Latin America & Caribbean vs Sierra Leone: Fertility rate, total

Latin America & Caribbean
1.79 births per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone
3.7 births per woman
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean rank
32nd
Sierra Leone rank
35th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 3.7 births per woman against 1.79 births per woman in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 1.91 births per woman.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.1 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

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

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 35th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 5.66 births per woman 6.3 births per woman 0.6395 births per woman Sierra Leone
1970s 4.72 births per woman 6.51 births per woman 1.79 births per woman Sierra Leone
1980s 3.73 births per woman 6.58 births per woman 2.85 births per woman Sierra Leone
1990s 2.96 births per woman 6.54 births per woman 3.58 births per woman Sierra Leone
2000s 2.38 births per woman 5.91 births per woman 3.53 births per woman Sierra Leone
2010s 2.06 births per woman 4.71 births per woman 2.65 births per woman Sierra Leone
2020s 1.82 births per woman 3.89 births per woman 2.07 births per woman Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Latin America & Caribbean or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 3.7 births per woman against 1.79 births per woman in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Latin America & Caribbean and Sierra Leone?
1.91 births per woman, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Sierra Leone?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Sierra Leone rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 35th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.