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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Sierra Leone	Mali	Sierra Leone
1960	5,402,550	2,268,356	-	-
1961	5,482,283	2,304,227	1.48%	1.58%
1962	5,563,917	2,342,242	1.49%	1.65%
1963	5,646,605	2,382,258	1.49%	1.71%
1964	5,730,125	2,424,390	1.48%	1.77%
1965	5,815,487	2,468,666	1.49%	1.83%
1966	5,902,204	2,514,638	1.49%	1.86%
1967	5,990,906	2,562,384	1.5%	1.9%
1968	6,082,979	2,611,532	1.54%	1.92%
1969	6,177,704	2,661,365	1.56%	1.91%
1970	6,276,472	2,712,286	1.6%	1.91%
1971	6,377,944	2,763,222	1.62%	1.88%
1972	6,483,726	2,814,388	1.66%	1.85%
1973	6,597,106	2,866,955	1.75%	1.87%
1974	6,715,436	2,920,459	1.79%	1.87%
1975	6,837,261	2,974,657	1.81%	1.86%
1976	6,960,979	3,028,820	1.81%	1.82%
1977	7,090,979	3,085,354	1.87%	1.87%
1978	7,229,651	3,145,517	1.96%	1.95%
1979	7,375,266	3,207,499	2.01%	1.97%
1980	7,530,515	3,272,089	2.1%	2.01%
1981	7,692,766	3,338,940	2.15%	2.04%
1982	7,860,194	3,408,183	2.18%	2.07%
1983	8,034,400	3,481,646	2.22%	2.16%
1984	8,208,599	3,558,758	2.17%	2.21%
1985	8,374,663	3,638,438	2.02%	2.24%
1986	8,531,277	3,728,380	1.87%	2.47%
1987	8,681,164	3,829,718	1.76%	2.72%
1988	8,833,996	3,934,517	1.76%	2.74%
1989	8,999,938	4,034,037	1.88%	2.53%
1990	9,178,830	4,196,828	1.99%	4.04%
1991	9,362,888	4,246,267	2.01%	1.18%
1992	9,553,540	4,166,366	2.04%	-1.88%
1993	9,754,786	4,157,130	2.11%	-0.22%
1994	9,967,031	4,173,105	2.18%	0.38%
1995	10,185,365	4,179,179	2.19%	0.15%
1996	10,407,278	4,199,210	2.18%	0.48%
1997	10,646,495	4,253,716	2.3%	1.3%
1998	10,919,573	4,295,785	2.56%	0.99%
1999	11,227,415	4,318,043	2.82%	0.52%
2000	11,559,290	4,423,611	2.96%	2.44%
2001	11,912,158	4,692,716	3.05%	6.08%
2002	12,288,050	4,971,435	3.16%	5.94%
2003	12,684,955	5,177,687	3.23%	4.15%
2004	13,102,409	5,355,717	3.29%	3.44%
2005	13,538,647	5,501,712	3.33%	2.73%
2006	13,990,139	5,624,466	3.33%	2.23%
2007	14,457,775	5,749,352	3.34%	2.22%
2008	14,940,782	5,894,722	3.34%	2.53%
2009	15,435,539	6,055,646	3.31%	2.73%
2010	15,945,198	6,222,714	3.3%	2.76%
2011	16,469,049	6,387,251	3.29%	2.64%
2012	16,957,033	6,551,080	2.96%	2.56%
2013	17,459,615	6,714,051	2.96%	2.49%
2014	18,020,267	6,876,385	3.21%	2.42%
2015	18,593,022	7,037,655	3.18%	2.35%
2016	19,191,289	7,205,328	3.22%	2.38%
2017	19,813,011	7,379,299	3.24%	2.41%
2018	20,442,030	7,554,563	3.17%	2.38%
2019	21,068,405	7,731,991	3.06%	2.35%
2020	21,713,836	7,912,558	3.06%	2.34%
2021	22,388,630	8,094,602	3.11%	2.3%
2022	23,072,640	8,276,807	3.06%	2.25%
2023	23,769,127	8,460,512	3.02%	2.22%
2024	24,478,595	8,642,022	2.98%	2.15%
2025	25,198,817	8,819,789	2.94%	2.06%
2026	25,932,275	8,996,743	2.91%	2.01%
2027	26,679,171	9,174,695	2.88%	1.98%
2028	27,440,613	9,349,021	2.85%	1.9%
2029	28,215,513	9,520,811	2.82%	1.84%
2030	29,002,864	9,694,851	2.79%	1.83%
2031	29,804,545	9,870,295	2.76%	1.81%
2032	30,618,893	10,047,193	2.73%	1.79%
2033	31,442,801	10,221,006	2.69%	1.73%
2034	32,276,672	10,391,485	2.65%	1.67%
2035	33,118,344	10,563,163	2.61%	1.65%
2036	33,967,889	10,734,341	2.57%	1.62%
2037	34,823,450	10,902,263	2.52%	1.56%
2038	35,685,576	11,066,143	2.48%	1.5%
2039	36,549,487	11,230,060	2.42%	1.48%
2040	37,413,641	11,398,391	2.36%	1.5%
2041	38,280,868	11,566,213	2.32%	1.47%
2042	39,151,280	11,728,787	2.27%	1.41%
2043	40,026,317	11,887,934	2.24%	1.36%
2044	40,902,500	12,049,424	2.19%	1.36%
2045	41,778,984	12,208,872	2.14%	1.32%
2046	42,655,642	12,363,446	2.1%	1.27%
2047	43,530,852	12,512,739	2.05%	1.21%
2048	44,405,715	12,659,609	2.01%	1.17%
2049	45,279,772	12,805,136	1.97%	1.15%
2050	46,154,079	12,948,320	1.93%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th 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) Mali's population will grow by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.