Liberia vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 106th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Liberia and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Liberia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	Sierra Leone
1960	$190,495,600	$322,151,961
1961	$183,920,900	$327,978,758
1962	$191,861,800	$342,872,549
1963	$200,229,600	$348,700,980
1964	$218,929,100	$372,011,438
1965	$229,260,800	$359,523,810
1966	$244,459,500	$375,630,252
1967	$261,024,300	$348,895,028
1968	$276,820,700	$329,991,597
1969	$306,961,800	$408,853,541
1970	$323,099,700	$434,584,634
1971	$341,543,100	$419,495,788
1972	$368,098,000	$465,254,682
1973	$386,968,300	$575,471,814
1974	$486,955,000	$648,940,351
1975	$577,549,300	$679,352,876
1976	$596,675,700	$594,810,422
1977	$673,010,600	$692,079,407
1978	$717,240,400	$960,765,043
1979	$814,067,900	$1,109,343,425
1980	$854,711,500	$1,100,476,190
1981	$846,514,500	$1,114,926,661
1982	$863,933,200	$1,294,995,964
1983	$823,374,900	$995,278,515
1984	$848,478,300	$1,087,450,199
1985	$851,296,100	$856,890,459
1986	$840,964,400	$490,181,457
1987	$972,800,000	$660,106,336
1988	$1,038,300,000	$1,055,083,933
1989	$786,300,000	$932,974,420
1990	$384,400,000	$649,644,098
1991	$348,000,000	$779,981,987
1992	$223,500,000	$679,940,814
1993	$160,400,000	$768,867,883
1994	$132,200,000	$911,853,802
1995	$134,800,000	$870,740,292
1996	$159,400,000	$941,709,423
1997	$295,900,000	$850,232,760
1998	$359,600,000	$672,368,187
1999	$441,800,000	$669,386,624
2000	$874,000,000	$635,866,404
2001	$906,000,000	$1,681,473,894
2002	$927,000,000	$1,933,863,911
2003	$748,000,000	$2,142,618,046
2004	$897,000,000	$2,237,350,687
2005	$949,000,000	$2,545,275,313
2006	$1,119,000,000	$3,263,697,467
2007	$1,373,000,000	$3,632,957,611
2008	$1,726,000,000	$4,157,895,298
2009	$1,768,000,000	$3,953,403,098
2010	$1,998,000,000	$4,262,805,967
2011	$2,398,000,000	$4,861,632,885
2012	$2,791,614,000	$6,141,666,509
2013	$3,177,198,100	$7,502,762,863
2014	$3,225,652,000	$7,686,138,791
2015	$3,227,075,700	$6,788,352,975
2016	$3,398,419,600	$6,084,297,211
2017	$3,390,703,400	$5,749,846,528
2018	$3,422,754,800	$6,390,514,689
2019	$3,319,596,500	$6,526,183,564
2020	$3,176,126,300	$6,693,888,876
2021	$3,513,049,500	$7,173,379,137
2022	$4,001,047,000	$7,124,465,160
2023	$4,390,000,000	$6,411,787,856
2024	$4,750,000,000	$7,547,843,281

Liberia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	Sierra Leone
1960	$167.2	$142
1961	$157.5	$142.3
1962	$160.3	$146.4
1963	$163.1	$146.4
1964	$173.9	$153.4
1965	$177.6	$145.6
1966	$184.6	$149.4
1967	$192.2	$136.2
1968	$198.6	$126.4
1969	$214.7	$153.6
1970	$220.3	$160.2
1971	$227.1	$151.8
1972	$238.6	$165.3
1973	$244.4	$200.7
1974	$299.4	$222.2
1975	$346	$228.4
1976	$347	$196.4
1977	$381	$224.3
1978	$394	$305
1979	$435	$346
1980	$443	$336
1981	$426	$334
1982	$422	$380
1983	$391	$285.9
1984	$390	$306
1985	$380	$235.5
1986	$364	$131.5
1987	$409	$172.4
1988	$424	$268.2
1989	$312	$231.3
1990	$172.9	$154.8
1991	$177.9	$183.7
1992	$107.8	$163.2
1993	$74.4	$185
1994	$61.5	$218.5
1995	$62.1	$208.4
1996	$71.4	$224.3
1997	$122.6	$199.9
1998	$134.7	$156.5
1999	$156.6	$155
2000	$298.5	$143.7
2001	$300	$358
2002	$299.5	$389
2003	$239.8	$414
2004	$284.1	$418
2005	$287.5	$463
2006	$321	$580
2007	$374	$632
2008	$452	$705
2009	$448	$653
2010	$492	$685
2011	$568	$761
2012	$638	$938
2013	$711	$1,117
2014	$707	$1,118
2015	$693	$965
2016	$715	$844
2017	$699	$779
2018	$692	$846
2019	$658	$844
2020	$617	$846
2021	$668	$886
2022	$745	$861
2023	$799	$758
2024	$846	$873

Liberia vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	Sierra Leone
1950	38	28.9
1951	38	29.3
1952	38.1	29.7
1953	38.1	30.1
1954	38.1	30.5
1955	38.1	30.9
1956	38.1	31.3
1957	38.1	31.8
1958	38.1	32.1
1959	38.1	32.6
1960	38.1	33.1
1961	38.1	33.6
1962	38.2	34.2
1963	38.3	34.7
1964	38.5	35.3
1965	38.7	35.9
1966	39	36.6
1967	39.3	37.3
1968	39.6	37.8
1969	40	38.2
1970	40.4	38.6
1971	40.7	39.1
1972	41.2	39.5
1973	41.6	40
1974	42.1	40.4
1975	42.5	41
1976	42.9	41.4
1977	43.2	41.8
1978	43.6	42.2
1979	43.9	42.5
1980	44.1	42.8
1981	44.3	43.1
1982	44.4	43.3
1983	44.6	43.5
1984	44.7	43.6
1985	44	43.6
1986	44.5	43.5
1987	44.3	43.7
1988	44.1	43.8
1989	43.9	43.7
1990	37.6	43.7
1991	43.6	43.3
1992	43.6	43.5
1993	43	43.4
1994	42.6	42.8
1995	44.6	42.6
1996	44.9	43.5
1997	48.3	43.6
1998	49.4	42.7
1999	50.4	42
2000	51.9	44.8
2001	53.1	45.4
2002	54.1	46.2
2003	53	46.8
2004	55.9	47.5
2005	56.8	48.3
2006	57.5	49.5
2007	58.1	50
2008	58.7	50.7
2009	59.1	51.3
2010	59.4	51.9
2011	59.5	52.6
2012	59.8	53.2
2013	60	54.1
2014	59.2	54.3
2015	59.2	55.5
2016	60.5	56.9
2017	60.8	57.8
2018	61	59.1
2019	61.2	59.6
2020	61.3	59.7
2021	61.2	60.3
2022	61.9	61.3
2023	62.2	61.8
2024	62.3	62
2025	62.5	62.2

Liberia and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	Sierra Leone
1960	1,139,522	2,268,356
1961	1,167,717	2,304,227
1962	1,197,039	2,342,242
1963	1,227,414	2,382,258
1964	1,258,745	2,424,390
1965	1,291,156	2,468,666
1966	1,324,383	2,514,638
1967	1,358,435	2,562,384
1968	1,393,530	2,611,532
1969	1,429,605	2,661,365
1970	1,466,676	2,712,286
1971	1,504,077	2,763,222
1972	1,542,670	2,814,388
1973	1,583,588	2,866,955
1974	1,626,362	2,920,459
1975	1,670,913	2,974,657
1976	1,717,060	3,028,820
1977	1,766,019	3,085,354
1978	1,818,247	3,145,517
1979	1,872,713	3,207,499
1980	1,929,253	3,272,089
1981	1,986,867	3,338,940
1982	2,045,073	3,408,183
1983	2,107,113	3,481,646
1984	2,173,312	3,558,758
1985	2,240,539	3,638,438
1986	2,308,511	3,728,380
1987	2,377,229	3,829,718
1988	2,446,941	3,934,517
1989	2,517,858	4,034,037
1990	2,223,667	4,196,828
1991	1,956,518	4,246,267
1992	2,072,461	4,166,366
1993	2,155,126	4,157,130
1994	2,149,928	4,173,105
1995	2,169,162	4,179,179
1996	2,232,289	4,199,210
1997	2,412,989	4,253,716
1998	2,670,124	4,295,785
1999	2,821,684	4,318,043
2000	2,928,117	4,423,611
2001	3,015,338	4,692,716
2002	3,094,782	4,971,435
2003	3,119,532	5,177,687
2004	3,156,892	5,355,717
2005	3,301,015	5,501,712
2006	3,490,787	5,624,466
2007	3,669,050	5,749,352
2008	3,821,003	5,894,722
2009	3,943,028	6,055,646
2010	4,058,890	6,222,714
2011	4,221,178	6,387,251
2012	4,373,043	6,551,080
2013	4,470,239	6,714,051
2014	4,564,293	6,876,385
2015	4,659,431	7,037,655
2016	4,755,608	7,205,328
2017	4,848,925	7,379,299
2018	4,944,726	7,554,563
2019	5,043,721	7,731,991
2020	5,149,463	7,912,558
2021	5,259,323	8,094,602
2022	5,373,294	8,276,807
2023	5,493,031	8,460,512
2024	5,612,817	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	Sierra Leone
1960	6.39	6.18
1961	6.45	6.21
1962	6.5	6.22
1963	6.56	6.26
1964	6.59	6.29
1965	6.62	6.31
1966	6.63	6.35
1967	6.65	6.38
1968	6.66	6.39
1969	6.64	6.39
1970	6.58	6.41
1971	6.54	6.43
1972	6.6	6.45
1973	6.65	6.47
1974	6.69	6.53
1975	6.74	6.55
1976	6.79	6.55
1977	6.84	6.57
1978	6.88	6.59
1979	6.92	6.58
1980	6.87	6.56
1981	6.83	6.55
1982	6.79	6.56
1983	6.76	6.57
1984	6.73	6.59
1985	6.69	6.59
1986	6.64	6.6
1987	6.57	6.61
1988	6.51	6.59
1989	6.43	6.57
1990	6.37	6.57
1991	6.32	6.55
1992	6.28	6.56
1993	6.25	6.57
1994	6.21	6.56
1995	6.17	6.56
1996	6.13	6.55
1997	6.08	6.53
1998	6.02	6.5
1999	5.95	6.42
2000	5.88	6.36
2001	5.77	6.31
2002	5.65	6.23
2003	5.55	6.09
2004	5.51	5.92
2005	5.52	5.81
2006	5.53	5.74
2007	5.46	5.64
2008	5.33	5.56
2009	5.17	5.45
2010	5.06	5.33
2011	4.97	5.21
2012	4.88	5.06
2013	4.75	4.87
2014	4.62	4.7
2015	4.52	4.55
2016	4.46	4.47
2017	4.4	4.39
2018	4.34	4.29
2019	4.26	4.19
2020	4.17	4.08
2021	4.09	3.98
2022	4.02	3.88
2023	3.95	3.79

Liberia and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Table

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

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