Population in Ivory Coast compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone
1960	3,673,666	2,268,356	-	-
1961	3,810,151	2,304,227	3.72%	1.58%
1962	3,956,939	2,342,242	3.85%	1.65%
1963	4,112,061	2,382,258	3.92%	1.71%
1964	4,273,952	2,424,390	3.94%	1.77%
1965	4,442,377	2,468,666	3.94%	1.83%
1966	4,617,519	2,514,638	3.94%	1.86%
1967	4,799,744	2,562,384	3.95%	1.9%
1968	4,990,021	2,611,532	3.96%	1.92%
1969	5,192,221	2,661,365	4.05%	1.91%
1970	5,411,567	2,712,286	4.22%	1.91%
1971	5,650,868	2,763,222	4.42%	1.88%
1972	5,909,716	2,814,388	4.58%	1.85%
1973	6,184,944	2,866,955	4.66%	1.87%
1974	6,474,057	2,920,459	4.67%	1.87%
1975	6,776,297	2,974,657	4.67%	1.86%
1976	7,057,958	3,028,820	4.16%	1.82%
1977	7,321,950	3,085,354	3.74%	1.87%
1978	7,603,130	3,145,517	3.84%	1.95%
1979	7,902,267	3,207,499	3.93%	1.97%
1980	8,220,714	3,272,089	4.03%	2.01%
1981	8,556,596	3,338,940	4.09%	2.04%
1982	8,907,936	3,408,183	4.11%	2.07%
1983	9,272,744	3,481,646	4.1%	2.16%
1984	9,650,516	3,558,758	4.07%	2.21%
1985	10,040,483	3,638,438	4.04%	2.24%
1986	10,440,917	3,728,380	3.99%	2.47%
1987	10,851,475	3,829,718	3.93%	2.72%
1988	11,275,189	3,934,517	3.9%	2.74%
1989	11,719,771	4,034,037	3.94%	2.53%
1990	12,189,778	4,196,828	4.01%	4.04%
1991	12,683,870	4,246,267	4.05%	1.18%
1992	13,200,310	4,166,366	4.07%	-1.88%
1993	13,735,951	4,157,130	4.06%	-0.22%
1994	14,287,201	4,173,105	4.01%	0.38%
1995	14,855,565	4,179,179	3.98%	0.15%
1996	15,442,312	4,199,210	3.95%	0.48%
1997	16,047,170	4,253,716	3.92%	1.3%
1998	16,663,948	4,295,785	3.84%	0.99%
1999	17,215,935	4,318,043	3.31%	0.52%
2000	17,699,004	4,423,611	2.81%	2.44%
2001	18,178,913	4,692,716	2.71%	6.08%
2002	18,654,771	4,971,435	2.62%	5.94%
2003	19,125,542	5,177,687	2.52%	4.15%
2004	19,595,000	5,355,717	2.45%	3.44%
2005	20,068,458	5,501,712	2.42%	2.73%
2006	20,546,802	5,624,466	2.38%	2.23%
2007	21,030,558	5,749,352	2.35%	2.22%
2008	21,514,439	5,894,722	2.3%	2.53%
2009	21,997,940	6,055,646	2.25%	2.73%
2010	22,488,065	6,222,714	2.23%	2.76%
2011	22,982,000	6,387,251	2.2%	2.64%
2012	23,467,078	6,551,080	2.11%	2.56%
2013	23,939,775	6,714,051	2.01%	2.49%
2014	24,527,395	6,876,385	2.45%	2.42%
2015	25,246,342	7,037,655	2.93%	2.35%
2016	25,989,405	7,205,328	2.94%	2.38%
2017	26,733,372	7,379,299	2.86%	2.41%
2018	27,464,173	7,554,563	2.73%	2.38%
2019	28,193,009	7,731,991	2.65%	2.35%
2020	28,915,449	7,912,558	2.56%	2.34%
2021	29,639,736	8,094,602	2.5%	2.3%
2022	30,395,002	8,276,807	2.55%	2.25%
2023	31,165,654	8,460,512	2.54%	2.22%
2024	31,934,230	8,642,022	2.47%	2.15%
2025	32,711,547	8,819,789	2.43%	2.06%
2026	33,494,340	8,996,743	2.39%	2.01%
2027	34,281,129	9,174,695	2.35%	1.98%
2028	35,077,094	9,349,021	2.32%	1.9%
2029	35,883,465	9,520,811	2.3%	1.84%
2030	36,699,008	9,694,851	2.27%	1.83%
2031	37,529,369	9,870,295	2.26%	1.81%
2032	38,376,612	10,047,193	2.26%	1.79%
2033	39,244,388	10,221,006	2.26%	1.73%
2034	40,132,807	10,391,485	2.26%	1.67%
2035	41,033,849	10,563,163	2.25%	1.65%
2036	41,948,468	10,734,341	2.23%	1.62%
2037	42,880,003	10,902,263	2.22%	1.56%
2038	43,824,363	11,066,143	2.2%	1.5%
2039	44,778,750	11,230,060	2.18%	1.48%
2040	45,743,921	11,398,391	2.16%	1.5%
2041	46,717,434	11,566,213	2.13%	1.47%
2042	47,702,165	11,728,787	2.11%	1.41%
2043	48,700,670	11,887,934	2.09%	1.36%
2044	49,709,049	12,049,424	2.07%	1.36%
2045	50,716,074	12,208,872	2.03%	1.32%
2046	51,718,057	12,363,446	1.98%	1.27%
2047	52,721,465	12,512,739	1.94%	1.21%
2048	53,730,594	12,659,609	1.91%	1.17%
2049	54,739,405	12,805,136	1.88%	1.15%
2050	55,746,988	12,948,320	1.84%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ivory Coast gained 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2006 and is 50th 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) Ivory Coast's population will grow by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people with a rank change from 50th to 36th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.