Sierra Leone - Fertility Rate 1985
6.59
+0.00 from 1984
Sierra Leone's fertility rate was 6.59 in 1985, increased +0.00 from 6.59 in 1984. This was the 187th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1985▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.17 | -2.3% |
| 2nd | Germany | 1.37 | 6.2% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.38 | -2.8% |
| 4th | Channel Islands | 1.40 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Italy | 1.42 | -2.7% |
| 6th | Andorra | 1.43 | -2.8% |
| 7th | Denmark | 1.45 | 3.6% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.47 | -3.3% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.49 | -4.4% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | -0.9% |
| 11th | Belgium | 1.51 | -1.9% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.51 | 1.3% |
| 13th | Switzerland | 1.52 | -0.7% |
| 14th | Singapore | 1.61 | -0.6% |
| 15th | Spain | 1.64 | -5.2% |
| 16th | Finland | 1.64 | -3.0% |
| 17th | Korea | 1.66 | -4.6% |
| 18th | Canada | 1.67 | 1.2% |
| 19th | Greece | 1.67 | -8.7% |
| 20th | Norway | 1.68 | 1.2% |
| 21st | Slovenia | 1.71 | -1.7% |
| 22nd | Portugal | 1.72 | -9.5% |
| 23rd | European Union | 1.72 | -0.4% |
| 24th | Sweden | 1.74 | 4.8% |
| 25th | Cayman Islands | 1.75 | -2.1% |
| 26th | Japan | 1.76 | -2.8% |
| 27th | Barbados | 1.77 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Cuba | 1.77 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.77 | 5.4% |
| 30th | United Kingdom | 1.79 | 1.1% |
| 31st | Serbia | 1.80 | -0.8% |
| 32nd | Croatia | 1.82 | -2.7% |
| 33rd | United States | 1.84 | 2.1% |
| 34th | Hungary | 1.85 | 5.7% |
| 35th | France | 1.86 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Isle of Man | 1.88 | 0.8% |
| 37th | British Virgin Islands | 1.92 | -3.4% |
| 38th | Australia | 1.92 | 4.5% |
| 39th | Iceland | 1.93 | -7.2% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 1.93 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Czechia | 1.95 | -1.0% |
| 42nd | Malta | 1.95 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.96 | -2.7% |
| 44th | Bulgaria | 1.97 | -2.0% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 2.02 | -6.5% |
| 46th | Ukraine | 2.03 | -2.3% |
| 47th | Russian Federation | 2.05 | -0.5% |
| 48th | Lithuania | 2.08 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Latvia | 2.08 | -0.5% |
| 50th | Belarus | 2.09 | -0.9% |
| 51st | Montenegro | 2.13 | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Estonia | 2.13 | -1.8% |
| 53rd | Monaco | 2.14 | -1.1% |
| 54th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.15 | -7.7% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.15 | 5.5% |
| 56th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.18 | -4.7% |
| 57th | Aruba | 2.19 | 0.8% |
| 58th | Macao SAR, China | 2.24 | 4.2% |
| 59th | Greenland | 2.24 | 6.4% |
| 60th | Curaçao | 2.24 | 0.2% |
| 61st | North Macedonia | 2.25 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | 2.26 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Faroe Islands | 2.29 | 5.6% |
| 64th | Romania | 2.31 | 2.2% |
| 65th | Poland | 2.33 | -1.7% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.35 | -0.1% |
| 67th | Gibraltar | 2.37 | -1.1% |
| 68th | Georgia | 2.40 | 0.9% |
| 69th | Cyprus | 2.43 | -3.2% |
| 70th | Thailand | 2.45 | -5.1% |
| 71st | Uruguay | 2.47 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Ireland | 2.48 | -3.9% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 2.55 | -1.7% |
| 74th | Chile | 2.59 | -0.3% |
| 75th | China | 2.63 | 1.0% |
| 76th | Armenia | 2.64 | 1.6% |
| 77th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.65 | -2.3% |
| 78th | Moldova | 2.67 | 0.2% |
| 79th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.82 | -2.2% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.83 | -2.2% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 2.90 | -3.7% |
| 82nd | Guam | 2.91 | 1.8% |
| 83rd | Azerbaijan | 2.91 | -10.7% |
| 84th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.95 | -2.7% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.99 | -1.0% |
| 86th | Palau | 3.01 | -2.3% |
| 87th | New Caledonia | 3.05 | -3.7% |
| 88th | Israel | 3.06 | -0.8% |
| 89th | Argentina | 3.07 | -1.6% |
| 90th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.08 | -6.2% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 3.09 | -4.6% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 3.12 | -1.1% |
| 93rd | Kazakhstan | 3.21 | 2.0% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 3.21 | -3.4% |
| 95th | Albania | 3.21 | -2.1% |
| 96th | Colombia | 3.23 | -3.7% |
| 97th | Panama | 3.43 | -2.6% |
| 98th | Guyana | 3.47 | -2.0% |
| 99th | Grenada | 3.48 | 7.9% |
| 100th | Brazil | 3.48 | -3.3% |
| 101st | Costa Rica | 3.51 | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Lebanon | 3.53 | -3.4% |
| 103rd | Brunei Darussalam | 3.61 | -1.8% |
| 104th | Fiji | 3.66 | -3.5% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | 3.69 | -3.6% |
| 106th | Suriname | 3.71 | -2.2% |
| 107th | Indonesia | 3.73 | -5.8% |
| 108th | Türkiye | 3.78 | -3.4% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 3.80 | -2.1% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 3.86 | 0.7% |
| 111th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.91 | -2.0% |
| 112th | St. Lucia | 3.97 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Tuvalu | 3.97 | 0.7% |
| 114th | Mexico | 4.09 | -2.3% |
| 115th | Nauru | 4.14 | 0.9% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 4.15 | -3.7% |
| 117th | Kosovo | 4.20 | -4.7% |
| 118th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.20 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | 4.21 | -4.7% |
| 120th | Kuwait | 4.22 | -5.3% |
| 121st | American Samoa | 4.26 | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Bahrain | 4.28 | -0.5% |
| 123rd | Myanmar | 4.32 | -4.4% |
| 124th | El Salvador | 4.32 | -3.6% |
| 125th | India | 4.43 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Peru | 4.46 | -2.4% |
| 127th | South Africa | 4.50 | -1.6% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 4.52 | -3.1% |
| 129th | Qatar | 4.64 | -2.4% |
| 130th | Philippines | 4.66 | -2.2% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 4.69 | -0.8% |
| 132nd | Kiribati | 4.91 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 4.97 | 0.0% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 4.97 | -1.3% |
| 135th | Morocco | 4.99 | -4.1% |
| 136th | Belize | 5.00 | -2.3% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.12 | -1.7% |
| 138th | United Arab Emirates | 5.13 | -3.4% |
| 139th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.15 | -1.7% |
| 140th | Mongolia | 5.26 | -3.5% |
| 141st | Tonga | 5.34 | -1.2% |
| 142nd | Nicaragua | 5.36 | -2.4% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 5.40 | -1.4% |
| 144th | Vanuatu | 5.43 | -1.0% |
| 145th | Nepal | 5.46 | -0.9% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | 5.47 | -0.8% |
| 147th | Botswana | 5.48 | -2.5% |
| 148th | Samoa | 5.49 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Haiti | 5.50 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Bangladesh | 5.54 | -3.4% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | 5.59 | -1.3% |
| 152nd | Timor-Leste | 5.65 | 0.6% |
| 153rd | Gabon | 5.71 | -0.3% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 5.73 | -2.2% |
| 155th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.75 | -2.4% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.82 | -2.0% |
| 157th | Zimbabwe | 5.87 | -2.9% |
| 158th | Namibia | 5.88 | -1.1% |
| 159th | Cabo Verde | 5.92 | -0.8% |
| 160th | Tajikistan | 5.94 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Equatorial Guinea | 5.95 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Algeria | 6.04 | -3.9% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.10 | -0.9% |
| 164th | Central African Republic | 6.12 | -0.3% |
| 165th | Ghana | 6.12 | -0.6% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 6.18 | -1.4% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 6.19 | -0.9% |
| 168th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.24 | -3.0% |
| 169th | Iraq | 6.25 | -1.2% |
| 170th | Sudan | 6.28 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Eswatini | 6.28 | -1.2% |
| 172nd | Cambodia | 6.31 | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 6.33 | -0.7% |
| 174th | Libya | 6.33 | -4.4% |
| 175th | Gambia, The | 6.36 | -0.4% |
| 176th | Solomon Islands | 6.38 | -1.8% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 6.42 | -0.9% |
| 178th | Mozambique | 6.43 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Madagascar | 6.46 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Togo | 6.46 | -1.3% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.48 | -1.5% |
| 182nd | Guinea | 6.53 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 6.53 | -2.1% |
| 184th | Cameroon | 6.56 | 0.0% |
| 185th | Pakistan | 6.59 | -0.5% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 6.59 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 6.59 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 6.60 | -1.7% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.61 | 0.4% |
| 190th | Nigeria | 6.62 | -1.3% |
| 191st | Saudi Arabia | 6.65 | -1.9% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 6.69 | -0.5% |
| 193rd | Guinea-Bissau | 6.74 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Marshall Islands | 6.87 | -1.7% |
| 195th | Zambia | 6.93 | -0.7% |
| 196th | Maldives | 6.94 | -1.2% |
| 197th | Kenya | 6.96 | -1.7% |
| 198th | Benin | 7.00 | -0.4% |
| 199th | Senegal | 7.01 | -1.4% |
| 200th | Comoros | 7.02 | -0.7% |
| 201st | Chad | 7.04 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 7.04 | 0.2% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 7.17 | -1.3% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 7.24 | 0.0% |
| 205th | Mali | 7.26 | 0.1% |
| 206th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.27 | -1.1% |
| 207th | Burundi | 7.29 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.33 | 0.4% |
| 209th | South Sudan | 7.36 | 0.1% |
| 210th | Angola | 7.45 | -0.1% |
| 211th | Oman | 7.51 | -1.7% |
| 212th | Afghanistan | 7.55 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Rwanda | 7.79 | -1.6% |
| 214th | Niger | 7.93 | 0.1% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.86 | 0.1% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's fertility rate in 1985?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate in 1985 was 6.59. This ranked 187th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's fertility rate change in 1985?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate increased by 0.0% in 1985 compared to 1984.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1985?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1985 at 8.86.
What is the fertility rate of Sierra Leone in 1985?▾
The fertility rate of Sierra Leone in 1985 was 6.59. This ranked 187th globally.
How does 1985 compare to 1984 for Sierra Leone's fertility rate?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate went from 6.59 in 1984 to 6.59 in 1985, a 0.0% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Sierra Leone matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1985. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 178.7%. View full analysis →
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