Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Sierra Leone: Birth rate, crude

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
13.83 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
30.11 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
32nd
Sierra Leone rank
29th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 30.11 per 1,000 people against 13.83 per 1,000 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 16.28 per 1,000 people.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.2 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 47 groups.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 29.38 per 1,000 people 47.97 per 1,000 people 18.59 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
1970s 25.67 per 1,000 people 47.22 per 1,000 people 21.55 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
1980s 24.41 per 1,000 people 46.65 per 1,000 people 22.24 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
1990s 19.36 per 1,000 people 46.57 per 1,000 people 27.2 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
2000s 16.31 per 1,000 people 42.46 per 1,000 people 26.14 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
2010s 16.88 per 1,000 people 35.64 per 1,000 people 18.76 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
2020s 14.65 per 1,000 people 31.12 per 1,000 people 16.48 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 30.11 per 1,000 people against 13.83 per 1,000 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
16.28 per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.