Population in Sierra Leone compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sierra Leone and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	South Korea	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1960	2,268,356	25,012,374	-	-
1961	2,304,227	25,765,673	1.58%	3.01%
1962	2,342,242	26,513,030	1.65%	2.9%
1963	2,382,258	27,261,747	1.71%	2.82%
1964	2,424,390	27,984,155	1.77%	2.65%
1965	2,468,666	28,704,674	1.83%	2.57%
1966	2,514,638	29,435,571	1.86%	2.55%
1967	2,562,384	30,130,983	1.9%	2.36%
1968	2,611,532	30,838,302	1.92%	2.35%
1969	2,661,365	31,544,266	1.91%	2.29%
1970	2,712,286	32,240,827	1.91%	2.21%
1971	2,763,222	32,882,704	1.88%	1.99%
1972	2,814,388	33,505,406	1.85%	1.89%
1973	2,866,955	34,103,149	1.87%	1.78%
1974	2,920,459	34,692,266	1.87%	1.73%
1975	2,974,657	35,280,725	1.86%	1.7%
1976	3,028,820	35,848,523	1.82%	1.61%
1977	3,085,354	36,411,795	1.87%	1.57%
1978	3,145,517	36,969,185	1.95%	1.53%
1979	3,207,499	37,534,236	1.97%	1.53%
1980	3,272,089	38,123,775	2.01%	1.57%
1981	3,338,940	38,723,248	2.04%	1.57%
1982	3,408,183	39,326,352	2.07%	1.56%
1983	3,481,646	39,910,403	2.16%	1.49%
1984	3,558,758	40,405,956	2.21%	1.24%
1985	3,638,438	40,805,744	2.24%	0.99%
1986	3,728,380	41,213,674	2.47%	1%
1987	3,829,718	41,621,690	2.72%	0.99%
1988	3,934,517	42,031,247	2.74%	0.98%
1989	4,034,037	42,449,038	2.53%	0.99%
1990	4,196,828	42,869,283	4.04%	0.99%
1991	4,246,267	43,295,704	1.18%	0.99%
1992	4,166,366	43,747,962	-1.88%	1.04%
1993	4,157,130	44,194,628	-0.22%	1.02%
1994	4,173,105	44,641,540	0.38%	1.01%
1995	4,179,179	45,092,991	0.15%	1.01%
1996	4,199,210	45,524,681	0.48%	0.96%
1997	4,253,716	45,953,580	1.3%	0.94%
1998	4,295,785	46,286,503	0.99%	0.72%
1999	4,318,043	46,616,677	0.52%	0.71%
2000	4,423,611	47,008,111	2.44%	0.84%
2001	4,692,716	47,370,164	6.08%	0.77%
2002	4,971,435	47,644,736	5.94%	0.58%
2003	5,177,687	47,892,330	4.15%	0.52%
2004	5,355,717	48,082,519	3.44%	0.4%
2005	5,501,712	48,184,561	2.73%	0.21%
2006	5,624,466	48,438,292	2.23%	0.53%
2007	5,749,352	48,683,638	2.22%	0.51%
2008	5,894,722	49,054,708	2.53%	0.76%
2009	6,055,646	49,307,835	2.73%	0.52%
2010	6,222,714	49,554,112	2.76%	0.5%
2011	6,387,251	49,936,638	2.64%	0.77%
2012	6,551,080	50,199,853	2.56%	0.53%
2013	6,714,051	50,428,893	2.49%	0.46%
2014	6,876,385	50,746,659	2.42%	0.63%
2015	7,037,655	51,014,947	2.35%	0.53%
2016	7,205,328	51,217,803	2.38%	0.4%
2017	7,379,299	51,361,911	2.41%	0.28%
2018	7,554,563	51,585,058	2.38%	0.43%
2019	7,731,991	51,764,822	2.35%	0.35%
2020	7,912,558	51,836,239	2.34%	0.14%
2021	8,094,602	51,769,539	2.3%	-0.13%
2022	8,276,807	51,672,569	2.25%	-0.19%
2023	8,460,512	51,712,619	2.22%	0.08%
2024	8,642,022	51,751,065	2.15%	0.07%
2025	8,819,789	51,700,480	2.06%	-0.1%
2026	8,996,743	51,633,793	2.01%	-0.13%
2027	9,174,695	51,552,198	1.98%	-0.16%
2028	9,349,021	51,456,707	1.9%	-0.19%
2029	9,520,811	51,347,230	1.84%	-0.21%
2030	9,694,851	51,221,713	1.83%	-0.24%
2031	9,870,295	51,081,220	1.81%	-0.27%
2032	10,047,193	50,924,233	1.79%	-0.31%
2033	10,221,006	50,747,132	1.73%	-0.35%
2034	10,391,485	50,549,508	1.67%	-0.39%
2035	10,563,163	50,333,286	1.65%	-0.43%
2036	10,734,341	50,098,951	1.62%	-0.47%
2037	10,902,263	49,845,669	1.56%	-0.51%
2038	11,066,143	49,573,234	1.5%	-0.55%
2039	11,230,060	49,283,770	1.48%	-0.58%
2040	11,398,391	48,980,369	1.5%	-0.62%
2041	11,566,213	48,661,905	1.47%	-0.65%
2042	11,728,787	48,331,004	1.41%	-0.68%
2043	11,887,934	47,990,085	1.36%	-0.71%
2044	12,049,424	47,634,183	1.36%	-0.74%
2045	12,208,872	47,263,526	1.32%	-0.78%
2046	12,363,446	46,881,228	1.27%	-0.81%
2047	12,512,739	46,482,133	1.21%	-0.85%
2048	12,659,609	46,063,595	1.17%	-0.9%
2049	12,805,136	45,626,805	1.15%	-0.95%
2050	12,948,320	45,172,356	1.12%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.