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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Uganda	Sierra Leone	Uganda
1960	2,268,356	7,640,973	-	-
1961	2,304,227	7,862,217	1.58%	2.9%
1962	2,342,242	8,092,231	1.65%	2.93%
1963	2,382,258	8,333,663	1.71%	2.98%
1964	2,424,390	8,586,363	1.77%	3.03%
1965	2,468,666	8,849,203	1.83%	3.06%
1966	2,514,638	9,122,864	1.86%	3.09%
1967	2,562,384	9,408,924	1.9%	3.14%
1968	2,611,532	9,708,632	1.92%	3.19%
1969	2,661,365	10,014,858	1.91%	3.15%
1970	2,712,286	10,321,603	1.91%	3.06%
1971	2,763,222	10,618,206	1.88%	2.87%
1972	2,814,388	10,885,796	1.85%	2.52%
1973	2,866,955	11,144,236	1.87%	2.37%
1974	2,920,459	11,424,846	1.87%	2.52%
1975	2,974,657	11,725,240	1.86%	2.63%
1976	3,028,820	12,037,294	1.82%	2.66%
1977	3,085,354	12,359,669	1.87%	2.68%
1978	3,145,517	12,692,113	1.95%	2.69%
1979	3,207,499	13,002,163	1.97%	2.44%
1980	3,272,089	13,275,741	2.01%	2.1%
1981	3,338,940	13,556,452	2.04%	2.11%
1982	3,408,183	13,873,631	2.07%	2.34%
1983	3,481,646	14,221,881	2.16%	2.51%
1984	3,558,758	14,607,677	2.21%	2.71%
1985	3,638,438	15,023,681	2.24%	2.85%
1986	3,728,380	15,467,579	2.47%	2.95%
1987	3,829,718	15,954,170	2.72%	3.15%
1988	3,934,517	16,470,483	2.74%	3.24%
1989	4,034,037	17,010,698	2.53%	3.28%
1990	4,196,828	17,569,897	4.04%	3.29%
1991	4,246,267	18,155,901	1.18%	3.34%
1992	4,166,366	18,785,032	-1.88%	3.47%
1993	4,157,130	19,445,161	-0.22%	3.51%
1994	4,173,105	20,108,801	0.38%	3.41%
1995	4,179,179	20,665,667	0.15%	2.77%
1996	4,199,210	21,231,550	0.48%	2.74%
1997	4,253,716	21,856,046	1.3%	2.94%
1998	4,295,785	22,515,806	0.99%	3.02%
1999	4,318,043	23,257,281	0.52%	3.29%
2000	4,423,611	24,000,150	2.44%	3.19%
2001	4,692,716	24,745,676	6.08%	3.11%
2002	4,971,435	25,532,870	5.94%	3.18%
2003	5,177,687	26,352,124	4.15%	3.21%
2004	5,355,717	27,154,515	3.44%	3.04%
2005	5,501,712	27,963,289	2.73%	2.98%
2006	5,624,466	28,794,003	2.23%	2.97%
2007	5,749,352	29,653,430	2.22%	2.98%
2008	5,894,722	30,539,553	2.53%	2.99%
2009	6,055,646	31,451,151	2.73%	2.98%
2010	6,222,714	32,390,802	2.76%	2.99%
2011	6,387,251	33,354,543	2.64%	2.98%
2012	6,551,080	34,337,438	2.56%	2.95%
2013	6,714,051	35,337,042	2.49%	2.91%
2014	6,876,385	36,395,539	2.42%	3%
2015	7,037,655	37,531,446	2.35%	3.12%
2016	7,205,328	38,799,152	2.38%	3.38%
2017	7,379,299	40,177,388	2.41%	3.55%
2018	7,554,563	41,565,831	2.38%	3.46%
2019	7,731,991	42,999,637	2.35%	3.45%
2020	7,912,558	44,457,152	2.34%	3.39%
2021	8,094,602	45,910,930	2.3%	3.27%
2022	8,276,807	47,312,719	2.25%	3.05%
2023	8,460,512	48,656,601	2.22%	2.84%
2024	8,642,022	50,015,092	2.15%	2.79%
2025	8,819,789	51,384,895	2.06%	2.74%
2026	8,996,743	52,761,471	2.01%	2.68%
2027	9,174,695	54,144,274	1.98%	2.62%
2028	9,349,021	55,532,564	1.9%	2.56%
2029	9,520,811	56,922,797	1.84%	2.5%
2030	9,694,851	58,312,944	1.83%	2.44%
2031	9,870,295	59,703,537	1.81%	2.38%
2032	10,047,193	61,089,060	1.79%	2.32%
2033	10,221,006	62,464,116	1.73%	2.25%
2034	10,391,485	63,833,872	1.67%	2.19%
2035	10,563,163	65,205,570	1.65%	2.15%
2036	10,734,341	66,573,737	1.62%	2.1%
2037	10,902,263	67,942,634	1.56%	2.06%
2038	11,066,143	69,312,210	1.5%	2.02%
2039	11,230,060	70,669,875	1.48%	1.96%
2040	11,398,391	72,020,414	1.5%	1.91%
2041	11,566,213	73,372,658	1.47%	1.88%
2042	11,728,787	74,730,004	1.41%	1.85%
2043	11,887,934	76,090,991	1.36%	1.82%
2044	12,049,424	77,449,517	1.36%	1.79%
2045	12,208,872	78,797,995	1.32%	1.74%
2046	12,363,446	80,139,174	1.27%	1.7%
2047	12,512,739	81,478,503	1.21%	1.67%
2048	12,659,609	82,812,102	1.17%	1.64%
2049	12,805,136	84,130,056	1.15%	1.59%
2050	12,948,320	85,431,202	1.12%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.