Samoa vs Sierra Leone: Fertility rate: births per woman
Samoa
3.83 live births per woman
in 2023
Sierra Leone
3.79 live births per woman
in 2023
Samoa rank
34th
Sierra Leone rank
36th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Samoa
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 3.83 live births per woman against 3.79 live births per woman in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 34th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.69 live births per woman | 6.08 live births per woman | 1.61 live births per woman | Samoa |
| 1960s | 7.65 live births per woman | 6.3 live births per woman | 1.35 live births per woman | Samoa |
| 1970s | 6.68 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 0.1682 live births per woman | Samoa |
| 1980s | 5.5 live births per woman | 6.58 live births per woman | 1.08 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 4.78 live births per woman | 6.54 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 4.41 live births per woman | 5.91 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.35 live births per woman | 4.71 live births per woman | 0.3527 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.91 live births per woman | 3.93 live births per woman | 0.0177 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Samoa or Sierra Leone?
- Samoa, at 3.83 live births per woman against 3.79 live births per woman in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Samoa and Sierra Leone?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Sierra Leone rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Samoa ranks 34th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.