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Guinea vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guinea has a population of 14.8M (ranked 75/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Guinea's land area is 94,873 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 77th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Guinea ranks 117/197 ($25.3B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Guinea ranks 161/197 ($1,717), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Main facts and rankings

Guinea Sierra Leone
Population
15374667
8961932
Population rank 75/197 102/197
GDP
$25.3B
2024
$7.55B
2024
GDP rank 117/197 157/197
GDP per capita
$1,717
2024
$873
2024
GDP per capita rank 161/197 183/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,579
2024
$3,516
2024
Government debt
$12.1B
2024
$3.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.6%
2025
44.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$821
2024
$376
2024
Government debt per person rank 147/185 174/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,703
2025
$3,438
2025
Land area
94,873 sq mi
2025
27,869 sq mi
2025
Population density
155.5 ppl/mi²
2024
310 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.22
2023
3.79
2023
Median age
19.2 years
2024
20.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
62.2 years
2025

Guinea and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Guinea and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP
Guinea

Sierra Leone
Year GDP
Guinea 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 $3,220,224,608 $434,584,634
1971 $3,594,302,908 $419,495,788
1972 $4,203,069,035 $465,254,682
1973 $5,152,080,388 $575,471,814
1974 $5,691,417,541 $648,940,351
1975 $6,102,769,605 $679,352,876
1976 $6,762,781,871 $594,810,422
1977 $6,914,381,291 $692,079,407
1978 $8,087,305,999 $960,765,043
1979 $8,877,094,497 $1,109,343,425
1980 $9,746,524,915 $1,100,476,190
1981 $9,646,440,667 $1,114,926,661
1982 $11,926,032,493 $1,294,995,964
1983 $15,129,893,722 $995,278,515
1984 $18,421,497,251 $1,087,450,199
1985 $22,787,644,566 $856,890,459
1986 $2,909,130,355 $490,181,457
1987 $2,976,714,019 $660,106,336
1988 $3,476,480,303 $1,055,083,933
1989 $3,546,079,263 $932,974,420
1990 $3,888,320,666 $649,644,098
1991 $4,396,178,694 $779,981,987
1992 $4,789,220,417 $679,940,814
1993 $4,781,166,117 $768,867,883
1994 $4,932,800,407 $911,853,802
1995 $5,385,704,166 $870,740,292
1996 $5,641,243,100 $941,709,423
1997 $5,516,916,163 $850,232,760
1998 $5,232,118,046 $672,368,187
1999 $5,046,806,783 $669,386,624
2000 $4,367,458,867 $635,866,404
2001 $4,125,527,603 $1,681,473,894
2002 $4,301,608,753 $1,933,863,911
2003 $5,025,167,975 $2,142,618,046
2004 $5,300,767,961 $2,237,350,687
2005 $4,282,468,637 $2,545,275,313
2006 $4,220,019,845 $3,263,697,467
2007 $6,281,918,226 $3,632,957,611
2008 $6,964,179,983 $4,157,895,298
2009 $6,716,905,340 $3,953,403,098
2010 $6,853,467,146 $4,262,805,967
2011 $6,785,137,203 $4,861,632,885
2012 $7,638,044,557 $6,141,666,509
2013 $8,376,613,539 $7,502,762,863
2014 $8,778,473,373 $7,686,138,791
2015 $8,794,201,743 $6,788,352,975
2016 $8,595,955,222 $6,084,297,211
2017 $10,324,668,271 $5,749,846,528
2018 $11,857,030,367 $6,390,514,689
2019 $13,442,861,496 $6,526,183,564
2020 $14,088,693,743 $6,693,888,876
2021 $17,069,115,738 $7,173,379,137
2022 $19,910,452,542 $7,124,465,160
2023 $22,407,615,556 $6,411,787,856
2024 $25,334,307,879 $7,547,843,281

Guinea and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita
Guinea

Sierra Leone
Year GDP per capita
Guinea 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 $753 $160.2
1971 $825 $151.8
1972 $948 $165.3
1973 $1,143 $200.7
1974 $1,243 $222.2
1975 $1,311 $228.4
1976 $1,431 $196.4
1977 $1,440 $224.3
1978 $1,658 $305
1979 $1,790 $346
1980 $1,931 $336
1981 $1,876 $334
1982 $2,273 $380
1983 $2,823 $285.9
1984 $3,362 $306
1985 $4,062 $235.5
1986 $506 $131.5
1987 $505 $172.4
1988 $574 $268.2
1989 $570 $231.3
1990 $604 $154.8
1991 $656 $183.7
1992 $693 $163.2
1993 $671 $185
1994 $672 $218.5
1995 $713 $208.4
1996 $726 $224.3
1997 $696 $199.9
1998 $647 $156.5
1999 $611 $155
2000 $518 $143.7
2001 $483 $358
2002 $496 $389
2003 $566 $414
2004 $585 $418
2005 $463 $463
2006 $447 $580
2007 $650 $632
2008 $704 $705
2009 $662 $653
2010 $659 $685
2011 $637 $761
2012 $699 $938
2013 $748 $1,117
2014 $765 $1,118
2015 $747 $965
2016 $712 $844
2017 $834 $779
2018 $933 $846
2019 $1,031 $844
2020 $1,054 $846
2021 $1,245 $886
2022 $1,417 $861
2023 $1,555 $758
2024 $1,717 $873

Guinea vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guinea

Sierra Leone
Year Life expectancy, years
Guinea Sierra Leone
1950 35.6 28.9
1951 35.6 29.3
1952 35.7 29.7
1953 35.8 30.1
1954 35.9 30.5
1955 36 30.9
1956 36.1 31.3
1957 36.2 31.8
1958 36.4 32.1
1959 36.5 32.6
1960 36.6 33.1
1961 36.8 33.6
1962 37 34.2
1963 37.2 34.7
1964 37.4 35.3
1965 37.7 35.9
1966 38 36.6
1967 38.2 37.3
1968 38.5 37.8
1969 38.8 38.2
1970 39.1 38.6
1971 39.4 39.1
1972 39.7 39.5
1973 39.9 40
1974 40.2 40.4
1975 40.6 41
1976 41 41.4
1977 41.4 41.8
1978 41.9 42.2
1979 42.3 42.5
1980 42.8 42.8
1981 43.3 43.1
1982 43.9 43.3
1983 44.2 43.5
1984 44.9 43.6
1985 45.3 43.6
1986 45.7 43.5
1987 46.1 43.7
1988 46.5 43.8
1989 46.9 43.7
1990 47.3 43.7
1991 47.8 43.3
1992 48.3 43.5
1993 48.8 43.4
1994 49.2 42.8
1995 49.8 42.6
1996 50.5 43.5
1997 51.1 43.6
1998 51.6 42.7
1999 52 42
2000 52.4 44.8
2001 52.7 45.4
2002 53.2 46.2
2003 53.6 46.8
2004 54 47.5
2005 54.4 48.3
2006 54.9 49.5
2007 55.2 50
2008 55.7 50.7
2009 56.1 51.3
2010 56.4 51.9
2011 56.8 52.6
2012 57.1 53.2
2013 57.5 54.1
2014 57.6 54.3
2015 57.9 55.5
2016 58.5 56.9
2017 58.7 57.8
2018 59 59.1
2019 59.4 59.6
2020 59.3 59.7
2021 59.4 60.3
2022 60.4 61.3
2023 60.7 61.8
2024 60.9 62
2025 61.1 62.2

Guinea and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population
Guinea

Sierra Leone
Year Population
Guinea Sierra Leone
1960 3,556,749 2,268,356
1961 3,619,551 2,304,227
1962 3,684,273 2,342,242
1963 3,750,954 2,382,258
1964 3,819,722 2,424,390
1965 3,890,716 2,468,666
1966 3,964,155 2,514,638
1967 4,040,153 2,562,384
1968 4,118,550 2,611,532
1969 4,198,300 2,661,365
1970 4,277,535 2,712,286
1971 4,355,200 2,763,222
1972 4,431,292 2,814,388
1973 4,506,324 2,866,955
1974 4,580,510 2,920,459
1975 4,653,876 2,974,657
1976 4,727,022 3,028,820
1977 4,801,128 3,085,354
1978 4,877,854 3,145,517
1979 4,959,283 3,207,499
1980 5,047,419 3,272,089
1981 5,143,288 3,338,940
1982 5,247,672 3,408,183
1983 5,359,814 3,481,646
1984 5,480,096 3,558,758
1985 5,610,373 3,638,438
1986 5,750,668 3,728,380
1987 5,900,198 3,829,718
1988 6,056,574 3,934,517
1989 6,215,811 4,034,037
1990 6,434,374 4,196,828
1991 6,697,166 4,246,267
1992 6,914,366 4,166,366
1993 7,128,177 4,157,130
1994 7,345,107 4,173,105
1995 7,553,249 4,179,179
1996 7,770,035 4,199,210
1997 7,931,370 4,253,716
1998 8,081,990 4,295,785
1999 8,265,123 4,318,043
2000 8,428,832 4,423,611
2001 8,539,960 4,692,716
2002 8,674,066 4,971,435
2003 8,870,781 5,177,687
2004 9,062,726 5,355,717
2005 9,245,844 5,501,712
2006 9,441,171 5,624,466
2007 9,662,281 5,749,352
2008 9,898,870 5,894,722
2009 10,143,534 6,055,646
2010 10,396,086 6,222,714
2011 10,656,810 6,387,251
2012 10,921,581 6,551,080
2013 11,191,873 6,714,051
2014 11,472,924 6,876,385
2015 11,767,070 7,037,655
2016 12,073,030 7,205,328
2017 12,385,659 7,379,299
2018 12,704,774 7,554,563
2019 13,034,346 7,731,991
2020 13,371,183 7,912,558
2021 13,710,513 8,094,602
2022 14,055,137 8,276,807
2023 14,405,468 8,460,512
2024 14,754,785 8,642,022

Fertility rates in Guinea and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate
Guinea

Sierra Leone
Year Fertility rate
Guinea Sierra Leone
1960 6.11 6.18
1961 6.13 6.21
1962 6.14 6.22
1963 6.15 6.26
1964 6.17 6.29
1965 6.18 6.31
1966 6.19 6.35
1967 6.2 6.38
1968 6.21 6.39
1969 6.23 6.39
1970 6.24 6.41
1971 6.26 6.43
1972 6.28 6.45
1973 6.31 6.47
1974 6.34 6.53
1975 6.37 6.55
1976 6.4 6.55
1977 6.43 6.57
1978 6.44 6.59
1979 6.45 6.58
1980 6.46 6.56
1981 6.46 6.55
1982 6.49 6.56
1983 6.49 6.57
1984 6.51 6.59
1985 6.53 6.59
1986 6.55 6.6
1987 6.57 6.61
1988 6.56 6.59
1989 6.55 6.57
1990 6.52 6.57
1991 6.48 6.55
1992 6.45 6.56
1993 6.41 6.57
1994 6.36 6.56
1995 6.29 6.56
1996 6.21 6.55
1997 6.12 6.53
1998 6.05 6.5
1999 5.99 6.42
2000 5.92 6.36
2001 5.83 6.31
2002 5.78 6.23
2003 5.74 6.09
2004 5.73 5.92
2005 5.73 5.81
2006 5.7 5.74
2007 5.66 5.64
2008 5.6 5.56
2009 5.53 5.45
2010 5.44 5.33
2011 5.34 5.21
2012 5.23 5.06
2013 5.15 4.87
2014 5.07 4.7
2015 5 4.55
2016 4.92 4.47
2017 4.79 4.39
2018 4.67 4.29
2019 4.58 4.19
2020 4.49 4.08
2021 4.4 3.98
2022 4.3 3.88
2023 4.22 3.79

Guinea and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age
Guinea

Sierra Leone
Year Median age, years
Guinea Sierra Leone
1960 20.6 21.1
1961 20.5 21.1
1962 20.4 21.1
1963 20.4 21
1964 20.3 21
1965 20.2 20.9
1966 20.1 20.9
1967 20.1 20.8
1968 20 20.7
1969 20 20.6
1970 19.9 20.4
1971 19.8 20.2
1972 19.8 20.1
1973 19.7 19.9
1974 19.5 19.8
1975 19.4 19.6
1976 19.3 19.5
1977 19.2 19.4
1978 19 19.3
1979 18.9 19.2
1980 18.8 19.1
1981 18.7 19.1
1982 18.6 19
1983 18.5 18.9
1984 18.5 18.9
1985 18.4 18.8
1986 18.4 18.7
1987 18.4 18.7
1988 18.4 18.6
1989 18.3 18.6
1990 18.3 18.5
1991 18.3 18.5
1992 18.2 18.4
1993 18.2 18.4
1994 18.1 18.3
1995 18.1 18.2
1996 18 18.2
1997 17.9 18.1
1998 17.7 18.1
1999 17.6 18
2000 17.5 18
2001 17.3 18
2002 17.2 17.9
2003 17.2 17.9
2004 17.2 17.9
2005 17.2 18
2006 17.2 18
2007 17.2 18
2008 17.3 18.1
2009 17.3 18.1
2010 17.4 18.2
2011 17.5 18.3
2012 17.6 18.4
2013 17.7 18.5
2014 17.8 18.6
2015 18 18.7
2016 18.1 18.9
2017 18.2 19.1
2018 18.3 19.2
2019 18.5 19.4
2020 18.6 19.6
2021 18.8 19.8
2022 18.9 20
2023 19 20.3
2024 19.2 20.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guinea Sierra Leone
GNI, Atlas method
$21.7B
2024
$7.26B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.3%
2025
17.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.72%
2023
2.62%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.13%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.77%
2025
-4.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.02%
2019
3.19%
2018
Services, % of GDP
37.5%
2024
44.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2024
27.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
54.6
2025
48
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.1%
2018
29.4%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
3.5%
2018
3.4%
2018
Total reserves including gold
$1.89B
2023
$433M
2024
Personal remittances received
$616M
2024
$322M
2024
International tourist arrivals
99,000
2017
71,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.01%
2020
5.49%
2018
Banked people share
36%
2024
38.6%
2024

Energy

Guinea Sierra Leone
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.72 megatons
2023
1.07 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.26 tons
2023
0.13 tons
2023
Renewable energy use share
66.6%
2022
71.6%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
88.1%
2021
75.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
87.4%
2021
70.5%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.1%
2023
35.5%
2023

Society

Guinea Sierra Leone
% of world population
0.18%
2024
0.11%
2024
Annual migration change
-12,024
2024
-11,000
2024
Urban population
38.5%
2024
44.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.46 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.16 ft
2025
Quality of life index
29.7
2025
30.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
28
2024
33
2024
Higher education index
1
2025
16
2025
Homicides per 100K people
8.82
2015
2.14
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
63
2025
68
2025
Adult literacy rate
45.3%
2021
48.6%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
83.5%
2023
People using the Internet
26.5%
2023
20.6%
2023

Health

Guinea Sierra Leone
Government health expenditure per capita
$55
2022
$39.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$30.5
2022
$20.7
2022
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
62.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.7%
2022
28%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.02
2022
0.04
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
19.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
494
2023
354
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
95
2023
94.3
2023
Obesity rate
9.74%
2022
7.32%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
4.8%
2024
Air quality index
15
2025
16
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
12.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.52 liters
2020
0.29 liters
2020

Territory

Guinea Sierra Leone
% of world land
0.16%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
6,430 sq mi
2024
3,225 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
69,475 sq mi
2025
15,247 sq mi
2025
Forest area
23,433 sq mi
2025
9,559 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
7,270 mi
2015

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