The latest officially reported population of Egypt was 116,538,258 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Egypt's population is 120,120,267 people compared to 8,998,687 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 13.3 times bigger than Sierra Leone's.
- Egypt is ranked the 13th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 1.56% of the world: 1.45% for Egypt vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Egypt has had an average growth rate of +1.84% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2006, the population of Egypt has increased from 82.7M people to 120M (45.2% growth), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.62M to 9M (60% growth).
- Egypt is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 202M people compared to the peak of 16M people in 2092 for Sierra Leone.
Egypt vs Sierra Leone: live population counter
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| Current population |
120120267
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8998687
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| Population rank | 13/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.45% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
15.7 seconds
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
13.1 seconds
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2.03 minutes
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| One death every |
50.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
4.24 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +123,884 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,486 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,002,486 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.75% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 62/197 | 47/197 |
Egypt and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,896,479 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,600,898 | 2,304,227 | 2.62% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 28,337,013 | 2,342,242 | 2.67% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 29,091,869 | 2,382,258 | 2.66% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 29,858,922 | 2,424,390 | 2.64% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 30,629,174 | 2,468,666 | 2.58% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 31,406,541 | 2,514,638 | 2.54% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 32,196,360 | 2,562,384 | 2.51% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 32,998,319 | 2,611,532 | 2.49% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 33,811,615 | 2,661,365 | 2.46% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 34,623,990 | 2,712,286 | 2.4% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 35,433,368 | 2,763,222 | 2.34% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 36,258,328 | 2,814,388 | 2.33% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 37,102,043 | 2,866,955 | 2.33% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 37,969,667 | 2,920,459 | 2.34% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 38,875,327 | 2,974,657 | 2.39% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 39,795,557 | 3,028,820 | 2.37% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 40,748,870 | 3,085,354 | 2.4% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 41,761,431 | 3,145,517 | 2.48% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 42,818,628 | 3,207,499 | 2.53% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 43,950,413 | 3,272,089 | 2.64% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 45,147,224 | 3,338,940 | 2.72% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 46,407,611 | 3,408,183 | 2.79% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 47,786,402 | 3,481,646 | 2.97% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 49,247,334 | 3,558,758 | 3.06% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 50,734,968 | 3,638,438 | 3.02% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 52,206,295 | 3,728,380 | 2.9% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 53,674,435 | 3,829,718 | 2.81% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 55,187,681 | 3,934,517 | 2.82% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 56,710,642 | 4,034,037 | 2.76% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 58,396,618 | 4,196,828 | 2.97% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 60,028,997 | 4,246,267 | 2.8% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 61,480,660 | 4,166,366 | 2.42% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 62,915,681 | 4,157,130 | 2.33% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 64,285,589 | 4,173,105 | 2.18% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 65,652,622 | 4,179,179 | 2.13% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 67,028,048 | 4,199,210 | 2.1% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 68,431,740 | 4,253,716 | 2.09% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 69,943,294 | 4,295,785 | 2.21% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 71,520,954 | 4,318,043 | 2.26% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 73,083,284 | 4,423,611 | 2.18% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 74,652,029 | 4,692,716 | 2.15% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 76,239,137 | 4,971,435 | 2.13% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 77,853,548 | 5,177,687 | 2.12% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 79,477,443 | 5,355,717 | 2.09% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 81,101,004 | 5,501,712 | 2.04% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 82,700,403 | 5,624,466 | 1.97% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 84,276,225 | 5,749,352 | 1.91% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 85,864,789 | 5,894,722 | 1.88% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 87,501,636 | 6,055,646 | 1.91% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 89,196,072 | 6,222,714 | 1.94% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 91,093,059 | 6,387,251 | 2.13% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 93,161,001 | 6,551,080 | 2.27% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 95,333,553 | 6,714,051 | 2.33% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 97,528,654 | 6,876,385 | 2.3% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 99,597,342 | 7,037,655 | 2.12% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 101,644,589 | 7,205,328 | 2.06% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 103,696,057 | 7,379,299 | 2.02% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 105,682,094 | 7,554,563 | 1.92% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 107,553,158 | 7,731,991 | 1.77% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 109,315,124 | 7,912,558 | 1.64% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 110,957,008 | 8,094,602 | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 112,618,250 | 8,276,807 | 1.5% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 114,535,772 | 8,460,512 | 1.7% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 116,538,258 | 8,642,022 | 1.75% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 118,365,997 | 8,819,789 | 1.57% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 120,101,181 | 8,996,743 | 1.47% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 121,847,622 | 9,174,695 | 1.45% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 123,608,457 | 9,349,021 | 1.45% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 125,373,058 | 9,520,811 | 1.43% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 127,139,323 | 9,694,851 | 1.41% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 128,912,256 | 9,870,295 | 1.39% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 130,695,084 | 10,047,193 | 1.38% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 132,485,612 | 10,221,006 | 1.37% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 134,287,838 | 10,391,485 | 1.36% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 136,097,214 | 10,563,163 | 1.35% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 137,913,263 | 10,734,341 | 1.33% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 139,738,699 | 10,902,263 | 1.32% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 141,565,835 | 11,066,143 | 1.31% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 143,393,267 | 11,230,060 | 1.29% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 145,213,662 | 11,398,391 | 1.27% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 147,018,554 | 11,566,213 | 1.24% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 148,800,785 | 11,728,787 | 1.21% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 150,547,655 | 11,887,934 | 1.17% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 152,255,332 | 12,049,424 | 1.13% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 153,919,190 | 12,208,872 | 1.09% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 155,535,951 | 12,363,446 | 1.05% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 157,114,404 | 12,512,739 | 1.01% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 158,657,392 | 12,659,609 | 0.98% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 160,161,615 | 12,805,136 | 0.95% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 161,630,197 | 12,948,320 | 0.92% | 1.12% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).
Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. 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 |
| Cairo | 9.61M |
| Giza | 5.6M |
| Alexandria | 4.87M |
| Shubra El Kheima | 1.03M |
| Mansoura | 622K |
| Helwan | 619K |
| El Mahalla El Kubra | 593K |
| Port Said | 524K |
| Faiyum | 519K |
| Suez | 517K |
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| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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Population differences between Egypt and Sierra Leone
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| Life expectancy | 72.2 years | 62.3 years |
| Average age | 28.5 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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