32.3%
1973	7.52%	31.9%
1974	7.71%	31.4%
1975	7.7%	30.9%
1976	7.45%	30.5%
1977	7.03%	30%
1978	6.49%	29.6%
1979	5.91%	29.2%
1980	5.34%	28.9%
1981	4.82%	28.5%
1982	4.34%	28.1%
1983	3.91%	27.8%
1984	3.54%	27.5%
1985	3.22%	27.2%
1986	2.96%	26.9%
1987	2.75%	26.6%
1988	2.59%	26.4%
1989	2.47%	26.2%
1990	2.38%	25.9%
1991	2.31%	25.7%
1992	2.26%	25.5%
1993	2.24%	25.3%
1994	2.23%	25%
1995	2.23%	24.7%
1996	2.23%	24.3%
1997	2.24%	23.9%
1998	2.25%	23.4%
1999	2.25%	22.9%
2000	2.25%	22.4%
2001	2.25%	21.8%
2002	2.24%	21.3%
2003	2.25%	20.7%
2004	2.25%	20.1%
2005	2.26%	19.4%
2006	2.26%	18.8%
2007	2.25%	18.1%
2008	2.23%	17.3%
2009	2.19%	16.6%
2010	2.14%	15.9%
2011	2.06%	15.2%
2012	1.98%	14.5%
2013	1.88%	13.9%
2014	1.79%	13.7%
2015	1.69%	13.8%
2016	1.59%	12.3%
2017	1.49%	11.8%
2018	1.39%	11.3%
2019	1.31%	10.9%
2020	1.23%	10.5%
2021	1.17%	10.1%
2022	1.11%	9.77%
2023	1.06%	9.43%