The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,177,982 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,164,347 people compared to 8,998,687 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Austria's population is 1.02 times bigger than Sierra Leone's.
- Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2006, the population of Austria has increased from 8.27M people to 9.16M (10.8% growth), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.62M to 9M (60% growth).
- Sierra Leone is projected to reach its peak in 2092 at 16M people, while Austria's population already peaked in 2024 at 9.18M people and is projected to decrease to 7.45M people by 2100.
Austria vs Sierra Leone: live population counter
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| Current population |
9164347
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8998687
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| Population rank | 99/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
5.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +8,813 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +127 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | +46,221 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 132/197 | 47/197 |
Austria and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,047,539 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,086,299 | 2,304,227 | 0.55% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 7,129,864 | 2,342,242 | 0.61% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 7,175,811 | 2,382,258 | 0.64% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 7,223,801 | 2,424,390 | 0.67% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 7,270,889 | 2,468,666 | 0.65% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 7,322,066 | 2,514,638 | 0.7% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 7,376,998 | 2,562,384 | 0.75% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 7,415,403 | 2,611,532 | 0.52% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 7,441,055 | 2,661,365 | 0.35% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 7,467,086 | 2,712,286 | 0.35% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 7,500,482 | 2,763,222 | 0.45% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 7,544,201 | 2,814,388 | 0.58% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 7,586,115 | 2,866,955 | 0.56% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 7,599,038 | 2,920,459 | 0.17% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 7,578,903 | 2,974,657 | -0.26% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 7,565,525 | 3,028,820 | -0.18% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 7,568,430 | 3,085,354 | 0.04% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 7,562,305 | 3,145,517 | -0.08% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 7,549,425 | 3,207,499 | -0.17% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 7,549,433 | 3,272,089 | 0% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 7,568,710 | 3,338,940 | 0.26% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 7,574,140 | 3,408,183 | 0.07% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 7,561,910 | 3,481,646 | -0.16% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 7,561,434 | 3,558,758 | -0.006% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 7,564,985 | 3,638,438 | 0.05% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 7,569,794 | 3,728,380 | 0.06% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 7,574,586 | 3,829,718 | 0.06% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 7,585,317 | 3,934,517 | 0.14% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 7,619,567 | 4,034,037 | 0.45% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 7,677,850 | 4,196,828 | 0.76% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 7,754,891 | 4,246,267 | 1% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 7,840,709 | 4,166,366 | 1.11% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 7,905,633 | 4,157,130 | 0.83% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 7,936,118 | 4,173,105 | 0.39% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 7,948,278 | 4,179,179 | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 7,959,017 | 4,199,210 | 0.14% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 7,968,041 | 4,253,716 | 0.11% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 7,976,789 | 4,295,785 | 0.11% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 7,992,324 | 4,318,043 | 0.19% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 8,011,566 | 4,423,611 | 0.24% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 8,042,293 | 4,692,716 | 0.38% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 8,081,957 | 4,971,435 | 0.49% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 8,121,423 | 5,177,687 | 0.49% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 8,171,966 | 5,355,717 | 0.62% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 8,227,829 | 5,501,712 | 0.68% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 8,268,641 | 5,624,466 | 0.5% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 8,295,487 | 5,749,352 | 0.32% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 8,321,496 | 5,894,722 | 0.31% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 8,343,323 | 6,055,646 | 0.26% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 8,363,404 | 6,222,714 | 0.24% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 8,391,643 | 6,387,251 | 0.34% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 8,429,991 | 6,551,080 | 0.46% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 8,479,823 | 6,714,051 | 0.59% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 8,546,356 | 6,876,385 | 0.78% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 8,642,699 | 7,037,655 | 1.13% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 8,736,668 | 7,205,328 | 1.09% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 8,797,566 | 7,379,299 | 0.7% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 8,840,521 | 7,554,563 | 0.49% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 8,879,920 | 7,731,991 | 0.45% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 8,916,864 | 7,912,558 | 0.42% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 8,955,797 | 8,094,602 | 0.44% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 9,041,851 | 8,276,807 | 0.96% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 9,131,761 | 8,460,512 | 0.99% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 9,177,982 | 8,642,022 | 0.51% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 9,170,698 | 8,819,789 | -0.08% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 9,164,347 | 8,996,743 | -0.07% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 9,158,537 | 9,174,695 | -0.06% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 9,153,285 | 9,349,021 | -0.06% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 9,146,737 | 9,520,811 | -0.07% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 9,137,256 | 9,694,851 | -0.1% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 9,125,926 | 9,870,295 | -0.12% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 9,113,265 | 10,047,193 | -0.14% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 9,100,164 | 10,221,006 | -0.14% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 9,086,003 | 10,391,485 | -0.16% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 9,070,703 | 10,563,163 | -0.17% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 9,055,647 | 10,734,341 | -0.17% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 9,038,995 | 10,902,263 | -0.18% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 9,022,606 | 11,066,143 | -0.18% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 9,006,886 | 11,230,060 | -0.17% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 8,990,060 | 11,398,391 | -0.19% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 8,973,446 | 11,566,213 | -0.18% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 8,956,456 | 11,728,787 | -0.19% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 8,938,855 | 11,887,934 | -0.2% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 8,920,058 | 12,049,424 | -0.21% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 8,900,167 | 12,208,872 | -0.22% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 8,879,512 | 12,363,446 | -0.23% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 8,857,072 | 12,512,739 | -0.25% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 8,832,859 | 12,659,609 | -0.27% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 8,806,607 | 12,805,136 | -0.3% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 8,779,015 | 12,948,320 | -0.31% | 1.12% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Austria increased by 468,027 people (a 5.66% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Austria gained 427,679 (a 4.9% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).
Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2006 and is 99th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.2% to 8,779,015 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Vienna | 1.97M |
| Graz | 293K |
| Linz | 212K |
| Salzburg | 155K |
| Innsbruck | 131K |
| Klagenfurt | 101K |
| Wels | 65.3K |
| Villach | 65.1K |
| Sankt Polten | 55.5K |
| Dornbirn | 48.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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Population differences between Austria and Sierra Leone
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| Life expectancy | 82.5 years | 62.3 years |
| Average age | 43.7 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 288.1 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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