Sierra Leone vs Uganda statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 116th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Sierra Leone and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Uganda economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1960	$322,151,961	$423,145,605
1961	$327,978,758	$441,667,335
1962	$342,872,549	$449,158,233
1963	$348,700,980	$516,315,231
1964	$372,011,438	$589,247,687
1965	$359,523,810	$884,502,310
1966	$375,630,252	$925,381,492
1967	$348,895,028	$967,240,655
1968	$329,991,597	$1,037,379,252
1969	$408,853,541	$1,168,556,629
1970	$434,584,634	$1,259,554,809
1971	$419,495,788	$1,417,191,656
1972	$465,254,682	$1,490,970,181
1973	$575,471,814	$1,701,829,789
1974	$648,940,351	$2,098,944,967
1975	$679,352,876	$2,359,555,556
1976	$594,810,422	$2,447,300,000
1977	$692,079,407	$2,936,470,588
1978	$960,765,043	$2,420,260,870
1979	$1,109,343,425	$2,139,025,000
1980	$1,100,476,190	$1,244,610,000
1981	$1,114,926,661	$1,337,300,000
1982	$1,294,995,964	$2,177,500,000
1983	$995,278,515	$2,240,333,333
1984	$1,087,450,199	$3,615,647,477
1985	$856,890,459	$3,519,695,444
1986	$490,181,457	$3,923,244,050
1987	$660,106,336	$6,269,522,042
1988	$1,055,083,933	$6,508,931,652
1989	$932,974,420	$5,276,480,799
1990	$649,644,098	$4,304,399,310
1991	$779,981,987	$3,321,729,160
1992	$679,940,814	$2,857,457,762
1993	$768,867,883	$3,220,439,044
1994	$911,853,802	$3,990,430,447
1995	$870,740,292	$5,755,818,842
1996	$941,709,423	$6,044,585,327
1997	$850,232,760	$6,269,333,313
1998	$672,368,187	$6,584,815,847
1999	$669,386,624	$5,998,563,258
2000	$635,866,404	$6,193,246,837
2001	$1,681,473,894	$5,840,503,869
2002	$1,933,863,911	$6,178,563,591
2003	$2,142,618,046	$6,606,884,275
2004	$2,237,350,687	$7,939,487,548
2005	$2,545,275,313	$9,239,221,763
2006	$3,263,697,467	$9,977,647,683
2007	$3,632,957,611	$11,902,564,495
2008	$4,157,895,298	$14,440,404,132
2009	$3,953,403,098	$25,127,805,567
2010	$4,262,805,967	$26,673,441,431
2011	$4,861,632,885	$27,871,725,241
2012	$6,141,666,509	$27,305,915,911
2013	$7,502,762,863	$28,915,786,517
2014	$7,686,138,791	$32,612,397,257
2015	$6,788,352,975	$32,387,183,730
2016	$6,084,297,211	$29,203,988,696
2017	$5,749,846,528	$30,744,473,841
2018	$6,390,514,689	$32,927,025,620
2019	$6,526,183,564	$35,353,061,008
2020	$6,693,888,876	$37,600,368,240
2021	$7,173,379,137	$40,529,788,744
2022	$7,124,465,160	$45,565,333,216
2023	$6,411,787,856	$48,768,955,859
2024	$7,547,843,281	$53,651,874,314

Sierra Leone and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1960	$142	$55.4
1961	$142.3	$56.2
1962	$146.4	$55.5
1963	$146.4	$62
1964	$153.4	$68.6
1965	$145.6	$100
1966	$149.4	$101.4
1967	$136.2	$102.8
1968	$126.4	$106.9
1969	$153.6	$116.7
1970	$160.2	$122
1971	$151.8	$133.5
1972	$165.3	$137
1973	$200.7	$152.7
1974	$222.2	$183.7
1975	$228.4	$201.2
1976	$196.4	$203.3
1977	$224.3	$237.6
1978	$305	$190.7
1979	$346	$164.5
1980	$336	$93.8
1981	$334	$98.6
1982	$380	$157
1983	$285.9	$157.5
1984	$306	$247.5
1985	$235.5	$234.3
1986	$131.5	$253.6
1987	$172.4	$393
1988	$268.2	$395
1989	$231.3	$310
1990	$154.8	$245
1991	$183.7	$183
1992	$163.2	$152.1
1993	$185	$165.6
1994	$218.5	$198.4
1995	$208.4	$278.5
1996	$224.3	$284.7
1997	$199.9	$286.8
1998	$156.5	$292.5
1999	$155	$257.9
2000	$143.7	$258.1
2001	$358	$236
2002	$389	$242
2003	$414	$250.7
2004	$418	$292.4
2005	$463	$330
2006	$580	$347
2007	$632	$401
2008	$705	$473
2009	$653	$799
2010	$685	$823
2011	$761	$836
2012	$938	$795
2013	$1,117	$818
2014	$1,118	$896
2015	$965	$863
2016	$844	$753
2017	$779	$765
2018	$846	$792
2019	$844	$822
2020	$846	$846
2021	$886	$883
2022	$861	$963
2023	$758	$1,002
2024	$873	$1,073

Sierra Leone vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1950	28.9	39.7
1951	29.3	40.2
1952	29.7	40.8
1953	30.1	41.3
1954	30.5	41.8
1955	30.9	42.4
1956	31.3	43
1957	31.8	43.7
1958	32.1	44.3
1959	32.6	45
1960	33.1	45.6
1961	33.6	46.3
1962	34.2	46.8
1963	34.7	47.4
1964	35.3	47.8
1965	35.9	48.3
1966	36.6	48.5
1967	37.3	49
1968	37.8	49.3
1969	38.2	49.5
1970	38.6	49.6
1971	39.1	47.1
1972	39.5	47.2
1973	40	47
1974	40.4	46.9
1975	41	46.5
1976	41.4	46.2
1977	41.8	45.8
1978	42.2	45.6
1979	42.5	45.4
1980	42.8	43.5
1981	43.1	43.5
1982	43.3	43.3
1983	43.5	43.5
1984	43.6	43.7
1985	43.6	45.5
1986	43.5	45.7
1987	43.7	47.4
1988	43.8	47.5
1989	43.7	47.5
1990	43.7	47.6
1991	43.3	47.5
1992	43.5	47.7
1993	43.4	47.7
1994	42.8	47.7
1995	42.6	47.7
1996	43.5	47.8
1997	43.6	48
1998	42.7	48.3
1999	42	49
2000	44.8	49.6
2001	45.4	50.6
2002	46.2	51.4
2003	46.8	52.4
2004	47.5	53.7
2005	48.3	54.9
2006	49.5	56.1
2007	50	57.2
2008	50.7	58.3
2009	51.3	59.2
2010	51.9	60
2011	52.6	60.8
2012	53.2	61.6
2013	54.1	62.4
2014	54.3	63.1
2015	55.5	63.8
2016	56.9	64.5
2017	57.8	65.2
2018	59.1	65.8
2019	59.6	66.4
2020	59.7	66.4
2021	60.3	66.4
2022	61.3	67.7
2023	61.8	68.3
2024	62	68.5
2025	62.2	68.7

Sierra Leone and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1960	2,268,356	7,640,973
1961	2,304,227	7,862,217
1962	2,342,242	8,092,231
1963	2,382,258	8,333,663
1964	2,424,390	8,586,363
1965	2,468,666	8,849,203
1966	2,514,638	9,122,864
1967	2,562,384	9,408,924
1968	2,611,532	9,708,632
1969	2,661,365	10,014,858
1970	2,712,286	10,321,603
1971	2,763,222	10,618,206
1972	2,814,388	10,885,796
1973	2,866,955	11,144,236
1974	2,920,459	11,424,846
1975	2,974,657	11,725,240
1976	3,028,820	12,037,294
1977	3,085,354	12,359,669
1978	3,145,517	12,692,113
1979	3,207,499	13,002,163
1980	3,272,089	13,275,741
1981	3,338,940	13,556,452
1982	3,408,183	13,873,631
1983	3,481,646	14,221,881
1984	3,558,758	14,607,677
1985	3,638,438	15,023,681
1986	3,728,380	15,467,579
1987	3,829,718	15,954,170
1988	3,934,517	16,470,483
1989	4,034,037	17,010,698
1990	4,196,828	17,569,897
1991	4,246,267	18,155,901
1992	4,166,366	18,785,032
1993	4,157,130	19,445,161
1994	4,173,105	20,108,801
1995	4,179,179	20,665,667
1996	4,199,210	21,231,550
1997	4,253,716	21,856,046
1998	4,295,785	22,515,806
1999	4,318,043	23,257,281
2000	4,423,611	24,000,150
2001	4,692,716	24,745,676
2002	4,971,435	25,532,870
2003	5,177,687	26,352,124
2004	5,355,717	27,154,515
2005	5,501,712	27,963,289
2006	5,624,466	28,794,003
2007	5,749,352	29,653,430
2008	5,894,722	30,539,553
2009	6,055,646	31,451,151
2010	6,222,714	32,390,802
2011	6,387,251	33,354,543
2012	6,551,080	34,337,438
2013	6,714,051	35,337,042
2014	6,876,385	36,395,539
2015	7,037,655	37,531,446
2016	7,205,328	38,799,152
2017	7,379,299	40,177,388
2018	7,554,563	41,565,831
2019	7,731,991	42,999,637
2020	7,912,558	44,457,152
2021	8,094,602	45,910,930
2022	8,276,807	47,312,719
2023	8,460,512	48,656,601
2024	8,642,022	50,015,092

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Uganda

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1960	6.18	6.91
1961	6.21	6.93
1962	6.22	6.96
1963	6.26	6.98
1964	6.29	7.01
1965	6.31	7.04
1966	6.35	7.07
1967	6.38	7.1
1968	6.39	7.13
1969	6.39	7.12
1970	6.41	7.15
1971	6.43	7.18
1972	6.45	7.19
1973	6.47	7.19
1974	6.53	7.19
1975	6.55	7.2
1976	6.55	7.19
1977	6.57	7.18
1978	6.59	7.16
1979	6.58	7.14
1980	6.56	7.11
1981	6.55	7.12
1982	6.56	7.11
1983	6.57	7.07
1984	6.59	7.02
1985	6.59	7.04
1986	6.6	7.08
1987	6.61	7.12
1988	6.59	7.1
1989	6.57	7.05
1990	6.57	7.01
1991	6.55	6.94
1992	6.56	6.91
1993	6.57	6.89
1994	6.56	6.9
1995	6.56	6.87
1996	6.55	6.84
1997	6.53	6.86
1998	6.5	6.84
1999	6.42	6.83
2000	6.36	6.79
2001	6.31	6.76
2002	6.23	6.74
2003	6.09	6.67
2004	5.92	6.61
2005	5.81	6.53
2006	5.74	6.43
2007	5.64	6.33
2008	5.56	6.2
2009	5.45	6.12
2010	5.33	6.02
2011	5.21	5.89
2012	5.06	5.73
2013	4.87	5.56
2014	4.7	5.41
2015	4.55	5.25
2016	4.47	5.11
2017	4.39	4.99
2018	4.29	4.87
2019	4.19	4.74
2020	4.08	4.62
2021	3.98	4.51
2022	3.88	4.39
2023	3.79	4.28

Sierra Leone and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1960	21.1	17.1
1961	21.1	16.9
1962	21.1	16.8
1963	21	16.7
1964	21	16.6
1965	20.9	16.6
1966	20.9	16.6
1967	20.8	16.6
1968	20.7	16.6
1969	20.6	16.6
1970	20.4	16.6
1971	20.2	16.6
1972	20.1	16.5
1973	19.9	16.3
1974	19.8	16.3
1975	19.6	16.2
1976	19.5	16.2
1977	19.4	16.2
1978	19.3	16.1
1979	19.2	16.1
1980	19.1	16
1981	19.1	15.9
1982	19	15.9
1983	18.9	15.9
1984	18.9	15.9
1985	18.8	15.9
1986	18.7	15.9
1987	18.7	15.9
1988	18.6	15.9
1989	18.6	15.8
1990	18.5	15.8
1991	18.5	15.8
1992	18.4	15.7
1993	18.4	15.7
1994	18.3	15.6
1995	18.2	15.4
1996	18.2	15.3
1997	18.1	15.1
1998	18.1	15
1999	18	15
2000	18	15
2001	18	15
2002	17.9	15
2003	17.9	15
2004	17.9	15
2005	18	15
2006	18	15
2007	18	15
2008	18.1	15.1
2009	18.1	15.1
2010	18.2	15.2
2011	18.3	15.3
2012	18.4	15.4
2013	18.5	15.5
2014	18.6	15.6
2015	18.7	15.8
2016	18.9	16
2017	19.1	16.3
2018	19.2	16.5
2019	19.4	16.8
2020	19.6	17
2021	19.8	17.2
2022	20	17.4
2023	20.3	17.6
2024	20.5	17.8

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