Namibia vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 33rd vs. 116th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Namibia and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Namibia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Namibia	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	$2,421,990,338	$1,100,476,190
1981	$2,249,908,578	$1,114,926,661
1982	$2,118,710,248	$1,294,995,964
1983	$2,297,400,688	$995,278,515
1984	$1,951,260,038	$1,087,450,199
1985	$1,608,237,350	$856,890,459
1986	$1,809,048,527	$490,181,457
1987	$2,300,068,217	$660,106,336
1988	$2,495,094,746	$1,055,083,933
1989	$2,535,135,798	$932,974,420
1990	$2,789,921,854	$649,644,098
1991	$2,996,869,281	$779,981,987
1992	$3,429,521,699	$679,940,814
1993	$3,251,188,833	$768,867,883
1994	$3,666,503,530	$911,853,802
1995	$3,978,514,206	$870,740,292
1996	$3,989,163,197	$941,709,423
1997	$4,154,989,950	$850,232,760
1998	$3,873,109,866	$672,368,187
1999	$3,868,551,730	$669,386,624
2000	$3,922,232,165	$635,866,404
2001	$3,557,341,215	$1,681,473,894
2002	$3,349,169,826	$1,933,863,911
2003	$4,926,439,384	$2,142,618,046
2004	$6,609,205,995	$2,237,350,687
2005	$7,248,374,838	$2,545,275,313
2006	$8,001,779,551	$3,263,697,467
2007	$8,839,536,476	$3,632,957,611
2008	$8,607,431,497	$4,157,895,298
2009	$8,938,847,189	$3,953,403,098
2010	$11,431,412,421	$4,262,805,967
2011	$12,523,359,441	$4,861,632,885
2012	$13,042,053,592	$6,141,666,509
2013	$12,043,307,277	$7,502,762,863
2014	$12,435,430,970	$7,686,138,791
2015	$11,335,161,084	$6,788,352,975
2016	$10,722,018,732	$6,084,297,211
2017	$12,895,153,371	$5,749,846,528
2018	$13,682,019,076	$6,390,514,689
2019	$12,541,928,303	$6,526,183,564
2020	$10,583,748,542	$6,693,888,876
2021	$12,402,486,184	$7,173,379,137
2022	$12,569,449,123	$7,124,465,160
2023	$12,408,271,448	$6,411,787,856
2024	$13,372,354,269	$7,547,843,281

Namibia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Namibia	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	$2,468	$336
1981	$2,267	$334
1982	$2,097	$380
1983	$2,214	$285.9
1984	$1,830	$306
1985	$1,466	$235.5
1986	$1,599	$131.5
1987	$1,969	$172.4
1988	$2,063	$268.2
1989	$1,967	$231.3
1990	$2,037	$154.8
1991	$2,117	$183.7
1992	$2,347	$163.2
1993	$2,155	$185
1994	$2,356	$218.5
1995	$2,483	$208.4
1996	$2,423	$224.3
1997	$2,460	$199.9
1998	$2,235	$156.5
1999	$2,178	$155
2000	$2,157	$143.7
2001	$1,916	$358
2002	$1,772	$389
2003	$2,569	$414
2004	$3,403	$418
2005	$3,686	$463
2006	$4,017	$580
2007	$4,379	$632
2008	$4,205	$705
2009	$4,303	$653
2010	$5,418	$685
2011	$5,835	$761
2012	$5,943	$938
2013	$5,347	$1,117
2014	$5,378	$1,118
2015	$4,774	$965
2016	$4,396	$844
2017	$5,144	$779
2018	$5,309	$846
2019	$4,732	$844
2020	$3,879	$846
2021	$4,413	$886
2022	$4,350	$861
2023	$4,188	$758
2024	$4,413	$873

Namibia vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Namibia	Sierra Leone
1950	41.9	28.9
1951	42.5	29.3
1952	43.1	29.7
1953	43.8	30.1
1954	44.4	30.5
1955	45	30.9
1956	45.7	31.3
1957	46.4	31.8
1958	47.1	32.1
1959	47.8	32.6
1960	48.5	33.1
1961	49.2	33.6
1962	50	34.2
1963	50.6	34.7
1964	51.3	35.3
1965	52	35.9
1966	52.3	36.6
1967	52.9	37.3
1968	53.6	37.8
1969	54.1	38.2
1970	54.7	38.6
1971	55.3	39.1
1972	55.8	39.5
1973	56.4	40
1974	56.9	40.4
1975	57.6	41
1976	58	41.4
1977	58.6	41.8
1978	59.1	42.2
1979	59.5	42.5
1980	56.6	42.8
1981	56.9	43.1
1982	57.3	43.3
1983	57.6	43.5
1984	58.1	43.6
1985	58.5	43.6
1986	58.7	43.5
1987	59.1	43.7
1988	59	43.8
1989	60.8	43.7
1990	61.4	43.7
1991	60.8	43.3
1992	60.2	43.5
1993	59.3	43.4
1994	58.4	42.8
1995	57.5	42.6
1996	56.6	43.5
1997	55.8	43.6
1998	54.8	42.7
1999	54	42
2000	52.9	44.8
2001	52	45.4
2002	52	46.2
2003	51.9	46.8
2004	52.2	47.5
2005	52.6	48.3
2006	53.2	49.5
2007	54	50
2008	54.7	50.7
2009	55.3	51.3
2010	56.1	51.9
2011	56.6	52.6
2012	57.7	53.2
2013	58.5	54.1
2014	59.3	54.3
2015	60	55.5
2016	60.8	56.9
2017	61.7	57.8
2018	62.6	59.1
2019	63.5	59.6
2020	64.1	59.7
2021	60.8	60.3
2022	64.2	61.3
2023	67.4	61.8
2024	67.5	62
2025	67.7	62.2

Namibia and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Namibia	Sierra Leone
1960	591,465	2,268,356
1961	603,067	2,304,227
1962	615,759	2,342,242
1963	629,589	2,382,258
1964	644,530	2,424,390
1965	660,558	2,468,666
1966	677,655	2,514,638
1967	696,045	2,562,384
1968	715,542	2,611,532
1969	736,120	2,661,365
1970	757,868	2,712,286
1971	780,584	2,763,222
1972	804,399	2,814,388
1973	828,928	2,866,955
1974	854,320	2,920,459
1975	881,032	2,974,657
1976	906,566	3,028,820
1977	931,104	3,085,354
1978	947,269	3,145,517
1979	962,825	3,207,499
1980	981,434	3,272,089
1981	992,500	3,338,940
1982	1,010,308	3,408,183
1983	1,037,511	3,481,646
1984	1,065,989	3,558,758
1985	1,096,890	3,638,438
1986	1,131,081	3,728,380
1987	1,167,889	3,829,718
1988	1,209,696	3,934,517
1989	1,288,947	4,034,037
1990	1,369,303	4,196,828
1991	1,415,684	4,246,267
1992	1,461,322	4,166,366
1993	1,508,697	4,157,130
1994	1,556,304	4,173,105
1995	1,602,170	4,179,179
1996	1,646,103	4,199,210
1997	1,689,264	4,253,716
1998	1,732,745	4,295,785
1999	1,776,368	4,318,043
2000	1,818,647	4,423,611
2001	1,857,048	4,692,716
2002	1,889,970	4,971,435
2003	1,917,464	5,177,687
2004	1,942,082	5,355,717
2005	1,966,582	5,501,712
2006	1,991,888	5,624,466
2007	2,018,600	5,749,352
2008	2,047,056	5,894,722
2009	2,077,394	6,055,646
2010	2,109,811	6,222,714
2011	2,146,325	6,387,251
2012	2,194,654	6,551,080
2013	2,252,508	6,714,051
2014	2,312,139	6,876,385
2015	2,374,300	7,037,655
2016	2,439,213	7,205,328
2017	2,506,853	7,379,299
2018	2,577,327	7,554,563
2019	2,650,494	7,731,991
2020	2,728,762	7,912,558
2021	2,810,548	8,094,602
2022	2,889,662	8,276,807
2023	2,963,095	8,460,512
2024	3,030,131	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Namibia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	Sierra Leone
1960	6.24	6.18
1961	6.29	6.21
1962	6.35	6.22
1963	6.41	6.26
1964	6.43	6.29
1965	6.45	6.31
1966	6.47	6.35
1967	6.49	6.38
1968	6.5	6.39
1969	6.51	6.39
1970	6.52	6.41
1971	6.52	6.43
1972	6.53	6.45
1973	6.54	6.47
1974	6.55	6.53
1975	6.53	6.55
1976	6.49	6.55
1977	6.44	6.57
1978	6.38	6.59
1979	6.31	6.58
1980	6.24	6.56
1981	6.16	6.55
1982	6.08	6.56
1983	6	6.57
1984	5.94	6.59
1985	5.88	6.59
1986	5.79	6.6
1987	5.7	6.61
1988	5.61	6.59
1989	5.52	6.57
1990	5.4	6.57
1991	5.29	6.55
1992	5.11	6.56
1993	4.91	6.57
1994	4.68	6.56
1995	4.42	6.56
1996	4.2	6.55
1997	4.17	6.53
1998	4.18	6.5
1999	4.14	6.42
2000	3.99	6.36
2001	3.83	6.31
2002	3.69	6.23
2003	3.58	6.09
2004	3.55	5.92
2005	3.57	5.81
2006	3.6	5.74
2007	3.61	5.64
2008	3.62	5.56
2009	3.63	5.45
2010	3.66	5.33
2011	3.66	5.21
2012	3.68	5.06
2013	3.65	4.87
2014	3.64	4.7
2015	3.6	4.55
2016	3.57	4.47
2017	3.51	4.39
2018	3.46	4.29
2019	3.4	4.19
2020	3.35	4.08
2021	3.3	3.98
2022	3.25	3.88
2023	3.21	3.79

Namibia and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Namibia	Sierra Leone
1960	18.9	21.1
1961	18.7	21.1
1962	18.6	21.1
1963	18.5	21
1964	18.4	21
1965	18.4	20.9
1966	18.3	20.9
1967	18.3	20.8
1968	18.2	20.7
1969	18.1	20.6
1970	18.1	20.4
1971	18	20.2
1972	17.9	20.1
1973	17.8	19.9
1974	17.7	19.8
1975	17.6	19.6
1976	17.5	19.5
1977	17.3	19.4
1978	17	19.3
1979	16.8	19.2
1980	16.6	19.1
1981	16.4	19.1
1982	16.3	19
1983	16.4	18.9
1984	16.5	18.9
1985	16.7	18.8
1986	16.9	18.7
1987	17	18.7
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.8	18.6
1990	18.3	18.5
1991	18.4	18.5
1992	18.4	18.4
1993	18.5	18.4
1994	18.5	18.3
1995	18.6	18.2
1996	18.7	18.2
1997	18.8	18.1
1998	18.9	18.1
1999	18.9	18
2000	19	18
2001	19.1	18
2002	19.2	17.9
2003	19.3	17.9
2004	19.4	17.9
2005	19.6	18
2006	19.7	18
2007	19.9	18
2008	20	18.1
2009	20.3	18.1
2010	20.5	18.2
2011	20.7	18.3
2012	20.9	18.4
2013	21.1	18.5
2014	21.3	18.6
2015	21.4	18.7
2016	21.5	18.9
2017	21.6	19.1
2018	21.7	19.2
2019	21.8	19.4
2020	21.8	19.6
2021	21.8	19.8
2022	21.8	20
2023	21.9	20.3
2024	22.1	20.5

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