Fertility & birth rates in Sierra Leone and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Sierra Leone vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sierra Leone vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.18	6.78
1961	6.21	6.73
1962	6.22	6.67
1963	6.26	6.62
1964	6.29	6.57
1965	6.31	6.52
1966	6.35	6.51
1967	6.38	6.51
1968	6.39	6.46
1969	6.39	6.41
1970	6.41	6.35
1971	6.43	6.29
1972	6.45	6.23
1973	6.47	6.15
1974	6.53	6.06
1975	6.55	5.98
1976	6.55	5.89
1977	6.57	5.81
1978	6.59	5.77
1979	6.58	5.73
1980	6.56	5.69
1981	6.55	5.65
1982	6.56	5.6
1983	6.57	5.55
1984	6.59	5.49
1985	6.59	5.43
1986	6.6	5.38
1987	6.61	5.33
1988	6.59	5.27
1989	6.57	5.21
1990	6.57	5.17
1991	6.55	5.13
1992	6.56	5.09
1993	6.57	5.02
1994	6.56	4.94
1995	6.56	4.85
1996	6.55	4.75
1997	6.53	4.66
1998	6.5	4.6
1999	6.42	4.56
2000	6.36	4.54
2001	6.31	4.5
2002	6.23	4.38
2003	6.09	4.29
2004	5.92	4.21
2005	5.81	4.13
2006	5.74	4.1
2007	5.64	4.12
2008	5.56	4.16
2009	5.45	4.16
2010	5.33	4.13
2011	5.21	4.09
2012	5.06	4.06
2013	4.87	4.04
2014	4.7	4
2015	4.55	3.95
2016	4.47	3.92
2017	4.39	3.88
2018	4.29	3.83
2019	4.19	3.79
2020	4.08	3.74
2021	3.98	3.7
2022	3.88	3.65
2023	3.79	3.6
2024	3.7	3.57
2025	3.61	3.53
2026	3.53	3.5
2027	3.47	3.46
2028	3.37	3.42
2029	3.3	3.39
2030	3.23	3.35
2031	3.18	3.32
2032	3.12	3.28
2033	3.07	3.25
2034	3.02	3.21
2035	2.97	3.18
2036	2.92	3.15
2037	2.88	3.13
2038	2.84	3.1
2039	2.79	3.08
2040	2.76	3.05
2041	2.72	3.03
2042	2.68	3
2043	2.65	2.97
2044	2.62	2.94
2045	2.58	2.92
2046	2.55	2.9
2047	2.53	2.88
2048	2.5	2.85
2049	2.47	2.83
2050	2.45	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sierra Leone	Vanuatu
1960	38.2%	44.6%
1961	38.3%	44.8%
1962	38.3%	45.1%
1963	38.5%	45.2%
1964	38.8%	45.4%
1965	39.1%	45.5%
1966	39.4%	45.7%
1967	39.6%	45.8%
1968	39.9%	45.8%
1969	40.1%	45.8%
1970	40.3%	45.7%
1971	40.6%	45.7%
1972	40.7%	45.6%
1973	40.9%	45.5%
1974	41.1%	45.5%
1975	41.3%	45.4%
1976	41.4%	45.2%
1977	41.6%	45.1%
1978	41.7%	45%
1979	41.8%	44.5%
1980	41.9%	44%
1981	42%	43.9%
1982	42.1%	44%
1983	42.2%	44%
1984	42.3%	44.1%
1985	42.5%	44.2%
1986	42.6%	44.2%
1987	42.7%	44.1%
1988	42.8%	44.1%
1989	42.9%	44%
1990	42.9%	43.9%
1991	43%	43.9%
1992	43.1%	44.1%
1993	43.2%	44.8%
1994	43.3%	45.2%
1995	43.4%	45%
1996	43.5%	44.8%
1997	43.5%	44.4%
1998	43.6%	44%
1999	43.7%	43.5%
2000	43.8%	42.9%
2001	43.9%	42.4%
2002	43.9%	41.8%
2003	43.9%	41.3%
2004	43.9%	40.7%
2005	43.8%	40.2%
2006	43.7%	39.6%
2007	43.6%	39.2%
2008	43.5%	38.8%
2009	43.4%	38.5%
2010	43.2%	38.2%
2011	43%	38.1%
2012	42.8%	38.2%
2013	42.5%	38.2%
2014	42.2%	38.4%
2015	41.8%	38.5%
2016	41.4%	38.7%
2017	41%	38.8%
2018	40.6%	38.9%
2019	40.2%	39%
2020	39.8%	39%
2021	39.4%	39%
2022	39%	38.8%
2023	38.5%	38.6%
2024	38.1%	38.3%
2025	37.7%	38%
2026	37.2%	37.6%
2027	36.8%	37.1%
2028	36.3%	36.7%
2029	35.9%	36.2%
2030	35.5%	35.8%
2031	35.2%	35.3%
2032	34.8%	34.9%
2033	34.4%	34.5%
2034	34%	34.1%
2035	33.6%	33.7%
2036	33.2%	33.4%
2037	32.8%	33.2%
2038	32.4%	32.9%
2039	32%	32.7%
2040	31.6%	32.5%
2041	31.2%	32.3%
2042	30.9%	32.2%
2043	30.5%	32%
2044	30.2%	31.8%
2045	29.8%	31.6%
2046	29.5%	31.5%
2047	29.2%	31.3%
2048	28.8%	31.1%
2049	28.5%	30.9%
2050	28.2%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Sierra Leone and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sierra Leone and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Sierra Leone vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Sierra Leone and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	38,192	1,796
1961	40,022	1,872
1962	41,603	1,947
1963	43,569	2,025
1964	45,487	2,098
1965	47,223	2,180
1966	49,486	2,278
1967	51,734	2,384
1968	53,126	2,470
1969	54,768	2,529
1970	56,513	2,597
1971	58,484	2,685
1972	60,279	2,775
1973	62,443	2,876
1974	65,357	2,968
1975	67,560	3,074
1976	69,506	3,174
1977	71,663	3,285
1978	74,130	3,428
1979	75,992	3,590
1980	77,932	3,383
1981	80,111	3,592
1982	82,457	3,778
1983	84,628	3,944
1984	87,072	4,088
1985	88,869	4,219
1986	90,902	4,360
1987	94,235	4,427
1988	96,344	4,577
1989	98,298	4,656
1990	100,778	4,762
1991	105,477	4,859
1992	103,251	4,941
1993	103,317	4,973
1994	101,486	4,973
1995	100,885	4,945
1996	104,140	4,897
1997	105,433	4,854
1998	103,906	4,866
1999	102,295	4,871
2000	110,754	5,026
2001	116,647	5,144
2002	126,429	5,181
2003	130,312	5,258
2004	132,661	5,353
2005	137,234	5,454
2006	144,127	5,606
2007	145,740	5,842
2008	149,855	6,138
2009	152,669	6,362
2010	155,338	6,548
2011	158,858	6,715
2012	160,915	6,877
2013	161,265	7,036
2014	160,137	7,143
2015	162,275	7,220
2016	168,784	7,315
2017	173,259	7,371
2018	178,772	7,379
2019	181,068	7,364
2020	181,015	7,233
2021	183,326	7,199
2022	186,625	7,358
2023	188,788	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Sierra Leone vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sierra Leone	Vanuatu
1985	1,506	211
1986	1,530	194
1987	1,533	200
1988	1,549	172
1989	1,575	162
1990	1,572	151
1991	1,699	140
1992	1,681	140
1993	1,696	133
1994	1,755	131
1995	1,777	131
1996	1,726	129
1997	1,721	131
1998	1,753	134
1999	1,731	146
2000	1,603	133
2001	1,518	132
2002	1,492	128
2003	1,433	131
2004	1,366	131
2005	1,294	127
2006	1,168	123
2007	1,132	120
2008	1,093	117
2009	1,054	114
2010	1,018	114
2011	967	112
2012	915	109
2013	842	110
2014	821	110
2015	730	109
2016	633	107
2017	578	107
2018	491	108
2019	464	105
2020	422	107
2021	403	124
2022	370	105
2023	354	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.43% in Sierra Leone and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	39.1%	15.2%
1961	38.5%	14.7%
1962	38%	14.3%
1963	37.4%	13.8%
1964	36.8%	13.4%
1965	36.2%	12.9%
1966	35.6%	12.4%
1967	35%	12%
1968	34.5%	11.5%
1969	33.9%	11%
1970	33.4%	10.6%
1971	32.9%	10.2%
1972	32.3%	9.73%
1973	31.9%	9.34%
1974	31.4%	8.95%
1975	30.9%	8.58%
1976	30.5%	8.21%
1977	30%	7.84%
1978	29.6%	7.45%
1979	29.2%	7.07%
1980	28.9%	6.67%
1981	28.5%	6.27%
1982	28.1%	5.87%
1983	27.8%	5.48%
1984	27.5%	5.12%
1985	27.2%	4.78%
1986	26.9%	4.47%
1987	26.6%	4.2%
1988	26.4%	3.96%
1989	26.2%	3.76%
1990	25.9%	3.58%
1991	25.7%	3.43%
1992	25.5%	3.29%
1993	25.3%	3.18%
1994	25%	3.08%
1995	24.7%	3%
1996	24.3%	2.92%
1997	23.9%	2.86%
1998	23.4%	2.79%
1999	22.9%	2.74%
2000	22.4%	2.68%
2001	21.8%	2.63%
2002	21.3%	2.58%
2003	20.7%	2.54%
2004	20.1%	2.5%
2005	19.4%	2.45%
2006	18.8%	2.4%
2007	18.1%	2.34%
2008	17.3%	2.27%
2009	16.6%	2.2%
2010	15.9%	2.12%
2011	15.2%	2.05%
2012	14.5%	1.99%
2013	13.9%	1.94%
2014	13.7%	1.9%
2015	13.8%	1.87%
2016	12.3%	1.84%
2017	11.8%	1.82%
2018	11.3%	1.8%
2019	10.9%	1.78%
2020	10.5%	1.77%
2021	10.1%	1.74%
2022	9.77%	1.71%
2023	9.43%	1.68%