Fertility & birth rates in Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Sierra Leone vs Turkmenistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Sierra Leone was 3.79 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sierra Leone vs Turkmenistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
1960	6.18	6.59
1961	6.21	6.69
1962	6.22	6.76
1963	6.26	6.79
1964	6.29	6.79
1965	6.31	6.76
1966	6.35	6.7
1967	6.38	6.64
1968	6.39	6.56
1969	6.39	6.48
1970	6.41	6.4
1971	6.43	6.32
1972	6.45	6.2
1973	6.47	6.15
1974	6.53	6.09
1975	6.55	6
1976	6.55	5.9
1977	6.57	5.77
1978	6.59	5.61
1979	6.58	5.46
1980	6.56	5.3
1981	6.55	5.16
1982	6.56	5.04
1983	6.57	4.97
1984	6.59	4.96
1985	6.59	4.97
1986	6.6	4.94
1987	6.61	4.84
1988	6.59	4.68
1989	6.57	4.46
1990	6.57	4.29
1991	6.55	4.14
1992	6.56	3.96
1993	6.57	3.78
1994	6.56	3.62
1995	6.56	3.49
1996	6.55	3.29
1997	6.53	3.18
1998	6.5	3.08
1999	6.42	2.98
2000	6.36	2.9
2001	6.31	2.81
2002	6.23	2.71
2003	6.09	2.67
2004	5.92	2.67
2005	5.81	2.71
2006	5.74	2.72
2007	5.64	2.73
2008	5.56	2.75
2009	5.45	2.79
2010	5.33	2.85
2011	5.21	2.9
2012	5.06	2.96
2013	4.87	3.01
2014	4.7	3.02
2015	4.55	3.03
2016	4.47	2.99
2017	4.39	2.93
2018	4.29	2.88
2019	4.19	2.83
2020	4.08	2.79
2021	3.98	2.75
2022	3.88	2.73
2023	3.79	2.69
2024	3.7	2.66
2025	3.61	2.63
2026	3.53	2.6
2027	3.47	2.57
2028	3.37	2.54
2029	3.3	2.51
2030	3.23	2.49
2031	3.18	2.46
2032	3.12	2.43
2033	3.07	2.41
2034	3.02	2.39
2035	2.97	2.37
2036	2.92	2.35
2037	2.88	2.33
2038	2.84	2.31
2039	2.79	2.29
2040	2.76	2.27
2041	2.72	2.26
2042	2.68	2.24
2043	2.65	2.22
2044	2.62	2.21
2045	2.58	2.19
2046	2.55	2.18
2047	2.53	2.16
2048	2.5	2.15
2049	2.47	2.14
2050	2.45	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
1960	38.2%	40.4%
1961	38.3%	41.7%
1962	38.3%	42.8%
1963	38.5%	43.8%
1964	38.8%	44.5%
1965	39.1%	44.9%
1966	39.4%	45.2%
1967	39.6%	45.4%
1968	39.9%	45.6%
1969	40.1%	45.5%
1970	40.3%	45.4%
1971	40.6%	45.1%
1972	40.7%	44.8%
1973	40.9%	44.4%
1974	41.1%	43.9%
1975	41.3%	43.4%
1976	41.4%	43%
1977	41.6%	42.5%
1978	41.7%	42.1%
1979	41.8%	41.6%
1980	41.9%	41.3%
1981	42%	41%
1982	42.1%	40.8%
1983	42.2%	40.7%
1984	42.3%	40.7%
1985	42.5%	40.7%
1986	42.6%	40.8%
1987	42.7%	41%
1988	42.8%	41.1%
1989	42.9%	41.2%
1990	42.9%	41.2%
1991	43%	41.2%
1992	43.1%	41.1%
1993	43.2%	41%
1994	43.3%	40.8%
1995	43.4%	40.5%
1996	43.5%	40.2%
1997	43.5%	39.6%
1998	43.6%	38.9%
1999	43.7%	38.1%
2000	43.8%	37.3%
2001	43.9%	36.4%
2002	43.9%	35.6%
2003	43.9%	34.8%
2004	43.9%	34%
2005	43.8%	33.3%
2006	43.7%	32.6%
2007	43.6%	31.9%
2008	43.5%	31.3%
2009	43.4%	30.8%
2010	43.2%	30.3%
2011	43%	30%
2012	42.8%	29.7%
2013	42.5%	29.6%
2014	42.2%	29.6%
2015	41.8%	29.7%
2016	41.4%	29.9%
2017	41%	30.2%
2018	40.6%	30.5%
2019	40.2%	30.9%
2020	39.8%	31.2%
2021	39.4%	31.5%
2022	39%	31.7%
2023	38.5%	31.7%
2024	38.1%	31.5%
2025	37.7%	31.2%
2026	37.2%	30.8%
2027	36.8%	30.3%
2028	36.3%	29.7%
2029	35.9%	29.1%
2030	35.5%	28.4%
2031	35.2%	27.7%
2032	34.8%	27%
2033	34.4%	26.4%
2034	34%	25.8%
2035	33.6%	25.3%
2036	33.2%	24.8%
2037	32.8%	24.4%
2038	32.4%	24%
2039	32%	23.7%
2040	31.6%	23.4%
2041	31.2%	23.3%
2042	30.9%	23.1%
2043	30.5%	23.1%
2044	30.2%	23%
2045	29.8%	23%
2046	29.5%	23%
2047	29.2%	23%
2048	28.8%	23%
2049	28.5%	23%
2050	28.2%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Sierra Leone and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Sierra Leone vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Sierra Leone and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
1960	38,192	49,436
1961	40,022	51,659
1962	41,603	53,248
1963	43,569	54,203
1964	45,487	54,574
1965	47,223	54,558
1966	49,486	54,353
1967	51,734	54,209
1968	53,126	54,324
1969	54,768	54,791
1970	56,513	55,617
1971	58,484	56,666
1972	60,279	57,326
1973	62,443	59,169
1974	65,357	60,925
1975	67,560	62,681
1976	69,506	64,513
1977	71,663	66,318
1978	74,130	68,437
1979	75,992	71,135
1980	77,932	74,394
1981	80,111	77,829
1982	82,457	80,989
1983	84,628	85,183
1984	87,072	90,591
1985	88,869	95,890
1986	90,902	100,930
1987	94,235	103,885
1988	96,344	104,802
1989	98,298	103,553
1990	100,778	101,099
1991	105,477	99,297
1992	103,251	96,668
1993	103,317	92,596
1994	101,486	89,319
1995	100,885	86,289
1996	104,140	80,996
1997	105,433	79,045
1998	103,906	77,342
1999	102,295	76,362
2000	110,754	76,875
2001	116,647	76,682
2002	126,429	75,639
2003	130,312	76,737
2004	132,661	79,850
2005	137,234	83,968
2006	144,127	87,840
2007	145,740	92,038
2008	149,855	96,815
2009	152,669	102,931
2010	155,338	109,318
2011	158,858	115,197
2012	160,915	120,957
2013	161,265	126,217
2014	160,137	129,677
2015	162,275	132,663
2016	168,784	132,581
2017	173,259	131,417
2018	178,772	129,537
2019	181,068	128,275
2020	181,015	124,014
2021	183,326	122,721
2022	186,625	121,814
2023	188,788	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Sierra Leone vs Turkmenistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 354 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sierra Leone, compared to 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
1985	1,506	77
1986	1,530	75
1987	1,533	72
1988	1,549	69
1989	1,575	65
1990	1,572	62
1991	1,699	60
1992	1,681	58
1993	1,696	56
1994	1,755	54
1995	1,777	50
1996	1,726	46
1997	1,721	40
1998	1,753	34
1999	1,731	29
2000	1,603	25
2001	1,518	22
2002	1,492	20
2003	1,433	18
2004	1,366	17
2005	1,294	15
2006	1,168	14
2007	1,132	13
2008	1,093	11
2009	1,054	10
2010	1,018	9
2011	967	8
2012	915	7
2013	842	7
2014	821	6
2015	730	6
2016	633	6
2017	578	5
2018	491	5
2019	464	5
2020	422	5
2021	403	6
2022	370	5
2023	354	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.43% in Sierra Leone and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
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%	13.2%
1978	29.6%	12.8%
1979	29.2%	12.3%
1980	28.9%	11.9%
1981	28.5%	11.4%
1982	28.1%	10.9%
1983	27.8%	10.5%
1984	27.5%	9.98%
1985	27.2%	9.51%
1986	26.9%	9.08%
1987	26.6%	8.7%
1988	26.4%	8.36%
1989	26.2%	8.09%
1990	25.9%	7.91%
1991	25.7%	7.83%
1992	25.5%	7.83%
1993	25.3%	7.87%
1994	25%	7.92%
1995	24.7%	7.94%
1996	24.3%	7.9%
1997	23.9%	7.79%
1998	23.4%	7.59%
1999	22.9%	7.31%
2000	22.4%	6.97%
2001	21.8%	6.61%
2002	21.3%	6.24%
2003	20.7%	5.88%
2004	20.1%	5.56%
2005	19.4%	5.25%
2006	18.8%	4.99%
2007	18.1%	4.77%
2008	17.3%	4.6%
2009	16.6%	4.45%
2010	15.9%	4.36%
2011	15.2%	4.29%
2012	14.5%	4.25%
2013	13.9%	4.25%
2014	13.7%	4.25%
2015	13.8%	4.29%
2016	12.3%	4.33%
2017	11.8%	4.37%
2018	11.3%	4.36%
2019	10.9%	4.33%
2020	10.5%	4.26%
2021	10.1%	4.18%
2022	9.77%	4.1%
2023	9.43%	4%