Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 116th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1960	$322,151,961	$1,052,990,485
1961	$327,978,758	$1,096,646,688
1962	$342,872,549	$1,117,601,690
1963	$348,700,980	$1,159,511,793
1964	$372,011,438	$1,217,138,098
1965	$359,523,810	$1,311,435,906
1966	$375,630,252	$1,281,749,603
1967	$348,895,028	$1,397,002,112
1968	$329,991,597	$1,479,600,019
1969	$408,853,541	$1,747,998,941
1970	$434,584,634	$1,884,206,452
1971	$419,495,788	$2,178,716,475
1972	$465,254,682	$2,677,729,616
1973	$575,471,814	$3,309,353,866
1974	$648,940,351	$3,982,161,721
1975	$679,352,876	$4,371,301,052
1976	$594,810,422	$4,318,372,348
1977	$692,079,407	$4,364,382,451
1978	$960,765,043	$4,351,600,850
1979	$1,109,343,425	$5,177,459,817
1980	$1,100,476,190	$6,678,868,738
1981	$1,114,926,661	$8,011,374,445
1982	$1,294,995,964	$8,539,701,388
1983	$995,278,515	$7,764,067,625
1984	$1,087,450,199	$6,352,126,411
1985	$856,890,459	$5,637,259,754
1986	$490,181,457	$6,217,524,201
1987	$660,106,336	$6,741,215,643
1988	$1,055,083,933	$7,814,784,729
1989	$932,974,420	$8,286,323,367
1990	$649,644,098	$8,783,817,407
1991	$779,981,987	$8,641,482,396
1992	$679,940,814	$6,751,472,744
1993	$768,867,883	$6,563,813,829
1994	$911,853,802	$6,890,675,555
1995	$870,740,292	$7,111,271,273
1996	$941,709,423	$8,553,147,289
1997	$850,232,760	$8,529,572,287
1998	$672,368,187	$6,401,968,715
1999	$669,386,624	$6,858,013,652
2000	$635,866,404	$6,689,958,139
2001	$1,681,473,894	$6,777,385,246
2002	$1,933,863,911	$6,342,116,911
2003	$2,142,618,046	$5,727,592,261
2004	$2,237,350,687	$5,805,598,867
2005	$2,545,275,313	$5,755,215,663
2006	$3,263,697,467	$5,443,896,938
2007	$3,632,957,611	$5,291,950,526
2008	$4,157,895,298	$4,415,703,156
2009	$3,953,403,098	$9,665,815,601
2010	$4,262,805,967	$12,041,602,762
2011	$4,861,632,885	$14,101,801,031
2012	$6,141,666,509	$17,114,762,914
2013	$7,502,762,863	$19,091,004,042
2014	$7,686,138,791	$19,495,547,523
2015	$6,788,352,975	$19,963,058,858
2016	$6,084,297,211	$20,548,759,858
2017	$5,749,846,528	$51,074,726,484
2018	$6,390,514,689	$34,156,057,417
2019	$6,526,183,564	$25,715,657,177
2020	$6,693,888,876	$26,868,564,055
2021	$7,173,379,137	$27,240,507,842
2022	$7,124,465,160	$32,789,657,378
2023	$6,411,787,856	$35,231,369,343
2024	$7,547,843,281	$44,187,704,410

Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1960	$142	$276.4
1961	$142.3	$279
1962	$146.4	$275.5
1963	$146.4	$277
1964	$153.4	$281.7
1965	$145.6	$294.1
1966	$149.4	$278.6
1967	$136.2	$294.2
1968	$126.4	$302
1969	$153.6	$346
1970	$160.2	$361
1971	$151.8	$405
1972	$165.3	$483
1973	$200.7	$579
1974	$222.2	$674
1975	$228.4	$717
1976	$196.4	$687
1977	$224.3	$677
1978	$305	$665
1979	$346	$779
1980	$336	$949
1981	$334	$1,068
1982	$380	$1,095
1983	$285.9	$959
1984	$306	$757
1985	$235.5	$649
1986	$131.5	$692
1987	$172.4	$726
1988	$268.2	$815
1989	$231.3	$840
1990	$154.8	$866
1991	$183.7	$831
1992	$163.2	$631
1993	$185	$604
1994	$218.5	$634
1995	$208.4	$648
1996	$224.3	$767
1997	$199.9	$750
1998	$156.5	$552
1999	$155	$582
2000	$143.7	$563
2001	$358	$566
2002	$389	$525
2003	$414	$468
2004	$418	$469
2005	$463	$461
2006	$580	$431
2007	$632	$413
2008	$705	$341
2009	$653	$735
2010	$685	$902
2011	$761	$1,037
2012	$938	$1,239
2013	$1,117	$1,362
2014	$1,118	$1,372
2015	$965	$1,386
2016	$844	$1,407
2017	$779	$3,448
2018	$846	$2,272
2019	$844	$1,684
2020	$846	$1,730
2021	$886	$1,724
2022	$861	$2,041
2023	$758	$2,156
2024	$873	$2,656

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1950	28.9	49.4
1951	29.3	49.8
1952	29.7	50.2
1953	30.1	50.6
1954	30.5	51
1955	30.9	51.4
1956	31.3	51.8
1957	31.8	52.2
1958	32.1	52.6
1959	32.6	53
1960	33.1	53.5
1961	33.6	54
1962	34.2	54.5
1963	34.7	54.9
1964	35.3	55.4
1965	35.9	55.9
1966	36.6	56.4
1967	37.3	56.8
1968	37.8	57.1
1969	38.2	57.5
1970	38.6	57.8
1971	39.1	58
1972	39.5	58.2
1973	40	58.1
1974	40.4	58.2
1975	41	58.2
1976	41.4	57.6
1977	41.8	57
1978	42.2	54.7
1979	42.5	54.9
1980	42.8	59.1
1981	43.1	59.4
1982	43.3	59.9
1983	43.5	60
1984	43.6	60.6
1985	43.6	60.9
1986	43.5	61
1987	43.7	60.7
1988	43.8	60.2
1989	43.7	59.4
1990	43.7	58.3
1991	43.3	57
1992	43.5	55.6
1993	43.4	54
1994	42.8	52.5
1995	42.6	51.1
1996	43.5	49
1997	43.6	48.5
1998	42.7	47.6
1999	42	46.4
2000	44.8	46
2001	45.4	44.5
2002	46.2	45.9
2003	46.8	45.4
2004	47.5	46
2005	48.3	46.6
2006	49.5	47.1
2007	50	47.6
2008	50.7	48.5
2009	51.3	49.7
2010	51.9	51.9
2011	52.6	53.9
2012	53.2	55.4
2013	54.1	56.8
2014	54.3	58.1
2015	55.5	59
2016	56.9	59.8
2017	57.8	60.3
2018	59.1	60.9
2019	59.6	61.1
2020	59.7	61.5
2021	60.3	60.1
2022	61.3	62.4
2023	61.8	62.8
2024	62	63.1
2025	62.2	63.3

Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1960	2,268,356	3,809,389
1961	2,304,227	3,930,401
1962	2,342,242	4,055,959
1963	2,382,258	4,185,877
1964	2,424,390	4,320,006
1965	2,468,666	4,458,462
1966	2,514,638	4,601,217
1967	2,562,384	4,748,307
1968	2,611,532	4,900,440
1969	2,661,365	5,058,181
1970	2,712,286	5,215,918
1971	2,763,222	5,374,712
1972	2,814,388	5,542,445
1973	2,866,955	5,720,404
1974	2,920,459	5,908,328
1975	2,974,657	6,098,658
1976	3,028,820	6,287,105
1977	3,085,354	6,449,512
1978	3,145,517	6,543,575
1979	3,207,499	6,647,556
1980	3,272,089	7,041,303
1981	3,338,940	7,498,635
1982	3,408,183	7,796,496
1983	3,481,646	8,098,404
1984	3,558,758	8,391,488
1985	3,638,438	8,686,813
1986	3,728,380	8,982,578
1987	3,829,718	9,284,644
1988	3,934,517	9,583,094
1989	4,034,037	9,864,798
1990	4,196,828	10,137,281
1991	4,246,267	10,404,816
1992	4,166,366	10,702,700
1993	4,157,130	10,860,288
1994	4,173,105	10,873,148
1995	4,179,179	10,974,599
1996	4,199,210	11,158,360
1997	4,253,716	11,369,827
1998	4,295,785	11,594,297
1999	4,318,043	11,783,458
2000	4,423,611	11,892,055
2001	4,692,716	11,971,901
2002	4,971,435	12,087,653
2003	5,177,687	12,232,323
2004	5,355,717	12,365,896
2005	5,501,712	12,483,432
2006	5,624,466	12,636,445
2007	5,749,352	12,804,058
2008	5,894,722	12,959,149
2009	6,055,646	13,142,790
2010	6,222,714	13,356,548
2011	6,387,251	13,595,424
2012	6,551,080	13,817,887
2013	6,714,051	14,013,808
2014	6,876,385	14,207,359
2015	7,037,655	14,399,013
2016	7,205,328	14,600,294
2017	7,379,299	14,812,482
2018	7,554,563	15,034,452
2019	7,731,991	15,271,368
2020	7,912,558	15,526,888
2021	8,094,602	15,797,210
2022	8,276,807	16,069,056
2023	8,460,512	16,340,822
2024	8,642,022	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1960	6.18	7.2
1961	6.21	7.21
1962	6.22	7.23
1963	6.26	7.23
1964	6.29	7.23
1965	6.31	7.23
1966	6.35	7.2
1967	6.38	7.16
1968	6.39	7.11
1969	6.39	7.04
1970	6.41	6.98
1971	6.43	6.94
1972	6.45	6.94
1973	6.47	6.94
1974	6.53	6.88
1975	6.55	6.83
1976	6.55	6.77
1977	6.57	6.71
1978	6.59	6.66
1979	6.58	6.59
1980	6.56	6.52
1981	6.55	6.45
1982	6.56	6.33
1983	6.57	6.2
1984	6.59	6.04
1985	6.59	5.87
1986	6.6	5.69
1987	6.61	5.5
1988	6.59	5.28
1989	6.57	5.07
1990	6.57	4.88
1991	6.55	4.72
1992	6.56	4.57
1993	6.57	4.39
1994	6.56	4.28
1995	6.56	4.15
1996	6.55	4.11
1997	6.53	4.08
1998	6.5	4.07
1999	6.42	4.06
2000	6.36	4.01
2001	6.31	3.98
2002	6.23	3.93
2003	6.09	3.86
2004	5.92	3.78
2005	5.81	3.69
2006	5.74	3.64
2007	5.64	3.68
2008	5.56	3.78
2009	5.45	3.95
2010	5.33	4.04
2011	5.21	4.13
2012	5.06	4.13
2013	4.87	4.11
2014	4.7	4.01
2015	4.55	3.91
2016	4.47	3.83
2017	4.39	3.77
2018	4.29	3.74
2019	4.19	3.75
2020	4.08	3.75
2021	3.98	3.77
2022	3.88	3.77
2023	3.79	3.72

Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1960	21.1	16.4
1961	21.1	16.2
1962	21.1	16
1963	21	15.8
1964	21	15.7
1965	20.9	15.7
1966	20.9	15.7
1967	20.8	15.7
1968	20.7	15.7
1969	20.6	15.7
1970	20.4	15.7
1971	20.2	15.8
1972	20.1	15.8
1973	19.9	15.8
1974	19.8	15.9
1975	19.6	15.9
1976	19.5	15.8
1977	19.4	15.8
1978	19.3	15.7
1979	19.2	15.6
1980	19.1	15.6
1981	19.1	15.7
1982	19	15.8
1983	18.9	15.8
1984	18.9	15.8
1985	18.8	15.9
1986	18.7	15.9
1987	18.7	15.9
1988	18.6	15.9
1989	18.6	16.1
1990	18.5	16.3
1991	18.5	16.5
1992	18.4	16.4
1993	18.4	16.3
1994	18.3	16.4
1995	18.2	16.6
1996	18.2	16.9
1997	18.1	17.2
1998	18.1	17.5
1999	18	17.7
2000	18	17.8
2001	18	18
2002	17.9	18.1
2003	17.9	18.2
2004	17.9	18.3
2005	18	18.3
2006	18	18.5
2007	18	18.5
2008	18.1	18.5
2009	18.1	18.4
2010	18.2	18.3
2011	18.3	18.2
2012	18.4	18.1
2013	18.5	18
2014	18.6	18
2015	18.7	18
2016	18.9	18
2017	19.1	18.1
2018	19.2	18.2
2019	19.4	18.3
2020	19.6	18.5
2021	19.8	18.6
2022	20	18.7
2023	20.3	18.9
2024	20.5	19

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