Population in El Salvador compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Sierra Leone	El Salvador	Sierra Leone
1960	2,791,459	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,870,016	2,304,227	2.81%	1.58%
1962	2,949,204	2,342,242	2.76%	1.65%
1963	3,028,679	2,382,258	2.69%	1.71%
1964	3,111,883	2,424,390	2.75%	1.77%
1965	3,199,466	2,468,666	2.81%	1.83%
1966	3,290,961	2,514,638	2.86%	1.86%
1967	3,385,184	2,562,384	2.86%	1.9%
1968	3,480,773	2,611,532	2.82%	1.92%
1969	3,576,485	2,661,365	2.75%	1.91%
1970	3,668,796	2,712,286	2.58%	1.91%
1971	3,757,523	2,763,222	2.42%	1.88%
1972	3,846,830	2,814,388	2.38%	1.85%
1973	3,938,068	2,866,955	2.37%	1.87%
1974	4,029,671	2,920,459	2.33%	1.87%
1975	4,120,449	2,974,657	2.25%	1.86%
1976	4,210,310	3,028,820	2.18%	1.82%
1977	4,301,256	3,085,354	2.16%	1.87%
1978	4,394,114	3,145,517	2.16%	1.95%
1979	4,480,388	3,207,499	1.96%	1.97%
1980	4,540,382	3,272,089	1.34%	2.01%
1981	4,570,599	3,338,940	0.67%	2.04%
1982	4,622,477	3,408,183	1.14%	2.07%
1983	4,707,367	3,481,646	1.84%	2.16%
1984	4,798,003	3,558,758	1.93%	2.21%
1985	4,894,706	3,638,438	2.02%	2.24%
1986	4,992,769	3,728,380	2%	2.47%
1987	5,092,441	3,829,718	2%	2.72%
1988	5,195,833	3,934,517	2.03%	2.74%
1989	5,298,979	4,034,037	1.99%	2.53%
1990	5,399,726	4,196,828	1.9%	4.04%
1991	5,495,077	4,246,267	1.77%	1.18%
1992	5,585,609	4,166,366	1.65%	-1.88%
1993	5,659,957	4,157,130	1.33%	-0.22%
1994	5,714,129	4,173,105	0.96%	0.38%
1995	5,762,131	4,179,179	0.84%	0.15%
1996	5,805,286	4,199,210	0.75%	0.48%
1997	5,844,578	4,253,716	0.68%	1.3%
1998	5,880,781	4,295,785	0.62%	0.99%
1999	5,913,900	4,318,043	0.56%	0.52%
2000	5,943,366	4,423,611	0.5%	2.44%
2001	5,968,060	4,692,716	0.42%	6.08%
2002	5,986,631	4,971,435	0.31%	5.94%
2003	5,998,599	5,177,687	0.2%	4.15%
2004	6,004,671	5,355,717	0.1%	3.44%
2005	6,005,578	5,501,712	0.02%	2.73%
2006	6,002,319	5,624,466	-0.05%	2.23%
2007	6,009,824	5,749,352	0.13%	2.22%
2008	6,029,297	5,894,722	0.32%	2.53%
2009	6,048,279	6,055,646	0.31%	2.73%
2010	6,068,249	6,222,714	0.33%	2.76%
2011	6,090,127	6,387,251	0.36%	2.64%
2012	6,113,975	6,551,080	0.39%	2.56%
2013	6,138,839	6,714,051	0.41%	2.49%
2014	6,162,955	6,876,385	0.39%	2.42%
2015	6,183,676	7,037,655	0.34%	2.35%
2016	6,200,800	7,205,328	0.28%	2.38%
2017	6,213,533	7,379,299	0.21%	2.41%
2018	6,219,807	7,554,563	0.1%	2.38%
2019	6,222,318	7,731,991	0.04%	2.35%
2020	6,234,673	7,912,558	0.2%	2.34%
2021	6,255,782	8,094,602	0.34%	2.3%
2022	6,280,319	8,276,807	0.39%	2.25%
2023	6,309,624	8,460,512	0.47%	2.22%
2024	6,338,193	8,642,022	0.45%	2.15%
2025	6,365,499	8,819,789	0.43%	2.06%
2026	6,391,250	8,996,743	0.4%	2.01%
2027	6,416,437	9,174,695	0.39%	1.98%
2028	6,440,931	9,349,021	0.38%	1.9%
2029	6,464,413	9,520,811	0.36%	1.84%
2030	6,486,202	9,694,851	0.34%	1.83%
2031	6,506,399	9,870,295	0.31%	1.81%
2032	6,525,787	10,047,193	0.3%	1.79%
2033	6,544,657	10,221,006	0.29%	1.73%
2034	6,562,182	10,391,485	0.27%	1.67%
2035	6,578,179	10,563,163	0.24%	1.65%
2036	6,593,325	10,734,341	0.23%	1.62%
2037	6,607,014	10,902,263	0.21%	1.56%
2038	6,619,816	11,066,143	0.19%	1.5%
2039	6,631,169	11,230,060	0.17%	1.48%
2040	6,640,751	11,398,391	0.14%	1.5%
2041	6,649,288	11,566,213	0.13%	1.47%
2042	6,656,208	11,728,787	0.1%	1.41%
2043	6,661,886	11,887,934	0.09%	1.36%
2044	6,665,748	12,049,424	0.06%	1.36%
2045	6,668,028	12,208,872	0.03%	1.32%
2046	6,669,403	12,363,446	0.02%	1.27%
2047	6,669,832	12,512,739	0.006%	1.21%
2048	6,669,220	12,659,609	-0.009%	1.17%
2049	6,666,756	12,805,136	-0.04%	1.15%
2050	6,663,341	12,948,320	-0.05%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th 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) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 111th to 116th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.