Sierra Leone vs Tanzania statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 116th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Sierra Leone and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1960	$322,151,961	$2,651,729,807
1961	$327,978,758	$2,826,179,031
1962	$342,872,549	$3,101,589,993
1963	$348,700,980	$3,456,579,293
1964	$372,011,438	$3,748,840,925
1965	$359,523,810	$3,817,226,546
1966	$375,630,252	$4,377,998,825
1967	$348,895,028	$4,565,132,048
1968	$329,991,597	$4,895,251,824
1969	$408,853,541	$5,142,066,811
1970	$434,584,634	$2,851,419,386
1971	$419,495,788	$3,050,673,517
1972	$465,254,682	$3,472,787,266
1973	$575,471,814	$4,144,104,535
1974	$648,940,351	$4,977,337,978
1975	$679,352,876	$5,729,917,840
1976	$594,810,422	$6,472,511,988
1977	$692,079,407	$7,732,598,995
1978	$960,765,043	$9,261,675,710
1979	$1,109,343,425	$9,804,637,491
1980	$1,100,476,190	$11,409,228,087
1981	$1,114,926,661	$13,161,540,378
1982	$1,294,995,964	$13,927,383,240
1983	$995,278,515	$14,049,883,809
1984	$1,087,450,199	$12,906,635,133
1985	$856,890,459	$15,328,295,175
1986	$490,181,457	$10,840,864,521
1987	$660,106,336	$7,824,193,222
1988	$1,055,083,933	$7,406,614,407
1989	$932,974,420	$6,418,799,007
1990	$649,644,098	$6,184,384,225
1991	$779,981,987	$7,197,768,159
1992	$679,940,814	$6,681,997,469
1993	$768,867,883	$6,182,872,708
1994	$911,853,802	$6,550,480,484
1995	$870,740,292	$7,631,431,840
1996	$941,709,423	$9,433,528,150
1997	$850,232,760	$11,158,197,942
1998	$672,368,187	$12,172,790,056
1999	$669,386,624	$12,704,334,196
2000	$635,866,404	$13,371,767,082
2001	$1,681,473,894	$13,563,990,022
2002	$1,933,863,911	$14,129,651,896
2003	$2,142,618,046	$15,211,487,709
2004	$2,237,350,687	$16,673,062,473
2005	$2,545,275,313	$18,395,383,647
2006	$3,263,697,467	$18,619,859,795
2007	$3,632,957,611	$21,860,434,823
2008	$4,157,895,298	$27,947,821,398
2009	$3,953,403,098	$29,400,573,554
2010	$4,262,805,967	$32,012,892,919
2011	$4,861,632,885	$34,657,140,096
2012	$6,141,666,509	$39,650,394,363
2013	$7,502,762,863	$45,648,857,242
2014	$7,686,138,791	$49,986,726,461
2015	$6,788,352,975	$47,413,919,817
2016	$6,084,297,211	$49,774,409,374
2017	$5,749,846,528	$53,274,884,533
2018	$6,390,514,689	$57,003,712,892
2019	$6,526,183,564	$61,026,731,926
2020	$6,693,888,876	$66,068,737,786
2021	$7,173,379,137	$70,655,628,148
2022	$7,124,465,160	$75,769,974,505
2023	$6,411,787,856	$79,062,403,837
2024	$7,547,843,281	$78,779,864,877

Sierra Leone and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1960	$142	$267.8
1961	$142.3	$277.4
1962	$146.4	$295.7
1963	$146.4	$320
1964	$153.4	$337
1965	$145.6	$333
1966	$149.4	$370
1967	$136.2	$374
1968	$126.4	$388
1969	$153.6	$394
1970	$160.2	$211.3
1971	$151.8	$218.4
1972	$165.3	$239.8
1973	$200.7	$276.1
1974	$222.2	$320
1975	$228.4	$355
1976	$196.4	$387
1977	$224.3	$446
1978	$305	$515
1979	$346	$527
1980	$336	$595
1981	$334	$665
1982	$380	$683
1983	$285.9	$667
1984	$306	$593
1985	$235.5	$681
1986	$131.5	$466
1987	$172.4	$326
1988	$268.2	$299
1989	$231.3	$252.3
1990	$154.8	$236.9
1991	$183.7	$268.8
1992	$163.2	$243.4
1993	$185	$218.2
1994	$218.5	$222.5
1995	$208.4	$251.2
1996	$224.3	$305
1997	$199.9	$353
1998	$156.5	$375
1999	$155	$382
2000	$143.7	$390
2001	$358	$385
2002	$389	$391
2003	$414	$410
2004	$418	$438
2005	$463	$469
2006	$580	$462
2007	$632	$528
2008	$705	$657
2009	$653	$674
2010	$685	$715
2011	$761	$753
2012	$938	$837
2013	$1,117	$935
2014	$1,118	$993
2015	$965	$911
2016	$844	$925
2017	$779	$957
2018	$846	$992
2019	$844	$1,031
2020	$846	$1,084
2021	$886	$1,125
2022	$861	$1,171
2023	$758	$1,187
2024	$873	$1,149

Sierra Leone vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1950	28.9	41
1951	29.3	41.2
1952	29.7	41.4
1953	30.1	41.5
1954	30.5	41.7
1955	30.9	41.8
1956	31.3	42
1957	31.8	42.1
1958	32.1	42.3
1959	32.6	42.5
1960	33.1	42.6
1961	33.6	42.8
1962	34.2	43.2
1963	34.7	43.6
1964	35.3	44.1
1965	35.9	44.5
1966	36.6	44.9
1967	37.3	45.2
1968	37.8	45.6
1969	38.2	46
1970	38.6	46.5
1971	39.1	47
1972	39.5	47.4
1973	40	47.9
1974	40.4	48.4
1975	41	48.9
1976	41.4	49.5
1977	41.8	50
1978	42.2	50.4
1979	42.5	50.8
1980	42.8	51.3
1981	43.1	51.7
1982	43.3	52
1983	43.5	52.2
1984	43.6	52.2
1985	43.6	52.2
1986	43.5	52.2
1987	43.7	52.2
1988	43.8	52.2
1989	43.7	52.1
1990	43.7	52
1991	43.3	51.8
1992	43.5	51.4
1993	43.4	51.2
1994	42.8	51.1
1995	42.6	51
1996	43.5	51.1
1997	43.6	51.2
1998	42.7	51.8
1999	42	52.4
2000	44.8	53.2
2001	45.4	54.1
2002	46.2	54.9
2003	46.8	55.9
2004	47.5	56.8
2005	48.3	57.7
2006	49.5	58.5
2007	50	59.3
2008	50.7	59.9
2009	51.3	60.5
2010	51.9	61.1
2011	52.6	61.6
2012	53.2	62.3
2013	54.1	62.8
2014	54.3	63.4
2015	55.5	63.9
2016	56.9	64.4
2017	57.8	65
2018	59.1	65.5
2019	59.6	66
2020	59.7	66.8
2021	60.3	66.1
2022	61.3	66.9
2023	61.8	67
2024	62	67.2
2025	62.2	67.4

Sierra Leone and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1960	2,268,356	9,901,419
1961	2,304,227	10,187,886
1962	2,342,242	10,487,756
1963	2,382,258	10,799,528
1964	2,424,390	11,127,826
1965	2,468,666	11,470,728
1966	2,514,638	11,827,459
1967	2,562,384	12,200,109
1968	2,611,532	12,602,076
1969	2,661,365	13,036,700
1970	2,712,286	13,492,677
1971	2,763,222	13,971,451
1972	2,814,388	14,479,308
1973	2,866,955	15,010,101
1974	2,920,459	15,561,630
1975	2,974,657	16,138,361
1976	3,028,820	16,736,211
1977	3,085,354	17,352,929
1978	3,145,517	17,976,566
1979	3,207,499	18,592,038
1980	3,272,089	19,189,769
1981	3,338,940	19,784,703
1982	3,408,183	20,398,571
1983	3,481,646	21,079,874
1984	3,558,758	21,779,066
1985	3,638,438	22,501,693
1986	3,728,380	23,258,959
1987	3,829,718	24,030,378
1988	3,934,517	24,769,686
1989	4,034,037	25,438,759
1990	4,196,828	26,110,207
1991	4,246,267	26,780,436
1992	4,166,366	27,457,588
1993	4,157,130	28,332,692
1994	4,173,105	29,442,356
1995	4,179,179	30,383,497
1996	4,199,210	30,945,762
1997	4,253,716	31,578,089
1998	4,295,785	32,420,458
1999	4,318,043	33,300,330
2000	4,423,611	34,260,139
2001	4,692,716	35,198,299
2002	4,971,435	36,121,304
2003	5,177,687	37,089,555
2004	5,355,717	38,109,668
2005	5,501,712	39,182,076
2006	5,624,466	40,294,902
2007	5,749,352	41,435,512
2008	5,894,722	42,570,728
2009	6,055,646	43,633,982
2010	6,222,714	44,758,488
2011	6,387,251	46,029,367
2012	6,551,080	47,374,260
2013	6,714,051	48,824,128
2014	6,876,385	50,351,512
2015	7,037,655	52,020,962
2016	7,205,328	53,824,013
2017	7,379,299	55,652,890
2018	7,554,563	57,437,145
2019	7,731,991	59,174,891
2020	7,912,558	60,972,798
2021	8,094,602	62,830,412
2022	8,276,807	64,711,821
2023	8,460,512	66,617,606
2024	8,642,022	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1960	6.18	6.54
1961	6.21	6.56
1962	6.22	6.61
1963	6.26	6.65
1964	6.29	6.68
1965	6.31	6.73
1966	6.35	6.8
1967	6.38	6.86
1968	6.39	6.9
1969	6.39	6.95
1970	6.41	7
1971	6.43	7.04
1972	6.45	7.05
1973	6.47	7.06
1974	6.53	7.12
1975	6.55	7.1
1976	6.55	7.09
1977	6.57	7.07
1978	6.59	7.06
1979	6.58	7.04
1980	6.56	6.99
1981	6.55	6.93
1982	6.56	6.87
1983	6.57	6.81
1984	6.59	6.72
1985	6.59	6.6
1986	6.6	6.49
1987	6.61	6.41
1988	6.59	6.38
1989	6.57	6.3
1990	6.57	6.2
1991	6.55	6.14
1992	6.56	6.08
1993	6.57	6
1994	6.56	5.89
1995	6.56	5.82
1996	6.55	5.83
1997	6.53	5.84
1998	6.5	5.81
1999	6.42	5.75
2000	6.36	5.67
2001	6.31	5.62
2002	6.23	5.57
2003	6.09	5.58
2004	5.92	5.6
2005	5.81	5.58
2006	5.74	5.51
2007	5.64	5.4
2008	5.56	5.32
2009	5.45	5.26
2010	5.33	5.23
2011	5.21	5.14
2012	5.06	5.14
2013	4.87	5.16
2014	4.7	5.12
2015	4.55	5.03
2016	4.47	5.01
2017	4.39	4.99
2018	4.29	4.93
2019	4.19	4.87
2020	4.08	4.8
2021	3.98	4.73
2022	3.88	4.67
2023	3.79	4.61

Sierra Leone and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1960	21.1	17.4
1961	21.1	17.4
1962	21.1	17.4
1963	21	17.4
1964	21	17.4
1965	20.9	17.3
1966	20.9	17.2
1967	20.8	17.2
1968	20.7	17.1
1969	20.6	17.1
1970	20.4	17.1
1971	20.2	17
1972	20.1	17
1973	19.9	17
1974	19.8	16.9
1975	19.6	16.9
1976	19.5	16.8
1977	19.4	16.8
1978	19.3	16.7
1979	19.2	16.6
1980	19.1	16.5
1981	19.1	16.4
1982	19	16.3
1983	18.9	16.2
1984	18.9	16.2
1985	18.8	16.3
1986	18.7	16.4
1987	18.7	16.5
1988	18.6	16.6
1989	18.6	16.6
1990	18.5	16.7
1991	18.5	16.7
1992	18.4	16.8
1993	18.4	17
1994	18.3	17.3
1995	18.2	17.4
1996	18.2	17.4
1997	18.1	17.3
1998	18.1	17.3
1999	18	17.4
2000	18	17.4
2001	18	17.5
2002	17.9	17.5
2003	17.9	17.4
2004	17.9	17.4
2005	18	17.4
2006	18	17.4
2007	18	17.3
2008	18.1	17.3
2009	18.1	17.2
2010	18.2	17.2
2011	18.3	17.2
2012	18.4	17.3
2013	18.5	17.3
2014	18.6	17.4
2015	18.7	17.5
2016	18.9	17.6
2017	19.1	17.8
2018	19.2	17.9
2019	19.4	17.9
2020	19.6	18
2021	19.8	18.1
2022	20	18.2
2023	20.3	18.3
2024	20.5	18.4

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