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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Singapore	Sierra Leone	Singapore
1960	2,268,356	1,646,400	-	-
1961	2,304,227	1,702,400	1.58%	3.4%
1962	2,342,242	1,750,200	1.65%	2.81%
1963	2,382,258	1,795,000	1.71%	2.56%
1964	2,424,390	1,841,600	1.77%	2.6%
1965	2,468,666	1,886,900	1.83%	2.46%
1966	2,514,638	1,934,400	1.86%	2.52%
1967	2,562,384	1,977,600	1.9%	2.23%
1968	2,611,532	2,012,000	1.92%	1.74%
1969	2,661,365	2,042,500	1.91%	1.52%
1970	2,712,286	2,074,507	1.91%	1.57%
1971	2,763,222	2,112,900	1.88%	1.85%
1972	2,814,388	2,152,400	1.85%	1.87%
1973	2,866,955	2,193,000	1.87%	1.89%
1974	2,920,459	2,229,800	1.87%	1.68%
1975	2,974,657	2,262,600	1.86%	1.47%
1976	3,028,820	2,293,300	1.82%	1.36%
1977	3,085,354	2,325,300	1.87%	1.4%
1978	3,145,517	2,353,600	1.95%	1.22%
1979	3,207,499	2,383,500	1.97%	1.27%
1980	3,272,089	2,413,945	2.01%	1.28%
1981	3,338,940	2,532,835	2.04%	4.93%
1982	3,408,183	2,646,466	2.07%	4.49%
1983	3,481,646	2,681,061	2.16%	1.31%
1984	3,558,758	2,732,221	2.21%	1.91%
1985	3,638,438	2,735,957	2.24%	0.14%
1986	3,728,380	2,733,373	2.47%	-0.09%
1987	3,829,718	2,774,789	2.72%	1.52%
1988	3,934,517	2,846,108	2.74%	2.57%
1989	4,034,037	2,930,901	2.53%	2.98%
1990	4,196,828	3,047,132	4.04%	3.97%
1991	4,246,267	3,135,083	1.18%	2.89%
1992	4,166,366	3,230,698	-1.88%	3.05%
1993	4,157,130	3,313,471	-0.22%	2.56%
1994	4,173,105	3,419,048	0.38%	3.19%
1995	4,179,179	3,524,506	0.15%	3.08%
1996	4,199,210	3,670,704	0.48%	4.15%
1997	4,253,716	3,796,038	1.3%	3.41%
1998	4,295,785	3,927,213	0.99%	3.46%
1999	4,318,043	3,958,723	0.52%	0.8%
2000	4,423,611	4,027,887	2.44%	1.75%
2001	4,692,716	4,138,012	6.08%	2.73%
2002	4,971,435	4,175,950	5.94%	0.92%
2003	5,177,687	4,114,826	4.15%	-1.46%
2004	5,355,717	4,166,664	3.44%	1.26%
2005	5,501,712	4,265,762	2.73%	2.38%
2006	5,624,466	4,401,365	2.23%	3.18%
2007	5,749,352	4,588,599	2.22%	4.25%
2008	5,894,722	4,839,396	2.53%	5.47%
2009	6,055,646	4,987,573	2.73%	3.06%
2010	6,222,714	5,076,732	2.76%	1.79%
2011	6,387,251	5,183,688	2.64%	2.11%
2012	6,551,080	5,312,437	2.56%	2.48%
2013	6,714,051	5,399,162	2.49%	1.63%
2014	6,876,385	5,469,724	2.42%	1.31%
2015	7,037,655	5,535,002	2.35%	1.19%
2016	7,205,328	5,607,283	2.38%	1.31%
2017	7,379,299	5,612,253	2.41%	0.09%
2018	7,554,563	5,638,676	2.38%	0.47%
2019	7,731,991	5,703,569	2.35%	1.15%
2020	7,912,558	5,685,807	2.34%	-0.31%
2021	8,094,602	5,453,566	2.3%	-4.08%
2022	8,276,807	5,637,022	2.25%	3.36%
2023	8,460,512	5,917,648	2.22%	4.98%
2024	8,642,022	6,036,860	2.15%	2.01%
2025	8,819,789	6,076,565	2.06%	0.66%
2026	8,996,743	6,112,792	2.01%	0.6%
2027	9,174,695	6,147,775	1.98%	0.57%
2028	9,349,021	6,182,764	1.9%	0.57%
2029	9,520,811	6,214,576	1.84%	0.51%
2030	9,694,851	6,242,825	1.83%	0.45%
2031	9,870,295	6,270,800	1.81%	0.45%
2032	10,047,193	6,298,559	1.79%	0.44%
2033	10,221,006	6,325,401	1.73%	0.43%
2034	10,391,485	6,349,852	1.67%	0.39%
2035	10,563,163	6,368,948	1.65%	0.3%
2036	10,734,341	6,383,048	1.62%	0.22%
2037	10,902,263	6,394,813	1.56%	0.18%
2038	11,066,143	6,404,994	1.5%	0.16%
2039	11,230,060	6,411,057	1.48%	0.09%
2040	11,398,391	6,411,962	1.5%	0.01%
2041	11,566,213	6,408,383	1.47%	-0.06%
2042	11,728,787	6,402,235	1.41%	-0.1%
2043	11,887,934	6,394,872	1.36%	-0.12%
2044	12,049,424	6,384,418	1.36%	-0.16%
2045	12,208,872	6,372,013	1.32%	-0.19%
2046	12,363,446	6,358,982	1.27%	-0.2%
2047	12,512,739	6,343,000	1.21%	-0.25%
2048	12,659,609	6,327,523	1.17%	-0.24%
2049	12,805,136	6,312,515	1.15%	-0.24%
2050	12,948,320	6,294,905	1.12%	-0.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Singapore gained 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 570,663 (a 10.3% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Singapore was ranked 119th in 2005 and ranked 113th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sierra Leone's population will grow by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people with a rank change from 102nd to 91st. The population of Singapore will increase by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.