Afghanistan vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 40th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Afghanistan and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$322,151,961
1961	-	$327,978,758
1962	-	$342,872,549
1963	-	$348,700,980
1964	-	$372,011,438
1965	-	$359,523,810
1966	-	$375,630,252
1967	-	$348,895,028
1968	-	$329,991,597
1969	-	$408,853,541
1970	-	$434,584,634
1971	-	$419,495,788
1972	-	$465,254,682
1973	-	$575,471,814
1974	-	$648,940,351
1975	-	$679,352,876
1976	-	$594,810,422
1977	-	$692,079,407
1978	-	$960,765,043
1979	-	$1,109,343,425
1980	-	$1,100,476,190
1981	-	$1,114,926,661
1982	-	$1,294,995,964
1983	-	$995,278,515
1984	-	$1,087,450,199
1985	-	$856,890,459
1986	-	$490,181,457
1987	-	$660,106,336
1988	-	$1,055,083,933
1989	-	$932,974,420
1990	-	$649,644,098
1991	-	$779,981,987
1992	-	$679,940,814
1993	-	$768,867,883
1994	-	$911,853,802
1995	-	$870,740,292
1996	-	$941,709,423
1997	-	$850,232,760
1998	-	$672,368,187
1999	-	$669,386,624
2000	$3,521,418,060	$635,866,404
2001	$2,813,571,754	$1,681,473,894
2002	$3,825,701,439	$1,933,863,911
2003	$4,520,946,819	$2,142,618,046
2004	$5,224,896,719	$2,237,350,687
2005	$6,203,256,539	$2,545,275,313
2006	$6,971,758,282	$3,263,697,467
2007	$9,747,886,187	$3,632,957,611
2008	$10,109,297,048	$4,157,895,298
2009	$12,416,152,732	$3,953,403,098
2010	$15,856,668,556	$4,262,805,967
2011	$17,805,098,206	$4,861,632,885
2012	$19,907,329,778	$6,141,666,509
2013	$20,146,416,758	$7,502,762,863
2014	$20,497,128,556	$7,686,138,791
2015	$19,134,221,645	$6,788,352,975
2016	$18,116,572,395	$6,084,297,211
2017	$18,753,456,498	$5,749,846,528
2018	$18,053,222,687	$6,390,514,689
2019	$18,799,444,490	$6,526,183,564
2020	$19,955,929,052	$6,693,888,876
2021	$14,259,995,441	$7,173,379,137
2022	$14,497,243,872	$7,124,465,160
2023	$17,152,234,637	$6,411,787,856
2024	-	$7,547,843,281

Afghanistan and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$142
1961	-	$142.3
1962	-	$146.4
1963	-	$146.4
1964	-	$153.4
1965	-	$145.6
1966	-	$149.4
1967	-	$136.2
1968	-	$126.4
1969	-	$153.6
1970	-	$160.2
1971	-	$151.8
1972	-	$165.3
1973	-	$200.7
1974	-	$222.2
1975	-	$228.4
1976	-	$196.4
1977	-	$224.3
1978	-	$305
1979	-	$346
1980	-	$336
1981	-	$334
1982	-	$380
1983	-	$285.9
1984	-	$306
1985	-	$235.5
1986	-	$131.5
1987	-	$172.4
1988	-	$268.2
1989	-	$231.3
1990	-	$154.8
1991	-	$183.7
1992	-	$163.2
1993	-	$185
1994	-	$218.5
1995	-	$208.4
1996	-	$224.3
1997	-	$199.9
1998	-	$156.5
1999	-	$155
2000	$174.9	$143.7
2001	$138.7	$358
2002	$179	$389
2003	$198.9	$414
2004	$221.8	$418
2005	$254.2	$463
2006	$274.2	$580
2007	$376	$632
2008	$382	$705
2009	$452	$653
2010	$561	$685
2011	$607	$761
2012	$651	$938
2013	$637	$1,117
2014	$625	$1,118
2015	$566	$965
2016	$522	$844
2017	$525	$779
2018	$491	$846
2019	$497	$844
2020	$511	$846
2021	$356	$886
2022	$357	$861
2023	$414	$758
2024	-	$873

Afghanistan vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
1950	28.2	28.9
1951	28.6	29.3
1952	29	29.7
1953	29.5	30.1
1954	29.7	30.5
1955	30.4	30.9
1956	30.8	31.3
1957	31.3	31.8
1958	31.8	32.1
1959	32.3	32.6
1960	32.8	33.1
1961	33.3	33.6
1962	33.8	34.2
1963	34.2	34.7
1964	34.7	35.3
1965	35.1	35.9
1966	35.6	36.6
1967	36	37.3
1968	36.5	37.8
1969	37	38.2
1970	37.5	38.6
1971	37.9	39.1
1972	38.4	39.5
1973	39	40
1974	39.5	40.4
1975	40	41
1976	40.5	41.4
1977	41.1	41.8
1978	40.1	42.2
1979	38.8	42.5
1980	39.3	42.8
1981	39.4	43.1
1982	36.1	43.3
1983	36.5	43.5
1984	31.5	43.6
1985	32.1	43.6
1986	38.4	43.5
1987	38.8	43.7
1988	43.2	43.8
1989	44.5	43.7
1990	45.1	43.7
1991	45.5	43.3
1992	46.6	43.5
1993	51	43.4
1994	51	42.8
1995	52.1	42.6
1996	52.8	43.5
1997	53.2	43.6
1998	52.5	42.7
1999	54.5	42
2000	55	44.8
2001	55.5	45.4
2002	56.2	46.2
2003	57.2	46.8
2004	57.8	47.5
2005	58.2	48.3
2006	58.6	49.5
2007	59	50
2008	59.7	50.7
2009	60.2	51.3
2010	60.7	51.9
2011	61.3	52.6
2012	61.7	53.2
2013	62.2	54.1
2014	62.3	54.3
2015	62.3	55.5
2016	62.6	56.9
2017	62.4	57.8
2018	62.4	59.1
2019	62.9	59.6
2020	61.5	59.7
2021	60.4	60.3
2022	65.6	61.3
2023	66	61.8
2024	66.3	62
2025	66.5	62.2

Afghanistan and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
1960	9,035,043	2,268,356
1961	9,214,083	2,304,227
1962	9,404,406	2,342,242
1963	9,604,487	2,382,258
1964	9,814,318	2,424,390
1965	10,036,008	2,468,666
1966	10,266,395	2,514,638
1967	10,505,959	2,562,384
1968	10,756,922	2,611,532
1969	11,017,409	2,661,365
1970	11,290,128	2,712,286
1971	11,567,667	2,763,222
1972	11,853,696	2,814,388
1973	12,157,999	2,866,955
1974	12,469,127	2,920,459
1975	12,773,954	2,974,657
1976	13,059,851	3,028,820
1977	13,340,756	3,085,354
1978	13,611,441	3,145,517
1979	13,655,567	3,207,499
1980	13,169,311	3,272,089
1981	11,937,581	3,338,940
1982	10,991,378	3,408,183
1983	10,917,982	3,481,646
1984	11,190,221	3,558,758
1985	11,426,852	3,638,438
1986	11,420,074	3,728,380
1987	11,387,818	3,829,718
1988	11,523,298	3,934,517
1989	11,874,088	4,034,037
1990	12,045,660	4,196,828
1991	12,238,879	4,246,267
1992	13,278,974	4,166,366
1993	14,943,172	4,157,130
1994	16,250,794	4,173,105
1995	17,065,836	4,179,179
1996	17,763,266	4,199,210
1997	18,452,091	4,253,716
1998	19,159,996	4,295,785
1999	19,887,785	4,318,043
2000	20,130,327	4,423,611
2001	20,284,307	4,692,716
2002	21,378,117	4,971,435
2003	22,733,049	5,177,687
2004	23,560,654	5,355,717
2005	24,404,567	5,501,712
2006	25,424,094	5,624,466
2007	25,909,852	5,749,352
2008	26,482,622	5,894,722
2009	27,466,101	6,055,646
2010	28,284,089	6,222,714
2011	29,347,708	6,387,251
2012	30,560,034	6,551,080
2013	31,622,704	6,714,051
2014	32,792,523	6,876,385
2015	33,831,764	7,037,655
2016	34,700,612	7,205,328
2017	35,688,935	7,379,299
2018	36,743,039	7,554,563
2019	37,856,121	7,731,991
2020	39,068,979	7,912,558
2021	40,000,412	8,094,602
2022	40,578,842	8,276,807
2023	41,454,761	8,460,512
2024	42,647,492	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
1960	7.28	6.18
1961	7.28	6.21
1962	7.29	6.22
1963	7.3	6.26
1964	7.3	6.29
1965	7.31	6.31
1966	7.32	6.35
1967	7.34	6.38
1968	7.36	6.39
1969	7.39	6.39
1970	7.4	6.41
1971	7.43	6.43
1972	7.45	6.45
1973	7.49	6.47
1974	7.53	6.53
1975	7.54	6.55
1976	7.56	6.55
1977	7.59	6.57
1978	7.6	6.59
1979	7.61	6.58
1980	7.64	6.56
1981	7.62	6.55
1982	7.6	6.56
1983	7.57	6.57
1984	7.55	6.59
1985	7.55	6.59
1986	7.55	6.6
1987	7.55	6.61
1988	7.55	6.59
1989	7.56	6.57
1990	7.58	6.57
1991	7.63	6.55
1992	7.7	6.56
1993	7.76	6.57
1994	7.77	6.56
1995	7.77	6.56
1996	7.76	6.55
1997	7.73	6.53
1998	7.69	6.5
1999	7.64	6.42
2000	7.57	6.36
2001	7.45	6.31
2002	7.32	6.23
2003	7.17	6.09
2004	7.02	5.92
2005	6.86	5.81
2006	6.69	5.74
2007	6.51	5.64
2008	6.39	5.56
2009	6.3	5.45
2010	6.2	5.33
2011	6.09	5.21
2012	5.99	5.06
2013	5.88	4.87
2014	5.77	4.7
2015	5.65	4.55
2016	5.54	4.47
2017	5.43	4.39
2018	5.33	4.29
2019	5.24	4.19
2020	5.15	4.08
2021	5.04	3.98
2022	4.93	3.88
2023	4.84	3.79

Afghanistan and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
1960	18.9	21.1
1961	18.9	21.1
1962	18.8	21.1
1963	18.7	21
1964	18.6	21
1965	18.6	20.9
1966	18.5	20.9
1967	18.4	20.8
1968	18.3	20.7
1969	18.2	20.6
1970	18.1	20.4
1971	17.9	20.2
1972	17.8	20.1
1973	17.7	19.9
1974	17.6	19.8
1975	17.5	19.6
1976	17.4	19.5
1977	17.3	19.4
1978	17.2	19.3
1979	17	19.2
1980	16.9	19.1
1981	16.8	19.1
1982	16.7	19
1983	16.6	18.9
1984	16.5	18.9
1985	16.4	18.8
1986	16.3	18.7
1987	16.3	18.7
1988	16.2	18.6
1989	16.1	18.6
1990	16.1	18.5
1991	16	18.5
1992	15.9	18.4
1993	15.8	18.4
1994	15.7	18.3
1995	15.6	18.2
1996	15.5	18.2
1997	15.3	18.1
1998	15.2	18.1
1999	15.1	18
2000	15	18
2001	14.9	18
2002	14.9	17.9
2003	14.9	17.9
2004	14.9	17.9
2005	15	18
2006	15.1	18
2007	15.2	18
2008	15.3	18.1
2009	15.5	18.1
2010	15.7	18.2
2011	15.9	18.3
2012	16	18.4
2013	16.2	18.5
2014	16.4	18.6
2015	16.6	18.7
2016	16.8	18.9
2017	17	19.1
2018	17.1	19.2
2019	17.3	19.4
2020	17.5	19.6
2021	17.6	19.8
2022	17.8	20
2023	18	20.3
2024	18.2	20.5

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