Senegal vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Senegal has a population of 18.5M (ranked 69/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Senegal's land area is 74,336 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 85th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Senegal and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Senegal and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	$1,003,692,370	$322,151,961
1961	$1,058,975,257	$327,978,758
1962	$1,085,475,791	$342,872,549
1963	$1,122,139,862	$348,700,980
1964	$1,188,930,645	$372,011,438
1965	$1,210,058,228	$359,523,810
1966	$1,246,908,186	$375,630,252
1967	$1,246,480,766	$348,895,028
1968	$1,309,384,862	$329,991,597
1969	$1,245,234,931	$408,853,541
1970	$1,297,407,655	$434,584,634
1971	$1,339,549,033	$419,495,788
1972	$1,620,857,104	$465,254,682
1973	$1,863,398,590	$575,471,814
1974	$2,099,325,229	$648,940,351
1975	$2,830,388,405	$679,352,876
1976	$2,869,777,884	$594,810,422
1977	$2,938,046,463	$692,079,407
1978	$3,280,354,921	$960,765,043
1979	$4,084,877,823	$1,109,343,425
1980	$4,510,108,291	$1,100,476,190
1981	$4,095,892,781	$1,114,926,661
1982	$4,013,951,443	$1,294,995,964
1983	$3,569,356,125	$995,278,515
1984	$3,485,165,432	$1,087,450,199
1985	$3,818,944,918	$856,890,459
1986	$5,392,093,446	$490,181,457
1987	$6,487,353,103	$660,106,336
1988	$6,418,419,389	$1,055,083,933
1989	$6,366,039,373	$932,974,420
1990	$7,390,967,360	$649,644,098
1991	$7,255,210,470	$779,981,987
1992	$7,769,817,840	$679,940,814
1993	$7,367,986,241	$768,867,883
1994	$5,034,588,196	$911,853,802
1995	$6,326,342,633	$870,740,292
1996	$6,559,712,166	$941,709,423
1997	$6,041,478,726	$850,232,760
1998	$6,505,607,909	$672,368,187
1999	$6,592,834,933	$669,386,624
2000	$6,013,185,004	$635,866,404
2001	$6,507,824,829	$1,681,473,894
2002	$7,006,402,320	$1,933,863,911
2003	$8,768,721,563	$2,142,618,046
2004	$10,076,816,667	$2,237,350,687
2005	$11,009,033,438	$2,545,275,313
2006	$11,697,918,243	$3,263,697,467
2007	$13,994,218,413	$3,632,957,611
2008	$16,853,989,628	$4,157,895,298
2009	$16,145,867,495	$3,953,403,098
2010	$16,121,315,909	$4,262,805,967
2011	$17,814,283,639	$4,861,632,885
2012	$17,660,870,412	$6,141,666,509
2013	$18,918,667,725	$7,502,762,863
2014	$19,797,253,440	$7,686,138,791
2015	$17,774,766,696	$6,788,352,975
2016	$19,040,312,333	$6,084,297,211
2017	$20,996,562,944	$5,749,846,528
2018	$23,116,701,556	$6,390,514,689
2019	$23,403,995,992	$6,526,183,564
2020	$24,530,513,038	$6,693,888,876
2021	$27,520,784,130	$7,173,379,137
2022	$27,783,332,223	$7,124,465,160
2023	$30,696,331,296	$6,411,787,856
2024	$32,267,254,425	$7,547,843,281

Senegal and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	$300	$142
1961	$308	$142.3
1962	$307	$146.4
1963	$309	$146.4
1964	$318	$153.4
1965	$314	$145.6
1966	$315	$149.4
1967	$305	$136.2
1968	$311	$126.4
1969	$287.3	$153.6
1970	$290.5	$160.2
1971	$291.1	$151.8
1972	$342	$165.3
1973	$381	$200.7
1974	$417	$222.2
1975	$547	$228.4
1976	$541	$196.4
1977	$540	$224.3
1978	$589	$305
1979	$716	$346
1980	$772	$336
1981	$683	$334
1982	$652	$380
1983	$564	$285.9
1984	$536	$306
1985	$571	$235.5
1986	$784	$131.5
1987	$916	$172.4
1988	$880	$268.2
1989	$849	$231.3
1990	$957	$154.8
1991	$913	$183.7
1992	$951	$163.2
1993	$878	$185
1994	$584	$218.5
1995	$715	$208.4
1996	$723	$224.3
1997	$651	$199.9
1998	$685	$156.5
1999	$678	$155
2000	$603	$143.7
2001	$637	$358
2002	$669	$389
2003	$818	$414
2004	$918	$418
2005	$980	$463
2006	$1,017	$580
2007	$1,189	$632
2008	$1,399	$705
2009	$1,309	$653
2010	$1,276	$685
2011	$1,375	$761
2012	$1,327	$938
2013	$1,380	$1,117
2014	$1,399	$1,118
2015	$1,218	$965
2016	$1,266	$844
2017	$1,357	$779
2018	$1,453	$846
2019	$1,431	$844
2020	$1,461	$846
2021	$1,598	$886
2022	$1,574	$861
2023	$1,698	$758
2024	$1,744	$873

Senegal vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1950	36.5	28.9
1951	36.9	29.3
1952	37.4	29.7
1953	37.8	30.1
1954	38.2	30.5
1955	38.5	30.9
1956	38.9	31.3
1957	39.1	31.8
1958	39.4	32.1
1959	39.5	32.6
1960	39.7	33.1
1961	39.7	33.6
1962	39.7	34.2
1963	39.7	34.7
1964	39.8	35.3
1965	39.8	35.9
1966	39.8	36.6
1967	40	37.3
1968	40.1	37.8
1969	40.4	38.2
1970	40.8	38.6
1971	41.2	39.1
1972	41.8	39.5
1973	42.4	40
1974	43.1	40.4
1975	43.9	41
1976	44.8	41.4
1977	45.7	41.8
1978	46.6	42.2
1979	47.5	42.5
1980	48.3	42.8
1981	49.1	43.1
1982	49.9	43.3
1983	50.8	43.5
1984	51.7	43.6
1985	52.6	43.6
1986	53.7	43.5
1987	54.6	43.7
1988	55.5	43.8
1989	56.2	43.7
1990	56.7	43.7
1991	57	43.3
1992	57.3	43.5
1993	57.3	43.4
1994	57.5	42.8
1995	57.3	42.6
1996	57.1	43.5
1997	57.1	43.6
1998	57.1	42.7
1999	57.3	42
2000	57.6	44.8
2001	58.2	45.4
2002	58.9	46.2
2003	59.5	46.8
2004	60.3	47.5
2005	61	48.3
2006	61.8	49.5
2007	62.7	50
2008	63.2	50.7
2009	63.8	51.3
2010	64.2	51.9
2011	64.8	52.6
2012	65.2	53.2
2013	65.6	54.1
2014	66	54.3
2015	66.5	55.5
2016	66.7	56.9
2017	67.1	57.8
2018	67.4	59.1
2019	67.7	59.6
2020	67.5	59.7
2021	66.9	60.3
2022	67.8	61.3
2023	68.7	61.8
2024	68.9	62
2025	69.2	62.2

Senegal and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	3,340,907	2,268,356
1961	3,436,375	2,304,227
1962	3,534,686	2,342,242
1963	3,635,876	2,382,258
1964	3,740,535	2,424,390
1965	3,849,788	2,468,666
1966	3,964,299	2,514,638
1967	4,083,870	2,562,384
1968	4,207,587	2,611,532
1969	4,334,974	2,661,365
1970	4,466,328	2,712,286
1971	4,601,864	2,763,222
1972	4,741,631	2,814,388
1973	4,885,181	2,866,955
1974	5,029,437	2,920,459
1975	5,170,810	2,974,657
1976	5,308,564	3,028,820
1977	5,439,549	3,085,354
1978	5,568,096	3,145,517
1979	5,702,895	3,207,499
1980	5,845,638	3,272,089
1981	5,997,160	3,338,940
1982	6,156,961	3,408,183
1983	6,324,504	3,481,646
1984	6,499,364	3,558,758
1985	6,683,287	3,638,438
1986	6,878,192	3,728,380
1987	7,081,530	3,829,718
1988	7,289,618	3,934,517
1989	7,502,207	4,034,037
1990	7,720,523	4,196,828
1991	7,943,085	4,246,267
1992	8,168,395	4,166,366
1993	8,396,288	4,157,130
1994	8,624,078	4,173,105
1995	8,848,101	4,179,179
1996	9,067,014	4,199,210
1997	9,283,495	4,253,716
1998	9,502,952	4,295,785
1999	9,730,887	4,318,043
2000	9,968,260	4,423,611
2001	10,212,942	4,692,716
2002	10,466,214	4,971,435
2003	10,721,176	5,177,687
2004	10,975,704	5,355,717
2005	11,235,472	5,501,712
2006	11,500,094	5,624,466
2007	11,770,344	5,749,352
2008	12,048,959	5,894,722
2009	12,337,389	6,055,646
2010	12,635,413	6,222,714
2011	12,958,897	6,387,251
2012	13,310,495	6,551,080
2013	13,710,849	6,714,051
2014	14,152,102	6,876,385
2015	14,593,331	7,037,655
2016	15,034,521	7,205,328
2017	15,475,002	7,379,299
2018	15,914,498	7,554,563
2019	16,352,922	7,731,991
2020	16,789,219	7,912,558
2021	17,220,867	8,094,602
2022	17,651,103	8,276,807
2023	18,077,573	8,460,512
2024	18,501,984	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Senegal and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	7	6.18
1961	7.04	6.21
1962	7.08	6.22
1963	7.12	6.26
1964	7.16	6.29
1965	7.19	6.31
1966	7.22	6.35
1967	7.24	6.38
1968	7.25	6.39
1969	7.26	6.39
1970	7.26	6.41
1971	7.26	6.43
1972	7.26	6.45
1973	7.26	6.47
1974	7.25	6.53
1975	7.25	6.55
1976	7.26	6.55
1977	7.27	6.57
1978	7.28	6.59
1979	7.29	6.58
1980	7.29	6.56
1981	7.28	6.55
1982	7.25	6.56
1983	7.19	6.57
1984	7.11	6.59
1985	7.01	6.59
1986	6.9	6.6
1987	6.79	6.61
1988	6.58	6.59
1989	6.48	6.57
1990	6.4	6.57
1991	6.27	6.55
1992	6.15	6.56
1993	6.05	6.57
1994	5.92	6.56
1995	5.82	6.56
1996	5.72	6.55
1997	5.64	6.53
1998	5.58	6.5
1999	5.57	6.42
2000	5.5	6.36
2001	5.4	6.31
2002	5.3	6.23
2003	5.25	6.09
2004	5.19	5.92
2005	5.13	5.81
2006	5.06	5.74
2007	5.02	5.64
2008	5.02	5.56
2009	5.03	5.45
2010	5.06	5.33
2011	5.1	5.21
2012	5.13	5.06
2013	5.05	4.87
2014	4.88	4.7
2015	4.75	4.55
2016	4.65	4.47
2017	4.49	4.39
2018	4.29	4.29
2019	4.1	4.19
2020	4	4.08
2021	3.94	3.98
2022	3.86	3.88
2023	3.82	3.79

Senegal and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Senegal	Sierra Leone
1960	18.1	21.1
1961	18	21.1
1962	18	21.1
1963	17.9	21
1964	17.9	21
1965	17.9	20.9
1966	17.8	20.9
1967	17.9	20.8
1968	17.9	20.7
1969	17.9	20.6
1970	17.9	20.4
1971	17.9	20.2
1972	17.9	20.1
1973	17.9	19.9
1974	17.8	19.8
1975	17.7	19.6
1976	17.6	19.5
1977	17.4	19.4
1978	17.2	19.3
1979	17	19.2
1980	16.8	19.1
1981	16.7	19.1
1982	16.5	19
1983	16.4	18.9
1984	16.3	18.9
1985	16.3	18.8
1986	16.3	18.7
1987	16.3	18.7
1988	16.4	18.6
1989	16.5	18.6
1990	16.6	18.5
1991	16.7	18.5
1992	16.8	18.4
1993	16.9	18.4
1994	17	18.3
1995	17.1	18.2
1996	17.2	18.2
1997	17.3	18.1
1998	17.4	18.1
1999	17.5	18
2000	17.6	18
2001	17.7	18
2002	17.8	17.9
2003	18	17.9
2004	18.1	17.9
2005	18.2	18
2006	18.2	18
2007	18.3	18
2008	18.4	18.1
2009	18.4	18.1
2010	18.5	18.2
2011	18.5	18.3
2012	18.5	18.4
2013	18.5	18.5
2014	18.6	18.6
2015	18.6	18.7
2016	18.7	18.9
2017	18.9	19.1
2018	19	19.2
2019	19.2	19.4
2020	19.4	19.6
2021	19.7	19.8
2022	19.9	20
2023	20.1	20.3
2024	20.4	20.5

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