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How many babies are born in Sierra Leone?

261 thousand babies born in Sierra Leone in 2026. That is 0.20% of all births worldwide, and the 77th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Sierra Leone: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Sierra Leone’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~56 ~1.4K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~160 ~3.9K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~270 ~6.6K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~31.8K ~794K 40.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~43.8K ~1.1M 40.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 95.6K 2M 47.8 UN estimate
2000 199K 4.42M 45.0 UN estimate
2023 259K 8.46M 30.6 UN estimate
2026 261K 9M 29.1 UN projection
2050 261K 12.9M 20.1 UN projection
2075 233K 15.5M 15.1 UN projection
2100 199K 15.9M 12.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Sierra Leone among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 259K. That is roughly 4,606 times the estimated ~56 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.53 children per woman, fertility in Sierra Leone is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Sierra Leone each year?

An estimated 261 thousand babies are born in Sierra Leone in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 716 a day and 0.20% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone has an estimated 29.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.53 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.