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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Taiwan	Sierra Leone	Taiwan
1960	2,268,356	-	-	-
1961	2,304,227	11,030,385	1.58%	-
1962	2,342,242	11,392,513	1.65%	3.28%
1963	2,382,258	11,762,101	1.71%	3.24%
1964	2,424,390	12,137,143	1.77%	3.19%
1965	2,468,666	12,511,863	1.83%	3.09%
1966	2,514,638	12,874,153	1.86%	2.9%
1967	2,562,384	13,210,344	1.9%	2.61%
1968	2,611,532	13,548,537	1.92%	2.56%
1969	2,661,365	14,068,984	1.91%	3.84%
1970	2,712,286	14,582,944	1.91%	3.65%
1971	2,763,222	14,913,564	1.88%	2.27%
1972	2,814,388	15,220,495	1.85%	2.06%
1973	2,866,955	15,505,121	1.87%	1.87%
1974	2,920,459	15,784,817	1.87%	1.8%
1975	2,974,657	16,075,128	1.86%	1.84%
1976	3,028,820	16,401,413	1.82%	2.03%
1977	3,085,354	16,730,895	1.87%	2.01%
1978	3,145,517	17,042,272	1.95%	1.86%
1979	3,207,499	17,372,779	1.97%	1.94%
1980	3,272,089	17,704,538	2.01%	1.91%
1981	3,338,940	18,029,982	2.04%	1.84%
1982	3,408,183	18,354,855	2.07%	1.8%
1983	3,481,646	18,653,146	2.16%	1.63%
1984	3,558,758	18,929,866	2.21%	1.48%
1985	3,638,438	19,191,510	2.24%	1.38%
1986	3,728,380	19,411,454	2.47%	1.15%
1987	3,829,718	19,617,046	2.72%	1.06%
1988	3,934,517	19,839,704	2.74%	1.14%
1989	4,034,037	20,055,492	2.53%	1.09%
1990	4,196,828	20,278,946	4.04%	1.11%
1991	4,246,267	20,503,568	1.18%	1.11%
1992	4,166,366	20,704,227	-1.88%	0.98%
1993	4,157,130	20,899,019	-0.22%	0.94%
1994	4,173,105	21,086,645	0.38%	0.9%
1995	4,179,179	21,267,653	0.15%	0.86%
1996	4,199,210	21,441,432	0.48%	0.82%
1997	4,253,716	21,634,124	1.3%	0.9%
1998	4,295,785	21,835,703	0.99%	0.93%
1999	4,318,043	22,010,489	0.52%	0.8%
2000	4,423,611	22,184,530	2.44%	0.79%
2001	4,692,716	22,341,120	6.08%	0.71%
2002	4,971,435	22,463,172	5.94%	0.55%
2003	5,177,687	22,562,663	4.15%	0.44%
2004	5,355,717	22,646,836	3.44%	0.37%
2005	5,501,712	22,729,753	2.73%	0.37%
2006	5,624,466	22,823,455	2.23%	0.41%
2007	5,749,352	22,917,444	2.22%	0.41%
2008	5,894,722	22,997,696	2.53%	0.35%
2009	6,055,646	23,078,402	2.73%	0.35%
2010	6,222,714	23,140,948	2.76%	0.27%
2011	6,387,251	23,193,518	2.64%	0.23%
2012	6,551,080	23,270,367	2.56%	0.33%
2013	6,714,051	23,344,670	2.49%	0.32%
2014	6,876,385	23,403,635	2.42%	0.25%
2015	7,037,655	23,462,914	2.35%	0.25%
2016	7,205,328	23,515,945	2.38%	0.23%
2017	7,379,299	23,555,522	2.41%	0.17%
2018	7,554,563	23,580,080	2.38%	0.1%
2019	7,731,991	23,596,027	2.35%	0.07%
2020	7,912,558	23,582,179	2.34%	-0.06%
2021	8,094,602	23,468,275	2.3%	-0.48%
2022	8,276,807	23,319,977	2.25%	-0.63%
2023	8,460,512	23,342,541	2.22%	0.1%
2024	8,642,022	23,410,331	2.15%	0.29%
2025	8,819,789	23,308,308	2.06%	-0.44%
2026	8,996,743	23,205,944	2.01%	-0.44%
2027	9,174,695	23,102,120	1.98%	-0.45%
2028	9,349,021	22,996,693	1.9%	-0.46%
2029	9,520,811	22,890,335	1.84%	-0.46%
2030	9,694,851	22,781,040	1.83%	-0.48%
2031	9,870,295	22,667,327	1.81%	-0.5%
2032	10,047,193	22,549,689	1.79%	-0.52%
2033	10,221,006	22,428,721	1.73%	-0.54%
2034	10,391,485	22,302,402	1.67%	-0.56%
2035	10,563,163	22,170,689	1.65%	-0.59%
2036	10,734,341	22,034,775	1.62%	-0.61%
2037	10,902,263	21,893,029	1.56%	-0.64%
2038	11,066,143	21,746,001	1.5%	-0.67%
2039	11,230,060	21,594,236	1.48%	-0.7%
2040	11,398,391	21,436,947	1.5%	-0.73%
2041	11,566,213	21,274,187	1.47%	-0.76%
2042	11,728,787	21,105,682	1.41%	-0.79%
2043	11,887,934	20,932,105	1.36%	-0.82%
2044	12,049,424	20,754,623	1.36%	-0.85%
2045	12,208,872	20,571,741	1.32%	-0.88%
2046	12,363,446	20,384,903	1.27%	-0.91%
2047	12,512,739	20,194,425	1.21%	-0.93%
2048	12,659,609	19,999,753	1.17%	-0.96%
2049	12,805,136	19,801,293	1.15%	-0.99%
2050	12,948,320	19,598,997	1.12%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.