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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Suriname	Sierra Leone	Suriname
1960	2,268,356	263,918	-	-
1961	2,304,227	272,791	1.58%	3.36%
1962	2,342,242	283,912	1.65%	4.08%
1963	2,382,258	297,034	1.71%	4.62%
1964	2,424,390	309,041	1.77%	4.04%
1965	2,468,666	320,000	1.83%	3.55%
1966	2,514,638	331,135	1.86%	3.48%
1967	2,562,384	342,679	1.9%	3.49%
1968	2,611,532	354,616	1.92%	3.48%
1969	2,661,365	366,906	1.91%	3.47%
1970	2,712,286	379,442	1.91%	3.42%
1971	2,763,222	391,932	1.88%	3.29%
1972	2,814,388	397,413	1.85%	1.4%
1973	2,866,955	395,772	1.87%	-0.41%
1974	2,920,459	393,676	1.87%	-0.53%
1975	2,974,657	391,170	1.86%	-0.64%
1976	3,028,820	388,289	1.82%	-0.74%
1977	3,085,354	385,067	1.87%	-0.83%
1978	3,145,517	381,502	1.95%	-0.93%
1979	3,207,499	377,602	1.97%	-1.02%
1980	3,272,089	375,377	2.01%	-0.59%
1981	3,338,940	375,459	2.04%	0.02%
1982	3,408,183	376,555	2.07%	0.29%
1983	3,481,646	378,746	2.16%	0.58%
1984	3,558,758	382,193	2.21%	0.91%
1985	3,638,438	386,972	2.24%	1.25%
1986	3,728,380	392,330	2.47%	1.38%
1987	3,829,718	396,911	2.72%	1.17%
1988	3,934,517	402,227	2.74%	1.34%
1989	4,034,037	408,409	2.53%	1.54%
1990	4,196,828	412,493	4.04%	1%
1991	4,246,267	415,013	1.18%	0.61%
1992	4,166,366	417,589	-1.88%	0.62%
1993	4,157,130	419,352	-0.22%	0.42%
1994	4,173,105	422,375	0.38%	0.72%
1995	4,179,179	429,606	0.15%	1.71%
1996	4,199,210	438,830	0.48%	2.15%
1997	4,253,716	448,067	1.3%	2.1%
1998	4,295,785	457,406	0.99%	2.08%
1999	4,318,043	466,916	0.52%	2.08%
2000	4,423,611	476,643	2.44%	2.08%
2001	4,692,716	486,560	6.08%	2.08%
2002	4,971,435	496,551	5.94%	2.05%
2003	5,177,687	506,414	4.15%	1.99%
2004	5,355,717	513,923	3.44%	1.48%
2005	5,501,712	519,313	2.73%	1.05%
2006	5,624,466	524,997	2.23%	1.09%
2007	5,749,352	531,016	2.22%	1.15%
2008	5,894,722	537,245	2.53%	1.17%
2009	6,055,646	543,568	2.73%	1.18%
2010	6,222,714	549,923	2.76%	1.17%
2011	6,387,251	556,269	2.64%	1.15%
2012	6,551,080	562,633	2.56%	1.14%
2013	6,714,051	569,020	2.49%	1.14%
2014	6,876,385	575,373	2.42%	1.12%
2015	7,037,655	581,627	2.35%	1.09%
2016	7,205,328	587,757	2.38%	1.05%
2017	7,379,299	593,713	2.41%	1.01%
2018	7,554,563	599,513	2.38%	0.98%
2019	7,731,991	605,768	2.35%	1.04%
2020	7,912,558	612,317	2.34%	1.08%
2021	8,094,602	617,896	2.3%	0.91%
2022	8,276,807	623,164	2.25%	0.85%
2023	8,460,512	628,886	2.22%	0.92%
2024	8,642,022	634,431	2.15%	0.88%
2025	8,819,789	639,852	2.06%	0.85%
2026	8,996,743	645,257	2.01%	0.84%
2027	9,174,695	650,564	1.98%	0.82%
2028	9,349,021	655,783	1.9%	0.8%
2029	9,520,811	660,793	1.84%	0.76%
2030	9,694,851	665,650	1.83%	0.74%
2031	9,870,295	670,421	1.81%	0.72%
2032	10,047,193	675,070	1.79%	0.69%
2033	10,221,006	679,573	1.73%	0.67%
2034	10,391,485	683,911	1.67%	0.64%
2035	10,563,163	688,189	1.65%	0.63%
2036	10,734,341	692,343	1.62%	0.6%
2037	10,902,263	696,213	1.56%	0.56%
2038	11,066,143	699,908	1.5%	0.53%
2039	11,230,060	703,569	1.48%	0.52%
2040	11,398,391	707,156	1.5%	0.51%
2041	11,566,213	710,619	1.47%	0.49%
2042	11,728,787	713,900	1.41%	0.46%
2043	11,887,934	716,999	1.36%	0.43%
2044	12,049,424	719,920	1.36%	0.41%
2045	12,208,872	722,759	1.32%	0.39%
2046	12,363,446	725,322	1.27%	0.35%
2047	12,512,739	727,726	1.21%	0.33%
2048	12,659,609	730,038	1.17%	0.32%
2049	12,805,136	732,021	1.15%	0.27%
2050	12,948,320	733,898	1.12%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.