Sierra Leone vs Zambia statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 116th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Sierra Leone and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1960	$322,151,961	$698,739,721
1961	$327,978,758	$682,359,727
1962	$342,872,549	$679,279,729
1963	$348,700,980	$704,339,719
1964	$372,011,438	$822,639,671
1965	$359,523,810	$1,061,199,576
1966	$375,630,252	$1,238,999,505
1967	$348,895,028	$1,340,639,464
1968	$329,991,597	$1,573,739,371
1969	$408,853,541	$1,926,399,230
1970	$434,584,634	$1,788,779,285
1971	$419,495,788	$1,653,259,341
1972	$465,254,682	$1,872,416,680
1973	$575,471,814	$2,434,255,237
1974	$648,940,351	$2,910,981,262
1975	$679,352,876	$2,442,672,141
1976	$594,810,422	$2,742,859,263
1977	$692,079,407	$2,515,296,940
1978	$960,765,043	$2,811,032,473
1979	$1,109,343,425	$3,353,445,378
1980	$1,100,476,190	$3,884,530,854
1981	$1,114,926,661	$4,008,126,497
1982	$1,294,995,964	$3,871,117,093
1983	$995,278,515	$3,321,048,451
1984	$1,087,450,199	$2,719,518,933
1985	$856,890,459	$2,252,454,500
1986	$490,181,457	$1,664,413,508
1987	$660,106,336	$2,265,250,972
1988	$1,055,083,933	$3,728,878,149
1989	$932,974,420	$3,994,673,161
1990	$649,644,098	$3,288,381,797
1991	$779,981,987	$3,376,806,697
1992	$679,940,814	$3,182,810,841
1993	$768,867,883	$3,273,505,344
1994	$911,853,802	$3,656,806,166
1995	$870,740,292	$3,806,983,413
1996	$941,709,423	$3,597,220,962
1997	$850,232,760	$4,303,288,480
1998	$672,368,187	$3,537,741,942
1999	$669,386,624	$3,404,284,891
2000	$635,866,404	$3,600,632,111
2001	$1,681,473,894	$4,094,441,301
2002	$1,933,863,911	$4,193,850,445
2003	$2,142,618,046	$4,901,869,764
2004	$2,237,350,687	$6,221,110,219
2005	$2,545,275,313	$8,331,870,169
2006	$3,263,697,467	$12,756,858,899
2007	$3,632,957,611	$14,056,957,976
2008	$4,157,895,298	$17,910,858,638
2009	$3,953,403,098	$15,328,342,304
2010	$4,262,805,967	$20,265,559,484
2011	$4,861,632,885	$23,459,515,276
2012	$6,141,666,509	$25,503,060,420
2013	$7,502,762,863	$28,037,239,463
2014	$7,686,138,791	$27,141,023,558
2015	$6,788,352,975	$21,251,216,799
2016	$6,084,297,211	$20,958,412,538
2017	$5,749,846,528	$25,873,601,261
2018	$6,390,514,689	$26,311,507,274
2019	$6,526,183,564	$23,308,667,781
2020	$6,693,888,876	$18,137,764,931
2021	$7,173,379,137	$22,096,416,932
2022	$7,124,465,160	$29,163,782,140
2023	$6,411,787,856	$27,577,956,471
2024	$7,547,843,281	$26,325,775,287

Sierra Leone and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1960	$142	$221.6
1961	$142.3	$209.7
1962	$146.4	$202.3
1963	$146.4	$203.2
1964	$153.4	$230
1965	$145.6	$287.4
1966	$149.4	$325
1967	$136.2	$341
1968	$126.4	$387
1969	$153.6	$459
1970	$160.2	$414
1971	$151.8	$372
1972	$165.3	$410
1973	$200.7	$518
1974	$222.2	$601
1975	$228.4	$490
1976	$196.4	$533
1977	$224.3	$474
1978	$305	$514
1979	$346	$595
1980	$336	$669
1981	$334	$670
1982	$380	$627
1983	$285.9	$520
1984	$306	$413
1985	$235.5	$332
1986	$131.5	$238.2
1987	$172.4	$315
1988	$268.2	$504
1989	$231.3	$526
1990	$154.8	$422
1991	$183.7	$423
1992	$163.2	$389
1993	$185	$391
1994	$218.5	$426
1995	$208.4	$433
1996	$224.3	$400
1997	$199.9	$466
1998	$156.5	$373
1999	$155	$350
2000	$143.7	$359
2001	$358	$397
2002	$389	$394
2003	$414	$446
2004	$418	$549
2005	$463	$711
2006	$580	$1,052
2007	$632	$1,119
2008	$705	$1,376
2009	$653	$1,136
2010	$685	$1,451
2011	$761	$1,625
2012	$938	$1,710
2013	$1,117	$1,821
2014	$1,118	$1,707
2015	$965	$1,296
2016	$844	$1,239
2017	$779	$1,483
2018	$846	$1,464
2019	$844	$1,259
2020	$846	$952
2021	$886	$1,127
2022	$861	$1,447
2023	$758	$1,331
2024	$873	$1,235

Sierra Leone vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1950	28.9	46.8
1951	29.3	47.2
1952	29.7	47.6
1953	30.1	48
1954	30.5	48.4
1955	30.9	48.8
1956	31.3	49.1
1957	31.8	49.5
1958	32.1	49.9
1959	32.6	50.3
1960	33.1	50.6
1961	33.6	51
1962	34.2	51.3
1963	34.7	51.6
1964	35.3	51.2
1965	35.9	52.1
1966	36.6	52.3
1967	37.3	52.5
1968	37.8	52.7
1969	38.2	53
1970	38.6	53.4
1971	39.1	53.9
1972	39.5	54.4
1973	40	54.9
1974	40.4	55.4
1975	41	55.7
1976	41.4	56.1
1977	41.8	56.3
1978	42.2	56.3
1979	42.5	56
1980	42.8	55.5
1981	43.1	55
1982	43.3	54.4
1983	43.5	53.7
1984	43.6	52.9
1985	43.6	52
1986	43.5	51.1
1987	43.7	50.4
1988	43.8	49.7
1989	43.7	48.9
1990	43.7	48.2
1991	43.3	47.4
1992	43.5	47
1993	43.4	46.7
1994	42.8	46.3
1995	42.6	46.1
1996	43.5	45.8
1997	43.6	45.7
1998	42.7	45.7
1999	42	45.9
2000	44.8	46.6
2001	45.4	47.4
2002	46.2	48.5
2003	46.8	49.6
2004	47.5	50.5
2005	48.3	51.6
2006	49.5	52.7
2007	50	53.7
2008	50.7	54.8
2009	51.3	55.9
2010	51.9	56.9
2011	52.6	57.8
2012	53.2	58.7
2013	54.1	59.4
2014	54.3	60.1
2015	55.5	60.7
2016	56.9	61.1
2017	57.8	61.6
2018	59.1	62.1
2019	59.6	62.9
2020	59.7	63.4
2021	60.3	62.4
2022	61.3	65.3
2023	61.8	66.3
2024	62	66.5
2025	62.2	66.7

Sierra Leone and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1960	2,268,356	3,153,729
1961	2,304,227	3,254,086
1962	2,342,242	3,358,099
1963	2,382,258	3,465,907
1964	2,424,390	3,577,017
1965	2,468,666	3,692,086
1966	2,514,638	3,812,003
1967	2,562,384	3,936,343
1968	2,611,532	4,065,593
1969	2,661,365	4,197,116
1970	2,712,286	4,321,718
1971	2,763,222	4,442,525
1972	2,814,388	4,569,309
1973	2,866,955	4,702,693
1974	2,920,459	4,842,746
1975	2,974,657	4,990,086
1976	3,028,820	5,143,842
1977	3,085,354	5,302,480
1978	3,145,517	5,465,374
1979	3,207,499	5,631,728
1980	3,272,089	5,802,833
1981	3,338,940	5,983,289
1982	3,408,183	6,178,637
1983	3,481,646	6,381,038
1984	3,558,758	6,580,490
1985	3,638,438	6,780,953
1986	3,728,380	6,986,471
1987	3,829,718	7,191,282
1988	3,934,517	7,391,440
1989	4,034,037	7,589,216
1990	4,196,828	7,786,169
1991	4,246,267	7,981,650
1992	4,166,366	8,176,680
1993	4,157,130	8,373,921
1994	4,173,105	8,576,269
1995	4,179,179	8,785,763
1996	4,199,210	9,004,053
1997	4,253,716	9,237,063
1998	4,295,785	9,482,408
1999	4,318,043	9,740,005
2000	4,423,611	10,017,631
2001	4,692,716	10,325,185
2002	4,971,435	10,647,949
2003	5,177,687	10,983,595
2004	5,355,717	11,338,198
2005	5,501,712	11,718,819
2006	5,624,466	12,129,553
2007	5,749,352	12,565,085
2008	5,894,722	13,021,324
2009	6,055,646	13,490,389
2010	6,222,714	13,965,594
2011	6,387,251	14,437,796
2012	6,551,080	14,913,629
2013	6,714,051	15,398,997
2014	6,876,385	15,895,315
2015	7,037,655	16,399,089
2016	7,205,328	16,914,423
2017	7,379,299	17,441,320
2018	7,554,563	17,973,569
2019	7,731,991	18,513,839
2020	7,912,558	19,059,395
2021	8,094,602	19,603,607
2022	8,276,807	20,152,938
2023	8,460,512	20,723,965
2024	8,642,022	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Zambia

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1960	6.18	6.95
1961	6.21	6.98
1962	6.22	7.01
1963	6.26	7.06
1964	6.29	7.09
1965	6.31	7.12
1966	6.35	7.14
1967	6.38	7.15
1968	6.39	7.18
1969	6.39	7.18
1970	6.41	7.22
1971	6.43	7.26
1972	6.45	7.3
1973	6.47	7.34
1974	6.53	7.36
1975	6.55	7.42
1976	6.55	7.39
1977	6.57	7.35
1978	6.59	7.29
1979	6.58	7.22
1980	6.56	7.14
1981	6.55	7.07
1982	6.56	7.04
1983	6.57	7.01
1984	6.59	6.97
1985	6.59	6.93
1986	6.6	6.87
1987	6.61	6.8
1988	6.59	6.7
1989	6.57	6.64
1990	6.57	6.57
1991	6.55	6.46
1992	6.56	6.35
1993	6.57	6.3
1994	6.56	6.26
1995	6.56	6.23
1996	6.55	6.18
1997	6.53	6.12
1998	6.5	6.07
1999	6.42	6
2000	6.36	5.92
2001	6.31	5.85
2002	6.23	5.77
2003	6.09	5.71
2004	5.92	5.7
2005	5.81	5.7
2006	5.74	5.68
2007	5.64	5.61
2008	5.56	5.53
2009	5.45	5.45
2010	5.33	5.36
2011	5.21	5.26
2012	5.06	5.14
2013	4.87	5.01
2014	4.7	4.89
2015	4.55	4.78
2016	4.47	4.67
2017	4.39	4.57
2018	4.29	4.49
2019	4.19	4.42
2020	4.08	4.32
2021	3.98	4.25
2022	3.88	4.18
2023	3.79	4.1

Sierra Leone and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1960	21.1	17
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	16.5
1967	20.8	16.5
1968	20.7	16.4
1969	20.6	16.4
1970	20.4	16.2
1971	20.2	16.1
1972	20.1	15.9
1973	19.9	15.8
1974	19.8	15.7
1975	19.6	15.5
1976	19.5	15.4
1977	19.4	15.4
1978	19.3	15.3
1979	19.2	15.3
1980	19.1	15.2
1981	19.1	15.3
1982	19	15.3
1983	18.9	15.4
1984	18.9	15.4
1985	18.8	15.5
1986	18.7	15.5
1987	18.7	15.6
1988	18.6	15.6
1989	18.6	15.7
1990	18.5	15.7
1991	18.5	15.7
1992	18.4	15.8
1993	18.4	15.8
1994	18.3	15.8
1995	18.2	15.8
1996	18.2	15.8
1997	18.1	15.8
1998	18.1	15.8
1999	18	15.8
2000	18	15.9
2001	18	15.9
2002	17.9	16
2003	17.9	16.1
2004	17.9	16.2
2005	18	16.3
2006	18	16.3
2007	18	16.4
2008	18.1	16.5
2009	18.1	16.6
2010	18.2	16.7
2011	18.3	16.8
2012	18.4	16.9
2013	18.5	17
2014	18.6	17.1
2015	18.7	17.2
2016	18.9	17.4
2017	19.1	17.5
2018	19.2	17.7
2019	19.4	17.9
2020	19.6	18
2021	19.8	18.2
2022	20	18.4
2023	20.3	18.6
2024	20.5	18.8

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