Ghana vs Sierra Leone: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Ghana
3.14 children per women
in 2023
Sierra Leone
3.31 children per women
in 2023
Ghana rank
49th
Sierra Leone rank
46th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Ghana
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 3.31 children per women against 3.14 children per women in Ghana, a difference of 0.17 children per women.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 49th and Sierra Leone ranks 46th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.59 children per women | 2.98 children per women | 1.61 children per women | Ghana |
| 1960s | 4.85 children per women | 3.46 children per women | 1.39 children per women | Ghana |
| 1970s | 4.94 children per women | 3.89 children per women | 1.05 children per women | Ghana |
| 1980s | 4.75 children per women | 4.21 children per women | 0.5433 children per women | Ghana |
| 1990s | 4.27 children per women | 4.51 children per women | 0.238 children per women | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 3.88 children per women | 4.49 children per women | 0.6147 children per women | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 3.56 children per women | 3.92 children per women | 0.3663 children per women | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.19 children per women | 3.41 children per women | 0.2209 children per women | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Ghana or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 3.31 children per women against 3.14 children per women in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Ghana and Sierra Leone?
- 0.17 children per women, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Sierra Leone rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Ghana ranks 49th and Sierra Leone ranks 46th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).