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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Sierra Leone	India	Sierra Leone
1960	435,990,338	2,268,356	-	-
1961	446,564,729	2,304,227	2.43%	1.58%
1962	457,283,090	2,342,242	2.4%	1.65%
1963	468,138,575	2,382,258	2.37%	1.71%
1964	479,229,598	2,424,390	2.37%	1.77%
1965	490,140,146	2,468,666	2.28%	1.83%
1966	500,740,247	2,514,638	2.16%	1.86%
1967	511,606,372	2,562,384	2.17%	1.9%
1968	522,716,889	2,611,532	2.17%	1.92%
1969	533,880,544	2,661,365	2.14%	1.91%
1970	545,864,268	2,712,286	2.24%	1.91%
1971	558,096,387	2,763,222	2.24%	1.88%
1972	570,482,142	2,814,388	2.22%	1.85%
1973	583,465,598	2,866,955	2.28%	1.87%
1974	597,041,391	2,920,459	2.33%	1.87%
1975	611,309,535	2,974,657	2.39%	1.86%
1976	625,861,883	3,028,820	2.38%	1.82%
1977	640,801,103	3,085,354	2.39%	1.87%
1978	655,728,229	3,145,517	2.33%	1.95%
1979	671,155,747	3,207,499	2.35%	1.97%
1980	687,354,025	3,272,089	2.41%	2.01%
1981	703,696,250	3,338,940	2.38%	2.04%
1982	720,313,473	3,408,183	2.36%	2.07%
1983	737,372,681	3,481,646	2.37%	2.16%
1984	754,875,449	3,558,758	2.37%	2.21%
1985	772,647,793	3,638,438	2.35%	2.24%
1986	790,689,978	3,728,380	2.34%	2.47%
1987	808,931,270	3,829,718	2.31%	2.72%
1988	827,342,990	3,934,517	2.28%	2.74%
1989	846,039,529	4,034,037	2.26%	2.53%
1990	864,972,221	4,196,828	2.24%	4.04%
1991	883,927,600	4,246,267	2.19%	1.18%
1992	902,957,070	4,166,366	2.15%	-1.88%
1993	922,118,387	4,157,130	2.12%	-0.22%
1994	941,163,767	4,173,105	2.07%	0.38%
1995	960,301,044	4,179,179	2.03%	0.15%
1996	979,678,458	4,199,210	2.02%	0.48%
1997	999,133,762	4,253,716	1.99%	1.3%
1998	1,018,665,080	4,295,785	1.95%	0.99%
1999	1,038,225,823	4,318,043	1.92%	0.52%
2000	1,057,922,733	4,423,611	1.9%	2.44%
2001	1,077,898,575	4,692,716	1.89%	6.08%
2002	1,097,600,380	4,971,435	1.83%	5.94%
2003	1,116,803,006	5,177,687	1.75%	4.15%
2004	1,135,991,513	5,355,717	1.72%	3.44%
2005	1,154,676,322	5,501,712	1.64%	2.73%
2006	1,172,878,890	5,624,466	1.58%	2.23%
2007	1,190,676,021	5,749,352	1.52%	2.22%
2008	1,207,930,964	5,894,722	1.45%	2.53%
2009	1,225,524,753	6,055,646	1.46%	2.73%
2010	1,243,481,564	6,222,714	1.47%	2.76%
2011	1,261,224,954	6,387,251	1.43%	2.64%
2012	1,278,674,502	6,551,080	1.38%	2.56%
2013	1,295,829,511	6,714,051	1.34%	2.49%
2014	1,312,277,191	6,876,385	1.27%	2.42%
2015	1,328,024,498	7,037,655	1.2%	2.35%
2016	1,343,944,296	7,205,328	1.2%	2.38%
2017	1,359,657,400	7,379,299	1.17%	2.41%
2018	1,374,659,064	7,554,563	1.1%	2.38%
2019	1,389,030,312	7,731,991	1.05%	2.35%
2020	1,402,617,695	7,912,558	0.98%	2.34%
2021	1,414,203,896	8,094,602	0.83%	2.3%
2022	1,425,423,212	8,276,807	0.79%	2.25%
2023	1,438,069,596	8,460,512	0.89%	2.22%
2024	1,450,935,791	8,642,022	0.89%	2.15%
2025	1,463,865,531	8,819,789	0.89%	2.06%
2026	1,476,625,576	8,996,743	0.87%	2.01%
2027	1,489,164,679	9,174,695	0.85%	1.98%
2028	1,501,432,748	9,349,021	0.82%	1.9%
2029	1,513,423,737	9,520,811	0.8%	1.84%
2030	1,525,138,852	9,694,851	0.77%	1.83%
2031	1,536,540,604	9,870,295	0.75%	1.81%
2032	1,547,607,126	10,047,193	0.72%	1.79%
2033	1,558,324,087	10,221,006	0.69%	1.73%
2034	1,568,688,356	10,391,485	0.67%	1.67%
2035	1,578,694,799	10,563,163	0.64%	1.65%
2036	1,588,325,366	10,734,341	0.61%	1.62%
2037	1,597,537,009	10,902,263	0.58%	1.56%
2038	1,606,300,646	11,066,143	0.55%	1.5%
2039	1,614,639,243	11,230,060	0.52%	1.48%
2040	1,622,580,052	11,398,391	0.49%	1.5%
2041	1,630,119,374	11,566,213	0.46%	1.47%
2042	1,637,235,363	11,728,787	0.44%	1.41%
2043	1,643,915,269	11,887,934	0.41%	1.36%
2044	1,650,186,610	12,049,424	0.38%	1.36%
2045	1,656,067,585	12,208,872	0.36%	1.32%
2046	1,661,548,400	12,363,446	0.33%	1.27%
2047	1,666,628,151	12,512,739	0.31%	1.21%
2048	1,671,309,727	12,659,609	0.28%	1.17%
2049	1,675,619,893	12,805,136	0.26%	1.15%
2050	1,679,589,268	12,948,320	0.24%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.