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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Turkey	Sierra Leone	Turkey
1960	2,268,356	28,329,898	-	-
1961	2,304,227	29,119,238	1.58%	2.79%
1962	2,342,242	29,916,147	1.65%	2.74%
1963	2,382,258	30,726,841	1.71%	2.71%
1964	2,424,390	31,543,072	1.77%	2.66%
1965	2,468,666	32,345,220	1.83%	2.54%
1966	2,514,638	33,177,672	1.86%	2.57%
1967	2,562,384	34,050,421	1.9%	2.63%
1968	2,611,532	34,921,684	1.92%	2.56%
1969	2,661,365	35,787,774	1.91%	2.48%
1970	2,712,286	36,638,465	1.91%	2.38%
1971	2,763,222	37,518,611	1.88%	2.4%
1972	2,814,388	38,430,221	1.85%	2.43%
1973	2,866,955	39,329,533	1.87%	2.34%
1974	2,920,459	40,210,234	1.87%	2.24%
1975	2,974,657	41,053,126	1.86%	2.1%
1976	3,028,820	41,899,984	1.82%	2.06%
1977	3,085,354	42,773,298	1.87%	2.08%
1978	3,145,517	43,645,306	1.95%	2.04%
1979	3,207,499	44,510,429	1.97%	1.98%
1980	3,272,089	45,408,815	2.01%	2.02%
1981	3,338,940	46,321,190	2.04%	2.01%
1982	3,408,183	47,322,096	2.07%	2.16%
1983	3,481,646	48,447,410	2.16%	2.38%
1984	3,558,758	49,574,069	2.21%	2.33%
1985	3,638,438	50,687,115	2.24%	2.25%
1986	3,728,380	51,777,772	2.47%	2.15%
1987	3,829,718	52,843,670	2.72%	2.06%
1988	3,934,517	53,909,626	2.74%	2.02%
1989	4,034,037	54,976,723	2.53%	1.98%
1990	4,196,828	56,015,628	4.04%	1.89%
1991	4,246,267	57,009,887	1.18%	1.77%
1992	4,166,366	57,990,118	-1.88%	1.72%
1993	4,157,130	58,999,167	-0.22%	1.74%
1994	4,173,105	60,033,836	0.38%	1.75%
1995	4,179,179	61,024,503	0.15%	1.65%
1996	4,199,210	61,951,134	0.48%	1.52%
1997	4,253,716	62,852,966	1.3%	1.46%
1998	4,295,785	63,734,383	0.99%	1.4%
1999	4,318,043	64,591,923	0.52%	1.35%
2000	4,423,611	65,425,961	2.44%	1.29%
2001	4,692,716	66,245,128	6.08%	1.25%
2002	4,971,435	67,048,795	5.94%	1.21%
2003	5,177,687	67,831,730	4.15%	1.17%
2004	5,355,717	68,592,617	3.44%	1.12%
2005	5,501,712	69,329,557	2.73%	1.07%
2006	5,624,466	70,045,349	2.23%	1.03%
2007	5,749,352	70,158,112	2.22%	0.16%
2008	5,894,722	71,051,678	2.53%	1.27%
2009	6,055,646	72,039,206	2.73%	1.39%
2010	6,222,714	73,142,150	2.76%	1.53%
2011	6,387,251	74,223,629	2.64%	1.48%
2012	6,551,080	75,175,827	2.56%	1.28%
2013	6,714,051	76,147,624	2.49%	1.29%
2014	6,876,385	77,181,884	2.42%	1.36%
2015	7,037,655	78,218,479	2.35%	1.34%
2016	7,205,328	79,277,962	2.38%	1.35%
2017	7,379,299	80,312,698	2.41%	1.31%
2018	7,554,563	81,407,204	2.38%	1.36%
2019	7,731,991	82,579,440	2.35%	1.44%
2020	7,912,558	83,384,680	2.34%	0.98%
2021	8,094,602	84,147,318	2.3%	0.91%
2022	8,276,807	84,979,913	2.25%	0.99%
2023	8,460,512	85,325,965	2.22%	0.41%
2024	8,642,022	85,518,661	2.15%	0.23%
2025	8,819,789	85,725,557	2.06%	0.24%
2026	8,996,743	85,960,835	2.01%	0.27%
2027	9,174,695	86,227,115	1.98%	0.31%
2028	9,349,021	86,502,744	1.9%	0.32%
2029	9,520,811	86,771,652	1.84%	0.31%
2030	9,694,851	87,037,680	1.83%	0.31%
2031	9,870,295	87,297,191	1.81%	0.3%
2032	10,047,193	87,537,075	1.79%	0.27%
2033	10,221,006	87,762,403	1.73%	0.26%
2034	10,391,485	87,974,138	1.67%	0.24%
2035	10,563,163	88,172,739	1.65%	0.23%
2036	10,734,341	88,364,318	1.62%	0.22%
2037	10,902,263	88,545,669	1.56%	0.21%
2038	11,066,143	88,707,268	1.5%	0.18%
2039	11,230,060	88,849,956	1.48%	0.16%
2040	11,398,391	88,975,510	1.5%	0.14%
2041	11,566,213	89,083,304	1.47%	0.12%
2042	11,728,787	89,177,769	1.41%	0.11%
2043	11,887,934	89,254,147	1.36%	0.09%
2044	12,049,424	89,311,458	1.36%	0.06%
2045	12,208,872	89,349,806	1.32%	0.04%
2046	12,363,446	89,375,429	1.27%	0.03%
2047	12,512,739	89,383,765	1.21%	0.009%
2048	12,659,609	89,361,174	1.17%	-0.03%
2049	12,805,136	89,306,566	1.15%	-0.06%
2050	12,948,320	89,218,346	1.12%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.