What is the difference in number of births between Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?

20,045 births, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Sierra Leone: Number of births

Central African Republic

238,858 births

in 2023

Sierra Leone

258,903 births

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

80th

Sierra Leone rank

77th

Number of births over time

Central African Republic
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 258,903 births against 238,858 births in Central African Republic, a difference of 20,045 births.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Central African Republic ranks 80th and Sierra Leone ranks 77th of 236 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68,896 births	100,612 births	31,716 births	Sierra Leone
1960s	81,093 births	117,686 births	36,592 births	Sierra Leone
1970s	97,648 births	139,382 births	41,734 births	Sierra Leone
1980s	121,537 births	168,948 births	47,411 births	Sierra Leone
1990s	145,728 births	196,435 births	50,707 births	Sierra Leone
2000s	178,028 births	226,116 births	48,088 births	Sierra Leone
2010s	207,756 births	247,288 births	39,532 births	Sierra Leone
2020s	231,298 births	256,742 births	25,444 births	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Central African Republic or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 258,903 births against 238,858 births in Central African Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?: 20,045 births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Central African Republic and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of births?: Central African Republic ranks 80th and Sierra Leone ranks 77th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.