Sierra Leone vs Upper middle income: Fertility rate, total
Fertility rate, total over time
- Sierra Leone
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 3.7 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.18 births per woman.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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 | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.3 births per woman | 5.72 births per woman | 0.5794 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 6.51 births per woman | 4.39 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 6.58 births per woman | 3.22 births per woman | 3.36 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 6.54 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman | 4.25 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 5.91 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman | 3.93 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.71 births per woman | 1.95 births per woman | 2.75 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.89 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman | 2.32 births per woman | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Sierra Leone or Upper middle income?
- Sierra Leone, at 3.7 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?
- 2.18 births per woman, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Upper middle income rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Sierra Leone ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 218 countries.
- 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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About this data
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.