Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Birth rate, crude

Sierra Leone
30.11 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Zimbabwe
29.89 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
29th
Zimbabwe rank
31st

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 30.11 per 1,000 people against 29.89 per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.22 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 29th and Zimbabwe ranks 31st of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 47.97 per 1,000 people 46.47 per 1,000 people 1.5 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
1970s 47.22 per 1,000 people 46.27 per 1,000 people 0.9562 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
1980s 46.65 per 1,000 people 42.24 per 1,000 people 4.41 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
1990s 46.57 per 1,000 people 33.66 per 1,000 people 12.9 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
2000s 42.46 per 1,000 people 36.26 per 1,000 people 6.19 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
2010s 35.64 per 1,000 people 34.71 per 1,000 people 0.9355 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone
2020s 31.12 per 1,000 people 30.62 per 1,000 people 0.5034 per 1,000 people Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?
Sierra Leone, at 30.11 per 1,000 people against 29.89 per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
0.22 per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Sierra Leone ranks 29th and Zimbabwe ranks 31st 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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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.