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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	Sierra Leone	Pakistan	Sierra Leone
1960	45,709,310	2,268,356	-	-
1961	46,921,277	2,304,227	2.65%	1.58%
1962	48,156,128	2,342,242	2.63%	1.65%
1963	49,447,776	2,382,258	2.68%	1.71%
1964	50,799,999	2,424,390	2.73%	1.77%
1965	52,209,010	2,468,666	2.77%	1.83%
1966	53,678,667	2,514,638	2.81%	1.86%
1967	55,214,768	2,562,384	2.86%	1.9%
1968	56,810,507	2,611,532	2.89%	1.92%
1969	58,460,939	2,661,365	2.91%	1.91%
1970	60,166,719	2,712,286	2.92%	1.91%
1971	61,847,899	2,763,222	2.79%	1.88%
1972	63,583,194	2,814,388	2.81%	1.85%
1973	65,461,912	2,866,955	2.95%	1.87%
1974	67,415,487	2,920,459	2.98%	1.87%
1975	69,461,175	2,974,657	3.03%	1.86%
1976	71,620,254	3,028,820	3.11%	1.82%
1977	73,901,827	3,085,354	3.19%	1.87%
1978	76,307,379	3,145,517	3.26%	1.95%
1979	78,997,039	3,207,499	3.52%	1.97%
1980	82,291,010	3,272,089	4.17%	2.01%
1981	85,802,049	3,338,940	4.27%	2.04%
1982	89,089,246	3,408,183	3.83%	2.07%
1983	92,227,711	3,481,646	3.52%	2.16%
1984	95,164,936	3,558,758	3.18%	2.21%
1985	98,229,285	3,638,438	3.22%	2.24%
1986	101,606,764	3,728,380	3.44%	2.47%
1987	105,130,717	3,829,718	3.47%	2.72%
1988	108,724,739	3,934,517	3.42%	2.74%
1989	112,336,629	4,034,037	3.32%	2.53%
1990	116,155,576	4,196,828	3.4%	4.04%
1991	120,060,406	4,246,267	3.36%	1.18%
1992	123,546,848	4,166,366	2.9%	-1.88%
1993	127,020,117	4,157,130	2.81%	-0.22%
1994	130,748,083	4,173,105	2.93%	0.38%
1995	134,582,253	4,179,179	2.93%	0.15%
1996	138,557,092	4,199,210	2.95%	0.48%
1997	142,531,804	4,253,716	2.87%	1.3%
1998	146,522,356	4,295,785	2.8%	0.99%
1999	150,565,377	4,318,043	2.76%	0.52%
2000	154,879,127	4,423,611	2.87%	2.44%
2001	159,270,907	4,692,716	2.84%	6.08%
2002	163,222,549	4,971,435	2.48%	5.94%
2003	167,110,248	5,177,687	2.38%	4.15%
2004	171,286,000	5,355,717	2.5%	3.44%
2005	175,453,212	5,501,712	2.43%	2.73%
2006	179,682,690	5,624,466	2.41%	2.23%
2007	184,493,231	5,749,352	2.68%	2.22%
2008	189,499,113	5,894,722	2.71%	2.53%
2009	194,376,534	6,055,646	2.57%	2.73%
2010	199,239,047	6,222,714	2.5%	2.76%
2011	203,746,065	6,387,251	2.26%	2.64%
2012	207,667,125	6,551,080	1.92%	2.56%
2013	211,073,978	6,714,051	1.64%	2.49%
2014	214,264,647	6,876,385	1.51%	2.42%
2015	217,290,883	7,037,655	1.41%	2.35%
2016	220,138,869	7,205,328	1.31%	2.38%
2017	223,273,967	7,379,299	1.42%	2.41%
2018	226,928,892	7,554,563	1.64%	2.38%
2019	230,800,899	7,731,991	1.71%	2.35%
2020	235,001,746	7,912,558	1.82%	2.34%
2021	239,477,801	8,094,602	1.9%	2.3%
2022	243,700,667	8,276,807	1.76%	2.25%
2023	247,504,495	8,460,512	1.56%	2.22%
2024	251,269,164	8,642,022	1.52%	2.15%
2025	255,219,564	8,819,789	1.57%	2.06%
2026	259,299,796	8,996,743	1.6%	2.01%
2027	263,515,827	9,174,695	1.63%	1.98%
2028	267,881,923	9,349,021	1.66%	1.9%
2029	272,337,520	9,520,811	1.66%	1.84%
2030	276,883,261	9,694,851	1.67%	1.83%
2031	281,528,070	9,870,295	1.68%	1.81%
2032	286,241,141	10,047,193	1.67%	1.79%
2033	291,012,268	10,221,006	1.67%	1.73%
2034	295,820,153	10,391,485	1.65%	1.67%
2035	300,643,518	10,563,163	1.63%	1.65%
2036	305,491,504	10,734,341	1.61%	1.62%
2037	310,353,293	10,902,263	1.59%	1.56%
2038	315,227,709	11,066,143	1.57%	1.5%
2039	320,105,882	11,230,060	1.55%	1.48%
2040	324,937,703	11,398,391	1.51%	1.5%
2041	329,746,478	11,566,213	1.48%	1.47%
2042	334,551,874	11,728,787	1.46%	1.41%
2043	339,334,851	11,887,934	1.43%	1.36%
2044	344,095,467	12,049,424	1.4%	1.36%
2045	348,837,732	12,208,872	1.38%	1.32%
2046	353,552,859	12,363,446	1.35%	1.27%
2047	358,207,159	12,512,739	1.32%	1.21%
2048	362,796,532	12,659,609	1.28%	1.17%
2049	367,344,429	12,805,136	1.25%	1.15%
2050	371,863,804	12,948,320	1.23%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.