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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
1960	2,268,356	1,643,457	-	-
1961	2,304,227	1,695,400	1.58%	3.16%
1962	2,342,242	1,749,214	1.65%	3.17%
1963	2,382,258	1,804,272	1.71%	3.15%
1964	2,424,390	1,859,997	1.77%	3.09%
1965	2,468,666	1,915,916	1.83%	3.01%
1966	2,514,638	1,971,737	1.86%	2.91%
1967	2,562,384	2,027,403	1.9%	2.82%
1968	2,611,532	2,083,069	1.92%	2.75%
1969	2,661,365	2,139,024	1.91%	2.69%
1970	2,712,286	2,195,616	1.91%	2.65%
1971	2,763,222	2,253,119	1.88%	2.62%
1972	2,814,388	2,311,430	1.85%	2.59%
1973	2,866,955	2,370,919	1.87%	2.57%
1974	2,920,459	2,432,028	1.87%	2.58%
1975	2,974,657	2,494,570	1.86%	2.57%
1976	3,028,820	2,558,521	1.82%	2.56%
1977	3,085,354	2,623,948	1.87%	2.56%
1978	3,145,517	2,691,088	1.95%	2.56%
1979	3,207,499	2,760,358	1.97%	2.57%
1980	3,272,089	2,832,203	2.01%	2.6%
1981	3,338,940	2,907,187	2.04%	2.65%
1982	3,408,183	2,985,557	2.07%	2.7%
1983	3,481,646	3,067,534	2.16%	2.75%
1984	3,558,758	3,154,079	2.21%	2.82%
1985	3,638,438	3,247,534	2.24%	2.96%
1986	3,728,380	3,347,809	2.47%	3.09%
1987	3,829,718	3,452,731	2.72%	3.13%
1988	3,934,517	3,559,363	2.74%	3.09%
1989	4,034,037	3,662,459	2.53%	2.9%
1990	4,196,828	3,760,562	4.04%	2.68%
1991	4,246,267	3,855,894	1.18%	2.54%
1992	4,166,366	3,944,689	-1.88%	2.3%
1993	4,157,130	4,032,407	-0.22%	2.22%
1994	4,173,105	4,116,662	0.38%	2.09%
1995	4,179,179	4,191,203	0.15%	1.81%
1996	4,199,210	4,263,819	0.48%	1.73%
1997	4,253,716	4,336,730	1.3%	1.71%
1998	4,295,785	4,410,507	0.99%	1.7%
1999	4,318,043	4,492,170	0.52%	1.85%
2000	4,423,611	4,582,677	2.44%	2.01%
2001	4,692,716	4,675,409	6.08%	2.02%
2002	4,971,435	4,769,465	5.94%	2.01%
2003	5,177,687	4,863,865	4.15%	1.98%
2004	5,355,717	4,958,093	3.44%	1.94%
2005	5,501,712	5,052,257	2.73%	1.9%
2006	5,624,466	5,147,105	2.23%	1.88%
2007	5,749,352	5,244,046	2.22%	1.88%
2008	5,894,722	5,345,029	2.53%	1.93%
2009	6,055,646	5,451,592	2.73%	1.99%
2010	6,222,714	5,564,356	2.76%	2.07%
2011	6,387,251	5,683,417	2.64%	2.14%
2012	6,551,080	5,808,546	2.56%	2.2%
2013	6,714,051	5,939,341	2.49%	2.25%
2014	6,876,385	6,075,283	2.42%	2.29%
2015	7,037,655	6,215,770	2.35%	2.31%
2016	7,205,328	6,360,041	2.38%	2.32%
2017	7,379,299	6,507,061	2.41%	2.31%
2018	7,554,563	6,655,524	2.38%	2.28%
2019	7,731,991	6,803,944	2.35%	2.23%
2020	7,912,558	6,949,912	2.34%	2.15%
2021	8,094,602	7,092,043	2.3%	2.05%
2022	8,276,807	7,230,193	2.25%	1.95%
2023	8,460,512	7,364,438	2.22%	1.86%
2024	8,642,022	7,494,498	2.15%	1.77%
2025	8,819,789	7,618,855	2.06%	1.66%
2026	8,996,743	7,736,635	2.01%	1.55%
2027	9,174,695	7,847,563	1.98%	1.43%
2028	9,349,021	7,951,300	1.9%	1.32%
2029	9,520,811	8,047,445	1.84%	1.21%
2030	9,694,851	8,135,732	1.83%	1.1%
2031	9,870,295	8,218,959	1.81%	1.02%
2032	10,047,193	8,300,260	1.79%	0.99%
2033	10,221,006	8,380,356	1.73%	0.96%
2034	10,391,485	8,459,731	1.67%	0.95%
2035	10,563,163	8,538,678	1.65%	0.93%
2036	10,734,341	8,617,567	1.62%	0.92%
2037	10,902,263	8,696,458	1.56%	0.92%
2038	11,066,143	8,775,204	1.5%	0.91%
2039	11,230,060	8,853,842	1.48%	0.9%
2040	11,398,391	8,932,237	1.5%	0.89%
2041	11,566,213	9,010,272	1.47%	0.87%
2042	11,728,787	9,087,668	1.41%	0.86%
2043	11,887,934	9,164,056	1.36%	0.84%
2044	12,049,424	9,239,278	1.36%	0.82%
2045	12,208,872	9,312,825	1.32%	0.8%
2046	12,363,446	9,384,188	1.27%	0.77%
2047	12,512,739	9,452,893	1.21%	0.73%
2048	12,659,609	9,518,558	1.17%	0.69%
2049	12,805,136	9,580,906	1.15%	0.66%
2050	12,948,320	9,639,711	1.12%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sierra Leone gained 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2006 and is 102nd in 2026. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2006 and ranked 104th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Sierra Leone's population will grow by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people with a rank change from 102nd to 91st. The population of Turkmenistan will increase by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.