Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Western Africa

How many babies are born in Sierra Leone?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Sierra Leone through history

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Estimated annual births in Sierra Leone, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 260K 8.64M 30.1 UN projection
2026 261K 9M 29.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Sierra Leone are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 261K. That is roughly 4650 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.