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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Thailand	Sierra Leone	Thailand
1960	2,268,356	26,851,747	-	-
1961	2,304,227	27,650,334	1.58%	2.97%
1962	2,342,242	28,481,040	1.65%	3%
1963	2,382,258	29,342,322	1.71%	3.02%
1964	2,424,390	30,232,141	1.77%	3.03%
1965	2,468,666	31,149,337	1.83%	3.03%
1966	2,514,638	32,086,071	1.86%	3.01%
1967	2,562,384	33,037,801	1.9%	2.97%
1968	2,611,532	34,002,560	1.92%	2.92%
1969	2,661,365	34,973,782	1.91%	2.86%
1970	2,712,286	35,954,408	1.91%	2.8%
1971	2,763,222	36,937,387	1.88%	2.73%
1972	2,814,388	37,933,929	1.85%	2.7%
1973	2,866,955	38,947,787	1.87%	2.67%
1974	2,920,459	39,952,891	1.87%	2.58%
1975	2,974,657	40,940,005	1.86%	2.47%
1976	3,028,820	41,896,504	1.82%	2.34%
1977	3,085,354	42,843,974	1.87%	2.26%
1978	3,145,517	43,788,976	1.95%	2.21%
1979	3,207,499	44,718,434	1.97%	2.12%
1980	3,272,089	45,650,022	2.01%	2.08%
1981	3,338,940	46,575,855	2.04%	2.03%
1982	3,408,183	47,494,577	2.07%	1.97%
1983	3,481,646	48,423,309	2.16%	1.96%
1984	3,558,758	49,351,708	2.21%	1.92%
1985	3,638,438	50,270,753	2.24%	1.86%
1986	3,728,380	51,177,834	2.47%	1.8%
1987	3,829,718	52,074,105	2.72%	1.75%
1988	3,934,517	52,969,595	2.74%	1.72%
1989	4,034,037	53,848,956	2.53%	1.66%
1990	4,196,828	54,738,329	4.04%	1.65%
1991	4,246,267	55,637,434	1.18%	1.64%
1992	4,166,366	56,528,834	-1.88%	1.6%
1993	4,157,130	57,408,198	-0.22%	1.56%
1994	4,173,105	58,260,854	0.38%	1.49%
1995	4,179,179	59,098,232	0.15%	1.44%
1996	4,199,210	59,920,064	0.48%	1.39%
1997	4,253,716	60,724,584	1.3%	1.34%
1998	4,295,785	61,522,630	0.99%	1.31%
1999	4,318,043	62,299,043	0.52%	1.26%
2000	4,423,611	63,007,815	2.44%	1.14%
2001	4,692,716	63,651,141	6.08%	1.02%
2002	4,971,435	64,266,437	5.94%	0.97%
2003	5,177,687	64,868,166	4.15%	0.94%
2004	5,355,717	65,452,047	3.44%	0.9%
2005	5,501,712	66,017,420	2.73%	0.86%
2006	5,624,466	66,567,687	2.23%	0.83%
2007	5,749,352	67,102,394	2.22%	0.8%
2008	5,894,722	67,619,830	2.53%	0.77%
2009	6,055,646	68,121,080	2.73%	0.74%
2010	6,222,714	68,579,447	2.76%	0.67%
2011	6,387,251	69,007,208	2.64%	0.62%
2012	6,551,080	69,436,098	2.56%	0.62%
2013	6,714,051	69,845,114	2.49%	0.59%
2014	6,876,385	70,216,367	2.42%	0.53%
2015	7,037,655	70,540,795	2.35%	0.46%
2016	7,205,328	70,859,841	2.38%	0.45%
2017	7,379,299	71,160,187	2.41%	0.42%
2018	7,554,563	71,376,079	2.38%	0.3%
2019	7,731,991	71,522,271	2.35%	0.2%
2020	7,912,558	71,641,484	2.34%	0.17%
2021	8,094,602	71,727,332	2.3%	0.12%
2022	8,276,807	71,735,329	2.25%	0.01%
2023	8,460,512	71,702,435	2.22%	-0.05%
2024	8,642,022	71,668,011	2.15%	-0.05%
2025	8,819,789	71,619,867	2.06%	-0.07%
2026	8,996,743	71,559,621	2.01%	-0.08%
2027	9,174,695	71,488,156	1.98%	-0.1%
2028	9,349,021	71,406,996	1.9%	-0.11%
2029	9,520,811	71,316,195	1.84%	-0.13%
2030	9,694,851	71,215,017	1.83%	-0.14%
2031	9,870,295	71,104,025	1.81%	-0.16%
2032	10,047,193	70,982,286	1.79%	-0.17%
2033	10,221,006	70,847,947	1.73%	-0.19%
2034	10,391,485	70,701,651	1.67%	-0.21%
2035	10,563,163	70,540,884	1.65%	-0.23%
2036	10,734,341	70,366,496	1.62%	-0.25%
2037	10,902,263	70,180,031	1.56%	-0.26%
2038	11,066,143	69,979,034	1.5%	-0.29%
2039	11,230,060	69,763,928	1.48%	-0.31%
2040	11,398,391	69,535,003	1.5%	-0.33%
2041	11,566,213	69,288,477	1.47%	-0.35%
2042	11,728,787	69,025,348	1.41%	-0.38%
2043	11,887,934	68,748,075	1.36%	-0.4%
2044	12,049,424	68,456,533	1.36%	-0.42%
2045	12,208,872	68,150,148	1.32%	-0.45%
2046	12,363,446	67,827,309	1.27%	-0.47%
2047	12,512,739	67,489,358	1.21%	-0.5%
2048	12,659,609	67,136,737	1.17%	-0.52%
2049	12,805,136	66,767,316	1.15%	-0.55%
2050	12,948,320	66,382,732	1.12%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.