The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 8,961,932 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Sierra Leone's population is 6.61 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.5M to 8.96M (62.9% growth).
- Sierra Leone is projected to reach its peak in 2092 at 16M people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 832K people by 2100.
Estonia vs Sierra Leone: live population counter
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| Current population |
1355535
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8961932
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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2.03 minutes
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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7.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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47.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 49/197 |
Estonia and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 2,304,227 | 1.12% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 2,342,242 | 1.35% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 2,382,258 | 1.39% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 2,424,390 | 1.45% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 2,468,666 | 1.37% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 2,514,638 | 1.08% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 2,562,384 | 0.79% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 2,611,532 | 0.93% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 2,661,365 | 1.05% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 2,712,286 | 1.1% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 2,763,222 | 1.24% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 2,814,388 | 1.13% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 2,866,955 | 0.96% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 2,920,459 | 0.87% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 2,974,657 | 0.79% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 3,028,820 | 0.72% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 3,085,354 | 0.74% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 3,145,517 | 0.69% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 3,207,499 | 0.56% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 3,272,089 | 0.61% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 3,338,940 | 0.71% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 3,408,183 | 0.72% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 3,481,646 | 0.69% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 3,558,758 | 0.65% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 3,638,438 | 0.67% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 3,728,380 | 0.75% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 3,829,718 | 0.78% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 3,934,517 | 0.62% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 4,034,037 | 0.4% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 4,196,828 | 0.07% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 4,246,267 | -0.5% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 4,166,366 | -1.81% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 4,157,130 | -2.54% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 4,173,105 | -2.12% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 4,179,179 | -1.77% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 4,199,210 | -1.46% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 4,253,716 | -1.13% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 4,295,785 | -0.96% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 4,318,043 | 0.29% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 4,423,611 | 0.48% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 4,692,716 | -0.63% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 4,971,435 | -0.63% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 5,177,687 | -0.63% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 5,355,717 | -0.6% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 5,501,712 | -0.57% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 5,624,466 | -0.59% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 5,749,352 | -0.46% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 5,894,722 | -0.27% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 6,055,646 | -0.19% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 6,222,714 | -0.23% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 6,387,251 | -0.3% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 6,551,080 | -0.36% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 6,714,051 | -0.36% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 6,876,385 | -0.26% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 7,037,655 | 0.07% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 7,205,328 | 0.03% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 7,379,299 | 0.12% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 7,554,563 | 0.35% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 7,731,991 | 0.37% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 7,912,558 | 0.2% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 8,094,602 | 0.11% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 8,276,807 | 1.35% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 8,460,512 | 1.59% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 1,371,986 | 8,642,022 | 0.12% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 8,819,789 | -1.2% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 8,996,743 | -0.98% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 9,174,695 | -0.53% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 9,349,021 | -0.54% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 9,520,811 | -0.54% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 9,694,851 | -0.54% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 9,870,295 | -0.54% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 10,047,193 | -0.54% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 10,221,006 | -0.54% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 10,391,485 | -0.53% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 10,563,163 | -0.53% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 10,734,341 | -0.52% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 10,902,263 | -0.51% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 11,066,143 | -0.5% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 11,230,060 | -0.49% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 11,398,391 | -0.49% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 11,566,213 | -0.49% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 11,728,787 | -0.5% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 11,887,934 | -0.5% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 12,049,424 | -0.5% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 12,208,872 | -0.51% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 12,363,446 | -0.52% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 12,512,739 | -0.52% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 12,659,609 | -0.53% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 12,805,136 | -0.54% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 12,948,320 | -0.56% | 1.12% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th 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) Estonia's population will shrink by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tallinn | 458K |
| Tartu | 97.8K |
| Narva | 53.4K |
| Parnu | 41.5K |
| Kohtla-Jarve | 33.4K |
| Viljandi | 17.3K |
| Maardu | 17K |
| Rakvere | 15.7K |
| Kuressaare | 13.2K |
| Sillamae | 12.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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Population differences between Estonia and Sierra Leone
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| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 62.2 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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