Sierra Leone vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 116th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1960	$322,151,961	$1,409,873,950
1961	$327,978,758	$1,444,327,731
1962	$342,872,549	$1,434,156,379
1963	$348,700,980	$1,240,672,269
1964	$372,011,438	$1,309,747,899
1965	$359,523,810	$1,698,319,328
1966	$375,630,252	$1,751,470,588
1967	$348,895,028	$1,859,465,021
1968	$329,991,597	$1,801,344,538
1969	$408,853,541	$1,965,546,218
1970	$434,584,634	$2,296,470,588
1971	$419,495,788	$2,369,308,600
1972	$465,254,682	$2,553,936,348
1973	$575,471,814	$2,875,625,000
1974	$648,940,351	$3,574,586,466
1975	$679,352,876	$3,791,298,146
1976	$594,810,422	$3,591,319,857
1977	$692,079,407	$4,104,509,583
1978	$960,765,043	$2,733,183,857
1979	$1,109,343,425	$3,364,611,432
1980	$1,100,476,190	$4,024,621,900
1981	$1,114,926,661	$4,415,844,156
1982	$1,294,995,964	$4,768,765,017
1983	$995,278,515	$5,167,913,302
1984	$1,087,450,199	$6,043,474,843
1985	$856,890,459	$5,978,460,972
1986	$490,181,457	$6,405,210,564
1987	$660,106,336	$6,682,167,120
1988	$1,055,083,933	$6,978,371,581
1989	$932,974,420	$6,987,267,684
1990	$649,644,098	$8,032,551,173
1991	$779,981,987	$9,000,362,582
1992	$679,940,814	$9,703,011,636
1993	$768,867,883	$10,338,679,636
1994	$911,853,802	$11,717,604,209
1995	$870,740,292	$13,029,697,561
1996	$941,709,423	$13,897,738,375
1997	$850,232,760	$15,091,913,884
1998	$672,368,187	$15,794,972,847
1999	$669,386,624	$15,656,327,860
2000	$635,866,404	$16,330,814,180
2001	$1,681,473,894	$15,749,753,805
2002	$1,933,863,911	$16,536,535,647
2003	$2,142,618,046	$18,881,765,437
2004	$2,237,350,687	$20,662,525,941
2005	$2,545,275,313	$24,405,791,045
2006	$3,263,697,467	$28,279,802,406
2007	$3,632,957,611	$32,350,238,760
2008	$4,157,895,298	$40,713,826,215
2009	$3,953,403,098	$42,066,224,093
2010	$4,262,805,967	$58,636,161,082
2011	$4,861,632,885	$67,753,284,044
2012	$6,141,666,509	$70,447,216,891
2013	$7,502,762,863	$77,000,578,167
2014	$7,686,138,791	$82,528,535,714
2015	$6,788,352,975	$85,090,301,052
2016	$6,084,297,211	$88,000,211,172
2017	$5,749,846,528	$94,369,350,286
2018	$6,390,514,689	$94,450,015,983
2019	$6,526,183,564	$88,998,706,297
2020	$6,693,888,876	$84,335,574,582
2021	$7,173,379,137	$88,556,698,938
2022	$7,124,465,160	$74,143,020,263
2023	$6,411,787,856	$83,716,142,582
2024	$7,547,843,281	$98,963,185,510

Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1960	$142	$145.9
1961	$142.3	$145.9
1962	$146.4	$141.4
1963	$146.4	$119.4
1964	$153.4	$122.9
1965	$145.6	$155.6
1966	$149.4	$156.6
1967	$136.2	$162.3
1968	$126.4	$153.5
1969	$153.6	$163.6
1970	$160.2	$186.9
1971	$151.8	$188.8
1972	$165.3	$199.4
1973	$200.7	$220.2
1974	$222.2	$268.7
1975	$228.4	$279.8
1976	$196.4	$260.3
1977	$224.3	$292.1
1978	$305	$191
1979	$346	$230.8
1980	$336	$271.1
1981	$334	$292.5
1982	$380	$312
1983	$285.9	$336
1984	$306	$391
1985	$235.5	$385
1986	$131.5	$407
1987	$172.4	$420
1988	$268.2	$434
1989	$231.3	$430
1990	$154.8	$491
1991	$183.7	$546
1992	$163.2	$580
1993	$185	$607
1994	$218.5	$678
1995	$208.4	$742
1996	$224.3	$776
1997	$199.9	$827
1998	$156.5	$849
1999	$155	$826
2000	$143.7	$846
2001	$358	$804
2002	$389	$835
2003	$414	$946
2004	$418	$1,029
2005	$463	$1,207
2006	$580	$1,390
2007	$632	$1,579
2008	$705	$1,974
2009	$653	$2,027
2010	$685	$2,808
2011	$761	$3,225
2012	$938	$3,328
2013	$1,117	$3,741
2014	$1,118	$3,972
2015	$965	$4,058
2016	$844	$4,149
2017	$779	$4,399
2018	$846	$4,359
2019	$844	$4,082
2020	$846	$3,848
2021	$886	$3,997
2022	$861	$3,343
2023	$758	$3,799
2024	$873	$4,516

Sierra Leone vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1950	28.9	53.2
1951	29.3	54
1952	29.7	54.9
1953	30.1	55.6
1954	30.5	56.4
1955	30.9	57.2
1956	31.3	57.9
1957	31.8	58.5
1958	32.1	59.3
1959	32.6	60
1960	33.1	60.6
1961	33.6	61.2
1962	34.2	61.6
1963	34.7	62
1964	35.3	62.4
1965	35.9	62.8
1966	36.6	63.2
1967	37.3	63.6
1968	37.8	63.9
1969	38.2	64.1
1970	38.6	64.4
1971	39.1	64.2
1972	39.5	64.6
1973	40	64.8
1974	40.4	65
1975	41	65.4
1976	41.4	65.8
1977	41.8	66.4
1978	42.2	66.8
1979	42.5	67.5
1980	42.8	68
1981	43.1	68.4
1982	43.3	68.7
1983	43.5	68.7
1984	43.6	68.8
1985	43.6	68.9
1986	43.5	69
1987	43.7	69
1988	43.8	69
1989	43.7	67.3
1990	43.7	69.2
1991	43.3	69.1
1992	43.5	69.6
1993	43.4	70
1994	42.8	70.2
1995	42.6	69.7
1996	43.5	69.8
1997	43.6	69.9
1998	42.7	70.1
1999	42	70.4
2000	44.8	71.2
2001	45.4	71.8
2002	46.2	72.3
2003	46.8	72.4
2004	47.5	68
2005	48.3	73.1
2006	49.5	72.8
2007	50	73
2008	50.7	72.6
2009	51.3	70.3
2010	51.9	74.5
2011	52.6	74.7
2012	53.2	75.2
2013	54.1	75.5
2014	54.3	75.8
2015	55.5	76
2016	56.9	76.1
2017	57.8	76.2
2018	59.1	76.5
2019	59.6	76.7
2020	59.7	76.9
2021	60.3	76.3
2022	61.3	77.3
2023	61.8	77.5
2024	62	77.7
2025	62.2	77.9

Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1960	2,268,356	9,661,389
1961	2,304,227	9,899,372
1962	2,342,242	10,143,754
1963	2,382,258	10,395,040
1964	2,424,390	10,653,397
1965	2,468,666	10,916,965
1966	2,514,638	11,183,928
1967	2,562,384	11,457,328
1968	2,611,532	11,736,088
1969	2,661,365	12,013,858
1970	2,712,286	12,287,110
1971	2,763,222	12,551,910
1972	2,814,388	12,809,205
1973	2,866,955	13,060,916
1974	2,920,459	13,305,693
1975	2,974,657	13,548,984
1976	3,028,820	13,796,770
1977	3,085,354	14,049,371
1978	3,145,517	14,310,128
1979	3,207,499	14,579,614
1980	3,272,089	14,847,974
1981	3,338,940	15,099,414
1982	3,408,183	15,286,567
1983	3,481,646	15,388,794
1984	3,558,758	15,441,860
1985	3,638,438	15,544,154
1986	3,728,380	15,731,256
1987	3,829,718	15,916,576
1988	3,934,517	16,078,621
1989	4,034,037	16,248,557
1990	4,196,828	16,352,458
1991	4,246,267	16,475,354
1992	4,166,366	16,739,284
1993	4,157,130	17,025,918
1994	4,173,105	17,275,773
1995	4,179,179	17,564,068
1996	4,199,210	17,905,018
1997	4,253,716	18,248,200
1998	4,295,785	18,596,003
1999	4,318,043	18,944,731
2000	4,423,611	19,293,054
2001	4,692,716	19,600,362
2002	4,971,435	19,805,752
2003	5,177,687	19,951,521
2004	5,355,717	20,087,605
2005	5,501,712	20,216,524
2006	5,624,466	20,352,411
2007	5,749,352	20,492,545
2008	5,894,722	20,629,378
2009	6,055,646	20,756,435
2010	6,222,714	20,879,089
2011	6,387,251	21,009,048
2012	6,551,080	21,169,458
2013	6,714,051	20,585,000
2014	6,876,385	20,778,000
2015	7,037,655	20,970,000
2016	7,205,328	21,209,000
2017	7,379,299	21,453,000
2018	7,554,563	21,670,000
2019	7,731,991	21,803,000
2020	7,912,558	21,919,000
2021	8,094,602	22,156,000
2022	8,276,807	22,181,000
2023	8,460,512	22,037,000
2024	8,642,022	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1960	6.18	5.35
1961	6.21	5.24
1962	6.22	5.18
1963	6.26	5.12
1964	6.29	5.06
1965	6.31	4.93
1966	6.35	4.83
1967	6.38	4.79
1968	6.39	4.66
1969	6.39	4.5
1970	6.41	4.39
1971	6.43	4.27
1972	6.45	4.16
1973	6.47	4
1974	6.53	3.86
1975	6.55	3.82
1976	6.55	3.78
1977	6.57	3.74
1978	6.59	3.81
1979	6.58	3.82
1980	6.56	3.73
1981	6.55	3.65
1982	6.56	3.32
1983	6.57	3.11
1984	6.59	3.01
1985	6.59	2.9
1986	6.6	2.74
1987	6.61	2.64
1988	6.59	2.57
1989	6.57	2.58
1990	6.57	2.54
1991	6.55	2.51
1992	6.56	2.49
1993	6.57	2.44
1994	6.56	2.4
1995	6.56	2.35
1996	6.55	2.29
1997	6.53	2.22
1998	6.5	2.14
1999	6.42	2.14
2000	6.36	2.21
2001	6.31	2.28
2002	6.23	2.31
2003	6.09	2.3
2004	5.92	2.27
2005	5.81	2.26
2006	5.74	2.29
2007	5.64	2.3
2008	5.56	2.23
2009	5.45	2.18
2010	5.33	2.13
2011	5.21	2.14
2012	5.06	2.17
2013	4.87	2.18
2014	4.7	2.13
2015	4.55	2.09
2016	4.47	2.06
2017	4.39	2.04
2018	4.29	2.03
2019	4.19	2.02
2020	4.08	2.01
2021	3.98	2
2022	3.88	1.98
2023	3.79	1.97

Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1960	21.1	19.5
1961	21.1	19.5
1962	21.1	19.5
1963	21	19.5
1964	21	19.5
1965	20.9	19.5
1966	20.9	19.6
1967	20.8	19.7
1968	20.7	19.8
1969	20.6	19.9
1970	20.4	20
1971	20.2	20.1
1972	20.1	20.2
1973	19.9	20.4
1974	19.8	20.6
1975	19.6	20.7
1976	19.5	20.9
1977	19.4	21
1978	19.3	21.2
1979	19.2	21.3
1980	19.1	21.5
1981	19.1	21.6
1982	19	21.7
1983	18.9	21.9
1984	18.9	22
1985	18.8	22.2
1986	18.7	22.5
1987	18.7	22.8
1988	18.6	23.1
1989	18.6	23.4
1990	18.5	23.6
1991	18.5	23.9
1992	18.4	24.3
1993	18.4	24.6
1994	18.3	24.9
1995	18.2	25.3
1996	18.2	25.8
1997	18.1	26.2
1998	18.1	26.5
1999	18	26.9
2000	18	27.2
2001	18	27.6
2002	17.9	27.9
2003	17.9	28.2
2004	17.9	28.5
2005	18	28.8
2006	18	29
2007	18	29.3
2008	18.1	29.6
2009	18.1	29.9
2010	18.2	30.2
2011	18.3	30.5
2012	18.4	30.8
2013	18.5	31.1
2014	18.6	31.4
2015	18.7	31.7
2016	18.9	32
2017	19.1	32.3
2018	19.2	32.5
2019	19.4	32.8
2020	19.6	33.1
2021	19.8	33.3
2022	20	33.6
2023	20.3	33.8
2024	20.5	34.1

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