Rwanda vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 146th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Rwanda and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1960	$119,000,024	$322,151,961
1961	$122,000,016	$327,978,758
1962	$125,000,008	$342,872,549
1963	$128,000,000	$348,700,980
1964	$129,999,994	$372,011,438
1965	$148,799,980	$359,523,810
1966	$124,525,703	$375,630,252
1967	$159,560,018	$348,895,028
1968	$172,200,018	$329,991,597
1969	$188,700,037	$408,853,541
1970	$219,900,006	$434,584,634
1971	$222,952,504	$419,495,788
1972	$246,457,838	$465,254,682
1973	$290,746,157	$575,471,814
1974	$308,458,423	$648,940,351
1975	$571,863,500	$679,352,876
1976	$637,753,853	$594,810,422
1977	$746,650,613	$692,079,407
1978	$905,709,076	$960,765,043
1979	$1,109,346,131	$1,109,343,425
1980	$1,254,765,642	$1,100,476,190
1981	$1,407,062,527	$1,114,926,661
1982	$1,407,243,139	$1,294,995,964
1983	$1,479,687,587	$995,278,515
1984	$1,587,413,084	$1,087,450,199
1985	$1,715,626,331	$856,890,459
1986	$1,944,710,684	$490,181,457
1987	$2,157,432,668	$660,106,336
1988	$2,395,492,687	$1,055,083,933
1989	$2,405,022,593	$932,974,420
1990	$2,550,185,679	$649,644,098
1991	$1,911,600,237	$779,981,987
1992	$2,029,026,962	$679,940,814
1993	$1,971,525,712	$768,867,883
1994	$753,636,370	$911,853,802
1995	$1,293,535,193	$870,740,292
1996	$1,382,334,879	$941,709,423
1997	$1,851,558,197	$850,232,760
1998	$1,989,343,546	$672,368,187
1999	$2,157,108,263	$669,386,624
2000	$2,068,836,754	$635,866,404
2001	$1,966,600,715	$1,681,473,894
2002	$1,966,003,468	$1,933,863,911
2003	$2,138,237,279	$2,142,618,046
2004	$2,376,496,067	$2,237,350,687
2005	$2,933,819,766	$2,545,275,313
2006	$3,319,784,539	$3,263,697,467
2007	$4,070,507,895	$3,632,957,611
2008	$5,179,854,065	$4,157,895,298
2009	$5,674,476,969	$3,953,403,098
2010	$6,124,756,654	$4,262,805,967
2011	$6,884,913,658	$4,861,632,885
2012	$7,654,761,045	$6,141,666,509
2013	$7,819,964,024	$7,502,762,863
2014	$8,238,966,120	$7,686,138,791
2015	$8,543,760,206	$6,788,352,975
2016	$8,695,272,061	$6,084,297,211
2017	$9,252,833,894	$5,749,846,528
2018	$9,637,904,519	$6,390,514,689
2019	$10,349,300,277	$6,526,183,564
2020	$10,174,386,855	$6,693,888,876
2021	$11,078,787,095	$7,173,379,137
2022	$13,316,161,006	$7,124,465,160
2023	$14,331,722,700	$6,411,787,856
2024	$14,251,642,231	$7,547,843,281

Rwanda and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1960	$39.4	$142
1961	$39.3	$142.3
1962	$39.2	$146.4
1963	$39.3	$146.4
1964	$39	$153.4
1965	$43.5	$145.6
1966	$35.4	$149.4
1967	$44	$136.2
1968	$46	$126.4
1969	$48.9	$153.6
1970	$55.2	$160.2
1971	$54.4	$151.8
1972	$58.4	$165.3
1973	$66.9	$200.7
1974	$68.9	$222.2
1975	$124.1	$228.4
1976	$134.4	$196.4
1977	$152.7	$224.3
1978	$179.9	$305
1979	$213.8	$346
1980	$234.4	$336
1981	$254.6	$334
1982	$246.4	$380
1983	$250.6	$285.9
1984	$259.9	$306
1985	$271.6	$235.5
1986	$297.7	$131.5
1987	$320	$172.4
1988	$344	$268.2
1989	$335	$231.3
1990	$346	$154.8
1991	$254	$183.7
1992	$264.1	$163.2
1993	$247	$185
1994	$111	$218.5
1995	$228	$208.4
1996	$206	$224.3
1997	$238.7	$199.9
1998	$246.2	$156.5
1999	$264.7	$155
2000	$251.9	$143.7
2001	$237.3	$358
2002	$234	$389
2003	$249	$414
2004	$269.5	$418
2005	$324	$463
2006	$357	$580
2007	$426	$632
2008	$528	$705
2009	$564	$653
2010	$594	$685
2011	$651	$761
2012	$707	$938
2013	$705	$1,117
2014	$725	$1,118
2015	$734	$965
2016	$730	$844
2017	$758	$779
2018	$772	$846
2019	$810	$844
2020	$779	$846
2021	$830	$886
2022	$975	$861
2023	$1,027	$758
2024	$1,000	$873

Rwanda vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1950	43.2	28.9
1951	43.5	29.3
1952	43.8	29.7
1953	44.1	30.1
1954	44.4	30.5
1955	44.8	30.9
1956	45.2	31.3
1957	45.6	31.8
1958	46.1	32.1
1959	46.5	32.6
1960	47	33.1
1961	47.5	33.6
1962	47.8	34.2
1963	44	34.7
1964	48.1	35.3
1965	48.2	35.9
1966	48.1	36.6
1967	48	37.3
1968	47.7	37.8
1969	47.4	38.2
1970	47.1	38.6
1971	46.8	39.1
1972	46.3	39.5
1973	45.9	40
1974	45.6	40.4
1975	45.3	41
1976	45.3	41.4
1977	45.6	41.8
1978	46.2	42.2
1979	47.1	42.5
1980	48.1	42.8
1981	49.2	43.1
1982	50.2	43.3
1983	50.9	43.5
1984	51.4	43.6
1985	51.7	43.6
1986	51.7	43.5
1987	51.5	43.7
1988	50.9	43.8
1989	49.5	43.7
1990	47.8	43.7
1991	46.2	43.3
1992	44.4	43.5
1993	42.9	43.4
1994	12.2	42.8
1995	41.5	42.6
1996	42.5	43.5
1997	42	43.6
1998	43.1	42.7
1999	45.7	42
2000	47.8	44.8
2001	49.5	45.4
2002	51.3	46.2
2003	53.5	46.8
2004	55.5	47.5
2005	57	48.3
2006	58.3	49.5
2007	59.5	50
2008	60.6	50.7
2009	61.8	51.3
2010	62.8	51.9
2011	63.5	52.6
2012	64.2	53.2
2013	64.7	54.1
2014	65.1	54.3
2015	65.4	55.5
2016	65.7	56.9
2017	66.1	57.8
2018	66.4	59.1
2019	66.7	59.6
2020	67	59.7
2021	66.8	60.3
2022	67.5	61.3
2023	67.8	61.8
2024	68	62
2025	68.2	62.2

Rwanda and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1960	3,022,294	2,268,356
1961	3,106,779	2,304,227
1962	3,186,025	2,342,242
1963	3,258,890	2,382,258
1964	3,334,834	2,424,390
1965	3,423,210	2,468,666
1966	3,521,626	2,514,638
1967	3,629,577	2,562,384
1968	3,744,010	2,611,532
1969	3,861,271	2,661,365
1970	3,980,669	2,712,286
1971	4,100,044	2,763,222
1972	4,220,335	2,814,388
1973	4,345,047	2,866,955
1974	4,474,228	2,920,459
1975	4,607,728	2,974,657
1976	4,745,954	3,028,820
1977	4,888,240	3,085,354
1978	5,035,171	3,145,517
1979	5,189,541	3,207,499
1980	5,353,259	3,272,089
1981	5,527,230	3,338,940
1982	5,711,549	3,408,183
1983	5,905,311	3,481,646
1984	6,107,627	3,558,758
1985	6,317,228	3,638,438
1986	6,531,881	3,728,380
1987	6,749,493	3,829,718
1988	6,968,071	3,934,517
1989	7,184,706	4,034,037
1990	7,375,307	4,196,828
1991	7,526,966	4,246,267
1992	7,683,266	4,166,366
1993	7,981,132	4,157,130
1994	6,792,352	4,173,105
1995	5,674,118	4,179,179
1996	6,708,764	4,199,210
1997	7,755,238	4,253,716
1998	8,081,681	4,295,785
1999	8,147,912	4,318,043
2000	8,213,931	4,423,611
2001	8,287,094	4,692,716
2002	8,400,180	4,971,435
2003	8,586,875	5,177,687
2004	8,816,844	5,355,717
2005	9,054,528	5,501,712
2006	9,299,246	5,624,466
2007	9,549,933	5,749,352
2008	9,804,269	5,894,722
2009	10,060,432	6,055,646
2010	10,317,553	6,222,714
2011	10,573,733	6,387,251
2012	10,829,901	6,551,080
2013	11,093,340	6,714,051
2014	11,364,757	6,876,385
2015	11,640,022	7,037,655
2016	11,919,183	7,205,328
2017	12,202,060	7,379,299
2018	12,487,996	7,554,563
2019	12,776,103	7,731,991
2020	13,065,837	7,912,558
2021	13,355,260	8,094,602
2022	13,651,030	8,276,807
2023	13,954,471	8,460,512
2024	14,256,567	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Rwanda and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1960	8.28	6.18
1961	8.28	6.21
1962	8.27	6.22
1963	8.27	6.26
1964	8.27	6.29
1965	8.25	6.31
1966	8.23	6.35
1967	8.21	6.38
1968	8.19	6.39
1969	8.18	6.39
1970	8.15	6.41
1971	8.09	6.43
1972	8.09	6.45
1973	8.09	6.47
1974	8.1	6.53
1975	8.1	6.55
1976	8.12	6.55
1977	8.14	6.57
1978	8.16	6.59
1979	8.13	6.58
1980	8.12	6.56
1981	8.1	6.55
1982	8.06	6.56
1983	8	6.57
1984	7.91	6.59
1985	7.79	6.59
1986	7.61	6.6
1987	7.43	6.61
1988	7.23	6.59
1989	7.03	6.57
1990	6.8	6.57
1991	6.62	6.55
1992	6.54	6.56
1993	6.48	6.57
1994	6.42	6.56
1995	6.35	6.56
1996	6.29	6.55
1997	6.24	6.53
1998	6.17	6.5
1999	6.06	6.42
2000	5.97	6.36
2001	5.89	6.31
2002	5.82	6.23
2003	5.74	6.09
2004	5.64	5.92
2005	5.5	5.81
2006	5.34	5.74
2007	5.14	5.64
2008	4.92	5.56
2009	4.71	5.45
2010	4.52	5.33
2011	4.33	5.21
2012	4.2	5.06
2013	4.14	4.87
2014	4.12	4.7
2015	4.11	4.55
2016	4.11	4.47
2017	4.08	4.39
2018	4.05	4.29
2019	3.99	4.19
2020	3.91	4.08
2021	3.84	3.98
2022	3.78	3.88
2023	3.7	3.79

Rwanda and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1960	15.5	21.1
1961	15.1	21.1
1962	14.9	21.1
1963	14.8	21
1964	14.7	21
1965	14.8	20.9
1966	14.9	20.9
1967	15.1	20.8
1968	15.3	20.7
1969	15.5	20.6
1970	15.7	20.4
1971	15.9	20.2
1972	16	20.1
1973	16.2	19.9
1974	16.3	19.8
1975	16.4	19.6
1976	16.5	19.5
1977	16.6	19.4
1978	16.6	19.3
1979	16.5	19.2
1980	16.5	19.1
1981	16.4	19.1
1982	16.2	19
1983	16.1	18.9
1984	16	18.9
1985	15.8	18.8
1986	15.7	18.7
1987	15.6	18.7
1988	15.6	18.6
1989	15.5	18.6
1990	15.5	18.5
1991	15.5	18.5
1992	15.6	18.4
1993	15.7	18.4
1994	15	18.3
1995	14.3	18.2
1996	14.6	18.2
1997	14.8	18.1
1998	15.3	18.1
1999	15.8	18
2000	16.3	18
2001	16.8	18
2002	17.1	17.9
2003	17.4	17.9
2004	17.6	17.9
2005	17.8	18
2006	18	18
2007	18.1	18
2008	18.3	18.1
2009	18.4	18.1
2010	18.5	18.2
2011	18.7	18.3
2012	18.8	18.4
2013	19	18.5
2014	19.1	18.6
2015	19.3	18.7
2016	19.4	18.9
2017	19.6	19.1
2018	19.7	19.2
2019	19.8	19.4
2020	19.9	19.6
2021	20	19.8
2022	20.3	20
2023	20.5	20.3
2024	20.8	20.5

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