Fertility & birth rates in Serbia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Serbia vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Serbia was 1.61 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 Serbia 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
	Serbia	Sierra Leone
1960	2.15	6.18
1961	2.13	6.21
1962	2.11	6.22
1963	2.08	6.26
1964	2.07	6.29
1965	2.06	6.31
1966	2.04	6.35
1967	2.02	6.38
1968	2.01	6.39
1969	1.99	6.39
1970	1.97	6.41
1971	1.96	6.43
1972	1.95	6.45
1973	1.94	6.47
1974	1.93	6.53
1975	1.92	6.55
1976	1.91	6.55
1977	1.9	6.57
1978	1.89	6.59
1979	1.88	6.58
1980	1.86	6.56
1981	1.85	6.55
1982	1.84	6.56
1983	1.83	6.57
1984	1.81	6.59
1985	1.8	6.59
1986	1.78	6.6
1987	1.75	6.61
1988	1.72	6.59
1989	1.69	6.57
1990	1.65	6.57
1991	1.61	6.55
1992	1.57	6.56
1993	1.54	6.57
1994	1.51	6.56
1995	1.47	6.56
1996	1.44	6.55
1997	1.4	6.53
1998	1.37	6.5
1999	1.35	6.42
2000	1.48	6.36
2001	1.58	6.31
2002	1.57	6.23
2003	1.59	6.09
2004	1.57	5.92
2005	1.45	5.81
2006	1.43	5.74
2007	1.38	5.64
2008	1.4	5.56
2009	1.44	5.45
2010	1.4	5.33
2011	1.4	5.21
2012	1.45	5.06
2013	1.43	4.87
2014	1.46	4.7
2015	1.46	4.55
2016	1.46	4.47
2017	1.49	4.39
2018	1.49	4.29
2019	1.52	4.19
2020	1.48	4.08
2021	1.52	3.98
2022	1.59	3.88
2023	1.61	3.79
2024	1.61	3.7
2025	1.61	3.61
2026	1.62	3.53
2027	1.62	3.47
2028	1.62	3.37
2029	1.63	3.3
2030	1.63	3.23
2031	1.63	3.18
2032	1.63	3.12
2033	1.64	3.07
2034	1.64	3.02
2035	1.65	2.97
2036	1.65	2.92
2037	1.65	2.88
2038	1.65	2.84
2039	1.65	2.79
2040	1.65	2.76
2041	1.66	2.72
2042	1.66	2.68
2043	1.66	2.65
2044	1.66	2.62
2045	1.67	2.58
2046	1.67	2.55
2047	1.67	2.53
2048	1.67	2.5
2049	1.67	2.47
2050	1.67	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Serbia	Sierra Leone
1960	27.2%	38.2%
1961	27.1%	38.3%
1962	27%	38.3%
1963	26.7%	38.5%
1964	26.3%	38.8%
1965	25.8%	39.1%
1966	25.3%	39.4%
1967	24.7%	39.6%
1968	24.1%	39.9%
1969	23.5%	40.1%
1970	23%	40.3%
1971	22.5%	40.6%
1972	22.2%	40.7%
1973	22%	40.9%
1974	21.7%	41.1%
1975	21.5%	41.3%
1976	21.3%	41.4%
1977	21%	41.6%
1978	20.9%	41.7%
1979	20.7%	41.8%
1980	20.6%	41.9%
1981	20.6%	42%
1982	20.6%	42.1%
1983	20.5%	42.2%
1984	20.5%	42.3%
1985	20.3%	42.5%
1986	20.2%	42.6%
1987	20%	42.7%
1988	19.8%	42.8%
1989	19.6%	42.9%
1990	19.3%	42.9%
1991	19.1%	43%
1992	18.8%	43.1%
1993	18.6%	43.2%
1994	18.3%	43.3%
1995	18%	43.4%
1996	17.7%	43.5%
1997	17.4%	43.5%
1998	17.1%	43.6%
1999	16.7%	43.7%
2000	16.4%	43.8%
2001	16.1%	43.9%
2002	15.8%	43.9%
2003	15.6%	43.9%
2004	15.4%	43.9%
2005	15.2%	43.8%
2006	15%	43.7%
2007	14.9%	43.6%
2008	14.7%	43.5%
2009	14.6%	43.4%
2010	14.5%	43.2%
2011	14.4%	43%
2012	14.3%	42.8%
2013	14.3%	42.5%
2014	14.3%	42.2%
2015	14.3%	41.8%
2016	14.3%	41.4%
2017	14.3%	41%
2018	14.3%	40.6%
2019	14.3%	40.2%
2020	14.3%	39.8%
2021	14.3%	39.4%
2022	14.4%	39%
2023	14.4%	38.5%
2024	14.3%	38.1%
2025	14.3%	37.7%
2026	14.2%	37.2%
2027	14.1%	36.8%
2028	14.1%	36.3%
2029	14%	35.9%
2030	13.9%	35.5%
2031	13.8%	35.2%
2032	13.7%	34.8%
2033	13.6%	34.4%
2034	13.5%	34%
2035	13.4%	33.6%
2036	13.3%	33.2%
2037	13.3%	32.8%
2038	13.2%	32.4%
2039	13.2%	32%
2040	13.1%	31.6%
2041	13.1%	31.2%
2042	13.1%	30.9%
2043	13.1%	30.5%
2044	13.1%	30.2%
2045	13.1%	29.8%
2046	13.1%	29.5%
2047	13.1%	29.2%
2048	13.1%	28.8%
2049	13.1%	28.5%
2050	13.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.3% of the population in Serbia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Serbia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Serbia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.63% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	Sierra Leone
1960	63,642	38,192
1961	61,065	40,022
1962	59,307	41,603
1963	55,580	43,569
1964	54,185	45,487
1965	53,383	47,223
1966	53,338	49,486
1967	53,120	51,734
1968	51,653	53,126
1969	50,304	54,768
1970	48,343	56,513
1971	47,424	58,484
1972	48,248	60,279
1973	49,596	62,443
1974	51,583	65,357
1975	52,502	67,560
1976	51,399	69,506
1977	48,105	71,663
1978	43,636	74,130
1979	39,022	75,992
1980	36,273	77,932
1981	34,304	80,111
1982	30,603	82,457
1983	27,515	84,628
1984	23,815	87,072
1985	22,090	88,869
1986	19,407	90,902
1987	16,711	94,235
1988	13,852	96,344
1989	11,872	98,298
1990	7,416	100,778
1991	2,210	105,477
1992	-3,779	103,251
1993	-5,703	103,317
1994	-7,157	101,486
1995	-7,628	100,885
1996	-16,007	104,140
1997	-18,389	105,433
1998	-23,006	103,906
1999	-29,408	102,295
2000	-30,065	110,754
2001	-20,259	116,647
2002	-24,750	126,429
2003	-24,686	130,312
2004	-26,121	132,661
2005	-34,227	137,234
2006	-31,870	144,127
2007	-34,693	145,740
2008	-33,590	149,855
2009	-33,676	152,669
2010	-34,999	155,338
2011	-36,906	158,858
2012	-35,288	160,915
2013	-34,399	161,265
2014	-34,946	160,137
2015	-37,605	162,275
2016	-35,998	168,784
2017	-39,317	173,259
2018	-37,707	178,772
2019	-36,810	181,068
2020	-55,193	181,015
2021	-74,494	183,326
2022	-46,651	186,625
2023	-36,427	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Serbia vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Serbia, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Serbia	Sierra Leone
1985	15	1,506
1986	15	1,530
1987	15	1,533
1988	14	1,549
1989	14	1,575
1990	14	1,572
1991	14	1,699
1992	15	1,681
1993	16	1,696
1994	16	1,755
1995	17	1,777
1996	17	1,726
1997	17	1,721
1998	19	1,753
1999	17	1,731
2000	16	1,603
2001	15	1,518
2002	14	1,492
2003	14	1,433
2004	13	1,366
2005	13	1,294
2006	12	1,168
2007	12	1,132
2008	12	1,093
2009	12	1,054
2010	13	1,018
2011	13	967
2012	13	915
2013	13	842
2014	13	821
2015	13	730
2016	13	633
2017	13	578
2018	12	491
2019	12	464
2020	16	422
2021	26	403
2022	14	370
2023	11	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.52% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	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	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	-	29.6%
1979	-	29.2%
1980	-	28.9%
1981	-	28.5%
1982	-	28.1%
1983	-	27.8%
1984	4.07%	27.5%
1985	3.93%	27.2%
1986	3.78%	26.9%
1987	3.59%	26.6%
1988	3.36%	26.4%
1989	3.1%	26.2%
1990	2.85%	25.9%
1991	2.61%	25.7%
1992	2.43%	25.5%
1993	2.29%	25.3%
1994	2.14%	25%
1995	1.95%	24.7%
1996	1.74%	24.3%
1997	1.56%	23.9%
1998	1.42%	23.4%
1999	1.32%	22.9%
2000	1.26%	22.4%
2001	1.2%	21.8%
2002	1.14%	21.3%
2003	1.05%	20.7%
2004	0.97%	20.1%
2005	0.9%	19.4%
2006	0.85%	18.8%
2007	0.82%	18.1%
2008	0.79%	17.3%
2009	0.78%	16.6%
2010	0.76%	15.9%
2011	0.73%	15.2%
2012	0.71%	14.5%
2013	0.68%	13.9%
2014	0.66%	13.7%
2015	0.63%	13.8%
2016	0.61%	12.3%
2017	0.59%	11.8%
2018	0.58%	11.3%
2019	0.57%	10.9%
2020	0.55%	10.5%
2021	0.54%	10.1%
2022	0.53%	9.77%
2023	0.52%	9.43%