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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Sudan	Sierra Leone	Sudan
1960	2,268,356	8,364,489	-	-
1961	2,304,227	8,634,941	1.58%	3.23%
1962	2,342,242	8,919,028	1.65%	3.29%
1963	2,382,258	9,218,077	1.71%	3.35%
1964	2,424,390	9,531,109	1.77%	3.4%
1965	2,468,666	9,858,030	1.83%	3.43%
1966	2,514,638	10,197,578	1.86%	3.44%
1967	2,562,384	10,550,597	1.9%	3.46%
1968	2,611,532	10,917,999	1.92%	3.48%
1969	2,661,365	11,298,936	1.91%	3.49%
1970	2,712,286	11,695,771	1.91%	3.51%
1971	2,763,222	12,105,539	1.88%	3.5%
1972	2,814,388	12,527,856	1.85%	3.49%
1973	2,866,955	13,049,315	1.87%	4.16%
1974	2,920,459	13,580,723	1.87%	4.07%
1975	2,974,657	14,064,798	1.86%	3.56%
1976	3,028,820	14,569,716	1.82%	3.59%
1977	3,085,354	15,086,614	1.87%	3.55%
1978	3,145,517	15,695,003	1.95%	4.03%
1979	3,207,499	16,355,352	1.97%	4.21%
1980	3,272,089	17,058,905	2.01%	4.3%
1981	3,338,940	17,780,572	2.04%	4.23%
1982	3,408,183	18,486,645	2.07%	3.97%
1983	3,481,646	19,109,770	2.16%	3.37%
1984	3,558,758	19,546,528	2.21%	2.29%
1985	3,638,438	19,905,872	2.24%	1.84%
1986	3,728,380	20,288,238	2.47%	1.92%
1987	3,829,718	20,704,904	2.72%	2.05%
1988	3,934,517	21,138,431	2.74%	2.09%
1989	4,034,037	21,578,022	2.53%	2.08%
1990	4,196,828	22,021,481	4.04%	2.06%
1991	4,246,267	22,470,676	1.18%	2.04%
1992	4,166,366	22,927,355	-1.88%	2.03%
1993	4,157,130	23,445,592	-0.22%	2.26%
1994	4,173,105	24,043,948	0.38%	2.55%
1995	4,179,179	24,672,143	0.15%	2.61%
1996	4,199,210	25,231,528	0.48%	2.27%
1997	4,253,716	25,799,821	1.3%	2.25%
1998	4,295,785	26,458,999	0.99%	2.55%
1999	4,318,043	27,130,613	0.52%	2.54%
2000	4,423,611	27,816,745	2.44%	2.53%
2001	4,692,716	28,516,770	6.08%	2.52%
2002	4,971,435	29,228,727	5.94%	2.5%
2003	5,177,687	29,896,035	4.15%	2.28%
2004	5,355,717	30,556,637	3.44%	2.21%
2005	5,501,712	31,262,444	2.73%	2.31%
2006	5,624,466	31,992,435	2.23%	2.34%
2007	5,749,352	32,764,135	2.22%	2.41%
2008	5,894,722	33,623,980	2.53%	2.62%
2009	6,055,646	34,569,113	2.73%	2.81%
2010	6,222,714	35,414,399	2.76%	2.45%
2011	6,387,251	36,140,806	2.64%	2.05%
2012	6,551,080	36,923,178	2.56%	2.16%
2013	6,714,051	37,785,849	2.49%	2.34%
2014	6,876,385	38,823,318	2.42%	2.75%
2015	7,037,655	40,024,431	2.35%	3.09%
2016	7,205,328	41,259,892	2.38%	3.09%
2017	7,379,299	42,714,306	2.41%	3.53%
2018	7,554,563	44,230,596	2.38%	3.55%
2019	7,731,991	45,548,175	2.35%	2.98%
2020	7,912,558	46,789,231	2.34%	2.72%
2021	8,094,602	48,066,924	2.3%	2.73%
2022	8,276,807	49,383,346	2.25%	2.74%
2023	8,460,512	50,042,791	2.22%	1.34%
2024	8,642,022	50,448,963	2.15%	0.81%
2025	8,819,789	51,662,152	2.06%	2.4%
2026	8,996,743	53,282,718	2.01%	3.14%
2027	9,174,695	54,724,215	1.98%	2.71%
2028	9,349,021	55,993,833	1.9%	2.32%
2029	9,520,811	57,275,443	1.84%	2.29%
2030	9,694,851	58,571,624	1.83%	2.26%
2031	9,870,295	59,872,936	1.81%	2.22%
2032	10,047,193	61,179,476	1.79%	2.18%
2033	10,221,006	62,497,205	1.73%	2.15%
2034	10,391,485	63,822,356	1.67%	2.12%
2035	10,563,163	65,148,317	1.65%	2.08%
2036	10,734,341	66,470,018	1.62%	2.03%
2037	10,902,263	67,791,240	1.56%	1.99%
2038	11,066,143	69,107,712	1.5%	1.94%
2039	11,230,060	70,416,631	1.48%	1.89%
2040	11,398,391	71,730,604	1.5%	1.87%
2041	11,566,213	73,056,213	1.47%	1.85%
2042	11,728,787	74,387,562	1.41%	1.82%
2043	11,887,934	75,723,670	1.36%	1.8%
2044	12,049,424	77,066,454	1.36%	1.77%
2045	12,208,872	78,415,205	1.32%	1.75%
2046	12,363,446	79,767,271	1.27%	1.72%
2047	12,512,739	81,115,241	1.21%	1.69%
2048	12,659,609	82,463,202	1.17%	1.66%
2049	12,805,136	83,828,356	1.15%	1.66%
2050	12,948,320	85,206,384	1.12%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.