The latest officially reported population of Saint Lucia was 179,744 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Saint Lucia's population is 180,421 people compared to 8,961,932 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Sierra Leone's population is 49.7 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
- Saint Lucia is ranked the 178th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.002% for Saint Lucia vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Saint Lucia has had an average growth rate of +0.33% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2005, the population of Saint Lucia has increased from 165K people to 180K (9.05% growth), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.5M to 8.96M (62.9% growth).
- Saint Lucia is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 181K people compared to the peak of 16M people in 2092 for Sierra Leone.
Saint Lucia vs Sierra Leone: live population counter
Saint Lucia
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Sierra Leone
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
180421
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8961932
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| Population rank | 178/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
19.1 hours
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
4.34 hours
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2.03 minutes
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| One death every |
5.67 hours
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7.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.86 months
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47.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | +459 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.26% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 152/197 | 49/197 |
Saint Lucia and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
Saint Lucia
Population
Growth rate
Sierra Leone
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Saint Lucia
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Sierra Leone
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Saint Lucia
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Sierra Leone
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| 1960 | 92,585 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 93,490 | 2,304,227 | 0.98% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 94,505 | 2,342,242 | 1.09% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 95,519 | 2,382,258 | 1.07% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 96,505 | 2,424,390 | 1.03% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 97,493 | 2,468,666 | 1.02% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 98,463 | 2,514,638 | 0.99% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 99,504 | 2,562,384 | 1.06% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 100,675 | 2,611,532 | 1.18% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 101,879 | 2,661,365 | 1.2% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 103,165 | 2,712,286 | 1.26% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 104,564 | 2,763,222 | 1.36% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 106,002 | 2,814,388 | 1.38% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 107,498 | 2,866,955 | 1.41% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 109,076 | 2,920,459 | 1.47% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 110,725 | 2,974,657 | 1.51% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 112,425 | 3,028,820 | 1.54% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 114,135 | 3,085,354 | 1.52% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 115,834 | 3,145,517 | 1.49% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 117,528 | 3,207,499 | 1.46% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 119,290 | 3,272,089 | 1.5% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 121,166 | 3,338,940 | 1.57% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 123,087 | 3,408,183 | 1.59% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 125,044 | 3,481,646 | 1.59% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 127,067 | 3,558,758 | 1.62% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 129,159 | 3,638,438 | 1.65% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 131,239 | 3,728,380 | 1.61% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 133,227 | 3,829,718 | 1.51% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 135,000 | 3,934,517 | 1.33% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 136,512 | 4,034,037 | 1.12% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 137,857 | 4,196,828 | 0.99% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 139,520 | 4,246,267 | 1.21% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 141,617 | 4,166,366 | 1.5% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 143,726 | 4,157,130 | 1.49% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 145,890 | 4,173,105 | 1.51% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 148,208 | 4,179,179 | 1.59% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 150,436 | 4,199,210 | 1.5% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 152,569 | 4,253,716 | 1.42% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 154,677 | 4,295,785 | 1.38% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 156,702 | 4,318,043 | 1.31% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 158,616 | 4,423,611 | 1.22% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 160,237 | 4,692,716 | 1.02% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 161,641 | 4,971,435 | 0.88% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 162,976 | 5,177,687 | 0.83% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 164,239 | 5,355,717 | 0.77% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 165,450 | 5,501,712 | 0.74% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 166,639 | 5,624,466 | 0.72% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 167,758 | 5,749,352 | 0.67% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 168,808 | 5,894,722 | 0.63% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 169,869 | 6,055,646 | 0.63% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 170,906 | 6,222,714 | 0.61% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 171,801 | 6,387,251 | 0.52% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 172,587 | 6,551,080 | 0.46% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 173,369 | 6,714,051 | 0.45% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 174,138 | 6,876,385 | 0.44% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 174,905 | 7,037,655 | 0.44% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 175,646 | 7,205,328 | 0.42% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 176,342 | 7,379,299 | 0.4% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 177,017 | 7,554,563 | 0.38% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 177,661 | 7,731,991 | 0.36% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 178,250 | 7,912,558 | 0.33% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 178,522 | 8,094,602 | 0.15% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 178,781 | 8,276,807 | 0.15% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 179,285 | 8,460,512 | 0.28% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 179,744 | 8,642,022 | 0.26% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 180,148 | 8,819,789 | 0.23% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 180,489 | 8,996,743 | 0.19% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 180,771 | 9,174,695 | 0.16% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 181,003 | 9,349,021 | 0.13% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 181,198 | 9,520,811 | 0.11% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 181,360 | 9,694,851 | 0.09% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 181,463 | 9,870,295 | 0.06% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 181,495 | 10,047,193 | 0.02% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 181,458 | 10,221,006 | -0.02% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 181,354 | 10,391,485 | -0.06% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 181,177 | 10,563,163 | -0.1% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 180,948 | 10,734,341 | -0.13% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 180,636 | 10,902,263 | -0.17% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 180,230 | 11,066,143 | -0.22% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 179,781 | 11,230,060 | -0.25% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 179,296 | 11,398,391 | -0.27% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 178,760 | 11,566,213 | -0.3% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 178,187 | 11,728,787 | -0.32% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 177,593 | 11,887,934 | -0.33% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 176,937 | 12,049,424 | -0.37% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 176,243 | 12,208,872 | -0.39% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 175,520 | 12,363,446 | -0.41% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 174,726 | 12,512,739 | -0.45% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 173,877 | 12,659,609 | -0.49% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 172,991 | 12,805,136 | -0.51% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 172,081 | 12,948,320 | -0.53% | 1.12% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saint Lucia increased by 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saint Lucia gained 5,516 (a 3.15% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).
Saint Lucia was ranked 177th most populous country in 2005 and is 178th 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) Saint Lucia's population will shrink by 4.62% to 172,081 people with a rank change from 178th to 179th. 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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Saint Lucia
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|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Castries | 70K |
| Vieux Fort | 15.8K |
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Sierra Leone
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|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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Population differences between Saint Lucia and Sierra Leone
|
Saint Lucia
|
Sierra Leone
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73 years | 62.2 years |
| Average age | 36.5 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 35.2 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.38 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 763 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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