Population in Sierra Leone compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka
1960	2,268,356	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,304,227	9,899,372	1.58%	2.46%
1962	2,342,242	10,143,754	1.65%	2.47%
1963	2,382,258	10,395,040	1.71%	2.48%
1964	2,424,390	10,653,397	1.77%	2.49%
1965	2,468,666	10,916,965	1.83%	2.47%
1966	2,514,638	11,183,928	1.86%	2.45%
1967	2,562,384	11,457,328	1.9%	2.44%
1968	2,611,532	11,736,088	1.92%	2.43%
1969	2,661,365	12,013,858	1.91%	2.37%
1970	2,712,286	12,287,110	1.91%	2.27%
1971	2,763,222	12,551,910	1.88%	2.16%
1972	2,814,388	12,809,205	1.85%	2.05%
1973	2,866,955	13,060,916	1.87%	1.97%
1974	2,920,459	13,305,693	1.87%	1.87%
1975	2,974,657	13,548,984	1.86%	1.83%
1976	3,028,820	13,796,770	1.82%	1.83%
1977	3,085,354	14,049,371	1.87%	1.83%
1978	3,145,517	14,310,128	1.95%	1.86%
1979	3,207,499	14,579,614	1.97%	1.88%
1980	3,272,089	14,847,974	2.01%	1.84%
1981	3,338,940	15,099,414	2.04%	1.69%
1982	3,408,183	15,286,567	2.07%	1.24%
1983	3,481,646	15,388,794	2.16%	0.67%
1984	3,558,758	15,441,860	2.21%	0.34%
1985	3,638,438	15,544,154	2.24%	0.66%
1986	3,728,380	15,731,256	2.47%	1.2%
1987	3,829,718	15,916,576	2.72%	1.18%
1988	3,934,517	16,078,621	2.74%	1.02%
1989	4,034,037	16,248,557	2.53%	1.06%
1990	4,196,828	16,352,458	4.04%	0.64%
1991	4,246,267	16,475,354	1.18%	0.75%
1992	4,166,366	16,739,284	-1.88%	1.6%
1993	4,157,130	17,025,918	-0.22%	1.71%
1994	4,173,105	17,275,773	0.38%	1.47%
1995	4,179,179	17,564,068	0.15%	1.67%
1996	4,199,210	17,905,018	0.48%	1.94%
1997	4,253,716	18,248,200	1.3%	1.92%
1998	4,295,785	18,596,003	0.99%	1.91%
1999	4,318,043	18,944,731	0.52%	1.88%
2000	4,423,611	19,293,054	2.44%	1.84%
2001	4,692,716	19,600,362	6.08%	1.59%
2002	4,971,435	19,805,752	5.94%	1.05%
2003	5,177,687	19,951,521	4.15%	0.74%
2004	5,355,717	20,087,605	3.44%	0.68%
2005	5,501,712	20,216,524	2.73%	0.64%
2006	5,624,466	20,352,411	2.23%	0.67%
2007	5,749,352	20,492,545	2.22%	0.69%
2008	5,894,722	20,629,378	2.53%	0.67%
2009	6,055,646	20,756,435	2.73%	0.62%
2010	6,222,714	20,879,089	2.76%	0.59%
2011	6,387,251	21,009,048	2.64%	0.62%
2012	6,551,080	21,169,458	2.56%	0.76%
2013	6,714,051	20,585,000	2.49%	-2.76%
2014	6,876,385	20,778,000	2.42%	0.94%
2015	7,037,655	20,970,000	2.35%	0.92%
2016	7,205,328	21,209,000	2.38%	1.14%
2017	7,379,299	21,453,000	2.41%	1.15%
2018	7,554,563	21,670,000	2.38%	1.01%
2019	7,731,991	21,803,000	2.35%	0.61%
2020	7,912,558	21,919,000	2.34%	0.53%
2021	8,094,602	22,156,000	2.3%	1.08%
2022	8,276,807	22,181,000	2.25%	0.11%
2023	8,460,512	22,037,000	2.22%	-0.65%
2024	8,642,022	21,916,000	2.15%	-0.55%
2025	8,819,789	22,035,440	2.06%	0.54%
2026	8,996,743	22,148,172	2.01%	0.51%
2027	9,174,695	22,255,601	1.98%	0.49%
2028	9,349,021	22,357,682	1.9%	0.46%
2029	9,520,811	22,453,922	1.84%	0.43%
2030	9,694,851	22,546,245	1.83%	0.41%
2031	9,870,295	22,635,106	1.81%	0.39%
2032	10,047,193	22,720,118	1.79%	0.38%
2033	10,221,006	22,802,043	1.73%	0.36%
2034	10,391,485	22,879,527	1.67%	0.34%
2035	10,563,163	22,952,739	1.65%	0.32%
2036	10,734,341	23,022,027	1.62%	0.3%
2037	10,902,263	23,088,877	1.56%	0.29%
2038	11,066,143	23,152,480	1.5%	0.28%
2039	11,230,060	23,211,633	1.48%	0.26%
2040	11,398,391	23,265,986	1.5%	0.23%
2041	11,566,213	23,315,260	1.47%	0.21%
2042	11,728,787	23,359,578	1.41%	0.19%
2043	11,887,934	23,398,752	1.36%	0.17%
2044	12,049,424	23,433,096	1.36%	0.15%
2045	12,208,872	23,464,943	1.32%	0.14%
2046	12,363,446	23,492,738	1.27%	0.12%
2047	12,512,739	23,512,629	1.21%	0.08%
2048	12,659,609	23,525,953	1.17%	0.06%
2049	12,805,136	23,533,940	1.15%	0.03%
2050	12,948,320	23,538,230	1.12%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sierra Leone gained 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2006 and is 102nd in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.