The latest officially reported population of Luxembourg was 677,717 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Luxembourg's population is 690,832 people compared to 8,961,932 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Sierra Leone's population is 13 times bigger than Luxembourg's.
- Luxembourg is ranked the 164th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.008% for Luxembourg vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Luxembourg has had an average growth rate of +2.03% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2005, the population of Luxembourg has increased from 465K people to 691K (48.5% growth), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.5M to 8.96M (62.9% growth).
- Luxembourg is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 806K people compared to the peak of 16M people in 2092 for Sierra Leone.
Luxembourg vs Sierra Leone: live population counter
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| Current population |
690832
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8961932
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| Population rank | 164/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.008% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
46.6 minutes
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.38 hours
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2.03 minutes
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| One death every |
1.99 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.54 hours
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47.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +5,677 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +31 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,287 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.69% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 68/197 | 49/197 |
Luxembourg and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 313,970 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 316,845 | 2,304,227 | 0.92% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 320,750 | 2,342,242 | 1.23% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 324,100 | 2,382,258 | 1.04% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 327,750 | 2,424,390 | 1.13% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 331,500 | 2,468,666 | 1.14% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 333,895 | 2,514,638 | 0.72% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 334,995 | 2,562,384 | 0.33% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 335,850 | 2,611,532 | 0.26% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 337,500 | 2,661,365 | 0.49% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 339,171 | 2,712,286 | 0.5% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 342,421 | 2,763,222 | 0.96% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 346,600 | 2,814,388 | 1.22% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 350,450 | 2,866,955 | 1.11% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 355,050 | 2,920,459 | 1.31% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 358,950 | 2,974,657 | 1.1% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 360,731 | 3,028,820 | 0.5% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 361,358 | 3,085,354 | 0.17% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 362,007 | 3,145,517 | 0.18% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 362,856 | 3,207,499 | 0.23% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 364,150 | 3,272,089 | 0.36% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 365,225 | 3,338,940 | 0.3% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 365,525 | 3,408,183 | 0.08% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 365,622 | 3,481,646 | 0.03% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 365,998 | 3,558,758 | 0.1% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 366,706 | 3,638,438 | 0.19% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 368,355 | 3,728,380 | 0.45% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 370,750 | 3,829,718 | 0.65% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 373,450 | 3,934,517 | 0.73% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 377,100 | 4,034,037 | 0.98% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 381,850 | 4,196,828 | 1.26% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 387,000 | 4,246,267 | 1.35% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 392,175 | 4,166,366 | 1.34% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 397,475 | 4,157,130 | 1.35% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 402,925 | 4,173,105 | 1.37% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 408,625 | 4,179,179 | 1.41% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 414,225 | 4,199,210 | 1.37% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 419,450 | 4,253,716 | 1.26% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 424,700 | 4,295,785 | 1.25% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 430,475 | 4,318,043 | 1.36% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 436,300 | 4,423,611 | 1.35% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 441,525 | 4,692,716 | 1.2% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 446,175 | 4,971,435 | 1.05% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 451,630 | 5,177,687 | 1.22% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 458,095 | 5,355,717 | 1.43% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 465,158 | 5,501,712 | 1.54% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 472,637 | 5,624,466 | 1.61% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 479,993 | 5,749,352 | 1.56% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 488,650 | 5,894,722 | 1.8% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 497,783 | 6,055,646 | 1.87% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 506,953 | 6,222,714 | 1.84% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 518,347 | 6,387,251 | 2.25% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 530,946 | 6,551,080 | 2.43% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 543,360 | 6,714,051 | 2.34% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 556,319 | 6,876,385 | 2.38% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 569,604 | 7,037,655 | 2.39% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 582,014 | 7,205,328 | 2.18% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 596,336 | 7,379,299 | 2.46% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 607,950 | 7,554,563 | 1.95% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 620,001 | 7,731,991 | 1.98% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 630,419 | 7,912,558 | 1.68% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 640,064 | 8,094,602 | 1.53% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 653,103 | 8,276,807 | 2.04% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 666,430 | 8,460,512 | 2.04% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 677,717 | 8,642,022 | 1.69% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 685,180 | 8,819,789 | 1.1% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 692,217 | 8,996,743 | 1.03% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 699,102 | 9,174,695 | 0.99% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 705,956 | 9,349,021 | 0.98% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 712,502 | 9,520,811 | 0.93% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 718,627 | 9,694,851 | 0.86% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 724,433 | 9,870,295 | 0.81% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 730,118 | 10,047,193 | 0.78% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 735,604 | 10,221,006 | 0.75% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 740,767 | 10,391,485 | 0.7% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 745,776 | 10,563,163 | 0.68% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 750,596 | 10,734,341 | 0.65% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 755,119 | 10,902,263 | 0.6% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 759,551 | 11,066,143 | 0.59% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 763,923 | 11,230,060 | 0.58% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 767,972 | 11,398,391 | 0.53% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 771,757 | 11,566,213 | 0.49% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 775,418 | 11,728,787 | 0.47% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 778,811 | 11,887,934 | 0.44% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 781,936 | 12,049,424 | 0.4% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 784,957 | 12,208,872 | 0.39% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 787,788 | 12,363,446 | 0.36% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 790,356 | 12,512,739 | 0.33% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 792,821 | 12,659,609 | 0.31% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 795,064 | 12,805,136 | 0.28% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 796,958 | 12,948,320 | 0.24% | 1.12% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Luxembourg increased by 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Luxembourg gained 121,228 (a 21.3% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).
Luxembourg was ranked 167th most populous country in 2005 and is 164th 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) Luxembourg's population will grow by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th. 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 |
| Luxembourg | 136K |
| Esch-sur-Alzette | 37.5K |
| Differdange | 30.4K |
| Dudelange | 22K |
| Petange | 20.9K |
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| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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Population differences between Luxembourg and Sierra Leone
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| Life expectancy | 82.5 years | 62.2 years |
| Average age | 40.6 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.25 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 682 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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