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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Sierra Leone	Nauru	Sierra Leone
1960	4,607	2,268,356	-	-
1961	4,774	2,304,227	3.62%	1.58%
1962	4,979	2,342,242	4.29%	1.65%
1963	5,226	2,382,258	4.96%	1.71%
1964	5,515	2,424,390	5.53%	1.77%
1965	5,832	2,468,666	5.75%	1.83%
1966	6,043	2,514,638	3.62%	1.86%
1967	6,135	2,562,384	1.52%	1.9%
1968	6,328	2,611,532	3.15%	1.92%
1969	6,581	2,661,365	4%	1.91%
1970	6,710	2,712,286	1.96%	1.91%
1971	6,762	2,763,222	0.77%	1.88%
1972	6,812	2,814,388	0.74%	1.85%
1973	6,866	2,866,955	0.79%	1.87%
1974	6,923	2,920,459	0.83%	1.87%
1975	6,987	2,974,657	0.92%	1.86%
1976	7,064	3,028,820	1.1%	1.82%
1977	7,163	3,085,354	1.4%	1.87%
1978	7,298	3,145,517	1.88%	1.95%
1979	7,468	3,207,499	2.33%	1.97%
1980	7,649	3,272,089	2.42%	2.01%
1981	7,839	3,338,940	2.48%	2.04%
1982	8,040	3,408,183	2.56%	2.07%
1983	8,216	3,481,646	2.19%	2.16%
1984	8,377	3,558,758	1.96%	2.21%
1985	8,551	3,638,438	2.08%	2.24%
1986	8,742	3,728,380	2.23%	2.47%
1987	8,946	3,829,718	2.33%	2.72%
1988	9,165	3,934,517	2.45%	2.74%
1989	9,390	4,034,037	2.45%	2.53%
1990	9,622	4,196,828	2.47%	4.04%
1991	9,850	4,246,267	2.37%	1.18%
1992	10,021	4,166,366	1.74%	-1.88%
1993	10,102	4,157,130	0.81%	-0.22%
1994	10,137	4,173,105	0.35%	0.38%
1995	10,165	4,179,179	0.28%	0.15%
1996	10,183	4,199,210	0.18%	0.48%
1997	10,197	4,253,716	0.14%	1.3%
1998	10,198	4,295,785	0.01%	0.99%
1999	10,187	4,318,043	-0.11%	0.52%
2000	10,168	4,423,611	-0.19%	2.44%
2001	10,130	4,692,716	-0.37%	6.08%
2002	10,082	4,971,435	-0.47%	5.94%
2003	10,059	5,177,687	-0.23%	4.15%
2004	10,060	5,355,717	0.01%	3.44%
2005	10,049	5,501,712	-0.11%	2.73%
2006	10,034	5,624,466	-0.15%	2.23%
2007	10,020	5,749,352	-0.14%	2.22%
2008	10,009	5,894,722	-0.11%	2.53%
2009	10,016	6,055,646	0.07%	2.73%
2010	10,043	6,222,714	0.27%	2.76%
2011	10,098	6,387,251	0.55%	2.64%
2012	10,267	6,551,080	1.67%	2.56%
2013	10,517	6,714,051	2.43%	2.49%
2014	10,742	6,876,385	2.14%	2.42%
2015	10,954	7,037,655	1.97%	2.35%
2016	11,150	7,205,328	1.79%	2.38%
2017	11,324	7,379,299	1.56%	2.41%
2018	11,477	7,554,563	1.35%	2.38%
2019	11,587	7,731,991	0.96%	2.35%
2020	11,643	7,912,558	0.48%	2.34%
2021	11,709	8,094,602	0.57%	2.3%
2022	11,801	8,276,807	0.79%	2.25%
2023	11,875	8,460,512	0.63%	2.22%
2024	11,947	8,642,022	0.61%	2.15%
2025	12,030	8,819,789	0.7%	2.06%
2026	12,103	8,996,743	0.61%	2.01%
2027	12,196	9,174,695	0.77%	1.98%
2028	12,296	9,349,021	0.82%	1.9%
2029	12,403	9,520,811	0.87%	1.84%
2030	12,519	9,694,851	0.94%	1.83%
2031	12,645	9,870,295	1%	1.81%
2032	12,785	10,047,193	1.11%	1.79%
2033	12,921	10,221,006	1.06%	1.73%
2034	13,071	10,391,485	1.16%	1.67%
2035	13,230	10,563,163	1.22%	1.65%
2036	13,391	10,734,341	1.21%	1.62%
2037	13,541	10,902,263	1.12%	1.56%
2038	13,697	11,066,143	1.16%	1.5%
2039	13,857	11,230,060	1.17%	1.48%
2040	14,041	11,398,391	1.33%	1.5%
2041	14,220	11,566,213	1.27%	1.47%
2042	14,402	11,728,787	1.28%	1.41%
2043	14,579	11,887,934	1.23%	1.36%
2044	14,754	12,049,424	1.2%	1.36%
2045	14,920	12,208,872	1.13%	1.32%
2046	15,098	12,363,446	1.19%	1.27%
2047	15,268	12,512,739	1.12%	1.21%
2048	15,431	12,659,609	1.07%	1.17%
2049	15,595	12,805,136	1.06%	1.15%
2050	15,751	12,948,320	1%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.