The latest officially reported population of Sierra Leone was 8,642,022 in 2024 vs 2,127,400 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sierra Leone's population is 8,998,687 people compared to 2,123,263 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- Sierra Leone's population is 4.24 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Sierra Leone is ranked the 102nd most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.11% for Sierra Leone vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, Sierra Leone has had an average growth rate of +2.32% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2006, the population of Sierra Leone has increased from 5.62M people to 9M (60% growth), while Slovenia has grown from 2.01M to 2.12M (5.8% growth).
- Sierra Leone is projected to reach its peak in 2092 at 16M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Sierra Leone vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
8998687
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2123263
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| Population rank | 102/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
2.9 minutes
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1.26 hours
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| One birth every |
2.03 minutes
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
7.5 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
47.8 minutes
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | -11,000 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | +497 | +19 |
| Annual growth/decline | +181,510 | +6,939 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | +0.33% |
| Population growth rate rank | 47/197 | 148/197 |
Sierra Leone and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,268,356 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,304,227 | 1,594,131 | 1.58% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 2,342,242 | 1,603,649 | 1.65% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 2,382,258 | 1,616,971 | 1.71% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 2,424,390 | 1,632,114 | 1.77% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 2,468,666 | 1,649,160 | 1.83% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 2,514,638 | 1,669,905 | 1.86% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 2,562,384 | 1,689,528 | 1.9% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 2,611,532 | 1,704,546 | 1.92% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 2,661,365 | 1,713,874 | 1.91% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 2,712,286 | 1,724,891 | 1.91% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 2,763,222 | 1,738,335 | 1.88% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 2,814,388 | 1,752,233 | 1.85% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 2,866,955 | 1,766,697 | 1.87% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 2,920,459 | 1,776,132 | 1.87% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 2,974,657 | 1,793,581 | 1.86% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 3,028,820 | 1,820,249 | 1.82% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 3,085,354 | 1,842,377 | 1.87% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 3,145,517 | 1,862,548 | 1.95% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 3,207,499 | 1,882,599 | 1.97% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 3,272,089 | 1,901,315 | 2.01% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 3,338,940 | 1,906,531 | 2.04% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 3,408,183 | 1,910,334 | 2.07% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 3,481,646 | 1,922,321 | 2.16% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 3,558,758 | 1,932,154 | 2.21% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 3,638,438 | 1,941,641 | 2.24% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 3,728,380 | 1,965,964 | 2.47% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 3,829,718 | 1,989,776 | 2.72% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 3,934,517 | 1,995,196 | 2.74% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 4,034,037 | 1,996,351 | 2.53% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 4,196,828 | 1,998,161 | 4.04% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 4,246,267 | 1,999,429 | 1.18% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 4,166,366 | 1,996,498 | -1.88% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 4,157,130 | 1,991,746 | -0.22% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 4,173,105 | 1,989,443 | 0.38% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 4,179,179 | 1,989,872 | 0.15% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 4,199,210 | 1,988,628 | 0.48% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 4,253,716 | 1,985,956 | 1.3% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 4,295,785 | 1,981,629 | 0.99% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 4,318,043 | 1,983,045 | 0.52% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 4,423,611 | 1,988,925 | 2.44% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 4,692,716 | 1,992,060 | 6.08% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 4,971,435 | 1,994,530 | 5.94% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 5,177,687 | 1,995,733 | 4.15% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 5,355,717 | 1,997,012 | 3.44% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 5,501,712 | 2,000,474 | 2.73% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 5,624,466 | 2,006,868 | 2.23% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 5,749,352 | 2,018,122 | 2.22% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 5,894,722 | 2,021,316 | 2.53% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 6,055,646 | 2,039,669 | 2.73% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 6,222,714 | 2,048,583 | 2.76% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 6,387,251 | 2,052,843 | 2.64% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 6,551,080 | 2,057,159 | 2.56% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 6,714,051 | 2,059,953 | 2.49% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 6,876,385 | 2,061,980 | 2.42% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,037,655 | 2,063,531 | 2.35% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 7,205,328 | 2,065,042 | 2.38% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 7,379,299 | 2,066,388 | 2.41% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 7,554,563 | 2,073,894 | 2.38% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 7,731,991 | 2,088,385 | 2.35% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 7,912,558 | 2,102,419 | 2.34% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 8,094,602 | 2,108,079 | 2.3% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 8,276,807 | 2,112,076 | 2.25% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 8,460,512 | 2,120,461 | 2.22% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 8,642,022 | 2,127,400 | 2.15% | 0.33% |
| 2025 | 8,819,789 | 2,125,771 | 2.06% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 8,996,743 | 2,123,263 | 2.01% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 9,174,695 | 2,120,217 | 1.98% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 9,349,021 | 2,116,494 | 1.9% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 9,520,811 | 2,112,173 | 1.84% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 9,694,851 | 2,107,590 | 1.83% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 9,870,295 | 2,102,682 | 1.81% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 10,047,193 | 2,097,639 | 1.79% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 10,221,006 | 2,092,539 | 1.73% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 10,391,485 | 2,087,474 | 1.67% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 10,563,163 | 2,082,359 | 1.65% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 10,734,341 | 2,076,980 | 1.62% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 10,902,263 | 2,071,332 | 1.56% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 11,066,143 | 2,065,836 | 1.5% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 11,230,060 | 2,060,512 | 1.48% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 11,398,391 | 2,055,171 | 1.5% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 11,566,213 | 2,049,707 | 1.47% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 11,728,787 | 2,043,776 | 1.41% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 11,887,934 | 2,037,534 | 1.36% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 12,049,424 | 2,031,130 | 1.36% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 12,208,872 | 2,024,576 | 1.32% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 12,363,446 | 2,017,955 | 1.27% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 12,512,739 | 2,011,220 | 1.21% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 12,659,609 | 2,004,390 | 1.17% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 12,805,136 | 1,997,296 | 1.15% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 12,948,320 | 1,989,697 | 1.12% | -0.38% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth), while Slovenia gained 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sierra Leone gained 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth), while Slovenia's population increased by 58,221 (a 2.82% growth).
Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2006 and is 102nd in 2026. Slovenia was ranked 141st in 2006 and ranked 147th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Sierra Leone's population will grow by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people with a rank change from 102nd to 91st. The population of Slovenia will decrease by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Sierra Leone and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 62.3 years | 82.1 years |
| Average age | 24.4 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 20.5 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 3.79 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 310 ppl/mi² | 273.7 ppl/mi² |
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