Population in Colombia compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Colombia and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Sierra Leone	Colombia	Sierra Leone
1960	15,606,209	2,268,356	-	-
1961	16,095,203	2,304,227	3.13%	1.58%
1962	16,599,029	2,342,242	3.13%	1.65%
1963	17,113,823	2,382,258	3.1%	1.71%
1964	17,637,411	2,424,390	3.06%	1.77%
1965	18,169,050	2,468,666	3.01%	1.83%
1966	18,702,688	2,514,638	2.94%	1.86%
1967	19,235,618	2,562,384	2.85%	1.9%
1968	19,766,796	2,611,532	2.76%	1.92%
1969	20,291,942	2,661,365	2.66%	1.91%
1970	20,811,782	2,712,286	2.56%	1.91%
1971	21,319,096	2,763,222	2.44%	1.88%
1972	21,819,563	2,814,388	2.35%	1.85%
1973	22,325,374	2,866,955	2.32%	1.87%
1974	22,833,469	2,920,459	2.28%	1.87%
1975	23,344,644	2,974,657	2.24%	1.86%
1976	23,858,810	3,028,820	2.2%	1.82%
1977	24,393,494	3,085,354	2.24%	1.87%
1978	24,950,337	3,145,517	2.28%	1.95%
1979	25,515,626	3,207,499	2.27%	1.97%
1980	26,104,498	3,272,089	2.31%	2.01%
1981	26,713,267	3,338,940	2.33%	2.04%
1982	27,338,331	3,408,183	2.34%	2.07%
1983	27,988,173	3,481,646	2.38%	2.16%
1984	28,642,690	3,558,758	2.34%	2.21%
1985	29,268,470	3,638,438	2.18%	2.24%
1986	29,879,112	3,728,380	2.09%	2.47%
1987	30,499,467	3,829,718	2.08%	2.72%
1988	31,130,524	3,934,517	2.07%	2.74%
1989	31,776,279	4,034,037	2.07%	2.53%
1990	32,440,069	4,196,828	2.09%	4.04%
1991	33,098,372	4,246,267	2.03%	1.18%
1992	33,760,571	4,166,366	2%	-1.88%
1993	34,441,473	4,157,130	2.02%	-0.22%
1994	35,127,410	4,173,105	1.99%	0.38%
1995	35,804,662	4,179,179	1.93%	0.15%
1996	36,462,745	4,199,210	1.84%	0.48%
1997	37,121,149	4,253,716	1.81%	1.3%
1998	37,792,165	4,295,785	1.81%	0.99%
1999	38,454,863	4,318,043	1.75%	0.52%
2000	39,089,934	4,423,611	1.65%	2.44%
2001	39,709,262	4,692,716	1.58%	6.08%
2002	40,324,680	4,971,435	1.55%	5.94%
2003	40,937,429	5,177,687	1.52%	4.15%
2004	41,543,171	5,355,717	1.48%	3.44%
2005	42,128,977	5,501,712	1.41%	2.73%
2006	42,691,084	5,624,466	1.33%	2.23%
2007	43,235,374	5,749,352	1.27%	2.22%
2008	43,758,808	5,894,722	1.21%	2.53%
2009	44,271,541	6,055,646	1.17%	2.73%
2010	44,777,319	6,222,714	1.14%	2.76%
2011	45,259,614	6,387,251	1.08%	2.64%
2012	45,715,810	6,551,080	1.01%	2.56%
2013	46,151,584	6,714,051	0.95%	2.49%
2014	46,565,429	6,876,385	0.9%	2.42%
2015	46,969,940	7,037,655	0.87%	2.35%
2016	47,437,512	7,205,328	1%	2.38%
2017	48,131,078	7,379,299	1.46%	2.41%
2018	49,024,465	7,554,563	1.86%	2.38%
2019	49,907,985	7,731,991	1.8%	2.35%
2020	50,629,997	7,912,558	1.45%	2.34%
2021	51,188,173	8,094,602	1.1%	2.3%
2022	51,737,944	8,276,807	1.07%	2.25%
2023	52,321,152	8,460,512	1.13%	2.22%
2024	52,886,363	8,642,022	1.08%	2.15%
2025	53,425,632	8,819,789	1.02%	2.06%
2026	53,936,234	8,996,743	0.96%	2.01%
2027	54,422,275	9,174,695	0.9%	1.98%
2028	54,885,123	9,349,021	0.85%	1.9%
2029	55,322,627	9,520,811	0.8%	1.84%
2030	55,736,477	9,694,851	0.75%	1.83%
2031	56,125,966	9,870,295	0.7%	1.81%
2032	56,490,496	10,047,193	0.65%	1.79%
2033	56,832,264	10,221,006	0.61%	1.73%
2034	57,151,619	10,391,485	0.56%	1.67%
2035	57,445,755	10,563,163	0.51%	1.65%
2036	57,716,869	10,734,341	0.47%	1.62%
2037	57,965,300	10,902,263	0.43%	1.56%
2038	58,190,082	11,066,143	0.39%	1.5%
2039	58,394,310	11,230,060	0.35%	1.48%
2040	58,576,452	11,398,391	0.31%	1.5%
2041	58,736,886	11,566,213	0.27%	1.47%
2042	58,878,126	11,728,787	0.24%	1.41%
2043	59,000,362	11,887,934	0.21%	1.36%
2044	59,104,592	12,049,424	0.18%	1.36%
2045	59,190,826	12,208,872	0.15%	1.32%
2046	59,259,758	12,363,446	0.12%	1.27%
2047	59,313,132	12,512,739	0.09%	1.21%
2048	59,351,262	12,659,609	0.06%	1.17%
2049	59,375,012	12,805,136	0.04%	1.15%
2050	59,385,355	12,948,320	0.02%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.