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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Sierra Leone	Liberia	Sierra Leone
1960	1,139,522	2,268,356	-	-
1961	1,167,717	2,304,227	2.47%	1.58%
1962	1,197,039	2,342,242	2.51%	1.65%
1963	1,227,414	2,382,258	2.54%	1.71%
1964	1,258,745	2,424,390	2.55%	1.77%
1965	1,291,156	2,468,666	2.57%	1.83%
1966	1,324,383	2,514,638	2.57%	1.86%
1967	1,358,435	2,562,384	2.57%	1.9%
1968	1,393,530	2,611,532	2.58%	1.92%
1969	1,429,605	2,661,365	2.59%	1.91%
1970	1,466,676	2,712,286	2.59%	1.91%
1971	1,504,077	2,763,222	2.55%	1.88%
1972	1,542,670	2,814,388	2.57%	1.85%
1973	1,583,588	2,866,955	2.65%	1.87%
1974	1,626,362	2,920,459	2.7%	1.87%
1975	1,670,913	2,974,657	2.74%	1.86%
1976	1,717,060	3,028,820	2.76%	1.82%
1977	1,766,019	3,085,354	2.85%	1.87%
1978	1,818,247	3,145,517	2.96%	1.95%
1979	1,872,713	3,207,499	3%	1.97%
1980	1,929,253	3,272,089	3.02%	2.01%
1981	1,986,867	3,338,940	2.99%	2.04%
1982	2,045,073	3,408,183	2.93%	2.07%
1983	2,107,113	3,481,646	3.03%	2.16%
1984	2,173,312	3,558,758	3.14%	2.21%
1985	2,240,539	3,638,438	3.09%	2.24%
1986	2,308,511	3,728,380	3.03%	2.47%
1987	2,377,229	3,829,718	2.98%	2.72%
1988	2,446,941	3,934,517	2.93%	2.74%
1989	2,517,858	4,034,037	2.9%	2.53%
1990	2,223,667	4,196,828	-11.7%	4.04%
1991	1,956,518	4,246,267	-12%	1.18%
1992	2,072,461	4,166,366	5.93%	-1.88%
1993	2,155,126	4,157,130	3.99%	-0.22%
1994	2,149,928	4,173,105	-0.24%	0.38%
1995	2,169,162	4,179,179	0.89%	0.15%
1996	2,232,289	4,199,210	2.91%	0.48%
1997	2,412,989	4,253,716	8.09%	1.3%
1998	2,670,124	4,295,785	10.7%	0.99%
1999	2,821,684	4,318,043	5.68%	0.52%
2000	2,928,117	4,423,611	3.77%	2.44%
2001	3,015,338	4,692,716	2.98%	6.08%
2002	3,094,782	4,971,435	2.63%	5.94%
2003	3,119,532	5,177,687	0.8%	4.15%
2004	3,156,892	5,355,717	1.2%	3.44%
2005	3,301,015	5,501,712	4.57%	2.73%
2006	3,490,787	5,624,466	5.75%	2.23%
2007	3,669,050	5,749,352	5.11%	2.22%
2008	3,821,003	5,894,722	4.14%	2.53%
2009	3,943,028	6,055,646	3.19%	2.73%
2010	4,058,890	6,222,714	2.94%	2.76%
2011	4,221,178	6,387,251	4%	2.64%
2012	4,373,043	6,551,080	3.6%	2.56%
2013	4,470,239	6,714,051	2.22%	2.49%
2014	4,564,293	6,876,385	2.1%	2.42%
2015	4,659,431	7,037,655	2.08%	2.35%
2016	4,755,608	7,205,328	2.06%	2.38%
2017	4,848,925	7,379,299	1.96%	2.41%
2018	4,944,726	7,554,563	1.98%	2.38%
2019	5,043,721	7,731,991	2%	2.35%
2020	5,149,463	7,912,558	2.1%	2.34%
2021	5,259,323	8,094,602	2.13%	2.3%
2022	5,373,294	8,276,807	2.17%	2.25%
2023	5,493,031	8,460,512	2.23%	2.22%
2024	5,612,817	8,642,022	2.18%	2.15%
2025	5,731,211	8,819,789	2.11%	2.06%
2026	5,853,958	8,996,743	2.14%	2.01%
2027	5,986,805	9,174,695	2.27%	1.98%
2028	6,118,769	9,349,021	2.2%	1.9%
2029	6,245,093	9,520,811	2.06%	1.84%
2030	6,366,293	9,694,851	1.94%	1.83%
2031	6,486,749	9,870,295	1.89%	1.81%
2032	6,614,257	10,047,193	1.97%	1.79%
2033	6,744,927	10,221,006	1.98%	1.73%
2034	6,873,688	10,391,485	1.91%	1.67%
2035	7,003,567	10,563,163	1.89%	1.65%
2036	7,142,326	10,734,341	1.98%	1.62%
2037	7,278,759	10,902,263	1.91%	1.56%
2038	7,408,720	11,066,143	1.79%	1.5%
2039	7,545,510	11,230,060	1.85%	1.48%
2040	7,681,693	11,398,391	1.8%	1.5%
2041	7,817,089	11,566,213	1.76%	1.47%
2042	7,954,182	11,728,787	1.75%	1.41%
2043	8,077,173	11,887,934	1.55%	1.36%
2044	8,194,136	12,049,424	1.45%	1.36%
2045	8,310,657	12,208,872	1.42%	1.32%
2046	8,428,924	12,363,446	1.42%	1.27%
2047	8,552,033	12,512,739	1.46%	1.21%
2048	8,673,963	12,659,609	1.43%	1.17%
2049	8,795,838	12,805,136	1.41%	1.15%
2050	8,910,539	12,948,320	1.3%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.