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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Somalia	Sierra Leone	Somalia
1960	2,268,356	2,876,331	-	-
1961	2,304,227	2,952,054	1.58%	2.63%
1962	2,342,242	3,030,091	1.65%	2.64%
1963	2,382,258	3,110,361	1.71%	2.65%
1964	2,424,390	3,192,796	1.77%	2.65%
1965	2,468,666	3,277,874	1.83%	2.66%
1966	2,514,638	3,365,106	1.86%	2.66%
1967	2,562,384	3,454,537	1.9%	2.66%
1968	2,611,532	3,546,590	1.92%	2.66%
1969	2,661,365	3,641,015	1.91%	2.66%
1970	2,712,286	3,738,448	1.91%	2.68%
1971	2,763,222	3,837,691	1.88%	2.65%
1972	2,814,388	3,939,436	1.85%	2.65%
1973	2,866,955	4,045,592	1.87%	2.69%
1974	2,920,459	4,151,842	1.87%	2.63%
1975	2,974,657	4,257,535	1.86%	2.55%
1976	3,028,820	4,365,812	1.82%	2.54%
1977	3,085,354	4,484,050	1.87%	2.71%
1978	3,145,517	4,814,892	1.95%	7.38%
1979	3,207,499	5,449,117	1.97%	13.2%
1980	3,272,089	5,936,154	2.01%	8.94%
1981	3,338,940	5,982,849	2.04%	0.79%
1982	3,408,183	6,003,840	2.07%	0.35%
1983	3,481,646	6,198,430	2.16%	3.24%
1984	3,558,758	6,428,389	2.21%	3.71%
1985	3,638,438	6,693,289	2.24%	4.12%
1986	3,728,380	6,974,788	2.47%	4.21%
1987	3,829,718	7,228,302	2.72%	3.63%
1988	3,934,517	7,235,360	2.74%	0.1%
1989	4,034,037	7,114,817	2.53%	-1.67%
1990	4,196,828	7,082,811	4.04%	-0.45%
1991	4,246,267	6,813,760	1.18%	-3.8%
1992	4,166,366	6,495,107	-1.88%	-4.68%
1993	4,157,130	6,681,399	-0.22%	2.87%
1994	4,173,105	7,026,797	0.38%	5.17%
1995	4,179,179	7,285,007	0.15%	3.67%
1996	4,199,210	7,554,474	0.48%	3.7%
1997	4,253,716	7,824,525	1.3%	3.57%
1998	4,295,785	8,155,417	0.99%	4.23%
1999	4,318,043	8,492,059	0.52%	4.13%
2000	4,423,611	8,838,713	2.44%	4.08%
2001	4,692,716	9,198,493	6.08%	4.07%
2002	4,971,435	9,550,063	5.94%	3.82%
2003	5,177,687	9,909,157	4.15%	3.76%
2004	5,355,717	10,280,998	3.44%	3.75%
2005	5,501,712	10,644,228	2.73%	3.53%
2006	5,624,466	10,975,502	2.23%	3.11%
2007	5,749,352	11,322,582	2.22%	3.16%
2008	5,894,722	11,663,084	2.53%	3.01%
2009	6,055,646	11,961,201	2.73%	2.56%
2010	6,222,714	12,261,756	2.76%	2.51%
2011	6,387,251	12,348,830	2.64%	0.71%
2012	6,551,080	12,461,160	2.56%	0.91%
2013	6,714,051	12,869,594	2.49%	3.28%
2014	6,876,385	13,339,491	2.42%	3.65%
2015	7,037,655	13,806,963	2.35%	3.5%
2016	7,205,328	14,348,740	2.38%	3.92%
2017	7,379,299	14,916,629	2.41%	3.96%
2018	7,554,563	15,452,487	2.38%	3.59%
2019	7,731,991	16,030,971	2.35%	3.74%
2020	7,912,558	16,651,191	2.34%	3.87%
2021	8,094,602	17,271,431	2.3%	3.72%
2022	8,276,807	17,801,897	2.25%	3.07%
2023	8,460,512	18,358,615	2.22%	3.13%
2024	8,642,022	19,009,151	2.15%	3.54%
2025	8,819,789	19,654,737	2.06%	3.4%
2026	8,996,743	20,305,905	2.01%	3.31%
2027	9,174,695	20,959,056	1.98%	3.22%
2028	9,349,021	21,601,810	1.9%	3.07%
2029	9,520,811	22,247,714	1.84%	2.99%
2030	9,694,851	22,915,042	1.83%	3%
2031	9,870,295	23,589,793	1.81%	2.94%
2032	10,047,193	24,258,789	1.79%	2.84%
2033	10,221,006	24,921,830	1.73%	2.73%
2034	10,391,485	25,593,666	1.67%	2.7%
2035	10,563,163	26,294,943	1.65%	2.74%
2036	10,734,341	27,009,199	1.62%	2.72%
2037	10,902,263	27,731,170	1.56%	2.67%
2038	11,066,143	28,455,755	1.5%	2.61%
2039	11,230,060	29,167,897	1.48%	2.5%
2040	11,398,391	29,896,286	1.5%	2.5%
2041	11,566,213	30,635,956	1.47%	2.47%
2042	11,728,787	31,350,028	1.41%	2.33%
2043	11,887,934	32,057,980	1.36%	2.26%
2044	12,049,424	32,780,417	1.36%	2.25%
2045	12,208,872	33,510,163	1.32%	2.23%
2046	12,363,446	34,248,030	1.27%	2.2%
2047	12,512,739	34,996,366	1.21%	2.19%
2048	12,659,609	35,743,960	1.17%	2.14%
2049	12,805,136	36,474,683	1.15%	2.04%
2050	12,948,320	37,206,497	1.12%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.