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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Switzerland	Sierra Leone	Switzerland
1960	2,268,356	5,327,827	-	-
1961	2,304,227	5,434,294	1.58%	2%
1962	2,342,242	5,573,815	1.65%	2.57%
1963	2,382,258	5,694,247	1.71%	2.16%
1964	2,424,390	5,789,228	1.77%	1.67%
1965	2,468,666	5,856,472	1.83%	1.16%
1966	2,514,638	5,918,002	1.86%	1.05%
1967	2,562,384	5,991,785	1.9%	1.25%
1968	2,611,532	6,067,714	1.92%	1.27%
1969	2,661,365	6,136,387	1.91%	1.13%
1970	2,712,286	6,180,877	1.91%	0.73%
1971	2,763,222	6,213,399	1.88%	0.53%
1972	2,814,388	6,260,956	1.85%	0.77%
1973	2,866,955	6,307,347	1.87%	0.74%
1974	2,920,459	6,341,405	1.87%	0.54%
1975	2,974,657	6,338,632	1.86%	-0.04%
1976	3,028,820	6,302,504	1.82%	-0.57%
1977	3,085,354	6,281,174	1.87%	-0.34%
1978	3,145,517	6,281,738	1.95%	0.009%
1979	3,207,499	6,294,365	1.97%	0.2%
1980	3,272,089	6,319,408	2.01%	0.4%
1981	3,338,940	6,354,074	2.04%	0.55%
1982	3,408,183	6,391,309	2.07%	0.59%
1983	3,481,646	6,418,773	2.16%	0.43%
1984	3,558,758	6,441,865	2.21%	0.36%
1985	3,638,438	6,470,365	2.24%	0.44%
1986	3,728,380	6,504,124	2.47%	0.52%
1987	3,829,718	6,545,106	2.72%	0.63%
1988	3,934,517	6,593,386	2.74%	0.74%
1989	4,034,037	6,646,912	2.53%	0.81%
1990	4,196,828	6,715,519	4.04%	1.03%
1991	4,246,267	6,799,978	1.18%	1.26%
1992	4,166,366	6,875,364	-1.88%	1.11%
1993	4,157,130	6,938,265	-0.22%	0.91%
1994	4,173,105	6,993,795	0.38%	0.8%
1995	4,179,179	7,040,687	0.15%	0.67%
1996	4,199,210	7,071,850	0.48%	0.44%
1997	4,253,716	7,088,906	1.3%	0.24%
1998	4,295,785	7,110,001	0.99%	0.3%
1999	4,318,043	7,143,991	0.52%	0.48%
2000	4,423,611	7,184,250	2.44%	0.56%
2001	4,692,716	7,229,854	6.08%	0.63%
2002	4,971,435	7,284,753	5.94%	0.76%
2003	5,177,687	7,339,001	4.15%	0.74%
2004	5,355,717	7,389,625	3.44%	0.69%
2005	5,501,712	7,437,115	2.73%	0.64%
2006	5,624,466	7,483,934	2.23%	0.63%
2007	5,749,352	7,551,117	2.22%	0.9%
2008	5,894,722	7,647,675	2.53%	1.28%
2009	6,055,646	7,743,831	2.73%	1.26%
2010	6,222,714	7,824,909	2.76%	1.05%
2011	6,387,251	7,912,398	2.64%	1.12%
2012	6,551,080	7,996,861	2.56%	1.07%
2013	6,714,051	8,089,346	2.49%	1.16%
2014	6,876,385	8,188,649	2.42%	1.23%
2015	7,037,655	8,282,396	2.35%	1.14%
2016	7,205,328	8,373,338	2.38%	1.1%
2017	7,379,299	8,451,840	2.41%	0.94%
2018	7,554,563	8,514,329	2.38%	0.74%
2019	7,731,991	8,575,280	2.35%	0.72%
2020	7,912,558	8,638,167	2.34%	0.73%
2021	8,094,602	8,704,546	2.3%	0.77%
2022	8,276,807	8,777,088	2.25%	0.83%
2023	8,460,512	8,888,822	2.22%	1.27%
2024	8,642,022	9,005,582	2.15%	1.31%
2025	8,819,789	9,051,441	2.06%	0.51%
2026	8,996,743	9,092,200	2.01%	0.45%
2027	9,174,695	9,128,649	1.98%	0.4%
2028	9,349,021	9,161,558	1.9%	0.36%
2029	9,520,811	9,190,268	1.84%	0.31%
2030	9,694,851	9,215,844	1.83%	0.28%
2031	9,870,295	9,239,801	1.81%	0.26%
2032	10,047,193	9,260,664	1.79%	0.23%
2033	10,221,006	9,278,524	1.73%	0.19%
2034	10,391,485	9,295,500	1.67%	0.18%
2035	10,563,163	9,310,659	1.65%	0.16%
2036	10,734,341	9,323,296	1.62%	0.14%
2037	10,902,263	9,334,565	1.56%	0.12%
2038	11,066,143	9,344,395	1.5%	0.11%
2039	11,230,060	9,353,187	1.48%	0.09%
2040	11,398,391	9,363,095	1.5%	0.11%
2041	11,566,213	9,372,148	1.47%	0.1%
2042	11,728,787	9,380,579	1.41%	0.09%
2043	11,887,934	9,389,228	1.36%	0.09%
2044	12,049,424	9,396,409	1.36%	0.08%
2045	12,208,872	9,402,783	1.32%	0.07%
2046	12,363,446	9,408,721	1.27%	0.06%
2047	12,512,739	9,415,274	1.21%	0.07%
2048	12,659,609	9,422,270	1.17%	0.07%
2049	12,805,136	9,427,479	1.15%	0.06%
2050	12,948,320	9,430,133	1.12%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sierra Leone gained 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2006 and is 102nd in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.