Sierra Leone - Fertility Rate 1970
6.41
+0.02 from 1969
Sierra Leone's fertility rate was 6.41 in 1970, increased +0.02 from 6.39 in 1969. This was the 151st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1970▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.83 | -5.2% |
| 2nd | Croatia | 1.88 | -3.5% |
| 3rd | Czechia | 1.92 | 2.7% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.92 | -0.5% |
| 5th | Denmark | 1.95 | -2.5% |
| 6th | Latvia | 1.96 | 4.3% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.97 | -2.5% |
| 8th | Serbia | 1.97 | -0.7% |
| 9th | Hungary | 1.98 | -2.9% |
| 10th | Russian Federation | 1.99 | 1.0% |
| 11th | Channel Islands | 2.01 | -5.6% |
| 12th | Germany | 2.03 | -8.1% |
| 13th | Malta | 2.03 | 0.5% |
| 14th | Ukraine | 2.08 | 3.3% |
| 15th | Macao SAR, China | 2.08 | -9.7% |
| 16th | Liechtenstein | 2.09 | -2.0% |
| 17th | Switzerland | 2.10 | -4.1% |
| 18th | Slovenia | 2.11 | -3.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 2.13 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Bulgaria | 2.17 | -4.4% |
| 21st | Estonia | 2.17 | 1.9% |
| 22nd | Poland | 2.20 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 2.25 | -0.9% |
| 24th | Canada | 2.26 | -3.3% |
| 25th | Austria | 2.29 | -8.0% |
| 26th | Bermuda | 2.31 | -2.2% |
| 27th | Belarus | 2.31 | 2.2% |
| 28th | San Marino | 2.32 | 0.2% |
| 29th | European Union | 2.35 | -3.7% |
| 30th | Italy | 2.38 | -3.6% |
| 31st | Greece | 2.40 | 1.7% |
| 32nd | Lithuania | 2.40 | 4.3% |
| 33rd | Slovak Republic | 2.41 | -0.8% |
| 34th | United Kingdom | 2.44 | -2.8% |
| 35th | United States | 2.48 | 1.0% |
| 36th | Monaco | 2.50 | -1.4% |
| 37th | Norway | 2.50 | -7.4% |
| 38th | France | 2.55 | -2.7% |
| 39th | Moldova | 2.57 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Isle of Man | 2.57 | 2.1% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 2.57 | -6.5% |
| 42nd | Montenegro | 2.69 | -3.7% |
| 43rd | Georgia | 2.70 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Uruguay | 2.77 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Andorra | 2.79 | 0.7% |
| 46th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.79 | -5.5% |
| 47th | Iceland | 2.81 | -6.0% |
| 48th | Spain | 2.84 | -0.7% |
| 49th | Australia | 2.86 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Romania | 2.89 | -9.4% |
| 51st | Gibraltar | 2.95 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Aruba | 2.97 | -4.4% |
| 53rd | Portugal | 3.01 | -3.5% |
| 54th | North Macedonia | 3.01 | -2.9% |
| 55th | Cyprus | 3.07 | -3.9% |
| 56th | Singapore | 3.07 | -4.7% |
| 57th | Barbados | 3.08 | -7.9% |
| 58th | Argentina | 3.09 | 1.2% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 3.17 | -3.4% |
| 60th | Puerto Rico (US) | 3.24 | -2.2% |
| 61st | Armenia | 3.33 | -4.6% |
| 62nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.39 | -5.9% |
| 63rd | Curaçao | 3.40 | -5.8% |
| 64th | Faroe Islands | 3.42 | -4.1% |
| 65th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.48 | -4.2% |
| 66th | Kazakhstan | 3.51 | -0.1% |
| 67th | Greenland | 3.54 | -15.9% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.63 | -5.2% |
| 69th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.71 | -3.8% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 3.74 | -1.8% |
| 71st | Chile | 3.78 | -3.2% |
| 72nd | Israel | 3.78 | -0.1% |
| 73rd | Mauritius | 3.82 | -3.7% |
| 74th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.85 | -0.3% |
| 75th | Ireland | 3.85 | 0.5% |
| 76th | Cuba | 3.98 | -3.5% |
| 77th | Tuvalu | 4.08 | -3.5% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 4.21 | -3.8% |
| 79th | Guam | 4.34 | -2.2% |
| 80th | Sri Lanka | 4.39 | -2.5% |
| 81st | Grenada | 4.46 | -4.9% |
| 82nd | Korea | 4.53 | 1.9% |
| 83rd | Costa Rica | 4.59 | -5.2% |
| 84th | Cayman Islands | 4.66 | 32.4% |
| 85th | Fiji | 4.71 | -4.0% |
| 86th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.73 | -4.8% |
| 87th | Nauru | 4.74 | -4.1% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 4.91 | -3.0% |
| 89th | Brazil | 4.93 | -2.1% |
| 90th | Malaysia | 5.04 | -2.4% |
| 91st | New Caledonia | 5.07 | 1.2% |
| 92nd | Gabon | 5.10 | 1.0% |
| 93rd | Albania | 5.16 | -2.4% |
| 94th | Panama | 5.18 | -2.1% |
| 95th | Lebanon | 5.19 | -2.4% |
| 96th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.20 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Dominica | 5.22 | -3.6% |
| 98th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.23 | -1.5% |
| 99th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.25 | 9.2% |
| 100th | Colombia | 5.28 | -4.2% |
| 101st | Seychelles | 5.31 | -3.1% |
| 102nd | Jamaica | 5.35 | -2.2% |
| 103rd | Guyana | 5.41 | -3.0% |
| 104th | Thailand | 5.45 | -4.4% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 5.49 | -1.2% |
| 106th | Suriname | 5.53 | -2.9% |
| 107th | India | 5.62 | -1.1% |
| 108th | Kosovo | 5.62 | -1.9% |
| 109th | French Polynesia | 5.63 | -3.3% |
| 110th | South Africa | 5.63 | -1.5% |
| 111th | Timor-Leste | 5.66 | -1.2% |
| 112th | Myanmar | 5.68 | -1.1% |
| 113th | Lesotho | 5.70 | -0.1% |
| 114th | Kiribati | 5.71 | -2.4% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 5.72 | -2.0% |
| 116th | Türkiye | 5.78 | -1.7% |
| 117th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.80 | -3.4% |
| 118th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.81 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Nepal | 5.87 | -0.4% |
| 120th | Haiti | 5.91 | -0.8% |
| 121st | American Samoa | 5.95 | -2.8% |
| 122nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.00 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Viet Nam | 6.02 | 0.1% |
| 124th | Central African Republic | 6.03 | -0.6% |
| 125th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.04 | 0.3% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.06 | -1.0% |
| 127th | Cambodia | 6.07 | -0.9% |
| 128th | Tonga | 6.07 | -1.5% |
| 129th | China | 6.09 | -1.5% |
| 130th | St. Martin (French part) | 6.09 | -1.6% |
| 131st | St. Lucia | 6.10 | -2.4% |
| 132nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.12 | -2.5% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 6.14 | -1.8% |
| 134th | El Salvador | 6.18 | -1.6% |
| 135th | Dominican Republic | 6.18 | -2.9% |
| 136th | Cameroon | 6.20 | 0.9% |
| 137th | Philippines | 6.22 | -1.8% |
| 138th | Qatar | 6.23 | -1.3% |
| 139th | Guinea | 6.24 | 0.2% |
| 140th | Papua New Guinea | 6.25 | -0.1% |
| 141st | Gambia, The | 6.26 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Belize | 6.30 | -0.3% |
| 143rd | Lao PDR | 6.31 | 0.1% |
| 144th | Uzbekistan | 6.31 | -0.4% |
| 145th | Peru | 6.32 | -1.6% |
| 146th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.33 | 0.4% |
| 147th | Vanuatu | 6.35 | -1.0% |
| 148th | Congo, Republic of | 6.38 | 0.4% |
| 149th | Palau | 6.39 | -2.9% |
| 150th | Turkmenistan | 6.40 | -1.2% |
| 151st | Sierra Leone | 6.41 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Tunisia | 6.43 | -3.0% |
| 153rd | Bahrain | 6.43 | -2.2% |
| 154th | Nigeria | 6.47 | 0.4% |
| 155th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.47 | 0.4% |
| 156th | United Arab Emirates | 6.52 | -0.1% |
| 157th | Namibia | 6.52 | 0.2% |
| 158th | Chad | 6.53 | 0.8% |
| 159th | Mexico | 6.53 | -1.5% |
| 160th | Eritrea | 6.54 | 0.6% |
| 161st | Botswana | 6.55 | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Liberia | 6.58 | -1.0% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | 6.60 | -0.7% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 6.65 | -0.1% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 6.68 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Morocco | 6.68 | -0.7% |
| 167th | Burkina Faso | 6.69 | 0.3% |
| 168th | Mozambique | 6.70 | 0.4% |
| 169th | Benin | 6.74 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Eswatini | 6.75 | -0.2% |
| 171st | Nicaragua | 6.77 | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.80 | -3.0% |
| 173rd | Pakistan | 6.80 | 0.0% |
| 174th | Bangladesh | 6.84 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 6.88 | 0.0% |
| 176th | Tajikistan | 6.91 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.93 | 0.7% |
| 178th | Cabo Verde | 6.94 | -0.3% |
| 179th | Ghana | 6.95 | 0.0% |
| 180th | Zimbabwe | 6.98 | -0.8% |
| 181st | Solomon Islands | 6.98 | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 6.99 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Tanzania | 7.00 | 0.7% |
| 184th | Kuwait | 7.03 | -2.2% |
| 185th | Togo | 7.04 | 0.3% |
| 186th | Iraq | 7.07 | -0.2% |
| 187th | Madagascar | 7.10 | -0.3% |
| 188th | Comoros | 7.10 | 0.4% |
| 189th | Uganda | 7.15 | 0.5% |
| 190th | Honduras | 7.17 | -0.8% |
| 191st | Mali | 7.18 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.18 | -0.4% |
| 193rd | Burundi | 7.21 | 0.0% |
| 194th | Zambia | 7.22 | 0.6% |
| 195th | Senegal | 7.26 | 0.0% |
| 196th | South Sudan | 7.29 | 0.1% |
| 197th | Malawi | 7.30 | 0.3% |
| 198th | Mongolia | 7.31 | -0.3% |
| 199th | Samoa | 7.34 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Maldives | 7.39 | 0.9% |
| 201st | Afghanistan | 7.40 | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Angola | 7.43 | 0.6% |
| 203rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.44 | -2.4% |
| 204th | Niger | 7.51 | 0.1% |
| 205th | Oman | 7.52 | 0.5% |
| 206th | Saudi Arabia | 7.58 | -0.2% |
| 207th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.62 | 0.5% |
| 208th | Algeria | 7.70 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.94 | 0.1% |
| 210th | Kenya | 7.94 | -0.1% |
| 211th | Libya | 8.05 | 0.5% |
| 212th | Marshall Islands | 8.08 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Rwanda | 8.15 | -0.4% |
| 214th | Jordan | 8.18 | -0.1% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.23 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's fertility rate in 1970?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate in 1970 was 6.41. This ranked 151st globally.
How did Sierra Leone's fertility rate change in 1970?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate increased by 0.3% in 1970 compared to 1969.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1970?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1970 at 8.23.
What is the fertility rate of Sierra Leone in 1970?▾
The fertility rate of Sierra Leone in 1970 was 6.41. This ranked 151st globally.
How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Sierra Leone's fertility rate?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate went from 6.39 in 1969 to 6.41 in 1970, a 0.3% increase.
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