Sierra Leone vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 116th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 160/197 ($6.97B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.69T). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 186/197 ($807), while The United Kingdom ranks 22/197 ($53,246).

Sierra Leone and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1960	$322,009,962	$73,233,967,692
1961	$327,834,191	$77,741,965,703
1962	$342,721,416	$81,247,564,157
1963	$348,547,279	$86,561,961,812
1964	$371,847,461	$94,407,558,351
1965	$359,379,856	$101,824,755,079
1966	$375,479,850	$108,572,752,102
1967	$348,795,303	$113,116,888,211
1968	$329,859,732	$107,759,910,068
1969	$408,690,163	$116,464,702,803
1970	$434,410,974	$130,671,946,244
1971	$419,549,305	$148,113,896,325
1972	$465,381,340	$169,965,034,965
1973	$575,230,724	$192,537,971,583
1974	$648,590,643	$206,131,369,799
1975	$679,336,344	$241,756,637,168
1976	$594,895,942	$232,614,555,256
1977	$691,777,584	$263,066,457,352
1978	$960,728,339	$335,883,029,722
1979	$1,109,374,911	$438,994,070,309
1980	$1,100,685,845	$564,947,710,899
1981	$1,114,830,472	$540,765,675,241
1982	$1,295,361,886	$515,048,916,841
1983	$995,104,305	$489,618,008,186
1984	$1,087,471,862	$461,487,097,632
1985	$856,890,459	$489,285,164,271
1986	$490,181,457	$601,452,653,181
1987	$660,106,336	$745,162,608,269
1988	$1,055,083,933	$910,122,732,124
1989	$932,974,420	$926,884,816,754
1990	$649,644,098	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$779,981,987	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$679,940,814	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$768,867,883	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$911,853,802	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$870,740,292	$1,349,094,208,616
1996	$941,709,423	$1,425,287,051,482
1997	$850,232,760	$1,569,317,288,802
1998	$672,368,187	$1,660,821,464,061
1999	$669,386,624	$1,693,458,987,219
2000	$635,866,404	$1,671,597,821,153
2001	$1,681,473,894	$1,656,171,009,069
2002	$1,933,863,911	$1,790,536,570,743
2003	$2,142,618,046	$2,061,227,755,102
2004	$2,237,350,687	$2,429,774,807,763
2005	$2,545,275,313	$2,551,361,818,182
2006	$3,263,697,467	$2,719,558,417,663
2007	$3,632,957,611	$3,104,699,879,952
2008	$4,157,895,298	$2,945,251,838,235
2009	$3,953,403,098	$2,429,358,155,476
2010	$4,262,805,967	$2,496,740,681,057
2011	$4,861,632,885	$2,675,590,034,129
2012	$6,141,666,509	$2,719,715,961,540
2013	$7,502,762,863	$2,796,908,333,283
2014	$7,686,138,791	$3,085,362,169,410
2015	$6,788,352,975	$2,945,579,890,258
2016	$6,084,297,211	$2,706,807,606,539
2017	$5,749,846,528	$2,699,118,387,873
2018	$6,390,514,689	$2,897,028,009,916
2019	$6,523,577,594	$2,875,710,080,015
2020	$6,688,307,703	$2,724,001,478,305
2021	$7,166,931,485	$3,194,559,188,926
2022	$7,121,125,278	$3,181,244,350,465
2023	$6,415,852,767	$3,420,796,653,789
2024	$6,971,127,235	$3,686,033,044,482

Sierra Leone and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1960	$142	$1,398
1961	$142.3	$1,472
1962	$146.3	$1,526
1963	$146.3	$1,613
1964	$153.4	$1,748
1965	$145.6	$1,874
1966	$149.3	$1,987
1967	$136.1	$2,059
1968	$126.3	$1,952
1969	$153.6	$2,101
1970	$160.2	$2,348
1971	$151.8	$2,650
1972	$165.4	$3,030
1973	$200.6	$3,426
1974	$222.1	$3,666
1975	$228.4	$4,300
1976	$196.4	$4,138
1977	$224.2	$4,681
1978	$305	$5,977
1979	$346	$7,805
1980	$336	$10,032
1981	$334	$9,599
1982	$380	$9,146
1983	$285.8	$8,692
1984	$306	$8,179
1985	$235.5	$8,652
1986	$131.5	$10,611
1987	$172.4	$13,119
1988	$268.2	$15,987
1989	$231.3	$16,239
1990	$154.8	$19,095
1991	$183.7	$19,901
1992	$163.2	$20,487
1993	$185	$18,389
1994	$218.5	$19,709
1995	$208.4	$23,253
1996	$224.3	$24,503
1997	$199.9	$26,910
1998	$156.5	$28,396
1999	$155	$28,858
2000	$143.7	$28,384
2001	$358	$28,014
2002	$389	$30,159
2003	$414	$34,557
2004	$418	$40,504
2005	$463	$42,240
2006	$580	$44,695
2007	$632	$50,629
2008	$705	$47,652
2009	$653	$39,009
2010	$685	$39,778
2011	$761	$42,296
2012	$938	$42,688
2013	$1,117	$43,607
2014	$1,118	$47,746
2015	$965	$45,255
2016	$844	$41,258
2017	$779	$40,917
2018	$846	$43,703
2019	$844	$43,159
2020	$845	$40,813
2021	$885	$47,691
2022	$860	$47,057
2023	$758	$49,944
2024	$807	$53,246

Sierra Leone vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1950	28.9	68.6
1951	29.3	68.2
1952	29.7	69.5
1953	30.1	69.8
1954	30.5	70.2
1955	30.9	70.1
1956	31.3	70.4
1957	31.8	70.5
1958	32.1	70.7
1959	32.6	70.8
1960	33.1	71
1961	33.6	70.8
1962	34.2	70.9
1963	34.7	70.8
1964	35.3	71.5
1965	35.9	71.5
1966	36.6	71.4
1967	37.3	72.1
1968	37.8	71.7
1969	38.2	71.7
1970	38.6	71.9
1971	39.1	72.2
1972	39.5	72
1973	40	72.2
1974	40.4	72.4
1975	41	72.7
1976	41.4	72.6
1977	41.8	73.1
1978	42.2	73
1979	42.5	73.2
1980	42.8	73.6
1981	43.1	73.9
1982	43.3	74
1983	43.5	74.3
1984	43.6	74.7
1985	43.6	74.5
1986	43.5	74.8
1987	43.7	75.1
1988	43.8	75.3
1989	43.7	75.4
1990	43.7	75.7
1991	43.3	75.9
1992	43.5	76.3
1993	43.4	76.2
1994	42.8	76.7
1995	42.6	76.6
1996	43.5	76.9
1997	43.6	77.1
1998	42.7	77.3
1999	42	77.4
2000	44.8	77.8
2001	45.4	78.1
2002	46.2	78.2
2003	46.8	78.3
2004	47.5	78.9
2005	48.3	79.1
2006	49.5	79.3
2007	50	79.5
2008	50.7	79.7
2009	51.3	80.2
2010	51.9	80.4
2011	52.6	80.8
2012	53.2	80.9
2013	54.1	80.9
2014	54.3	81.2
2015	55.5	80.9
2016	56.9	81.1
2017	57.8	81.2
2018	59.1	81.1
2019	59.6	81.4
2020	59.7	80.4
2021	60.3	80.7
2022	61.3	81.1
2023	61.8	81.3
2024	62	81.4
2025	62.2	81.6
2026	62.3	81.7

Sierra Leone and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1960	2,268,356	52,400,000
1961	2,304,227	52,800,000
1962	2,342,242	53,250,000
1963	2,382,258	53,650,000
1964	2,424,390	54,000,000
1965	2,468,666	54,348,050
1966	2,514,638	54,648,500
1967	2,562,384	54,943,600
1968	2,611,532	55,211,700
1969	2,661,365	55,441,750
1970	2,712,286	55,663,250
1971	2,763,222	55,896,223
1972	2,814,388	56,086,065
1973	2,866,955	56,194,527
1974	2,920,459	56,229,974
1975	2,974,657	56,225,800
1976	3,028,820	56,211,968
1977	3,085,354	56,193,492
1978	3,145,517	56,196,504
1979	3,207,499	56,246,951
1980	3,272,089	56,314,216
1981	3,338,940	56,333,829
1982	3,408,183	56,313,641
1983	3,481,646	56,332,848
1984	3,558,758	56,422,072
1985	3,638,438	56,550,268
1986	3,728,380	56,681,396
1987	3,829,718	56,802,050
1988	3,934,517	56,928,327
1989	4,034,037	57,076,711
1990	4,196,828	57,247,586
1991	4,246,267	57,424,897
1992	4,166,366	57,580,402
1993	4,157,130	57,718,614
1994	4,173,105	57,865,745
1995	4,179,179	58,019,030
1996	4,199,210	58,166,950
1997	4,253,716	58,316,954
1998	4,295,785	58,487,141
1999	4,318,043	58,682,466
2000	4,423,611	58,892,514
2001	4,692,716	59,119,673
2002	4,971,435	59,370,479
2003	5,177,687	59,647,577
2004	5,355,717	59,987,905
2005	5,501,712	60,401,206
2006	5,624,466	60,846,820
2007	5,749,352	61,322,463
2008	5,894,722	61,806,995
2009	6,055,646	62,276,270
2010	6,222,714	62,766,365
2011	6,387,251	63,258,810
2012	6,551,080	63,711,000
2013	6,714,051	64,139,000
2014	6,876,385	64,620,000
2015	7,037,655	65,088,000
2016	7,205,328	65,607,000
2017	7,379,299	65,966,000
2018	7,554,563	66,289,000
2019	7,731,991	66,631,000
2020	7,912,558	66,744,000
2021	8,094,602	66,984,000
2022	8,276,807	67,604,000
2023	8,460,512	68,492,000
2024	8,642,022	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1960	6.18	2.69
1961	6.21	2.78
1962	6.22	2.86
1963	6.26	2.88
1964	6.29	2.93
1965	6.31	2.86
1966	6.35	2.78
1967	6.38	2.68
1968	6.39	2.6
1969	6.39	2.51
1970	6.41	2.44
1971	6.43	2.41
1972	6.45	2.2
1973	6.47	2.04
1974	6.53	1.92
1975	6.55	1.81
1976	6.55	1.74
1977	6.57	1.69
1978	6.59	1.75
1979	6.58	1.86
1980	6.56	1.9
1981	6.55	1.82
1982	6.56	1.78
1983	6.57	1.77
1984	6.59	1.77
1985	6.59	1.79
1986	6.6	1.78
1987	6.61	1.81
1988	6.59	1.82
1989	6.57	1.79
1990	6.57	1.83
1991	6.55	1.82
1992	6.56	1.79
1993	6.57	1.76
1994	6.56	1.74
1995	6.56	1.71
1996	6.55	1.73
1997	6.53	1.72
1998	6.5	1.71
1999	6.42	1.68
2000	6.36	1.64
2001	6.31	1.63
2002	6.23	1.63
2003	6.09	1.7
2004	5.92	1.75
2005	5.81	1.76
2006	5.74	1.82
2007	5.64	1.86
2008	5.56	1.91
2009	5.45	1.89
2010	5.33	1.92
2011	5.21	1.91
2012	5.06	1.92
2013	4.87	1.83
2014	4.7	1.81
2015	4.55	1.8
2016	4.47	1.79
2017	4.39	1.74
2018	4.29	1.68
2019	4.19	1.63
2020	4.08	1.57
2021	3.98	1.58
2022	3.88	1.56
2023	3.79	1.56

Sierra Leone and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1960	21.1	35.5
1961	21.1	35.4
1962	21.1	35.3
1963	21	35.3
1964	21	35.2
1965	20.9	35.1
1966	20.9	34.9
1967	20.8	34.8
1968	20.7	34.6
1969	20.6	34.4
1970	20.4	34.2
1971	20.2	34.1
1972	20.1	34
1973	19.9	34
1974	19.8	34
1975	19.6	34
1976	19.5	34
1977	19.4	34.1
1978	19.3	34.2
1979	19.2	34.3
1980	19.1	34.4
1981	19.1	34.5
1982	19	34.8
1983	18.9	35
1984	18.9	35.2
1985	18.8	35.3
1986	18.7	35.4
1987	18.7	35.4
1988	18.6	35.7
1989	18.6	35.9
1990	18.5	36
1991	18.5	36.1
1992	18.4	36.2
1993	18.4	36.3
1994	18.3	36.5
1995	18.2	36.6
1996	18.2	36.8
1997	18.1	37
1998	18.1	37.2
1999	18	37.4
2000	18	37.7
2001	18	37.9
2002	17.9	38.1
2003	17.9	38.2
2004	17.9	38.4
2005	18	38.5
2006	18	38.6
2007	18	38.8
2008	18.1	38.9
2009	18.1	39
2010	18.2	39.2
2011	18.3	39.3
2012	18.4	39.5
2013	18.5	39.6
2014	18.6	39.7
2015	18.7	39.8
2016	18.9	39.8
2017	19.1	39.9
2018	19.2	40
2019	19.4	40.1
2020	19.6	40.2
2021	19.8	40.3
2022	20	40.5
2023	20.3	40.8
2024	20.5	41

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