What is the difference in number of births between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?

3,572 births, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea 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.

Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Number of births

Papua New Guinea

255,331 births

in 2023

Sierra Leone

258,903 births

in 2023

Papua New Guinea rank

79th

Sierra Leone rank

77th

Number of births over time

Papua New Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 258,903 births against 255,331 births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 3,572 births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 79th 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	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	80,091 births	100,612 births	20,522 births	Sierra Leone
1960s	98,915 births	117,686 births	18,770 births	Sierra Leone
1970s	115,209 births	139,382 births	24,173 births	Sierra Leone
1980s	129,737 births	168,948 births	39,211 births	Sierra Leone
1990s	161,864 births	196,435 births	34,571 births	Sierra Leone
2000s	211,613 births	226,116 births	14,503 births	Sierra Leone
2010s	246,017 births	247,288 births	1,272 births	Sierra Leone
2020s	256,077 births	256,742 births	665.25 births	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 258,903 births against 255,331 births in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 3,572 births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of births?: Papua New Guinea ranks 79th 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.