Gambia vs Sierra Leone: Birth rate, crude
Gambia
29.86 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
30.11 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Gambia rank
32nd
Sierra Leone rank
29th
Birth rate, crude over time
- Gambia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 30.11 per 1,000 people against 29.86 per 1,000 people in Gambia, a difference of 0.25 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.11 per 1,000 people | 47.97 per 1,000 people | 1.14 per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1970s | 47.48 per 1,000 people | 47.22 per 1,000 people | 0.2549 per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 48.61 per 1,000 people | 46.65 per 1,000 people | 1.96 per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1990s | 45.03 per 1,000 people | 46.57 per 1,000 people | 1.53 per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 39.82 per 1,000 people | 42.46 per 1,000 people | 2.63 per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 35.95 per 1,000 people | 35.64 per 1,000 people | 0.3097 per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2020s | 30.75 per 1,000 people | 31.12 per 1,000 people | 0.3734 per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, crude, Gambia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 30.11 per 1,000 people against 29.86 per 1,000 people in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Gambia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.25 per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Sierra Leone rank globally for birth rate, crude?
- Gambia ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 218 countries.
- 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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About this data
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.