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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Tonga	Sierra Leone	Tonga
1960	2,268,356	66,170	-	-
1961	2,304,227	68,037	1.58%	2.82%
1962	2,342,242	69,940	1.65%	2.8%
1963	2,382,258	71,885	1.71%	2.78%
1964	2,424,390	73,879	1.77%	2.77%
1965	2,468,666	75,924	1.83%	2.77%
1966	2,514,638	78,002	1.86%	2.74%
1967	2,562,384	79,814	1.9%	2.32%
1968	2,611,532	81,353	1.92%	1.93%
1969	2,661,365	82,885	1.91%	1.88%
1970	2,712,286	84,401	1.91%	1.83%
1971	2,763,222	85,896	1.88%	1.77%
1972	2,814,388	87,356	1.85%	1.7%
1973	2,866,955	88,805	1.87%	1.66%
1974	2,920,459	90,683	1.87%	2.11%
1975	2,974,657	93,017	1.86%	2.57%
1976	3,028,820	95,325	1.82%	2.48%
1977	3,085,354	96,725	1.87%	1.47%
1978	3,145,517	97,204	1.95%	0.5%
1979	3,207,499	97,544	1.97%	0.35%
1980	3,272,089	97,769	2.01%	0.23%
1981	3,338,940	97,909	2.04%	0.14%
1982	3,408,183	97,980	2.07%	0.07%
1983	3,481,646	97,998	2.16%	0.02%
1984	3,558,758	97,990	2.21%	-0.008%
1985	3,638,438	97,984	2.24%	-0.006%
1986	3,728,380	98,010	2.47%	0.03%
1987	3,829,718	98,376	2.72%	0.37%
1988	3,934,517	98,969	2.74%	0.6%
1989	4,034,037	99,403	2.53%	0.44%
1990	4,196,828	99,700	4.04%	0.3%
1991	4,246,267	99,895	1.18%	0.2%
1992	4,166,366	100,022	-1.88%	0.13%
1993	4,157,130	100,103	-0.22%	0.08%
1994	4,173,105	100,166	0.38%	0.06%
1995	4,179,179	100,225	0.15%	0.06%
1996	4,199,210	100,275	0.48%	0.05%
1997	4,253,716	100,674	1.3%	0.4%
1998	4,295,785	101,388	0.99%	0.71%
1999	4,318,043	102,046	0.52%	0.65%
2000	4,423,611	102,677	2.44%	0.62%
2001	4,692,716	103,288	6.08%	0.6%
2002	4,971,435	103,874	5.94%	0.57%
2003	5,177,687	104,464	4.15%	0.57%
2004	5,355,717	105,071	3.44%	0.58%
2005	5,501,712	105,671	2.73%	0.57%
2006	5,624,466	106,253	2.23%	0.55%
2007	5,749,352	106,726	2.22%	0.45%
2008	5,894,722	107,020	2.53%	0.28%
2009	6,055,646	107,203	2.73%	0.17%
2010	6,222,714	107,400	2.76%	0.18%
2011	6,387,251	107,570	2.64%	0.16%
2012	6,551,080	107,460	2.56%	-0.1%
2013	6,714,051	107,078	2.49%	-0.36%
2014	6,876,385	106,609	2.42%	-0.44%
2015	7,037,655	106,095	2.35%	-0.48%
2016	7,205,328	105,524	2.38%	-0.54%
2017	7,379,299	105,356	2.41%	-0.16%
2018	7,554,563	105,567	2.38%	0.2%
2019	7,731,991	105,669	2.35%	0.1%
2020	7,912,558	105,704	2.34%	0.03%
2021	8,094,602	105,490	2.3%	-0.2%
2022	8,276,807	105,042	2.25%	-0.42%
2023	8,460,512	104,597	2.22%	-0.42%
2024	8,642,022	104,175	2.15%	-0.4%
2025	8,819,789	103,744	2.06%	-0.41%
2026	8,996,743	103,290	2.01%	-0.44%
2027	9,174,695	102,899	1.98%	-0.38%
2028	9,349,021	102,568	1.9%	-0.32%
2029	9,520,811	102,280	1.84%	-0.28%
2030	9,694,851	102,069	1.83%	-0.21%
2031	9,870,295	101,927	1.81%	-0.14%
2032	10,047,193	101,837	1.79%	-0.09%
2033	10,221,006	101,807	1.73%	-0.03%
2034	10,391,485	101,806	1.67%	-0.001%
2035	10,563,163	101,833	1.65%	0.03%
2036	10,734,341	101,895	1.62%	0.06%
2037	10,902,263	101,993	1.56%	0.1%
2038	11,066,143	102,173	1.5%	0.18%
2039	11,230,060	102,367	1.48%	0.19%
2040	11,398,391	102,568	1.5%	0.2%
2041	11,566,213	102,805	1.47%	0.23%
2042	11,728,787	103,038	1.41%	0.23%
2043	11,887,934	103,306	1.36%	0.26%
2044	12,049,424	103,612	1.36%	0.3%
2045	12,208,872	103,928	1.32%	0.3%
2046	12,363,446	104,232	1.27%	0.29%
2047	12,512,739	104,502	1.21%	0.26%
2048	12,659,609	104,744	1.17%	0.23%
2049	12,805,136	104,975	1.15%	0.22%
2050	12,948,320	105,193	1.12%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.