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 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.