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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Tajikistan	Sierra Leone	Tajikistan
1960	2,268,356	2,112,131	-	-
1961	2,304,227	2,181,805	1.58%	3.3%
1962	2,342,242	2,255,026	1.65%	3.36%
1963	2,382,258	2,331,736	1.71%	3.4%
1964	2,424,390	2,411,260	1.77%	3.41%
1965	2,468,666	2,492,998	1.83%	3.39%
1966	2,514,638	2,577,184	1.86%	3.38%
1967	2,562,384	2,664,130	1.9%	3.37%
1968	2,611,532	2,753,848	1.92%	3.37%
1969	2,661,365	2,845,273	1.91%	3.32%
1970	2,712,286	2,936,779	1.91%	3.22%
1971	2,763,222	3,028,837	1.88%	3.13%
1972	2,814,388	3,123,691	1.85%	3.13%
1973	2,866,955	3,222,290	1.87%	3.16%
1974	2,920,459	3,324,499	1.87%	3.17%
1975	2,974,657	3,430,425	1.86%	3.19%
1976	3,028,820	3,540,076	1.82%	3.2%
1977	3,085,354	3,653,265	1.87%	3.2%
1978	3,145,517	3,768,508	1.95%	3.15%
1979	3,207,499	3,882,691	1.97%	3.03%
1980	3,272,089	3,995,256	2.01%	2.9%
1981	3,338,940	4,109,022	2.04%	2.85%
1982	3,408,183	4,227,171	2.07%	2.88%
1983	3,481,646	4,350,874	2.16%	2.93%
1984	3,558,758	4,480,026	2.21%	2.97%
1985	3,638,438	4,619,003	2.24%	3.1%
1986	3,728,380	4,772,139	2.47%	3.32%
1987	3,829,718	4,939,059	2.72%	3.5%
1988	3,934,517	5,114,989	2.74%	3.56%
1989	4,034,037	5,267,249	2.53%	2.98%
1990	4,196,828	5,398,768	4.04%	2.5%
1991	4,246,267	5,541,205	1.18%	2.64%
1992	4,166,366	5,649,400	-1.88%	1.95%
1993	4,157,130	5,724,993	-0.22%	1.34%
1994	4,173,105	5,825,368	0.38%	1.75%
1995	4,179,179	5,948,584	0.15%	2.12%
1996	4,199,210	6,066,523	0.48%	1.98%
1997	4,253,716	6,139,829	1.3%	1.21%
1998	4,295,785	6,176,397	0.99%	0.6%
1999	4,318,043	6,208,370	0.52%	0.52%
2000	4,423,611	6,284,735	2.44%	1.23%
2001	4,692,716	6,407,377	6.08%	1.95%
2002	4,971,435	6,531,669	5.94%	1.94%
2003	5,177,687	6,658,575	4.15%	1.94%
2004	5,355,717	6,790,547	3.44%	1.98%
2005	5,501,712	6,924,720	2.73%	1.98%
2006	5,624,466	7,057,566	2.23%	1.92%
2007	5,749,352	7,194,477	2.22%	1.94%
2008	5,894,722	7,338,403	2.53%	2%
2009	6,055,646	7,490,230	2.73%	2.07%
2010	6,222,714	7,652,141	2.76%	2.16%
2011	6,387,251	7,824,785	2.64%	2.26%
2012	6,551,080	8,014,084	2.56%	2.42%
2013	6,714,051	8,216,724	2.49%	2.53%
2014	6,876,385	8,425,552	2.42%	2.54%
2015	7,037,655	8,643,840	2.35%	2.59%
2016	7,205,328	8,865,631	2.38%	2.57%
2017	7,379,299	9,085,946	2.41%	2.49%
2018	7,554,563	9,307,333	2.38%	2.44%
2019	7,731,991	9,529,966	2.35%	2.39%
2020	7,912,558	9,749,310	2.34%	2.3%
2021	8,094,602	9,966,908	2.3%	2.23%
2022	8,276,807	10,182,222	2.25%	2.16%
2023	8,460,512	10,389,799	2.22%	2.04%
2024	8,642,022	10,590,927	2.15%	1.94%
2025	8,819,789	10,786,735	2.06%	1.85%
2026	8,996,743	10,978,598	2.01%	1.78%
2027	9,174,695	11,168,387	1.98%	1.73%
2028	9,349,021	11,356,920	1.9%	1.69%
2029	9,520,811	11,545,276	1.84%	1.66%
2030	9,694,851	11,733,066	1.83%	1.63%
2031	9,870,295	11,920,472	1.81%	1.6%
2032	10,047,193	12,110,150	1.79%	1.59%
2033	10,221,006	12,302,290	1.73%	1.59%
2034	10,391,485	12,496,888	1.67%	1.58%
2035	10,563,163	12,695,586	1.65%	1.59%
2036	10,734,341	12,899,096	1.62%	1.6%
2037	10,902,263	13,104,339	1.56%	1.59%
2038	11,066,143	13,308,237	1.5%	1.56%
2039	11,230,060	13,511,372	1.48%	1.53%
2040	11,398,391	13,713,948	1.5%	1.5%
2041	11,566,213	13,915,192	1.47%	1.47%
2042	11,728,787	14,115,137	1.41%	1.44%
2043	11,887,934	14,311,598	1.36%	1.39%
2044	12,049,424	14,504,865	1.36%	1.35%
2045	12,208,872	14,694,858	1.32%	1.31%
2046	12,363,446	14,879,388	1.27%	1.26%
2047	12,512,739	15,059,869	1.21%	1.21%
2048	12,659,609	15,236,594	1.17%	1.17%
2049	12,805,136	15,408,032	1.15%	1.13%
2050	12,948,320	15,574,643	1.12%	1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.