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Cyprus vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cyprus has a population of 1.36M (ranked 155/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Cyprus' land area is 3,568 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 163rd vs. 116th).

By GDP, Cyprus ranks 104/197 ($36.3B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Cyprus ranks 45/197 ($26,749), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Main facts and rankings

Cyprus Sierra Leone
Population
1380052
8961932
Population rank 153/197 102/197
GDP
$36.3B
2024
$7.55B
2024
GDP rank 104/197 157/197
GDP per capita
$26,749
2024
$873
2024
GDP per capita rank 45/197 183/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,240
2024
$3,516
2024
Government debt
$23.8B
2024
$3.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.3%
2025
44.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$17,490
2024
$376
2024
Government debt per person rank 34/185 174/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$24,086
2025
$3,438
2025
Land area
3,568 sq mi
2025
27,869 sq mi
2025
Population density
381 ppl/mi²
2024
310 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
3.79
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
20.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
62.2 years
2025

Cyprus and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Cyprus and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP
Cyprus

Sierra Leone
Year GDP
Cyprus 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 $489,912,574 $679,352,876
1976 $576,090,074 $594,810,422
1977 $734,876,021 $692,079,407
1978 $964,024,364 $960,765,043
1979 $1,288,699,776 $1,109,343,425
1980 $2,154,311,277 $1,100,476,190
1981 $2,087,496,374 $1,114,926,661
1982 $2,159,242,417 $1,294,995,964
1983 $2,160,364,071 $995,278,515
1984 $2,278,248,953 $1,087,450,199
1985 $2,430,411,900 $856,890,459
1986 $3,090,734,463 $490,181,457
1987 $3,704,813,886 $660,106,336
1988 $4,278,792,597 $1,055,083,933
1989 $4,563,482,604 $932,974,420
1990 $5,591,130,218 $649,644,098
1991 $5,770,197,348 $779,981,987
1992 $6,912,150,456 $679,940,814
1993 $6,590,291,048 $768,867,883
1994 $7,425,703,929 $911,853,802
1995 $9,933,137,128 $870,740,292
1996 $10,011,914,680 $941,709,423
1997 $9,547,816,420 $850,232,760
1998 $10,248,618,778 $672,368,187
1999 $10,497,907,228 $669,386,624
2000 $9,985,847,314 $635,866,404
2001 $10,397,898,907 $1,681,473,894
2002 $11,420,228,846 $1,933,863,911
2003 $14,547,329,558 $2,142,618,046
2004 $17,320,551,250 $2,237,350,687
2005 $18,433,412,511 $2,545,275,313
2006 $20,072,754,987 $3,263,697,467
2007 $23,968,727,074 $3,632,957,611
2008 $27,844,646,258 $4,157,895,298
2009 $26,048,179,949 $3,953,403,098
2010 $25,799,940,078 $4,262,805,967
2011 $27,641,547,910 $4,861,632,885
2012 $25,047,436,975 $6,141,666,509
2013 $23,959,712,861 $7,502,762,863
2014 $23,225,918,260 $7,686,138,791
2015 $19,909,278,417 $6,788,352,975
2016 $21,046,462,281 $6,084,297,211
2017 $22,946,570,629 $5,749,846,528
2018 $25,754,001,368 $6,390,514,689
2019 $26,196,667,100 $6,526,183,564
2020 $25,555,093,854 $6,693,888,876
2021 $30,372,642,502 $7,173,379,137
2022 $30,935,566,077 $7,124,465,160
2023 $33,886,930,712 $6,411,787,856
2024 $36,333,022,329 $7,547,843,281

Cyprus and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita
Cyprus

Sierra Leone
Year GDP per capita
Cyprus 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 $743 $228.4
1976 $870 $196.4
1977 $1,102 $224.3
1978 $1,434 $305
1979 $1,902 $346
1980 $3,154 $336
1981 $3,030 $334
1982 $3,100 $380
1983 $3,055 $285.9
1984 $3,167 $306
1985 $3,324 $235.5
1986 $4,159 $131.5
1987 $4,908 $172.4
1988 $5,584 $268.2
1989 $5,870 $231.3
1990 $7,092 $154.8
1991 $7,222 $183.7
1992 $8,530 $163.2
1993 $7,978 $185
1994 $8,791 $218.5
1995 $11,514 $208.4
1996 $11,373 $224.3
1997 $10,637 $199.9
1998 $11,206 $156.5
1999 $11,273 $155
2000 $10,537 $143.7
2001 $10,785 $358
2002 $11,636 $389
2003 $14,553 $414
2004 $17,016 $418
2005 $17,790 $463
2006 $19,037 $580
2007 $22,344 $632
2008 $25,522 $705
2009 $23,480 $653
2010 $22,876 $685
2011 $24,110 $761
2012 $21,493 $938
2013 $20,238 $1,117
2014 $19,326 $1,118
2015 $16,326 $965
2016 $17,013 $844
2017 $18,295 $779
2018 $20,267 $846
2019 $20,360 $844
2020 $19,624 $846
2021 $23,057 $886
2022 $23,236 $861
2023 $25,195 $758
2024 $26,749 $873

Cyprus vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cyprus

Sierra Leone
Year Life expectancy, years
Cyprus Sierra Leone
1950 55.8 28.9
1951 56.8 29.3
1952 57.7 29.7
1953 58.4 30.1
1954 59.3 30.5
1955 59.7 30.9
1956 60.4 31.3
1957 61 31.8
1958 61.6 32.1
1959 62.3 32.6
1960 63.3 33.1
1961 64.1 33.6
1962 64.7 34.2
1963 61.8 34.7
1964 62.2 35.3
1965 66.1 35.9
1966 66.5 36.6
1967 66.9 37.3
1968 67.3 37.8
1969 67.6 38.2
1970 68.1 38.6
1971 68.4 39.1
1972 68.6 39.5
1973 69 40
1974 54.6 40.4
1975 70.3 41
1976 70.8 41.4
1977 71.3 41.8
1978 71.7 42.2
1979 72.2 42.5
1980 72.8 42.8
1981 73.1 43.1
1982 73.5 43.3
1983 73.7 43.5
1984 74 43.6
1985 74.6 43.6
1986 74.9 43.5
1987 75.3 43.7
1988 75.4 43.8
1989 75.8 43.7
1990 76 43.7
1991 76.2 43.3
1992 76.3 43.5
1993 76.3 43.4
1994 76.4 42.8
1995 76.6 42.6
1996 76.9 43.5
1997 77.1 43.6
1998 77.2 42.7
1999 77.6 42
2000 77.9 44.8
2001 78.2 45.4
2002 78.8 46.2
2003 78.9 46.8
2004 79 47.5
2005 79.2 48.3
2006 79.5 49.5
2007 79.8 50
2008 79.9 50.7
2009 80.4 51.3
2010 80.6 51.9
2011 80.9 52.6
2012 81.1 53.2
2013 81.3 54.1
2014 81.3 54.3
2015 81.5 55.5
2016 81.5 56.9
2017 81.5 57.8
2018 81.6 59.1
2019 81.5 59.6
2020 81.2 59.7
2021 80.6 60.3
2022 80.4 61.3
2023 81.6 61.8
2024 81.8 62
2025 82 62.2

Cyprus and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population
Cyprus

Sierra Leone
Year Population
Cyprus Sierra Leone
1960 586,490 2,268,356
1961 595,514 2,304,227
1962 601,466 2,342,242
1963 607,252 2,382,258
1964 612,521 2,424,390
1965 617,736 2,468,666
1966 623,390 2,514,638
1967 629,251 2,562,384
1968 635,157 2,611,532
1969 641,189 2,661,365
1970 647,446 2,712,286
1971 654,050 2,763,222
1972 661,063 2,814,388
1973 665,937 2,866,955
1974 663,254 2,920,459
1975 659,405 2,974,657
1976 662,032 3,028,820
1977 667,101 3,085,354
1978 672,249 3,145,517
1979 677,549 3,207,499
1980 683,076 3,272,089
1981 688,893 3,338,940
1982 696,497 3,408,183
1983 707,225 3,481,646
1984 719,334 3,558,758
1985 731,277 3,638,438
1986 743,105 3,728,380
1987 754,785 3,829,718
1988 766,235 3,934,517
1989 777,420 4,034,037
1990 788,351 4,196,828
1991 798,944 4,246,267
1992 810,341 4,166,366
1993 826,034 4,157,130
1994 844,667 4,173,105
1995 862,695 4,179,179
1996 880,290 4,199,210
1997 897,568 4,253,716
1998 914,548 4,295,785
1999 931,234 4,318,043
2000 947,667 4,423,611
2001 964,127 4,692,716
2002 981,440 4,971,435
2003 999,590 5,177,687
2004 1,017,875 5,355,717
2005 1,036,151 5,501,712
2006 1,054,418 5,624,466
2007 1,072,714 5,749,352
2008 1,091,026 5,894,722
2009 1,109,371 6,055,646
2010 1,127,816 6,222,714
2011 1,146,493 6,387,251
2012 1,165,397 6,551,080
2013 1,183,895 6,714,051
2014 1,201,801 6,876,385
2015 1,219,502 7,037,655
2016 1,237,112 7,205,328
2017 1,254,275 7,379,299
2018 1,270,737 7,554,563
2019 1,286,671 7,731,991
2020 1,302,247 7,912,558
2021 1,317,309 8,094,602
2022 1,331,370 8,276,807
2023 1,344,976 8,460,512
2024 1,358,282 8,642,022

Fertility rates in Cyprus and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate
Cyprus

Sierra Leone
Year Fertility rate
Cyprus Sierra Leone
1960 3.39 6.18
1961 3.62 6.21
1962 3.51 6.22
1963 3.49 6.26
1964 3.41 6.29
1965 3.47 6.31
1966 3.4 6.35
1967 3.32 6.38
1968 3.27 6.39
1969 3.19 6.39
1970 3.07 6.41
1971 3.04 6.43
1972 2.99 6.45
1973 2.4 6.47
1974 2.28 6.53
1975 2.11 6.55
1976 2.33 6.55
1977 2.09 6.57
1978 2.08 6.59
1979 2.14 6.58
1980 2.3 6.56
1981 2.15 6.55
1982 2.49 6.56
1983 2.49 6.57
1984 2.51 6.59
1985 2.43 6.59
1986 2.45 6.6
1987 2.39 6.61
1988 2.47 6.59
1989 2.37 6.57
1990 2.4 6.57
1991 2.34 6.55
1992 2.46 6.56
1993 2.25 6.57
1994 2.16 6.56
1995 2.03 6.56
1996 1.95 6.55
1997 1.86 6.53
1998 1.76 6.5
1999 1.67 6.42
2000 1.64 6.36
2001 1.57 6.31
2002 1.5 6.23
2003 1.51 6.09
2004 1.51 5.92
2005 1.48 5.81
2006 1.51 5.74
2007 1.45 5.64
2008 1.48 5.56
2009 1.48 5.45
2010 1.43 5.33
2011 1.36 5.21
2012 1.38 5.06
2013 1.3 4.87
2014 1.31 4.7
2015 1.32 4.55
2016 1.36 4.47
2017 1.32 4.39
2018 1.32 4.29
2019 1.33 4.19
2020 1.36 4.08
2021 1.39 3.98
2022 1.39 3.88
2023 1.39 3.79

Cyprus and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age
Cyprus

Sierra Leone
Year Median age, years
Cyprus Sierra Leone
1960 23.1 21.1
1961 23.1 21.1
1962 23.3 21.1
1963 23.5 21
1964 23.7 21
1965 23.9 20.9
1966 24 20.9
1967 24.2 20.8
1968 24.3 20.7
1969 24.5 20.6
1970 24.7 20.4
1971 24.9 20.2
1972 25.1 20.1
1973 25.3 19.9
1974 25.4 19.8
1975 25.5 19.6
1976 25.9 19.5
1977 26.3 19.4
1978 26.8 19.3
1979 27.2 19.2
1980 27.7 19.1
1981 28.2 19.1
1982 28.5 19
1983 28.7 18.9
1984 28.8 18.9
1985 28.9 18.8
1986 29.1 18.7
1987 29.2 18.7
1988 29.4 18.6
1989 29.6 18.6
1990 29.8 18.5
1991 30.1 18.5
1992 30.3 18.4
1993 30.4 18.4
1994 30.5 18.3
1995 30.6 18.2
1996 30.8 18.2
1997 31 18.1
1998 31.2 18.1
1999 31.4 18
2000 31.6 18
2001 31.8 18
2002 32 17.9
2003 32.2 17.9
2004 32.4 17.9
2005 32.6 18
2006 32.8 18
2007 33.1 18
2008 33.4 18.1
2009 33.6 18.1
2010 33.9 18.2
2011 34.2 18.3
2012 34.5 18.4
2013 34.8 18.5
2014 35.2 18.6
2015 35.6 18.7
2016 36 18.9
2017 36.4 19.1
2018 36.8 19.2
2019 37.2 19.4
2020 37.6 19.6
2021 38 19.8
2022 38.4 20
2023 38.8 20.3
2024 39.2 20.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cyprus Sierra Leone
GNI, Atlas method
$31B
2024
$7.26B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
40.4%
2025
17.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.74%
2022
2.62%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.82%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.84%
2025
-4.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.86%
2024
3.19%
2018
Services, % of GDP
76.9%
2024
44.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.3%
2024
27.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
73.2
2025
48
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.3%
2023
29.4%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2023
3.4%
2018
Number of billionaires
10
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0009%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$10.9B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$2.09B
2024
$433M
2024
Personal remittances received
$661M
2024
$322M
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,117,000
2019
71,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
3.25%
2020
5.49%
2018
Banked people share
96.1%
2024
38.6%
2024

Energy

Cyprus Sierra Leone
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,673 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.18 megatons
2023
1.07 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.34 tons
2023
0.13 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.5%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
15.6%
2021
71.6%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.44%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
117%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
3,842 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
15.1%
2021
75.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
70.5%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
35.5%
2023

Society

Cyprus Sierra Leone
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.11%
2024
Annual migration change
+8,138
2024
-11,000
2024
Urban population
67.1%
2024
44.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.46 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.16 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.4
2025
30.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
33
2024
Higher education index
71
2025
16
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2023
2.14
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
68
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
48.6%
2022
English speaking
75.1%
2023
83.5%
2023
People using the Internet
91.2%
2023
20.6%
2023

Health

Cyprus Sierra Leone
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,864
2022
$39.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$417
2022
$20.7
2022
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
62.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.17%
2022
28%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.55
2021
0.04
2022
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
19.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
14
2023
354
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.5
2023
94.3
2023
Obesity rate
23.6%
2022
7.32%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
4.8%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
16
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
35.6%
2022
12.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.36 liters
2020
0.29 liters
2020

Territory

Cyprus Sierra Leone
% of world land
0.006%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
2,627 sq mi
2024
3,225 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
498 sq mi
2025
15,247 sq mi
2025
Forest area
666 sq mi
2025
9,559 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,366 mi
2016
7,270 mi
2015

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