Population in Sierra Leone compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom
1960	2,268,356	52,400,000	-	-
1961	2,304,227	52,800,000	1.58%	0.76%
1962	2,342,242	53,250,000	1.65%	0.85%
1963	2,382,258	53,650,000	1.71%	0.75%
1964	2,424,390	54,000,000	1.77%	0.65%
1965	2,468,666	54,348,050	1.83%	0.64%
1966	2,514,638	54,648,500	1.86%	0.55%
1967	2,562,384	54,943,600	1.9%	0.54%
1968	2,611,532	55,211,700	1.92%	0.49%
1969	2,661,365	55,441,750	1.91%	0.42%
1970	2,712,286	55,663,250	1.91%	0.4%
1971	2,763,222	55,896,223	1.88%	0.42%
1972	2,814,388	56,086,065	1.85%	0.34%
1973	2,866,955	56,194,527	1.87%	0.19%
1974	2,920,459	56,229,974	1.87%	0.06%
1975	2,974,657	56,225,800	1.86%	-0.007%
1976	3,028,820	56,211,968	1.82%	-0.02%
1977	3,085,354	56,193,492	1.87%	-0.03%
1978	3,145,517	56,196,504	1.95%	0.005%
1979	3,207,499	56,246,951	1.97%	0.09%
1980	3,272,089	56,314,216	2.01%	0.12%
1981	3,338,940	56,333,829	2.04%	0.03%
1982	3,408,183	56,313,641	2.07%	-0.04%
1983	3,481,646	56,332,848	2.16%	0.03%
1984	3,558,758	56,422,072	2.21%	0.16%
1985	3,638,438	56,550,268	2.24%	0.23%
1986	3,728,380	56,681,396	2.47%	0.23%
1987	3,829,718	56,802,050	2.72%	0.21%
1988	3,934,517	56,928,327	2.74%	0.22%
1989	4,034,037	57,076,711	2.53%	0.26%
1990	4,196,828	57,247,586	4.04%	0.3%
1991	4,246,267	57,424,897	1.18%	0.31%
1992	4,166,366	57,580,402	-1.88%	0.27%
1993	4,157,130	57,718,614	-0.22%	0.24%
1994	4,173,105	57,865,745	0.38%	0.25%
1995	4,179,179	58,019,030	0.15%	0.26%
1996	4,199,210	58,166,950	0.48%	0.25%
1997	4,253,716	58,316,954	1.3%	0.26%
1998	4,295,785	58,487,141	0.99%	0.29%
1999	4,318,043	58,682,466	0.52%	0.33%
2000	4,423,611	58,892,514	2.44%	0.36%
2001	4,692,716	59,119,673	6.08%	0.39%
2002	4,971,435	59,370,479	5.94%	0.42%
2003	5,177,687	59,647,577	4.15%	0.47%
2004	5,355,717	59,987,905	3.44%	0.57%
2005	5,501,712	60,401,206	2.73%	0.69%
2006	5,624,466	60,846,820	2.23%	0.74%
2007	5,749,352	61,322,463	2.22%	0.78%
2008	5,894,722	61,806,995	2.53%	0.79%
2009	6,055,646	62,276,270	2.73%	0.76%
2010	6,222,714	62,766,365	2.76%	0.79%
2011	6,387,251	63,258,810	2.64%	0.78%
2012	6,551,080	63,711,000	2.56%	0.71%
2013	6,714,051	64,139,000	2.49%	0.67%
2014	6,876,385	64,620,000	2.42%	0.75%
2015	7,037,655	65,088,000	2.35%	0.72%
2016	7,205,328	65,607,000	2.38%	0.8%
2017	7,379,299	65,966,000	2.41%	0.55%
2018	7,554,563	66,289,000	2.38%	0.49%
2019	7,731,991	66,631,000	2.35%	0.52%
2020	7,912,558	66,744,000	2.34%	0.17%
2021	8,094,602	66,984,000	2.3%	0.36%
2022	8,276,807	67,604,000	2.25%	0.93%
2023	8,460,512	68,492,000	2.22%	1.31%
2024	8,642,022	69,226,000	2.15%	1.07%
2025	8,819,789	69,639,673	2.06%	0.6%
2026	8,996,743	70,020,350	2.01%	0.55%
2027	9,174,695	70,382,853	1.98%	0.52%
2028	9,349,021	70,732,699	1.9%	0.5%
2029	9,520,811	71,061,482	1.84%	0.46%
2030	9,694,851	71,377,535	1.83%	0.44%
2031	9,870,295	71,678,351	1.81%	0.42%
2032	10,047,193	71,959,934	1.79%	0.39%
2033	10,221,006	72,234,509	1.73%	0.38%
2034	10,391,485	72,497,650	1.67%	0.36%
2035	10,563,163	72,749,096	1.65%	0.35%
2036	10,734,341	72,990,847	1.62%	0.33%
2037	10,902,263	73,218,850	1.56%	0.31%
2038	11,066,143	73,441,349	1.5%	0.3%
2039	11,230,060	73,658,392	1.48%	0.3%
2040	11,398,391	73,868,334	1.5%	0.29%
2041	11,566,213	74,074,316	1.47%	0.28%
2042	11,728,787	74,275,779	1.41%	0.27%
2043	11,887,934	74,475,035	1.36%	0.27%
2044	12,049,424	74,667,284	1.36%	0.26%
2045	12,208,872	74,848,605	1.32%	0.24%
2046	12,363,446	75,020,949	1.27%	0.23%
2047	12,512,739	75,184,478	1.21%	0.22%
2048	12,659,609	75,337,543	1.17%	0.2%
2049	12,805,136	75,476,141	1.15%	0.18%
2050	12,948,320	75,600,588	1.12%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sierra Leone gained 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2006 and is 102nd in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.