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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Sierra Leone	Denmark	Sierra Leone
1960	4,579,603	2,268,356	-	-
1961	4,611,687	2,304,227	0.7%	1.58%
1962	4,647,727	2,342,242	0.78%	1.65%
1963	4,684,483	2,382,258	0.79%	1.71%
1964	4,722,072	2,424,390	0.8%	1.77%
1965	4,759,012	2,468,666	0.78%	1.83%
1966	4,797,381	2,514,638	0.81%	1.86%
1967	4,835,354	2,562,384	0.79%	1.9%
1968	4,864,883	2,611,532	0.61%	1.92%
1969	4,891,860	2,661,365	0.55%	1.91%
1970	4,928,757	2,712,286	0.75%	1.91%
1971	4,963,126	2,763,222	0.7%	1.88%
1972	4,991,596	2,814,388	0.57%	1.85%
1973	5,021,861	2,866,955	0.61%	1.87%
1974	5,045,297	2,920,459	0.47%	1.87%
1975	5,059,862	2,974,657	0.29%	1.86%
1976	5,072,596	3,028,820	0.25%	1.82%
1977	5,088,419	3,085,354	0.31%	1.87%
1978	5,104,248	3,145,517	0.31%	1.95%
1979	5,116,801	3,207,499	0.25%	1.97%
1980	5,123,027	3,272,089	0.12%	2.01%
1981	5,121,572	3,338,940	-0.03%	2.04%
1982	5,117,810	3,408,183	-0.07%	2.07%
1983	5,114,297	3,481,646	-0.07%	2.16%
1984	5,111,619	3,558,758	-0.05%	2.21%
1985	5,113,691	3,638,438	0.04%	2.24%
1986	5,120,534	3,728,380	0.13%	2.47%
1987	5,127,024	3,829,718	0.13%	2.72%
1988	5,129,516	3,934,517	0.05%	2.74%
1989	5,132,594	4,034,037	0.06%	2.53%
1990	5,140,939	4,196,828	0.16%	4.04%
1991	5,154,298	4,246,267	0.26%	1.18%
1992	5,171,370	4,166,366	0.33%	-1.88%
1993	5,188,628	4,157,130	0.33%	-0.22%
1994	5,206,180	4,173,105	0.34%	0.38%
1995	5,233,373	4,179,179	0.52%	0.15%
1996	5,263,074	4,199,210	0.57%	0.48%
1997	5,284,991	4,253,716	0.42%	1.3%
1998	5,304,219	4,295,785	0.36%	0.99%
1999	5,321,799	4,318,043	0.33%	0.52%
2000	5,339,616	4,423,611	0.33%	2.44%
2001	5,358,783	4,692,716	0.36%	6.08%
2002	5,375,931	4,971,435	0.32%	5.94%
2003	5,390,574	5,177,687	0.27%	4.15%
2004	5,404,523	5,355,717	0.26%	3.44%
2005	5,419,432	5,501,712	0.28%	2.73%
2006	5,437,272	5,624,466	0.33%	2.23%
2007	5,461,438	5,749,352	0.44%	2.22%
2008	5,493,621	5,894,722	0.59%	2.53%
2009	5,523,095	6,055,646	0.54%	2.73%
2010	5,547,683	6,222,714	0.45%	2.76%
2011	5,570,572	6,387,251	0.41%	2.64%
2012	5,591,572	6,551,080	0.38%	2.56%
2013	5,614,932	6,714,051	0.42%	2.49%
2014	5,643,475	6,876,385	0.51%	2.42%
2015	5,683,483	7,037,655	0.71%	2.35%
2016	5,728,010	7,205,328	0.78%	2.38%
2017	5,764,980	7,379,299	0.65%	2.41%
2018	5,793,636	7,554,563	0.5%	2.38%
2019	5,814,422	7,731,991	0.36%	2.35%
2020	5,831,404	7,912,558	0.29%	2.34%
2021	5,856,733	8,094,602	0.43%	2.3%
2022	5,903,037	8,276,807	0.79%	2.25%
2023	5,946,952	8,460,512	0.74%	2.22%
2024	5,976,992	8,642,022	0.51%	2.15%
2025	6,002,090	8,819,789	0.42%	2.06%
2026	6,023,091	8,996,743	0.35%	2.01%
2027	6,041,010	9,174,695	0.3%	1.98%
2028	6,056,755	9,349,021	0.26%	1.9%
2029	6,070,186	9,520,811	0.22%	1.84%
2030	6,081,559	9,694,851	0.19%	1.83%
2031	6,091,513	9,870,295	0.16%	1.81%
2032	6,099,943	10,047,193	0.14%	1.79%
2033	6,107,156	10,221,006	0.12%	1.73%
2034	6,113,785	10,391,485	0.11%	1.67%
2035	6,119,365	10,563,163	0.09%	1.65%
2036	6,123,874	10,734,341	0.07%	1.62%
2037	6,127,386	10,902,263	0.06%	1.56%
2038	6,130,437	11,066,143	0.05%	1.5%
2039	6,132,752	11,230,060	0.04%	1.48%
2040	6,134,223	11,398,391	0.02%	1.5%
2041	6,135,120	11,566,213	0.01%	1.47%
2042	6,135,315	11,728,787	0.003%	1.41%
2043	6,135,244	11,887,934	-0.001%	1.36%
2044	6,134,789	12,049,424	-0.007%	1.36%
2045	6,134,218	12,208,872	-0.009%	1.32%
2046	6,133,182	12,363,446	-0.02%	1.27%
2047	6,131,427	12,512,739	-0.03%	1.21%
2048	6,129,548	12,659,609	-0.03%	1.17%
2049	6,127,293	12,805,136	-0.04%	1.15%
2050	6,124,397	12,948,320	-0.05%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Denmark increased by 290,738 people (a 5.35% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Denmark gained 295,276 (a 5.15% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2006 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.68% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 120th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.