Crude birth rate per 1,000 people rose 1.42% to 31.0 births in Sierra Leone in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, crude birth rate per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 48.2 births in 1963 and an all time low of 30.6 births in 2023. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, crude birth rate per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso amounted to 35.5 births, 31.7 births in Guinea, 30.4 births in Liberia and 43.0 births in Mali in 2024.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 25th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of crude birth rate per 1,000 people, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 People) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Algeria | births | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | births | 26.3 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 24.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | births | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | births | 23.2 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | births | 24.6 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | births | 23.1 | 22.7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | births | 33.9 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.3 | 31.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | births | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | births | 38.8 | 38.3 | 37.8 | 37.3 | 36.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | births | 24.9 | 24.5 | 24.2 | 23.8 | 23.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | births | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.1 |
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