Sierra Leone vs South Africa statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 116th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Sierra Leone and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	South Africa
1960	$322,151,961	$8,748,596,501
1961	$327,978,758	$9,225,996,310
1962	$342,872,549	$9,813,996,074
1963	$348,700,980	$10,854,195,658
1964	$372,011,438	$11,955,995,218
1965	$359,523,810	$13,068,994,772
1966	$375,630,252	$14,211,394,315
1967	$348,895,028	$15,821,393,671
1968	$329,991,597	$17,124,793,150
1969	$408,853,541	$19,256,992,297
1970	$434,584,634	$21,218,391,513
1971	$419,495,788	$23,411,076,638
1972	$465,254,682	$24,515,919,217
1973	$575,471,814	$33,262,772,008
1974	$648,940,351	$41,389,186,095
1975	$679,352,876	$42,906,905,672
1976	$594,810,422	$41,150,460,288
1977	$692,079,407	$45,328,411,332
1978	$960,765,043	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,109,343,425	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,100,476,190	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,114,926,661	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,294,995,964	$85,904,057,409
1983	$995,278,515	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,087,450,199	$84,870,163,366
1985	$856,890,459	$64,459,376,087
1986	$490,181,457	$73,354,771,399
1987	$660,106,336	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,055,083,933	$103,976,831,871
1989	$932,974,420	$108,055,624,082
1990	$649,644,098	$126,048,140,142
1991	$779,981,987	$135,203,698,238
1992	$679,940,814	$146,956,150,987
1993	$768,867,883	$147,194,747,566
1994	$911,853,802	$153,512,712,382
1995	$870,740,292	$171,735,933,897
1996	$941,709,423	$163,234,925,381
1997	$850,232,760	$168,978,057,328
1998	$672,368,187	$152,982,984,557
1999	$669,386,624	$151,516,957,079
2000	$635,866,404	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,681,473,894	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,933,863,911	$129,087,556,612
2003	$2,142,618,046	$197,018,965,309
2004	$2,237,350,687	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,545,275,313	$288,867,217,197
2006	$3,263,697,467	$303,858,675,364
2007	$3,632,957,611	$333,077,117,254
2008	$4,157,895,298	$316,131,258,616
2009	$3,953,403,098	$329,754,060,647
2010	$4,262,805,967	$417,363,822,802
2011	$4,861,632,885	$458,199,494,831
2012	$6,141,666,509	$434,400,545,086
2013	$7,502,762,863	$400,886,013,596
2014	$7,686,138,791	$381,198,869,776
2015	$6,788,352,975	$346,709,790,459
2016	$6,084,297,211	$323,585,509,674
2017	$5,749,846,528	$381,448,814,653
2018	$6,390,514,689	$405,260,723,893
2019	$6,526,183,564	$389,330,032,224
2020	$6,693,888,876	$337,974,655,408
2021	$7,173,379,137	$420,886,877,629
2022	$7,124,465,160	$406,920,004,594
2023	$6,411,787,856	$380,699,271,816
2024	$7,547,843,281	$400,260,724,226

Sierra Leone and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	South Africa
1960	$142	$532
1961	$142.3	$546
1962	$146.4	$563
1963	$146.4	$605
1964	$153.4	$646
1965	$145.6	$685
1966	$149.4	$722
1967	$136.2	$779
1968	$126.4	$817
1969	$153.6	$891
1970	$160.2	$952
1971	$151.8	$1,020
1972	$165.3	$1,038
1973	$200.7	$1,369
1974	$222.2	$1,656
1975	$228.4	$1,670
1976	$196.4	$1,559
1977	$224.3	$1,671
1978	$305	$1,852
1979	$346	$2,202
1980	$336	$3,029
1981	$334	$3,050
1982	$380	$2,717
1983	$285.9	$2,938
1984	$306	$2,504
1985	$235.5	$1,839
1986	$131.5	$2,027
1987	$172.4	$2,586
1988	$268.2	$2,702
1989	$231.3	$2,727
1990	$154.8	$3,093
1991	$183.7	$3,243
1992	$163.2	$3,462
1993	$185	$3,400
1994	$218.5	$3,489
1995	$208.4	$3,856
1996	$224.3	$3,618
1997	$199.9	$3,700
1998	$156.5	$3,310
1999	$155	$3,242
2000	$143.7	$3,218
2001	$358	$2,847
2002	$389	$2,688
2003	$414	$4,062
2004	$418	$5,221
2005	$463	$5,837
2006	$580	$6,077
2007	$632	$6,592
2008	$705	$6,185
2009	$653	$6,375
2010	$685	$7,973
2011	$761	$8,646
2012	$938	$8,077
2013	$1,117	$7,332
2014	$1,118	$6,857
2015	$965	$6,112
2016	$844	$5,651
2017	$779	$6,618
2018	$846	$6,914
2019	$844	$6,534
2020	$846	$5,581
2021	$886	$6,843
2022	$861	$6,523
2023	$758	$6,023
2024	$873	$6,253

Sierra Leone vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	South Africa
1950	28.9	43.1
1951	29.3	44.1
1952	29.7	45
1953	30.1	46.1
1954	30.5	47.1
1955	30.9	48.2
1956	31.3	49.2
1957	31.8	50.2
1958	32.1	51.1
1959	32.6	51.9
1960	33.1	52.6
1961	33.6	53.1
1962	34.2	53.6
1963	34.7	53.9
1964	35.3	54.2
1965	35.9	54.4
1966	36.6	54.7
1967	37.3	55
1968	37.8	55.2
1969	38.2	55.4
1970	38.6	55.7
1971	39.1	56
1972	39.5	56.4
1973	40	56.7
1974	40.4	57.1
1975	41	57.6
1976	41.4	58
1977	41.8	58.5
1978	42.2	59
1979	42.5	59.5
1980	42.8	60
1981	43.1	60.4
1982	43.3	60.9
1983	43.5	61.4
1984	43.6	61.8
1985	43.6	62.2
1986	43.5	62.4
1987	43.7	62.7
1988	43.8	62.9
1989	43.7	63
1990	43.7	62.9
1991	43.3	63
1992	43.5	62.8
1993	43.4	62.6
1994	42.8	62.1
1995	42.6	61.6
1996	43.5	61.1
1997	43.6	60.5
1998	42.7	59.9
1999	42	59.2
2000	44.8	58.4
2001	45.4	57.2
2002	46.2	55.6
2003	46.8	54.2
2004	47.5	54
2005	48.3	53.9
2006	49.5	54.2
2007	50	54.9
2008	50.7	56
2009	51.3	57.4
2010	51.9	58.9
2011	52.6	60.6
2012	53.2	61.7
2013	54.1	62.4
2014	54.3	63.2
2015	55.5	64.1
2016	56.9	64.7
2017	57.8	65.4
2018	59.1	65.7
2019	59.6	66.1
2020	59.7	65.2
2021	60.3	62
2022	61.3	65.5
2023	61.8	66.1
2024	62	66.3
2025	62.2	66.5

Sierra Leone and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	South Africa
1960	2,268,356	16,440,172
1961	2,304,227	16,908,035
1962	2,342,242	17,418,522
1963	2,382,258	17,954,564
1964	2,424,390	18,511,361
1965	2,468,666	19,089,380
1966	2,514,638	19,690,087
1967	2,562,384	20,314,066
1968	2,611,532	20,957,287
1969	2,661,365	21,614,676
1970	2,712,286	22,279,984
1971	2,763,222	22,942,143
1972	2,814,388	23,609,456
1973	2,866,955	24,294,263
1974	2,920,459	24,989,108
1975	2,974,657	25,690,940
1976	3,028,820	26,395,450
1977	3,085,354	27,118,952
1978	3,145,517	27,869,507
1979	3,207,499	28,634,162
1980	3,272,089	29,518,857
1981	3,338,940	30,541,044
1982	3,408,183	31,615,339
1983	3,481,646	32,739,304
1984	3,558,758	33,892,788
1985	3,638,438	35,042,093
1986	3,728,380	36,180,515
1987	3,829,718	37,326,190
1988	3,934,517	38,480,649
1989	4,034,037	39,628,575
1990	4,196,828	40,746,268
1991	4,246,267	41,687,898
1992	4,166,366	42,443,509
1993	4,157,130	43,297,156
1994	4,173,105	44,004,139
1995	4,179,179	44,541,554
1996	4,199,210	45,123,018
1997	4,253,716	45,666,838
1998	4,295,785	46,223,880
1999	4,318,043	46,730,335
2000	4,423,611	47,159,719
2001	4,692,716	47,566,800
2002	4,971,435	48,019,415
2003	5,177,687	48,500,348
2004	5,355,717	48,991,421
2005	5,501,712	49,490,033
2006	5,624,466	49,998,277
2007	5,749,352	50,528,584
2008	5,894,722	51,114,599
2009	6,055,646	51,728,516
2010	6,222,714	52,344,051
2011	6,387,251	52,995,205
2012	6,551,080	53,782,567
2013	6,714,051	54,678,791
2014	6,876,385	55,594,838
2015	7,037,655	56,723,537
2016	7,205,328	57,259,551
2017	7,379,299	57,635,162
2018	7,554,563	58,613,001
2019	7,731,991	59,587,885
2020	7,912,558	60,562,381
2021	8,094,602	61,502,603
2022	8,276,807	62,378,410
2023	8,460,512	63,212,384
2024	8,642,022	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and South Africa

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	South Africa
1960	6.18	6.11
1961	6.21	6.08
1962	6.22	6.05
1963	6.26	6.01
1964	6.29	5.96
1965	6.31	5.89
1966	6.35	5.91
1967	6.38	5.85
1968	6.39	5.78
1969	6.39	5.72
1970	6.41	5.63
1971	6.43	5.57
1972	6.45	5.49
1973	6.47	5.41
1974	6.53	5.3
1975	6.55	5.19
1976	6.55	5.07
1977	6.57	4.94
1978	6.59	4.85
1979	6.58	4.82
1980	6.56	4.78
1981	6.55	4.71
1982	6.56	4.7
1983	6.57	4.63
1984	6.59	4.57
1985	6.59	4.5
1986	6.6	4.41
1987	6.61	4.35
1988	6.59	4.18
1989	6.57	3.98
1990	6.57	3.72
1991	6.55	3.62
1992	6.56	3.48
1993	6.57	3.37
1994	6.56	3.26
1995	6.56	3.17
1996	6.55	2.99
1997	6.53	2.73
1998	6.5	2.63
1999	6.42	2.56
2000	6.36	2.41
2001	6.31	2.37
2002	6.23	2.32
2003	6.09	2.36
2004	5.92	2.44
2005	5.81	2.51
2006	5.74	2.55
2007	5.64	2.55
2008	5.56	2.68
2009	5.45	2.5
2010	5.33	2.44
2011	5.21	2.44
2012	5.06	2.45
2013	4.87	2.43
2014	4.7	2.42
2015	4.55	2.36
2016	4.47	2.26
2017	4.39	2.28
2018	4.29	2.27
2019	4.19	2.26
2020	4.08	2.26
2021	3.98	2.25
2022	3.88	2.23
2023	3.79	2.22

Sierra Leone and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	South Africa
1960	21.1	19
1961	21.1	19
1962	21.1	18.9
1963	21	18.9
1964	21	18.9
1965	20.9	18.8
1966	20.9	18.8
1967	20.8	18.8
1968	20.7	18.8
1969	20.6	18.8
1970	20.4	18.8
1971	20.2	18.8
1972	20.1	18.8
1973	19.9	18.8
1974	19.8	18.9
1975	19.6	18.9
1976	19.5	19
1977	19.4	19.1
1978	19.3	19.2
1979	19.2	19.3
1980	19.1	19.4
1981	19.1	19.6
1982	19	19.8
1983	18.9	20
1984	18.9	20.2
1985	18.8	20.4
1986	18.7	20.5
1987	18.7	20.7
1988	18.6	20.9
1989	18.6	21.1
1990	18.5	21.3
1991	18.5	21.5
1992	18.4	21.5
1993	18.4	21.9
1994	18.3	22
1995	18.2	21.5
1996	18.2	21.2
1997	18.1	21.2
1998	18.1	21.4
1999	18	21.6
2000	18	21.9
2001	18	22.2
2002	17.9	22.4
2003	17.9	22.8
2004	17.9	23.1
2005	18	23.3
2006	18	23.5
2007	18	23.8
2008	18.1	24
2009	18.1	24.3
2010	18.2	24.6
2011	18.3	25
2012	18.4	25.3
2013	18.5	25.7
2014	18.6	26
2015	18.7	26.4
2016	18.9	26.7
2017	19.1	27
2018	19.2	27.5
2019	19.4	27.9
2020	19.6	28.3
2021	19.8	28.6
2022	20	28.9
2023	20.3	29.2
2024	20.5	29.5

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