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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Sweden	Sierra Leone	Sweden
1960	2,268,356	7,484,656	-	-
1961	2,304,227	7,519,998	1.58%	0.47%
1962	2,342,242	7,561,588	1.65%	0.55%
1963	2,382,258	7,604,328	1.71%	0.57%
1964	2,424,390	7,661,354	1.77%	0.75%
1965	2,468,666	7,733,853	1.83%	0.95%
1966	2,514,638	7,807,797	1.86%	0.96%
1967	2,562,384	7,867,931	1.9%	0.77%
1968	2,611,532	7,912,273	1.92%	0.56%
1969	2,661,365	7,968,072	1.91%	0.71%
1970	2,712,286	8,042,801	1.91%	0.94%
1971	2,763,222	8,098,334	1.88%	0.69%
1972	2,814,388	8,122,300	1.85%	0.3%
1973	2,866,955	8,136,312	1.87%	0.17%
1974	2,920,459	8,159,955	1.87%	0.29%
1975	2,974,657	8,192,437	1.86%	0.4%
1976	3,028,820	8,222,286	1.82%	0.36%
1977	3,085,354	8,251,540	1.87%	0.36%
1978	3,145,517	8,275,599	1.95%	0.29%
1979	3,207,499	8,293,678	1.97%	0.22%
1980	3,272,089	8,310,531	2.01%	0.2%
1981	3,338,940	8,320,503	2.04%	0.12%
1982	3,408,183	8,325,263	2.07%	0.06%
1983	3,481,646	8,329,033	2.16%	0.05%
1984	3,558,758	8,336,605	2.21%	0.09%
1985	3,638,438	8,350,386	2.24%	0.17%
1986	3,728,380	8,369,829	2.47%	0.23%
1987	3,829,718	8,397,804	2.72%	0.33%
1988	3,934,517	8,436,489	2.74%	0.46%
1989	4,034,037	8,492,964	2.53%	0.67%
1990	4,196,828	8,558,835	4.04%	0.78%
1991	4,246,267	8,617,375	1.18%	0.68%
1992	4,166,366	8,668,067	-1.88%	0.59%
1993	4,157,130	8,718,561	-0.22%	0.58%
1994	4,173,105	8,780,745	0.38%	0.71%
1995	4,179,179	8,826,939	0.15%	0.53%
1996	4,199,210	8,840,998	0.48%	0.16%
1997	4,253,716	8,846,062	1.3%	0.06%
1998	4,295,785	8,850,974	0.99%	0.06%
1999	4,318,043	8,857,874	0.52%	0.08%
2000	4,423,611	8,872,109	2.44%	0.16%
2001	4,692,716	8,895,960	6.08%	0.27%
2002	4,971,435	8,924,958	5.94%	0.33%
2003	5,177,687	8,958,229	4.15%	0.37%
2004	5,355,717	8,993,531	3.44%	0.39%
2005	5,501,712	9,029,572	2.73%	0.4%
2006	5,624,466	9,080,505	2.23%	0.56%
2007	5,749,352	9,148,092	2.22%	0.74%
2008	5,894,722	9,219,637	2.53%	0.78%
2009	6,055,646	9,298,515	2.73%	0.86%
2010	6,222,714	9,378,126	2.76%	0.86%
2011	6,387,251	9,449,213	2.64%	0.76%
2012	6,551,080	9,519,374	2.56%	0.74%
2013	6,714,051	9,600,379	2.49%	0.85%
2014	6,876,385	9,696,110	2.42%	1%
2015	7,037,655	9,799,186	2.35%	1.06%
2016	7,205,328	9,923,085	2.38%	1.26%
2017	7,379,299	10,057,698	2.41%	1.36%
2018	7,554,563	10,175,214	2.38%	1.17%
2019	7,731,991	10,278,887	2.35%	1.02%
2020	7,912,558	10,353,442	2.34%	0.73%
2021	8,094,602	10,415,811	2.3%	0.6%
2022	8,276,807	10,486,941	2.25%	0.68%
2023	8,460,512	10,536,632	2.22%	0.47%
2024	8,642,022	10,569,709	2.15%	0.31%
2025	8,819,789	10,619,177	2.06%	0.47%
2026	8,996,743	10,663,427	2.01%	0.42%
2027	9,174,695	10,703,497	1.98%	0.38%
2028	9,349,021	10,740,420	1.9%	0.34%
2029	9,520,811	10,773,692	1.84%	0.31%
2030	9,694,851	10,803,699	1.83%	0.28%
2031	9,870,295	10,830,583	1.81%	0.25%
2032	10,047,193	10,855,855	1.79%	0.23%
2033	10,221,006	10,880,544	1.73%	0.23%
2034	10,391,485	10,903,924	1.67%	0.21%
2035	10,563,163	10,926,433	1.65%	0.21%
2036	10,734,341	10,949,062	1.62%	0.21%
2037	10,902,263	10,971,259	1.56%	0.2%
2038	11,066,143	10,993,203	1.5%	0.2%
2039	11,230,060	11,015,926	1.48%	0.21%
2040	11,398,391	11,039,663	1.5%	0.22%
2041	11,566,213	11,063,604	1.47%	0.22%
2042	11,728,787	11,088,299	1.41%	0.22%
2043	11,887,934	11,113,927	1.36%	0.23%
2044	12,049,424	11,139,125	1.36%	0.23%
2045	12,208,872	11,163,492	1.32%	0.22%
2046	12,363,446	11,186,803	1.27%	0.21%
2047	12,512,739	11,209,183	1.21%	0.2%
2048	12,659,609	11,230,526	1.17%	0.19%
2049	12,805,136	11,250,663	1.15%	0.18%
2050	12,948,320	11,269,877	1.12%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.