# Live births in Sierra Leone

Live births in Sierra Leone was 258,903 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `sl`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/sierra-leone
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=sl

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 258,903 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 257,167 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 256,143 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 254,755 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 253,675 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 251,868 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 249,479 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 246,383 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 243,911 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 244,938 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 245,736 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 247,465 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 246,024 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 243,404 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 241,335 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 239,259 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 236,058 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 235,141 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 230,908 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 227,428 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 225,091 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 220,140 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 206,540 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 199,261 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 199,179 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 198,896 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 196,834 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 195,188 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 195,444 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 195,206 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 195,162 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 195,771 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 201,797 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 190,874 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 186,584 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 182,564 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 178,462 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 173,760 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 169,929 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 166,518 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 162,737 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 159,450 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 156,218 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 153,258 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 150,749 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 148,361 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 145,387 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 142,940 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 140,735 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 138,506 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 135,213 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 132,795 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 130,657 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 128,475 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 126,323 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 124,450 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 122,799 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 120,599 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 118,544 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 116,849 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 114,838 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 112,687 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 110,885 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 108,883 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 106,986 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 105,481 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 104,000 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 102,573 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 100,970 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 99,440 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 97,615 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 96,996 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 96,433 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 95,629 (estimated) |