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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Tanzania	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
1960	2,268,356	9,901,419	-	-
1961	2,304,227	10,187,886	1.58%	2.89%
1962	2,342,242	10,487,756	1.65%	2.94%
1963	2,382,258	10,799,528	1.71%	2.97%
1964	2,424,390	11,127,826	1.77%	3.04%
1965	2,468,666	11,470,728	1.83%	3.08%
1966	2,514,638	11,827,459	1.86%	3.11%
1967	2,562,384	12,200,109	1.9%	3.15%
1968	2,611,532	12,602,076	1.92%	3.29%
1969	2,661,365	13,036,700	1.91%	3.45%
1970	2,712,286	13,492,677	1.91%	3.5%
1971	2,763,222	13,971,451	1.88%	3.55%
1972	2,814,388	14,479,308	1.85%	3.63%
1973	2,866,955	15,010,101	1.87%	3.67%
1974	2,920,459	15,561,630	1.87%	3.67%
1975	2,974,657	16,138,361	1.86%	3.71%
1976	3,028,820	16,736,211	1.82%	3.7%
1977	3,085,354	17,352,929	1.87%	3.68%
1978	3,145,517	17,976,566	1.95%	3.59%
1979	3,207,499	18,592,038	1.97%	3.42%
1980	3,272,089	19,189,769	2.01%	3.21%
1981	3,338,940	19,784,703	2.04%	3.1%
1982	3,408,183	20,398,571	2.07%	3.1%
1983	3,481,646	21,079,874	2.16%	3.34%
1984	3,558,758	21,779,066	2.21%	3.32%
1985	3,638,438	22,501,693	2.24%	3.32%
1986	3,728,380	23,258,959	2.47%	3.37%
1987	3,829,718	24,030,378	2.72%	3.32%
1988	3,934,517	24,769,686	2.74%	3.08%
1989	4,034,037	25,438,759	2.53%	2.7%
1990	4,196,828	26,110,207	4.04%	2.64%
1991	4,246,267	26,780,436	1.18%	2.57%
1992	4,166,366	27,457,588	-1.88%	2.53%
1993	4,157,130	28,332,692	-0.22%	3.19%
1994	4,173,105	29,442,356	0.38%	3.92%
1995	4,179,179	30,383,497	0.15%	3.2%
1996	4,199,210	30,945,762	0.48%	1.85%
1997	4,253,716	31,578,089	1.3%	2.04%
1998	4,295,785	32,420,458	0.99%	2.67%
1999	4,318,043	33,300,330	0.52%	2.71%
2000	4,423,611	34,260,139	2.44%	2.88%
2001	4,692,716	35,198,299	6.08%	2.74%
2002	4,971,435	36,121,304	5.94%	2.62%
2003	5,177,687	37,089,555	4.15%	2.68%
2004	5,355,717	38,109,668	3.44%	2.75%
2005	5,501,712	39,182,076	2.73%	2.81%
2006	5,624,466	40,294,902	2.23%	2.84%
2007	5,749,352	41,435,512	2.22%	2.83%
2008	5,894,722	42,570,728	2.53%	2.74%
2009	6,055,646	43,633,982	2.73%	2.5%
2010	6,222,714	44,758,488	2.76%	2.58%
2011	6,387,251	46,029,367	2.64%	2.84%
2012	6,551,080	47,374,260	2.56%	2.92%
2013	6,714,051	48,824,128	2.49%	3.06%
2014	6,876,385	50,351,512	2.42%	3.13%
2015	7,037,655	52,020,962	2.35%	3.32%
2016	7,205,328	53,824,013	2.38%	3.47%
2017	7,379,299	55,652,890	2.41%	3.4%
2018	7,554,563	57,437,145	2.38%	3.21%
2019	7,731,991	59,174,891	2.35%	3.03%
2020	7,912,558	60,972,798	2.34%	3.04%
2021	8,094,602	62,830,412	2.3%	3.05%
2022	8,276,807	64,711,821	2.25%	2.99%
2023	8,460,512	66,617,606	2.22%	2.95%
2024	8,642,022	68,560,157	2.15%	2.92%
2025	8,819,789	70,545,858	2.06%	2.9%
2026	8,996,743	72,563,773	2.01%	2.86%
2027	9,174,695	74,604,804	1.98%	2.81%
2028	9,349,021	76,670,483	1.9%	2.77%
2029	9,520,811	78,773,192	1.84%	2.74%
2030	9,694,851	80,913,118	1.83%	2.72%
2031	9,870,295	83,087,927	1.81%	2.69%
2032	10,047,193	85,293,126	1.79%	2.65%
2033	10,221,006	87,520,491	1.73%	2.61%
2034	10,391,485	89,788,673	1.67%	2.59%
2035	10,563,163	92,091,418	1.65%	2.56%
2036	10,734,341	94,420,808	1.62%	2.53%
2037	10,902,263	96,775,766	1.56%	2.49%
2038	11,066,143	99,156,465	1.5%	2.46%
2039	11,230,060	101,567,525	1.48%	2.43%
2040	11,398,391	103,999,350	1.5%	2.39%
2041	11,566,213	106,448,475	1.47%	2.35%
2042	11,728,787	108,926,272	1.41%	2.33%
2043	11,887,934	111,433,788	1.36%	2.3%
2044	12,049,424	113,966,263	1.36%	2.27%
2045	12,208,872	116,525,463	1.32%	2.25%
2046	12,363,446	119,109,670	1.27%	2.22%
2047	12,512,739	121,721,018	1.21%	2.19%
2048	12,659,609	124,351,294	1.17%	2.16%
2049	12,805,136	126,981,394	1.15%	2.12%
2050	12,948,320	129,621,083	1.12%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.