Sierra Leone - Fertility Rate 1990
6.57
−0.00 from 1989
Sierra Leone's fertility rate was 6.57 in 1990, decreased +0.00 from 6.57 in 1989. This was the 198th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1990▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.16 | 1.5% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.27 | -1.9% |
| 3rd | Italy | 1.33 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Spain | 1.36 | -2.9% |
| 5th | Greece | 1.39 | -0.7% |
| 6th | Andorra | 1.40 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Germany | 1.45 | 2.1% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.46 | 0.7% |
| 9th | Slovenia | 1.46 | -3.9% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Channel Islands | 1.51 | 1.3% |
| 12th | Japan | 1.54 | -1.9% |
| 13th | Portugal | 1.56 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Korea | 1.57 | 0.6% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 1.58 | 1.3% |
| 16th | Luxembourg | 1.60 | 5.3% |
| 17th | Belgium | 1.62 | 2.5% |
| 18th | Netherlands | 1.62 | 4.5% |
| 19th | Croatia | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 20th | European Union | 1.64 | -1.0% |
| 21st | Serbia | 1.65 | -2.1% |
| 22nd | Denmark | 1.67 | 3.1% |
| 23rd | Bermuda | 1.70 | -3.5% |
| 24th | Macao SAR, China | 1.71 | -5.6% |
| 25th | France | 1.77 | -1.1% |
| 26th | British Virgin Islands | 1.78 | 0.6% |
| 27th | Finland | 1.78 | 4.1% |
| 28th | Cayman Islands | 1.78 | 1.6% |
| 29th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.79 | -0.3% |
| 30th | Cuba | 1.81 | -1.4% |
| 31st | Bulgaria | 1.82 | -4.2% |
| 32nd | Canada | 1.83 | 3.4% |
| 33rd | United Kingdom | 1.83 | 2.2% |
| 34th | Romania | 1.83 | -17.6% |
| 35th | Singapore | 1.83 | 4.6% |
| 36th | Barbados | 1.84 | 12.5% |
| 37th | Ukraine | 1.85 | -4.3% |
| 38th | Monaco | 1.85 | -4.4% |
| 39th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.85 | -2.8% |
| 40th | Hungary | 1.87 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Russian Federation | 1.89 | -5.9% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 1.90 | 1.6% |
| 43rd | Australia | 1.90 | 3.5% |
| 44th | Belarus | 1.91 | -5.6% |
| 45th | Norway | 1.93 | 2.1% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 1.95 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Isle of Man | 1.96 | 1.7% |
| 48th | Latvia | 2.02 | -1.5% |
| 49th | Malta | 2.02 | -3.8% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 2.03 | 2.5% |
| 51st | Estonia | 2.05 | -7.7% |
| 52nd | Poland | 2.06 | -1.0% |
| 53rd | Thailand | 2.07 | -3.3% |
| 54th | United States | 2.08 | 3.3% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 2.09 | 1.0% |
| 56th | Ireland | 2.11 | 1.4% |
| 57th | Sweden | 2.13 | 6.0% |
| 58th | New Zealand | 2.18 | 2.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.25 | 2.3% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 2.27 | 0.8% |
| 61st | Iceland | 2.30 | 5.0% |
| 62nd | Curaçao | 2.30 | 1.5% |
| 63rd | Georgia | 2.31 | -0.7% |
| 64th | Mauritius | 2.32 | 4.0% |
| 65th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.34 | 16.0% |
| 66th | Aruba | 2.35 | 1.7% |
| 67th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.38 | -0.3% |
| 68th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.39 | -1.0% |
| 69th | Gibraltar | 2.39 | 1.6% |
| 70th | Moldova | 2.39 | -2.9% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.39 | -5.2% |
| 72nd | Cyprus | 2.40 | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Greenland | 2.44 | 6.3% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 2.48 | -0.8% |
| 75th | China | 2.51 | -0.2% |
| 76th | Bahamas, The | 2.52 | -0.1% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.54 | -1.4% |
| 78th | Chile | 2.58 | -0.4% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 2.61 | -2.4% |
| 80th | Armenia | 2.71 | 0.1% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.73 | 1.3% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.73 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Azerbaijan | 2.74 | -2.1% |
| 84th | Kazakhstan | 2.75 | -4.2% |
| 85th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.75 | -1.5% |
| 86th | Faroe Islands | 2.80 | 3.3% |
| 87th | Israel | 2.82 | -2.1% |
| 88th | Palau | 2.88 | -1.2% |
| 89th | Brazil | 2.90 | -3.7% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 2.96 | 0.9% |
| 91st | Colombia | 3.00 | -0.6% |
| 92nd | Albania | 3.01 | -0.5% |
| 93rd | Guam | 3.02 | 0.5% |
| 94th | Argentina | 3.03 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Grenada | 3.06 | -5.4% |
| 96th | Panama | 3.07 | -1.6% |
| 97th | Dominica | 3.09 | 1.1% |
| 98th | New Caledonia | 3.10 | 1.4% |
| 99th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.11 | 2.7% |
| 100th | Türkiye | 3.11 | -6.9% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 3.11 | -4.1% |
| 102nd | Costa Rica | 3.17 | -2.2% |
| 103rd | Guyana | 3.18 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.19 | -4.4% |
| 105th | Suriname | 3.23 | -4.8% |
| 106th | St. Lucia | 3.24 | -2.3% |
| 107th | Lebanon | 3.27 | -2.8% |
| 108th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.29 | -2.2% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 3.30 | -0.3% |
| 110th | Fiji | 3.39 | -0.4% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 3.41 | -1.8% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 3.43 | -1.6% |
| 113th | Tunisia | 3.44 | -3.6% |
| 114th | Mexico | 3.44 | -2.5% |
| 115th | Kuwait | 3.49 | -3.0% |
| 116th | Myanmar | 3.50 | -2.5% |
| 117th | Viet Nam | 3.60 | -1.1% |
| 118th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.63 | -6.3% |
| 119th | Kosovo | 3.67 | -0.2% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 3.68 | -1.5% |
| 121st | South Africa | 3.72 | -6.5% |
| 122nd | Tuvalu | 3.75 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Bahrain | 3.82 | -3.5% |
| 124th | Peru | 3.91 | -2.8% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 3.96 | -1.7% |
| 126th | Nauru | 4.02 | -1.2% |
| 127th | India | 4.05 | -2.1% |
| 128th | Morocco | 4.06 | -3.7% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 4.12 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Qatar | 4.23 | -4.1% |
| 131st | Turkmenistan | 4.29 | -3.9% |
| 132nd | Philippines | 4.32 | -1.0% |
| 133rd | American Samoa | 4.47 | 1.4% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 4.50 | 1.8% |
| 135th | United Arab Emirates | 4.51 | -3.1% |
| 136th | Bangladesh | 4.51 | -4.0% |
| 137th | Botswana | 4.51 | -3.4% |
| 138th | Algeria | 4.51 | -5.3% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.51 | -3.5% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 4.57 | -2.5% |
| 141st | Nicaragua | 4.60 | -3.5% |
| 142nd | Kiribati | 4.67 | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Libya | 4.78 | -6.2% |
| 144th | Belize | 4.80 | -1.3% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 4.81 | -3.0% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 4.88 | -3.9% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.90 | -1.3% |
| 148th | Tonga | 4.93 | -1.5% |
| 149th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.93 | -4.6% |
| 150th | Samoa | 5.01 | -2.0% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.05 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | 5.17 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 5.18 | -1.2% |
| 154th | Nepal | 5.21 | -0.9% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 5.27 | -1.1% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.27 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Eswatini | 5.30 | -3.4% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.36 | -1.7% |
| 159th | Namibia | 5.40 | -2.2% |
| 160th | Haiti | 5.41 | -0.6% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 5.46 | -2.7% |
| 162nd | Gabon | 5.46 | -1.6% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | 5.48 | -1.4% |
| 164th | Jordan | 5.54 | -4.4% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.56 | -3.7% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 5.60 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Cambodia | 5.64 | -0.7% |
| 168th | Ghana | 5.74 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Solomon Islands | 5.74 | -2.2% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | 5.80 | -2.9% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | 5.81 | 0.9% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.83 | -1.0% |
| 173rd | Iraq | 5.93 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Djibouti | 5.93 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Marshall Islands | 5.97 | -3.4% |
| 176th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.99 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Central African Republic | 6.05 | -0.4% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | 6.06 | -0.7% |
| 179th | Togo | 6.07 | -1.3% |
| 180th | Sudan | 6.07 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Maldives | 6.13 | -4.0% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 6.14 | -3.1% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 6.14 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Mauritania | 6.18 | -0.3% |
| 185th | Tanzania | 6.20 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 6.25 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Mozambique | 6.32 | -0.5% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 6.34 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 6.36 | -0.8% |
| 190th | Pakistan | 6.36 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Liberia | 6.37 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Senegal | 6.40 | -1.3% |
| 193rd | Oman | 6.46 | -3.9% |
| 194th | Nigeria | 6.46 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.50 | -2.4% |
| 196th | Comoros | 6.51 | -2.1% |
| 197th | Guinea | 6.52 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Sierra Leone | 6.57 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Zambia | 6.57 | -1.0% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.65 | 0.0% |
| 201st | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.72 | -1.9% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 6.74 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Benin | 6.74 | -1.1% |
| 204th | Rwanda | 6.80 | -3.2% |
| 205th | West Bank and Gaza | 6.81 | - |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 7.01 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Uganda | 7.01 | -0.4% |
| 208th | Chad | 7.22 | 0.5% |
| 209th | Angola | 7.27 | -0.8% |
| 210th | Mali | 7.31 | -0.3% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.37 | -0.3% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 7.38 | 0.0% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.44 | 0.2% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 7.58 | 0.2% |
| 215th | Niger | 7.81 | -0.2% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.61 | -1.2% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's fertility rate in 1990?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate in 1990 was 6.57. This ranked 198th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's fertility rate change in 1990?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate decreased by 0.1% in 1990 compared to 1989.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1990?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1990 at 8.61.
What is the fertility rate of Sierra Leone in 1990?▾
The fertility rate of Sierra Leone in 1990 was 6.57. This ranked 198th globally.
How does 1990 compare to 1989 for Sierra Leone's fertility rate?▾
Sierra Leone's fertility rate went from 6.57 in 1989 to 6.57 in 1990, a 0.1% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Sierra Leone matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1990. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 65.5%. View full analysis →
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