Kenya vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 45th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Kenya and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Sierra Leone
1960	$791,265,459	$322,151,961
1961	$792,959,473	$327,978,758
1962	$868,111,401	$342,872,549
1963	$926,589,349	$348,700,980
1964	$998,759,334	$372,011,438
1965	$997,919,321	$359,523,810
1966	$1,164,519,674	$375,630,252
1967	$1,232,559,507	$348,895,028
1968	$1,353,295,459	$329,991,597
1969	$1,458,379,417	$408,853,541
1970	$1,603,447,359	$434,584,634
1971	$1,778,391,289	$419,495,788
1972	$2,107,279,157	$465,254,682
1973	$2,509,001,324	$575,471,814
1974	$2,969,958,812	$648,940,351
1975	$3,259,345,083	$679,352,876
1976	$3,474,542,392	$594,810,422
1977	$4,494,378,764	$692,079,407
1978	$5,303,735,111	$960,765,043
1979	$6,234,391,113	$1,109,343,425
1980	$7,265,315,820	$1,100,476,190
1981	$6,854,491,706	$1,114,926,661
1982	$6,431,579,357	$1,294,995,964
1983	$5,979,198,314	$995,278,515
1984	$6,191,437,070	$1,087,450,199
1985	$6,135,034,214	$856,890,459
1986	$7,239,126,568	$490,181,457
1987	$7,970,820,369	$660,106,336
1988	$8,355,380,879	$1,055,083,933
1989	$8,283,114,514	$932,974,420
1990	$8,572,359,038	$649,644,098
1991	$8,151,488,783	$779,981,987
1992	$8,209,120,763	$679,940,814
1993	$5,751,786,643	$768,867,883
1994	$7,148,148,564	$911,853,802
1995	$9,046,320,255	$870,740,292
1996	$12,045,865,396	$941,709,423
1997	$13,115,764,358	$850,232,760
1998	$14,093,998,844	$672,368,187
1999	$12,896,010,459	$669,386,624
2000	$12,705,350,098	$635,866,404
2001	$12,986,007,426	$1,681,473,894
2002	$13,147,736,899	$1,933,863,911
2003	$14,904,517,650	$2,142,618,046
2004	$16,095,337,094	$2,237,350,687
2005	$18,737,895,513	$2,545,275,313
2006	$25,825,512,284	$3,263,697,467
2007	$31,958,195,182	$3,632,957,611
2008	$35,895,153,328	$4,157,895,298
2009	$42,347,217,913	$3,953,403,098
2010	$45,405,615,064	$4,262,805,967
2011	$46,869,473,151	$4,861,632,885
2012	$56,396,704,672	$6,141,666,509
2013	$61,671,440,408	$7,502,762,863
2014	$68,285,796,514	$7,686,138,791
2015	$70,120,446,897	$6,788,352,975
2016	$74,815,144,164	$6,084,297,211
2017	$82,036,510,877	$5,749,846,528
2018	$92,202,979,985	$6,390,514,689
2019	$100,378,436,207	$6,526,183,564
2020	$100,657,505,751	$6,693,888,876
2021	$109,703,658,905	$7,173,379,137
2022	$114,448,978,153	$7,124,465,160
2023	$108,038,588,971	$6,411,787,856
2024	$124,498,691,699	$7,547,843,281

Kenya and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Sierra Leone
1960	$102.8	$142
1961	$99.3	$142.3
1962	$104.6	$146.4
1963	$107.4	$146.4
1964	$111.3	$153.4
1965	$106.9	$145.6
1966	$119.8	$149.4
1967	$121.9	$136.2
1968	$128.7	$126.4
1969	$133.3	$153.6
1970	$141	$160.2
1971	$150.9	$151.8
1972	$172.6	$165.3
1973	$198.6	$200.7
1974	$227.2	$222.2
1975	$241.2	$228.4
1976	$248.9	$196.4
1977	$311	$224.3
1978	$355	$305
1979	$403	$346
1980	$454	$336
1981	$413	$334
1982	$374	$380
1983	$335	$285.9
1984	$334	$306
1985	$320	$235.5
1986	$364	$131.5
1987	$387	$172.4
1988	$391	$268.2
1989	$374	$231.3
1990	$374	$154.8
1991	$345	$183.7
1992	$337	$163.2
1993	$229	$185
1994	$276.4	$218.5
1995	$340	$208.4
1996	$441	$224.3
1997	$467	$199.9
1998	$488	$156.5
1999	$434	$155
2000	$415	$143.7
2001	$411	$358
2002	$403	$389
2003	$443	$414
2004	$464	$418
2005	$523	$463
2006	$700	$580
2007	$840	$632
2008	$916	$705
2009	$1,048	$653
2010	$1,092	$685
2011	$1,096	$761
2012	$1,285	$938
2013	$1,371	$1,117
2014	$1,483	$1,118
2015	$1,489	$965
2016	$1,554	$844
2017	$1,667	$779
2018	$1,836	$846
2019	$1,960	$844
2020	$1,928	$846
2021	$2,061	$886
2022	$2,110	$861
2023	$1,952	$758
2024	$2,206	$873

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Sierra Leone
1950	36.9	28.9
1951	38	29.3
1952	38.6	29.7
1953	39.8	30.1
1954	41	30.5
1955	42.3	30.9
1956	43.5	31.3
1957	45.3	31.8
1958	46.5	32.1
1959	47.5	32.6
1960	48.5	33.1
1961	49.3	33.6
1962	50.1	34.2
1963	50.8	34.7
1964	51.3	35.3
1965	51.9	35.9
1966	52.4	36.6
1967	52.8	37.3
1968	53.3	37.8
1969	53.7	38.2
1970	54.1	38.6
1971	54.5	39.1
1972	55	39.5
1973	55.5	40
1974	56	40.4
1975	56.6	41
1976	57.2	41.4
1977	57.7	41.8
1978	58.2	42.2
1979	58.7	42.5
1980	59.2	42.8
1981	59.6	43.1
1982	59.9	43.3
1983	60.3	43.5
1984	60.6	43.6
1985	60.9	43.6
1986	60.8	43.5
1987	60.7	43.7
1988	60.3	43.8
1989	60	43.7
1990	58.3	43.7
1991	57.8	43.3
1992	57.1	43.5
1993	56.7	43.4
1994	56.1	42.8
1995	55.9	42.6
1996	55.6	43.5
1997	55.5	43.6
1998	55.6	42.7
1999	55.9	42
2000	56.1	44.8
2001	56.5	45.4
2002	56.8	46.2
2003	57.4	46.8
2004	57.9	47.5
2005	58.5	48.3
2006	59.1	49.5
2007	59.4	50
2008	60	50.7
2009	60.5	51.3
2010	60.9	51.9
2011	61.3	52.6
2012	61.5	53.2
2013	61.7	54.1
2014	62	54.3
2015	62.3	55.5
2016	62.5	56.9
2017	62.7	57.8
2018	62.8	59.1
2019	62.9	59.6
2020	61.6	59.7
2021	61.2	60.3
2022	63.5	61.3
2023	63.6	61.8
2024	63.8	62
2025	64	62.2

Kenya and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Sierra Leone
1960	7,695,307	2,268,356
1961	7,987,770	2,304,227
1962	8,299,308	2,342,242
1963	8,627,971	2,382,258
1964	8,973,535	2,424,390
1965	9,338,078	2,468,666
1966	9,717,816	2,514,638
1967	10,111,057	2,562,384
1968	10,518,823	2,611,532
1969	10,939,695	2,661,365
1970	11,368,791	2,712,286
1971	11,788,904	2,763,222
1972	12,206,060	2,814,388
1973	12,634,835	2,866,955
1974	13,070,078	2,920,459
1975	13,511,671	2,974,657
1976	13,957,623	3,028,820
1977	14,428,819	3,085,354
1978	14,934,126	3,145,517
1979	15,460,666	3,207,499
1980	16,018,459	3,272,089
1981	16,601,507	3,338,940
1982	17,206,175	3,408,183
1983	17,846,374	3,481,646
1984	18,514,906	3,558,758
1985	19,201,768	3,638,438
1986	19,901,646	3,728,380
1987	20,616,096	3,829,718
1988	21,356,219	3,934,517
1989	22,118,434	4,034,037
1990	22,892,651	4,196,828
1991	23,646,514	4,246,267
1992	24,382,460	4,166,366
1993	25,117,188	4,157,130
1994	25,857,130	4,173,105
1995	26,601,751	4,179,179
1996	27,344,211	4,199,210
1997	28,101,768	4,253,716
1998	28,888,057	4,295,785
1999	29,733,408	4,318,043
2000	30,642,890	4,423,611
2001	31,619,170	4,692,716
2002	32,629,808	4,971,435
2003	33,652,223	5,177,687
2004	34,713,455	5,355,717
2005	35,796,484	5,501,712
2006	36,904,008	5,624,466
2007	38,036,349	5,749,352
2008	39,206,351	5,894,722
2009	40,408,891	6,055,646
2010	41,598,567	6,222,714
2011	42,758,461	6,387,251
2012	43,888,303	6,551,080
2013	44,986,791	6,714,051
2014	46,051,440	6,876,385
2015	47,088,526	7,037,655
2016	48,139,687	7,205,328
2017	49,197,766	7,379,299
2018	50,207,107	7,554,563
2019	51,202,827	7,731,991
2020	52,217,334	7,912,558
2021	53,219,166	8,094,602
2022	54,252,461	8,276,807
2023	55,339,003	8,460,512
2024	56,432,944	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Kenya and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Sierra Leone
1960	7.65	6.18
1961	7.72	6.21
1962	7.77	6.22
1963	7.82	6.26
1964	7.87	6.29
1965	7.92	6.31
1966	7.96	6.35
1967	7.95	6.38
1968	7.95	6.39
1969	7.95	6.39
1970	7.94	6.41
1971	7.92	6.43
1972	7.89	6.45
1973	7.86	6.47
1974	7.82	6.53
1975	7.8	6.55
1976	7.77	6.55
1977	7.73	6.57
1978	7.67	6.59
1979	7.6	6.58
1980	7.53	6.56
1981	7.45	6.55
1982	7.35	6.56
1983	7.22	6.57
1984	7.08	6.59
1985	6.96	6.59
1986	6.84	6.6
1987	6.69	6.61
1988	6.52	6.59
1989	6.33	6.57
1990	6.14	6.57
1991	5.94	6.55
1992	5.74	6.56
1993	5.57	6.57
1994	5.44	6.56
1995	5.37	6.56
1996	5.31	6.55
1997	5.27	6.53
1998	5.24	6.5
1999	5.18	6.42
2000	5.14	6.36
2001	5.09	6.31
2002	5.03	6.23
2003	4.94	6.09
2004	4.86	5.92
2005	4.8	5.81
2006	4.75	5.74
2007	4.72	5.64
2008	4.66	5.56
2009	4.57	5.45
2010	4.45	5.33
2011	4.28	5.21
2012	4.12	5.06
2013	3.96	4.87
2014	3.84	4.7
2015	3.77	4.55
2016	3.69	4.47
2017	3.61	4.39
2018	3.54	4.29
2019	3.43	4.19
2020	3.36	4.08
2021	3.31	3.98
2022	3.26	3.88
2023	3.21	3.79

Kenya and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Sierra Leone
1960	15.7	21.1
1961	15.5	21.1
1962	15.3	21.1
1963	15.2	21
1964	15.1	21
1965	14.9	20.9
1966	14.8	20.9
1967	14.6	20.8
1968	14.5	20.7
1969	14.5	20.6
1970	14.4	20.4
1971	14.4	20.2
1972	14.3	20.1
1973	14.3	19.9
1974	14.3	19.8
1975	14.3	19.6
1976	14.3	19.5
1977	14.3	19.4
1978	14.3	19.3
1979	14.4	19.2
1980	14.5	19.1
1981	14.5	19.1
1982	14.6	19
1983	14.7	18.9
1984	14.8	18.9
1985	14.9	18.8
1986	15	18.7
1987	15	18.7
1988	15.1	18.6
1989	15.2	18.6
1990	15.3	18.5
1991	15.5	18.5
1992	15.6	18.4
1993	15.7	18.4
1994	15.9	18.3
1995	16	18.2
1996	16.1	18.2
1997	16.2	18.1
1998	16.4	18.1
1999	16.5	18
2000	16.7	18
2001	16.8	18
2002	17	17.9
2003	17.1	17.9
2004	17.3	17.9
2005	17.4	18
2006	17.5	18
2007	17.6	18
2008	17.7	18.1
2009	17.8	18.1
2010	17.9	18.2
2011	18.1	18.3
2012	18.2	18.4
2013	18.4	18.5
2014	18.5	18.6
2015	18.7	18.7
2016	18.9	18.9
2017	19.1	19.1
2018	19.3	19.2
2019	19.6	19.4
2020	19.8	19.6
2021	20	19.8
2022	20.3	20
2023	20.6	20.3
2024	20.8	20.5

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