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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	South Sudan	Sierra Leone	South Sudan
1960	2,268,356	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,304,227	2,976,724	1.58%	1.54%
1962	2,342,242	3,024,308	1.65%	1.6%
1963	2,382,258	3,072,669	1.71%	1.6%
1964	2,424,390	3,129,918	1.77%	1.86%
1965	2,468,666	3,189,835	1.83%	1.91%
1966	2,514,638	3,236,423	1.86%	1.46%
1967	2,562,384	3,277,648	1.9%	1.27%
1968	2,611,532	3,321,528	1.92%	1.34%
1969	2,661,365	3,365,533	1.91%	1.32%
1970	2,712,286	3,409,614	1.91%	1.31%
1971	2,763,222	3,468,646	1.88%	1.73%
1972	2,814,388	3,542,497	1.85%	2.13%
1973	2,866,955	3,627,383	1.87%	2.4%
1974	2,920,459	3,723,259	1.87%	2.64%
1975	2,974,657	3,821,494	1.86%	2.64%
1976	3,028,820	3,921,910	1.82%	2.63%
1977	3,085,354	4,024,032	1.87%	2.6%
1978	3,145,517	4,127,657	1.95%	2.58%
1979	3,207,499	4,232,605	1.97%	2.54%
1980	3,272,089	4,339,030	2.01%	2.51%
1981	3,338,940	4,447,272	2.04%	2.49%
1982	3,408,183	4,557,686	2.07%	2.48%
1983	3,481,646	4,661,574	2.16%	2.28%
1984	3,558,758	4,750,627	2.21%	1.91%
1985	3,638,438	4,834,296	2.24%	1.76%
1986	3,728,380	4,921,240	2.47%	1.8%
1987	3,829,718	4,962,395	2.72%	0.84%
1988	3,934,517	4,848,029	2.74%	-2.3%
1989	4,034,037	4,713,229	2.53%	-2.78%
1990	4,196,828	4,737,633	4.04%	0.52%
1991	4,246,267	4,836,677	1.18%	2.09%
1992	4,166,366	4,909,749	-1.88%	1.51%
1993	4,157,130	4,956,002	-0.22%	0.94%
1994	4,173,105	5,071,184	0.38%	2.32%
1995	4,179,179	5,225,836	0.15%	3.05%
1996	4,199,210	5,356,925	0.48%	2.51%
1997	4,253,716	5,509,136	1.3%	2.84%
1998	4,295,785	5,620,068	0.99%	2.01%
1999	4,318,043	5,771,628	0.52%	2.7%
2000	4,423,611	6,032,267	2.44%	4.52%
2001	4,692,716	6,308,391	6.08%	4.58%
2002	4,971,435	6,596,806	5.94%	4.57%
2003	5,177,687	6,903,127	4.15%	4.64%
2004	5,355,717	7,233,041	3.44%	4.78%
2005	5,501,712	7,590,143	2.73%	4.94%
2006	5,624,466	7,976,526	2.23%	5.09%
2007	5,749,352	8,388,788	2.22%	5.17%
2008	5,894,722	8,817,647	2.53%	5.11%
2009	6,055,646	9,243,556	2.73%	4.83%
2010	6,222,714	9,745,953	2.76%	5.44%
2011	6,387,251	10,288,109	2.64%	5.56%
2012	6,551,080	10,756,240	2.56%	4.55%
2013	6,714,051	11,166,275	2.49%	3.81%
2014	6,876,385	11,235,073	2.42%	0.62%
2015	7,037,655	11,107,561	2.35%	-1.13%
2016	7,205,328	10,830,102	2.38%	-2.5%
2017	7,379,299	10,259,154	2.41%	-5.27%
2018	7,554,563	10,122,977	2.38%	-1.33%
2019	7,731,991	10,423,384	2.35%	2.97%
2020	7,912,558	10,698,467	2.34%	2.64%
2021	8,094,602	10,865,780	2.3%	1.56%
2022	8,276,807	11,021,177	2.25%	1.43%
2023	8,460,512	11,483,374	2.22%	4.19%
2024	8,642,022	11,943,408	2.15%	4.01%
2025	8,819,789	12,188,793	2.06%	2.05%
2026	8,996,743	12,436,036	2.01%	2.03%
2027	9,174,695	12,687,301	1.98%	2.02%
2028	9,349,021	12,941,503	1.9%	2%
2029	9,520,811	13,198,080	1.84%	1.98%
2030	9,694,851	13,457,446	1.83%	1.97%
2031	9,870,295	13,725,413	1.81%	1.99%
2032	10,047,193	13,996,343	1.79%	1.97%
2033	10,221,006	14,261,762	1.73%	1.9%
2034	10,391,485	14,527,550	1.67%	1.86%
2035	10,563,163	14,798,602	1.65%	1.87%
2036	10,734,341	15,070,098	1.62%	1.83%
2037	10,902,263	15,335,700	1.56%	1.76%
2038	11,066,143	15,595,968	1.5%	1.7%
2039	11,230,060	15,850,696	1.48%	1.63%
2040	11,398,391	16,101,470	1.5%	1.58%
2041	11,566,213	16,350,149	1.47%	1.54%
2042	11,728,787	16,593,361	1.41%	1.49%
2043	11,887,934	16,829,209	1.36%	1.42%
2044	12,049,424	17,060,176	1.36%	1.37%
2045	12,208,872	17,286,412	1.32%	1.33%
2046	12,363,446	17,509,693	1.27%	1.29%
2047	12,512,739	17,728,331	1.21%	1.25%
2048	12,659,609	17,938,437	1.17%	1.19%
2049	12,805,136	18,142,893	1.15%	1.14%
2050	12,948,320	18,341,968	1.12%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.