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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Uruguay	Sierra Leone	Uruguay
1960	2,268,356	2,529,957	-	-
1961	2,304,227	2,562,044	1.58%	1.27%
1962	2,342,242	2,593,298	1.65%	1.22%
1963	2,382,258	2,623,766	1.71%	1.17%
1964	2,424,390	2,653,180	1.77%	1.12%
1965	2,468,666	2,681,169	1.83%	1.05%
1966	2,514,638	2,707,646	1.86%	0.99%
1967	2,562,384	2,732,277	1.9%	0.91%
1968	2,611,532	2,754,606	1.92%	0.82%
1969	2,661,365	2,773,974	1.91%	0.7%
1970	2,712,286	2,790,807	1.91%	0.61%
1971	2,763,222	2,806,462	1.88%	0.56%
1972	2,814,388	2,821,644	1.85%	0.54%
1973	2,866,955	2,837,133	1.87%	0.55%
1974	2,920,459	2,853,944	1.87%	0.59%
1975	2,974,657	2,872,320	1.86%	0.64%
1976	3,028,820	2,891,392	1.82%	0.66%
1977	3,085,354	2,909,461	1.87%	0.62%
1978	3,145,517	2,925,715	1.95%	0.56%
1979	3,207,499	2,939,903	1.97%	0.48%
1980	3,272,089	2,951,953	2.01%	0.41%
1981	3,338,940	2,963,246	2.04%	0.38%
1982	3,408,183	2,975,492	2.07%	0.41%
1983	3,481,646	2,988,778	2.16%	0.45%
1984	3,558,758	3,002,488	2.21%	0.46%
1985	3,638,438	3,017,037	2.24%	0.48%
1986	3,728,380	3,032,845	2.47%	0.52%
1987	3,829,718	3,049,896	2.72%	0.56%
1988	3,934,517	3,067,961	2.74%	0.59%
1989	4,034,037	3,086,255	2.53%	0.6%
1990	4,196,828	3,104,403	4.04%	0.59%
1991	4,246,267	3,122,354	1.18%	0.58%
1992	4,166,366	3,139,702	-1.88%	0.56%
1993	4,157,130	3,156,345	-0.22%	0.53%
1994	4,173,105	3,172,834	0.38%	0.52%
1995	4,179,179	3,189,440	0.15%	0.52%
1996	4,199,210	3,206,324	0.48%	0.53%
1997	4,253,716	3,223,345	1.3%	0.53%
1998	4,295,785	3,239,280	0.99%	0.49%
1999	4,318,043	3,254,015	0.52%	0.45%
2000	4,423,611	3,266,206	2.44%	0.37%
2001	4,692,716	3,274,251	6.08%	0.25%
2002	4,971,435	3,278,867	5.94%	0.14%
2003	5,177,687	3,281,186	4.15%	0.07%
2004	5,355,717	3,283,148	3.44%	0.06%
2005	5,501,712	3,285,771	2.73%	0.08%
2006	5,624,466	3,289,506	2.23%	0.11%
2007	5,749,352	3,295,153	2.22%	0.17%
2008	5,894,722	3,302,177	2.53%	0.21%
2009	6,055,646	3,310,091	2.73%	0.24%
2010	6,222,714	3,318,580	2.76%	0.26%
2011	6,387,251	3,326,825	2.64%	0.25%
2012	6,551,080	3,335,401	2.56%	0.26%
2013	6,714,051	3,345,337	2.49%	0.3%
2014	6,876,385	3,356,334	2.42%	0.33%
2015	7,037,655	3,368,017	2.35%	0.35%
2016	7,205,328	3,379,283	2.38%	0.33%
2017	7,379,299	3,388,438	2.41%	0.27%
2018	7,554,563	3,394,534	2.38%	0.18%
2019	7,731,991	3,397,206	2.35%	0.08%
2020	7,912,558	3,398,968	2.34%	0.05%
2021	8,094,602	3,396,695	2.3%	-0.07%
2022	8,276,807	3,390,913	2.25%	-0.17%
2023	8,460,512	3,388,081	2.22%	-0.08%
2024	8,642,022	3,386,588	2.15%	-0.04%
2025	8,819,789	3,384,690	2.06%	-0.06%
2026	8,996,743	3,382,543	2.01%	-0.06%
2027	9,174,695	3,380,245	1.98%	-0.07%
2028	9,349,021	3,377,893	1.9%	-0.07%
2029	9,520,811	3,375,428	1.84%	-0.07%
2030	9,694,851	3,372,892	1.83%	-0.08%
2031	9,870,295	3,370,285	1.81%	-0.08%
2032	10,047,193	3,367,544	1.79%	-0.08%
2033	10,221,006	3,364,654	1.73%	-0.09%
2034	10,391,485	3,361,591	1.67%	-0.09%
2035	10,563,163	3,358,284	1.65%	-0.1%
2036	10,734,341	3,354,682	1.62%	-0.11%
2037	10,902,263	3,350,735	1.56%	-0.12%
2038	11,066,143	3,346,431	1.5%	-0.13%
2039	11,230,060	3,341,676	1.48%	-0.14%
2040	11,398,391	3,336,469	1.5%	-0.16%
2041	11,566,213	3,330,804	1.47%	-0.17%
2042	11,728,787	3,324,643	1.41%	-0.18%
2043	11,887,934	3,317,939	1.36%	-0.2%
2044	12,049,424	3,310,611	1.36%	-0.22%
2045	12,208,872	3,302,680	1.32%	-0.24%
2046	12,363,446	3,294,196	1.27%	-0.26%
2047	12,512,739	3,285,160	1.21%	-0.27%
2048	12,659,609	3,275,507	1.17%	-0.29%
2049	12,805,136	3,265,260	1.15%	-0.31%
2050	12,948,320	3,254,361	1.12%	-0.33%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sierra Leone gained 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2006 and is 102nd in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.