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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Syria	Sierra Leone	Syria
1960	2,268,356	4,673,500	-	-
1961	2,304,227	4,815,466	1.58%	3.04%
1962	2,342,242	4,959,340	1.65%	2.99%
1963	2,382,258	5,110,467	1.71%	3.05%
1964	2,424,390	5,269,087	1.77%	3.1%
1965	2,468,666	5,435,267	1.83%	3.15%
1966	2,514,638	5,609,047	1.86%	3.2%
1967	2,562,384	5,790,198	1.9%	3.23%
1968	2,611,532	5,978,742	1.92%	3.26%
1969	2,661,365	6,175,166	1.91%	3.29%
1970	2,712,286	6,380,609	1.91%	3.33%
1971	2,763,222	6,598,094	1.88%	3.41%
1972	2,814,388	6,826,024	1.85%	3.45%
1973	2,866,955	7,060,321	1.87%	3.43%
1974	2,920,459	7,302,160	1.87%	3.43%
1975	2,974,657	7,554,364	1.86%	3.45%
1976	3,028,820	7,817,320	1.82%	3.48%
1977	3,085,354	8,090,501	1.87%	3.49%
1978	3,145,517	8,372,759	1.95%	3.49%
1979	3,207,499	8,661,909	1.97%	3.45%
1980	3,272,089	8,957,663	2.01%	3.41%
1981	3,338,940	9,260,189	2.04%	3.38%
1982	3,408,183	9,572,511	2.07%	3.37%
1983	3,481,646	9,904,809	2.16%	3.47%
1984	3,558,758	10,258,398	2.21%	3.57%
1985	3,638,438	10,625,672	2.24%	3.58%
1986	3,728,380	11,002,844	2.47%	3.55%
1987	3,829,718	11,388,923	2.72%	3.51%
1988	3,934,517	11,782,264	2.74%	3.45%
1989	4,034,037	12,179,060	2.53%	3.37%
1990	4,196,828	12,579,208	4.04%	3.29%
1991	4,246,267	12,980,821	1.18%	3.19%
1992	4,166,366	13,385,571	-1.88%	3.12%
1993	4,157,130	13,795,686	-0.22%	3.06%
1994	4,173,105	14,208,583	0.38%	2.99%
1995	4,179,179	14,616,801	0.15%	2.87%
1996	4,199,210	15,018,104	0.48%	2.75%
1997	4,253,716	15,417,542	1.3%	2.66%
1998	4,295,785	15,820,413	0.99%	2.61%
1999	4,318,043	16,228,061	0.52%	2.58%
2000	4,423,611	16,637,888	2.44%	2.53%
2001	4,692,716	17,051,338	6.08%	2.48%
2002	4,971,435	17,468,332	5.94%	2.45%
2003	5,177,687	17,889,296	4.15%	2.41%
2004	5,355,717	18,336,875	3.44%	2.5%
2005	5,501,712	18,814,091	2.73%	2.6%
2006	5,624,466	19,637,022	2.23%	4.37%
2007	5,749,352	20,884,125	2.22%	6.35%
2008	5,894,722	21,636,564	2.53%	3.6%
2009	6,055,646	21,976,969	2.73%	1.57%
2010	6,222,714	22,482,421	2.76%	2.3%
2011	6,387,251	22,878,098	2.64%	1.76%
2012	6,551,080	22,759,763	2.56%	-0.52%
2013	6,714,051	21,666,917	2.49%	-4.8%
2014	6,876,385	20,273,659	2.42%	-6.43%
2015	7,037,655	19,424,618	2.35%	-4.19%
2016	7,205,328	19,193,834	2.38%	-1.19%
2017	7,379,299	19,224,668	2.41%	0.16%
2018	7,554,563	19,577,845	2.38%	1.84%
2019	7,731,991	20,353,534	2.35%	3.96%
2020	7,912,558	21,049,429	2.34%	3.42%
2021	8,094,602	21,628,839	2.3%	2.75%
2022	8,276,807	22,462,173	2.25%	3.85%
2023	8,460,512	23,594,623	2.22%	5.04%
2024	8,642,022	24,672,760	2.15%	4.57%
2025	8,819,789	25,620,422	2.06%	3.84%
2026	8,996,743	26,472,499	2.01%	3.33%
2027	9,174,695	27,261,544	1.98%	2.98%
2028	9,349,021	28,006,558	1.9%	2.73%
2029	9,520,811	28,719,309	1.84%	2.54%
2030	9,694,851	29,395,545	1.83%	2.35%
2031	9,870,295	30,029,824	1.81%	2.16%
2032	10,047,193	30,633,661	1.79%	2.01%
2033	10,221,006	31,212,478	1.73%	1.89%
2034	10,391,485	31,768,138	1.67%	1.78%
2035	10,563,163	32,294,792	1.65%	1.66%
2036	10,734,341	32,788,153	1.62%	1.53%
2037	10,902,263	33,258,407	1.56%	1.43%
2038	11,066,143	33,710,718	1.5%	1.36%
2039	11,230,060	34,131,238	1.48%	1.25%
2040	11,398,391	34,533,185	1.5%	1.18%
2041	11,566,213	34,916,936	1.47%	1.11%
2042	11,728,787	35,279,863	1.41%	1.04%
2043	11,887,934	35,623,325	1.36%	0.97%
2044	12,049,424	35,944,394	1.36%	0.9%
2045	12,208,872	36,265,295	1.32%	0.89%
2046	12,363,446	36,583,260	1.27%	0.88%
2047	12,512,739	36,878,640	1.21%	0.81%
2048	12,659,609	37,171,029	1.17%	0.79%
2049	12,805,136	37,477,690	1.15%	0.83%
2050	12,948,320	37,793,378	1.12%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.