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	8,888,093	2.22%	1.26%
2024	8,642,022	9,034,102	2.15%	1.64%
2025	8,819,789	9,080,106	2.06%	0.51%
2026	8,996,743	9,120,994	2.01%	0.45%
2027	9,174,695	9,157,559	1.98%	0.4%
2028	9,349,021	9,190,572	1.9%	0.36%
2029	9,520,811	9,219,373	1.84%	0.31%
2030	9,694,851	9,245,030	1.83%	0.28%
2031	9,870,295	9,269,063	1.81%	0.26%
2032	10,047,193	9,289,991	1.79%	0.23%
2033	10,221,006	9,307,909	1.73%	0.19%
2034	10,391,485	9,324,938	1.67%	0.18%
2035	10,563,163	9,340,145	1.65%	0.16%
2036	10,734,341	9,352,822	1.62%	0.14%
2037	10,902,263	9,364,126	1.56%	0.12%
2038	11,066,143	9,373,988	1.5%	0.11%
2039	11,230,060	9,382,808	1.48%	0.09%
2040	11,398,391	9,392,748	1.5%	0.11%
2041	11,566,213	9,401,829	1.47%	0.1%
2042	11,728,787	9,410,286	1.41%	0.09%
2043	11,887,934	9,418,963	1.36%	0.09%
2044	12,049,424	9,426,166	1.36%	0.08%
2045	12,208,872	9,432,561	1.32%	0.07%
2046	12,363,446	9,438,518	1.27%	0.06%
2047	12,512,739	9,445,091	1.21%	0.07%
2048	12,659,609	9,452,109	1.17%	0.07%
2049	12,805,136	9,457,335	1.15%	0.06%
2050	12,948,320	9,459,997	1.12%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.