Sierra Leone vs Somalia statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 116th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Sierra Leone and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1960	$322,151,961	$180,459,937
1961	$327,978,758	$191,659,914
1962	$342,872,549	$203,531,928
1963	$348,700,980	$216,145,936
1964	$372,011,438	$229,529,913
1965	$359,523,810	$243,725,898
1966	$375,630,252	$257,375,897
1967	$348,895,028	$271,781,887
1968	$329,991,597	$286,719,885
1969	$408,853,541	$306,357,285
1970	$434,584,634	$347,985,394
1971	$419,495,788	$347,039,446
1972	$465,254,682	$447,883,941
1973	$575,471,814	$483,699,611
1974	$648,940,351	$572,504,036
1975	$679,352,876	$757,015,879
1976	$594,810,422	$871,344,245
1977	$692,079,407	$498,550,725
1978	$960,765,043	$564,571,823
1979	$1,109,343,425	$589,566,929
1980	$1,100,476,190	$602,515,548
1981	$1,114,926,661	$699,302,473
1982	$1,294,995,964	$774,578,932
1983	$995,278,515	$735,408,642
1984	$1,087,450,199	$787,434,542
1985	$856,890,459	$875,702,247
1986	$490,181,457	$916,590,786
1987	$660,106,336	$1,018,972,664
1988	$1,055,083,933	$1,051,596,967
1989	$932,974,420	$1,181,360,844
1990	$649,644,098	$1,031,282,081
1991	$779,981,987	$717,974,930
1992	$679,940,814	$709,297,579
1993	$768,867,883	$1,260,132,956
1994	$911,853,802	$1,481,205,098
1995	$870,740,292	$1,534,756,135
1996	$941,709,423	$1,792,234,297
1997	$850,232,760	$2,191,749,014
1998	$672,368,187	$2,962,047,564
1999	$669,386,624	$3,045,751,528
2000	$635,866,404	$3,412,797,450
2001	$1,681,473,894	$2,252,847,465
2002	$1,933,863,911	$2,192,684,135
2003	$2,142,618,046	$2,836,724,352
2004	$2,237,350,687	$3,859,592,813
2005	$2,545,275,313	$4,683,246,454
2006	$3,263,697,467	$5,026,743,282
2007	$3,632,957,611	$5,430,713,729
2008	$4,157,895,298	$5,913,620,293
2009	$3,953,403,098	$2,948,594,552
2010	$4,262,805,967	$2,687,807,004
2011	$4,861,632,885	$2,906,000,097
2012	$6,141,666,509	$4,364,670,160
2013	$7,502,762,863	$5,062,881,600
2014	$7,686,138,791	$5,728,399,720
2015	$6,788,352,975	$6,152,149,100
2016	$6,084,297,211	$6,613,743,070
2017	$5,749,846,528	$7,621,501,710
2018	$6,390,514,689	$7,873,440,830
2019	$6,526,183,564	$8,655,023,960
2020	$6,693,888,876	$8,628,393,720
2021	$7,173,379,137	$9,483,997,390
2022	$7,124,465,160	$10,202,767,270
2023	$6,411,787,856	$10,968,517,090
2024	$7,547,843,281	$12,108,515,110

Sierra Leone and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1960	$142	$62.7
1961	$142.3	$64.9
1962	$146.4	$67.2
1963	$146.4	$69.5
1964	$153.4	$71.9
1965	$145.6	$74.4
1966	$149.4	$76.5
1967	$136.2	$78.7
1968	$126.4	$80.8
1969	$153.6	$84.1
1970	$160.2	$93.1
1971	$151.8	$90.4
1972	$165.3	$113.7
1973	$200.7	$119.6
1974	$222.2	$137.9
1975	$228.4	$177.8
1976	$196.4	$199.6
1977	$224.3	$111.2
1978	$305	$117.3
1979	$346	$108.2
1980	$336	$101.5
1981	$334	$116.9
1982	$380	$129
1983	$285.9	$118.6
1984	$306	$122.5
1985	$235.5	$130.8
1986	$131.5	$131.4
1987	$172.4	$141
1988	$268.2	$145.3
1989	$231.3	$166
1990	$154.8	$145.6
1991	$183.7	$105.4
1992	$163.2	$109.2
1993	$185	$188.6
1994	$218.5	$210.8
1995	$208.4	$210.7
1996	$224.3	$237.2
1997	$199.9	$280.1
1998	$156.5	$363
1999	$155	$359
2000	$143.7	$386
2001	$358	$244.9
2002	$389	$229.6
2003	$414	$286.3
2004	$418	$375
2005	$463	$440
2006	$580	$458
2007	$632	$480
2008	$705	$507
2009	$653	$246.5
2010	$685	$219.2
2011	$761	$235.3
2012	$938	$350
2013	$1,117	$393
2014	$1,118	$429
2015	$965	$446
2016	$844	$461
2017	$779	$511
2018	$846	$510
2019	$844	$540
2020	$846	$518
2021	$886	$549
2022	$861	$573
2023	$758	$597
2024	$873	$637

Sierra Leone vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1950	28.9	41.5
1951	29.3	41.7
1952	29.7	41.9
1953	30.1	42.1
1954	30.5	42.3
1955	30.9	42.5
1956	31.3	42.7
1957	31.8	42.9
1958	32.1	43.1
1959	32.6	43.3
1960	33.1	43.5
1961	33.6	43.7
1962	34.2	44
1963	34.7	44.2
1964	35.3	44.4
1965	35.9	44.6
1966	36.6	44.8
1967	37.3	45.1
1968	37.8	45.3
1969	38.2	45.5
1970	38.6	45.6
1971	39.1	45.8
1972	39.5	46
1973	40	46.2
1974	40.4	44.3
1975	41	44.5
1976	41.4	44.7
1977	41.8	47
1978	42.2	47
1979	42.5	47.4
1980	42.8	47.6
1981	43.1	47.8
1982	43.3	48
1983	43.5	48.2
1984	43.6	48.4
1985	43.6	48.3
1986	43.5	48.4
1987	43.7	49
1988	43.8	43.9
1989	43.7	46.6
1990	43.7	46.9
1991	43.3	25.4
1992	43.5	25
1993	43.4	50.6
1994	42.8	50.3
1995	42.6	50.6
1996	43.5	50.5
1997	43.6	50.3
1998	42.7	50.8
1999	42	50.6
2000	44.8	50.7
2001	45.4	50.8
2002	46.2	50.8
2003	46.8	50.7
2004	47.5	50.7
2005	48.3	50.9
2006	49.5	50.9
2007	50	50.9
2008	50.7	51.5
2009	51.3	52.1
2010	51.9	48.9
2011	52.6	32.5
2012	53.2	49.1
2013	54.1	54
2014	54.3	54.4
2015	55.5	55.1
2016	56.9	55.3
2017	57.8	52.2
2018	59.1	54.8
2019	59.6	57.2
2020	59.7	57.1
2021	60.3	55.7
2022	61.3	53.9
2023	61.8	58.8
2024	62	59
2025	62.2	59.1

Sierra Leone and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1960	2,268,356	2,876,331
1961	2,304,227	2,952,054
1962	2,342,242	3,030,091
1963	2,382,258	3,110,361
1964	2,424,390	3,192,796
1965	2,468,666	3,277,874
1966	2,514,638	3,365,106
1967	2,562,384	3,454,537
1968	2,611,532	3,546,590
1969	2,661,365	3,641,015
1970	2,712,286	3,738,448
1971	2,763,222	3,837,691
1972	2,814,388	3,939,436
1973	2,866,955	4,045,592
1974	2,920,459	4,151,842
1975	2,974,657	4,257,535
1976	3,028,820	4,365,812
1977	3,085,354	4,484,050
1978	3,145,517	4,814,892
1979	3,207,499	5,449,117
1980	3,272,089	5,936,154
1981	3,338,940	5,982,849
1982	3,408,183	6,003,840
1983	3,481,646	6,198,430
1984	3,558,758	6,428,389
1985	3,638,438	6,693,289
1986	3,728,380	6,974,788
1987	3,829,718	7,228,302
1988	3,934,517	7,235,360
1989	4,034,037	7,114,817
1990	4,196,828	7,082,811
1991	4,246,267	6,813,760
1992	4,166,366	6,495,107
1993	4,157,130	6,681,399
1994	4,173,105	7,026,797
1995	4,179,179	7,285,007
1996	4,199,210	7,554,474
1997	4,253,716	7,824,525
1998	4,295,785	8,155,417
1999	4,318,043	8,492,059
2000	4,423,611	8,838,713
2001	4,692,716	9,198,493
2002	4,971,435	9,550,063
2003	5,177,687	9,909,157
2004	5,355,717	10,280,998
2005	5,501,712	10,644,228
2006	5,624,466	10,975,502
2007	5,749,352	11,322,582
2008	5,894,722	11,663,084
2009	6,055,646	11,961,201
2010	6,222,714	12,261,756
2011	6,387,251	12,348,830
2012	6,551,080	12,461,160
2013	6,714,051	12,869,594
2014	6,876,385	13,339,491
2015	7,037,655	13,806,963
2016	7,205,328	14,348,740
2017	7,379,299	14,916,629
2018	7,554,563	15,452,487
2019	7,731,991	16,030,971
2020	7,912,558	16,651,191
2021	8,094,602	17,271,431
2022	8,276,807	17,801,897
2023	8,460,512	18,358,615
2024	8,642,022	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Somalia

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1960	6.18	7.25
1961	6.21	7.25
1962	6.22	7.26
1963	6.26	7.26
1964	6.29	7.26
1965	6.31	7.26
1966	6.35	7.26
1967	6.38	7.25
1968	6.39	7.23
1969	6.39	7.21
1970	6.41	7.18
1971	6.43	7.15
1972	6.45	7.12
1973	6.47	7.09
1974	6.53	7.06
1975	6.55	7.03
1976	6.55	7.02
1977	6.57	7
1978	6.59	7.13
1979	6.58	7.16
1980	6.56	7.18
1981	6.55	7.23
1982	6.56	7.25
1983	6.57	7.28
1984	6.59	7.3
1985	6.59	7.33
1986	6.6	7.35
1987	6.61	7.37
1988	6.59	7.4
1989	6.57	7.42
1990	6.57	7.44
1991	6.55	7.47
1992	6.56	7.5
1993	6.57	7.53
1994	6.56	7.54
1995	6.56	7.58
1996	6.55	7.62
1997	6.53	7.66
1998	6.5	7.66
1999	6.42	7.66
2000	6.36	7.65
2001	6.31	7.64
2002	6.23	7.63
2003	6.09	7.6
2004	5.92	7.57
2005	5.81	7.53
2006	5.74	7.49
2007	5.64	7.46
2008	5.56	7.42
2009	5.45	7.38
2010	5.33	7.32
2011	5.21	7.27
2012	5.06	7.21
2013	4.87	7.14
2014	4.7	7.06
2015	4.55	6.98
2016	4.47	6.88
2017	4.39	6.77
2018	4.29	6.66
2019	4.19	6.56
2020	4.08	6.45
2021	3.98	6.35
2022	3.88	6.26
2023	3.79	6.13

Sierra Leone and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1960	21.1	18.1
1961	21.1	17.9
1962	21.1	17.8
1963	21	17.7
1964	21	17.6
1965	20.9	17.5
1966	20.9	17.5
1967	20.8	17.5
1968	20.7	17.5
1969	20.6	17.5
1970	20.4	17.5
1971	20.2	17.6
1972	20.1	17.6
1973	19.9	17.6
1974	19.8	17.7
1975	19.6	17.7
1976	19.5	17.7
1977	19.4	17.7
1978	19.3	17.7
1979	19.2	17.6
1980	19.1	17.6
1981	19.1	17.5
1982	19	17.4
1983	18.9	17.4
1984	18.9	17.3
1985	18.8	17.2
1986	18.7	17.1
1987	18.7	17
1988	18.6	16.8
1989	18.6	16.7
1990	18.5	16.5
1991	18.5	16.5
1992	18.4	16.7
1993	18.4	16.8
1994	18.3	16.7
1995	18.2	16.6
1996	18.2	16.5
1997	18.1	16.4
1998	18.1	16.4
1999	18	16.3
2000	18	16.3
2001	18	16.2
2002	17.9	16.2
2003	17.9	16.1
2004	17.9	16
2005	18	15.9
2006	18	15.7
2007	18	15.6
2008	18.1	15.6
2009	18.1	15.6
2010	18.2	15.7
2011	18.3	15.8
2012	18.4	16
2013	18.5	16
2014	18.6	16
2015	18.7	16.1
2016	18.9	16.1
2017	19.1	16.2
2018	19.2	16.2
2019	19.4	16.3
2020	19.6	16.3
2021	19.8	16.4
2022	20	16.5
2023	20.3	16.5
2024	20.5	16.6

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