Fertility & birth rates in Senegal and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Senegal vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Senegal was 3.82 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 Senegal 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
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	7	6.18
1961	7.04	6.21
1962	7.08	6.22
1963	7.12	6.26
1964	7.16	6.29
1965	7.19	6.31
1966	7.22	6.35
1967	7.24	6.38
1968	7.25	6.39
1969	7.26	6.39
1970	7.26	6.41
1971	7.26	6.43
1972	7.26	6.45
1973	7.26	6.47
1974	7.25	6.53
1975	7.25	6.55
1976	7.26	6.55
1977	7.27	6.57
1978	7.28	6.59
1979	7.29	6.58
1980	7.29	6.56
1981	7.28	6.55
1982	7.25	6.56
1983	7.19	6.57
1984	7.11	6.59
1985	7.01	6.59
1986	6.9	6.6
1987	6.79	6.61
1988	6.58	6.59
1989	6.48	6.57
1990	6.4	6.57
1991	6.27	6.55
1992	6.15	6.56
1993	6.05	6.57
1994	5.92	6.56
1995	5.82	6.56
1996	5.72	6.55
1997	5.64	6.53
1998	5.58	6.5
1999	5.57	6.42
2000	5.5	6.36
2001	5.4	6.31
2002	5.3	6.23
2003	5.25	6.09
2004	5.19	5.92
2005	5.13	5.81
2006	5.06	5.74
2007	5.02	5.64
2008	5.02	5.56
2009	5.03	5.45
2010	5.06	5.33
2011	5.1	5.21
2012	5.13	5.06
2013	5.05	4.87
2014	4.88	4.7
2015	4.75	4.55
2016	4.65	4.47
2017	4.49	4.39
2018	4.29	4.29
2019	4.1	4.19
2020	4	4.08
2021	3.94	3.98
2022	3.86	3.88
2023	3.82	3.79
2024	3.76	3.7
2025	3.71	3.61
2026	3.66	3.53
2027	3.61	3.47
2028	3.57	3.37
2029	3.53	3.3
2030	3.49	3.23
2031	3.44	3.18
2032	3.4	3.12
2033	3.35	3.07
2034	3.32	3.02
2035	3.28	2.97
2036	3.24	2.92
2037	3.22	2.88
2038	3.17	2.84
2039	3.15	2.79
2040	3.11	2.76
2041	3.08	2.72
2042	3.05	2.68
2043	3.02	2.65
2044	2.99	2.62
2045	2.96	2.58
2046	2.93	2.55
2047	2.9	2.53
2048	2.87	2.5
2049	2.85	2.47
2050	2.82	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	44.2%	38.2%
1961	44.3%	38.3%
1962	44.3%	38.3%
1963	44.3%	38.5%
1964	44.3%	38.8%
1965	44.3%	39.1%
1966	44.3%	39.4%
1967	44.3%	39.6%
1968	44.2%	39.9%
1969	44.2%	40.1%
1970	44.2%	40.3%
1971	44.2%	40.6%
1972	44.2%	40.7%
1973	44.3%	40.9%
1974	44.4%	41.1%
1975	44.6%	41.3%
1976	44.8%	41.4%
1977	45.2%	41.6%
1978	45.6%	41.7%
1979	46%	41.8%
1980	46.4%	41.9%
1981	46.7%	42%
1982	46.9%	42.1%
1983	47.1%	42.2%
1984	47.2%	42.3%
1985	47.3%	42.5%
1986	47.3%	42.6%
1987	47.2%	42.7%
1988	47%	42.8%
1989	46.9%	42.9%
1990	46.6%	42.9%
1991	46.4%	43%
1992	46.1%	43.1%
1993	45.8%	43.2%
1994	45.4%	43.3%
1995	45.1%	43.4%
1996	44.9%	43.5%
1997	44.6%	43.5%
1998	44.4%	43.6%
1999	44.2%	43.7%
2000	43.9%	43.8%
2001	43.7%	43.9%
2002	43.5%	43.9%
2003	43.2%	43.9%
2004	43.1%	43.9%
2005	42.9%	43.8%
2006	42.8%	43.7%
2007	42.7%	43.6%
2008	42.7%	43.5%
2009	42.7%	43.4%
2010	42.7%	43.2%
2011	42.7%	43%
2012	42.7%	42.8%
2013	42.7%	42.5%
2014	42.6%	42.2%
2015	42.4%	41.8%
2016	42.1%	41.4%
2017	41.8%	41%
2018	41.3%	40.6%
2019	40.9%	40.2%
2020	40.3%	39.8%
2021	39.8%	39.4%
2022	39.2%	39%
2023	38.6%	38.5%
2024	38.2%	38.1%
2025	37.7%	37.7%
2026	37.3%	37.2%
2027	36.9%	36.8%
2028	36.6%	36.3%
2029	36.2%	35.9%
2030	35.9%	35.5%
2031	35.6%	35.2%
2032	35.4%	34.8%
2033	35.1%	34.4%
2034	34.9%	34%
2035	34.6%	33.6%
2036	34.4%	33.2%
2037	34.1%	32.8%
2038	33.9%	32.4%
2039	33.5%	32%
2040	33.2%	31.6%
2041	32.9%	31.2%
2042	32.6%	30.9%
2043	32.2%	30.5%
2044	31.9%	30.2%
2045	31.5%	29.8%
2046	31.2%	29.5%
2047	30.8%	29.2%
2048	30.5%	28.8%
2049	30.2%	28.5%
2050	29.8%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.2% of the population in Senegal and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 46.6% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Senegal and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Senegal vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.55% in Senegal 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
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	84,735	38,192
1961	87,322	40,022
1962	89,937	41,603
1963	92,264	43,569
1964	94,797	45,487
1965	97,912	47,223
1966	101,359	49,486
1967	104,824	51,734
1968	108,240	53,126
1969	112,393	54,768
1970	117,264	56,513
1971	122,511	58,484
1972	128,024	60,279
1973	133,834	62,443
1974	139,974	65,357
1975	147,311	67,560
1976	154,776	69,506
1977	161,636	71,663
1978	167,744	74,130
1979	173,425	75,992
1980	179,707	77,932
1981	185,917	80,111
1982	191,309	82,457
1983	197,673	84,628
1984	203,125	87,072
1985	208,218	88,869
1986	212,887	90,902
1987	218,522	94,235
1988	221,772	96,344
1989	227,797	98,298
1990	234,155	100,778
1991	237,713	105,477
1992	241,482	103,251
1993	245,742	103,317
1994	249,115	101,486
1995	252,552	100,885
1996	255,418	104,140
1997	261,200	105,433
1998	267,404	103,906
1999	277,944	102,295
2000	283,946	110,754
2001	289,690	116,647
2002	298,842	126,429
2003	308,856	130,312
2004	317,286	132,661
2005	323,908	137,234
2006	331,364	144,127
2007	339,963	145,740
2008	351,661	149,855
2009	362,238	152,669
2010	372,934	155,338
2011	387,290	158,858
2012	402,243	160,915
2013	406,582	161,265
2014	405,019	160,137
2015	407,008	162,275
2016	411,480	168,784
2017	410,366	173,259
2018	405,454	178,772
2019	399,436	181,068
2020	400,910	181,015
2021	403,019	183,326
2022	415,507	186,625
2023	431,006	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Senegal vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 237 deaths per 100,000 live births in Senegal, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1985	899	1,506
1986	820	1,530
1987	760	1,533
1988	709	1,549
1989	662	1,575
1990	640	1,572
1991	616	1,699
1992	598	1,681
1993	589	1,696
1994	579	1,755
1995	586	1,777
1996	601	1,726
1997	599	1,721
1998	605	1,753
1999	602	1,731
2000	581	1,603
2001	560	1,518
2002	531	1,492
2003	520	1,433
2004	501	1,366
2005	488	1,294
2006	462	1,168
2007	457	1,132
2008	463	1,093
2009	441	1,054
2010	436	1,018
2011	415	967
2012	405	915
2013	385	842
2014	373	821
2015	357	730
2016	345	633
2017	325	578
2018	305	491
2019	286	464
2020	252	422
2021	263	403
2022	228	370
2023	237	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.85% in Senegal 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
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	29.3%	39.1%
1961	29.4%	38.5%
1962	29.5%	38%
1963	29.6%	37.4%
1964	29.7%	36.8%
1965	29.7%	36.2%
1966	29.7%	35.6%
1967	29.6%	35%
1968	29.4%	34.5%
1969	29.2%	33.9%
1970	28.8%	33.4%
1971	28.4%	32.9%
1972	27.8%	32.3%
1973	27%	31.9%
1974	26.2%	31.4%
1975	25.3%	30.9%
1976	24.2%	30.5%
1977	23.1%	30%
1978	22.1%	29.6%
1979	21.2%	29.2%
1980	20.4%	28.9%
1981	19.7%	28.5%
1982	19.1%	28.1%
1983	18.5%	27.8%
1984	17.9%	27.5%
1985	17.1%	27.2%
1986	16.3%	26.9%
1987	15.4%	26.6%
1988	14.7%	26.4%
1989	14.1%	26.2%
1990	13.7%	25.9%
1991	13.6%	25.7%
1992	13.5%	25.5%
1993	13.6%	25.3%
1994	13.7%	25%
1995	13.8%	24.7%
1996	13.8%	24.3%
1997	13.9%	23.9%
1998	13.7%	23.4%
1999	13.4%	22.9%
2000	12.9%	22.4%
2001	12.2%	21.8%
2002	11.4%	21.3%
2003	10.5%	20.7%
2004	9.59%	20.1%
2005	8.8%	19.4%
2006	8.11%	18.8%
2007	7.52%	18.1%
2008	7.03%	17.3%
2009	6.63%	16.6%
2010	6.3%	15.9%
2011	6.01%	15.2%
2012	5.77%	14.5%
2013	5.57%	13.9%
2014	5.39%	13.7%
2015	5.24%	13.8%
2016	5.11%	12.3%
2017	4.97%	11.8%
2018	4.82%	11.3%
2019	4.65%	10.9%
2020	4.46%	10.5%
2021	4.25%	10.1%
2022	4.04%	9.77%
2023	3.85%	9.43%