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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Sierra Leone	Mozambique	Sierra Leone
1960	6,713,695	2,268,356	-	-
1961	6,834,936	2,304,227	1.81%	1.58%
1962	6,969,364	2,342,242	1.97%	1.65%
1963	7,109,828	2,382,258	2.02%	1.71%
1964	7,255,061	2,424,390	2.04%	1.77%
1965	7,406,421	2,468,666	2.09%	1.83%
1966	7,562,990	2,514,638	2.11%	1.86%
1967	7,724,550	2,562,384	2.14%	1.9%
1968	7,892,613	2,611,532	2.18%	1.92%
1969	8,066,951	2,661,365	2.21%	1.91%
1970	8,250,506	2,712,286	2.28%	1.91%
1971	8,456,317	2,763,222	2.49%	1.88%
1972	8,692,935	2,814,388	2.8%	1.85%
1973	8,954,242	2,866,955	3.01%	1.87%
1974	9,236,093	2,920,459	3.15%	1.87%
1975	9,540,817	2,974,657	3.3%	1.86%
1976	9,867,209	3,028,820	3.42%	1.82%
1977	10,224,975	3,085,354	3.63%	1.87%
1978	10,618,250	3,145,517	3.85%	1.95%
1979	11,028,809	3,207,499	3.87%	1.97%
1980	11,336,221	3,272,089	2.79%	2.01%
1981	11,568,127	3,338,940	2.05%	2.04%
1982	11,824,370	3,408,183	2.22%	2.07%
1983	12,073,822	3,481,646	2.11%	2.16%
1984	12,315,954	3,558,758	2.01%	2.21%
1985	12,548,949	3,638,438	1.89%	2.24%
1986	12,770,578	3,728,380	1.77%	2.47%
1987	12,822,574	3,829,718	0.41%	2.72%
1988	12,800,558	3,934,517	-0.17%	2.74%
1989	12,906,842	4,034,037	0.83%	2.53%
1990	13,094,537	4,196,828	1.45%	4.04%
1991	13,352,090	4,246,267	1.97%	1.18%
1992	13,613,316	4,166,366	1.96%	-1.88%
1993	14,051,192	4,157,130	3.22%	-0.22%
1994	15,033,853	4,173,105	6.99%	0.38%
1995	15,960,530	4,179,179	6.16%	0.15%
1996	16,492,480	4,199,210	3.33%	0.48%
1997	16,949,982	4,253,716	2.77%	1.3%
1998	17,340,464	4,295,785	2.3%	0.99%
1999	17,734,506	4,318,043	2.27%	0.52%
2000	18,129,653	4,423,611	2.23%	2.44%
2001	18,537,729	4,692,716	2.25%	6.08%
2002	18,958,338	4,971,435	2.27%	5.94%
2003	19,392,475	5,177,687	2.29%	4.15%
2004	19,840,313	5,355,717	2.31%	3.44%
2005	20,304,569	5,501,712	2.34%	2.73%
2006	20,787,087	5,624,466	2.38%	2.23%
2007	21,287,635	5,749,352	2.41%	2.22%
2008	21,819,036	5,894,722	2.5%	2.53%
2009	22,391,745	6,055,646	2.62%	2.73%
2010	22,999,235	6,222,714	2.71%	2.76%
2011	23,649,039	6,387,251	2.83%	2.64%
2012	24,337,846	6,551,080	2.91%	2.56%
2013	25,051,611	6,714,051	2.93%	2.49%
2014	25,788,475	6,876,385	2.94%	2.42%
2015	26,547,572	7,037,655	2.94%	2.35%
2016	27,337,105	7,205,328	2.97%	2.38%
2017	28,166,393	7,379,299	3.03%	2.41%
2018	29,018,644	7,554,563	3.03%	2.38%
2019	29,884,380	7,731,991	2.98%	2.35%
2020	30,783,688	7,912,558	3.01%	2.34%
2021	31,707,800	8,094,602	3%	2.3%
2022	32,656,246	8,276,807	2.99%	2.25%
2023	33,635,160	8,460,512	3%	2.22%
2024	34,631,766	8,642,022	2.96%	2.15%
2025	35,631,656	8,819,789	2.89%	2.06%
2026	36,639,853	8,996,743	2.83%	2.01%
2027	37,668,656	9,174,695	2.81%	1.98%
2028	38,714,097	9,349,021	2.78%	1.9%
2029	39,774,947	9,520,811	2.74%	1.84%
2030	40,846,749	9,694,851	2.69%	1.83%
2031	41,931,250	9,870,295	2.66%	1.81%
2032	43,032,887	10,047,193	2.63%	1.79%
2033	44,144,533	10,221,006	2.58%	1.73%
2034	45,273,522	10,391,485	2.56%	1.67%
2035	46,411,774	10,563,163	2.51%	1.65%
2036	47,548,671	10,734,341	2.45%	1.62%
2037	48,684,563	10,902,263	2.39%	1.56%
2038	49,822,039	11,066,143	2.34%	1.5%
2039	50,971,124	11,230,060	2.31%	1.48%
2040	52,124,215	11,398,391	2.26%	1.5%
2041	53,271,004	11,566,213	2.2%	1.47%
2042	54,423,407	11,728,787	2.16%	1.41%
2043	55,574,711	11,887,934	2.12%	1.36%
2044	56,716,585	12,049,424	2.05%	1.36%
2045	57,851,787	12,208,872	2%	1.32%
2046	58,981,102	12,363,446	1.95%	1.27%
2047	60,117,587	12,512,739	1.93%	1.21%
2048	61,254,584	12,659,609	1.89%	1.17%
2049	62,397,018	12,805,136	1.87%	1.15%
2050	63,530,955	12,948,320	1.82%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mozambique gained 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2006 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.