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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sierra Leone was 8,642,022 in 2024 vs 36,361,859 people in Uzbekistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sierra Leone's population is 8,961,932 people compared to 37,592,263 in Uzbekistan.

Population statistics:

  • Uzbekistan's population is 4.19 times bigger than Sierra Leone's.
  • Sierra Leone is ranked the 102nd most populous country in the world, while Uzbekistan is the 42nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.56% of the world: 0.11% for Sierra Leone vs 0.45% for Uzbekistan.
  • For the last 10 years, Sierra Leone has had an average growth rate of +2.32% per year vs +1.85% in Uzbekistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sierra Leone has increased from 5.5M people to 8.96M (62.9% growth), while Uzbekistan has grown from 26.4M to 37.6M (42.6% growth).
  • Sierra Leone is projected to reach its peak in 2092 at 16M people compared to the peak of 74.3M people in 2100 for Uzbekistan.

Sierra Leone vs Uzbekistan: live population counter

Sierra Leone Uzbekistan
Current population
8961932
37592263
Population rank 102/197 42/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.45%
One net population change
2.9 minutes
44.4 seconds
One birth every
2.03 minutes
33.4 seconds
One death every
7.5 minutes
2.38 minutes
One migration net change every
47.8 minutes
1.24 hours
Annual migration change -11,000 -7,066
Daily growth/decline +497 +1,944
Annual growth/decline +181,510 +709,552
Annual growth/decline rate +2.15% +1.99%
Population growth rate rank 49/197 54/197

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

Sierra Leone
Population

Growth rate
Uzbekistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sierra Leone Uzbekistan Sierra Leone Uzbekistan
1960 2,268,356 8,209,109 - -
1961 2,304,227 8,517,711 1.58% 3.76%
1962 2,342,242 8,854,368 1.65% 3.95%
1963 2,382,258 9,202,246 1.71% 3.93%
1964 2,424,390 9,557,611 1.77% 3.86%
1965 2,468,666 9,921,681 1.83% 3.81%
1966 2,514,638 10,289,294 1.86% 3.71%
1967 2,562,384 10,659,180 1.9% 3.59%
1968 2,611,532 11,032,155 1.92% 3.5%
1969 2,661,365 11,403,150 1.91% 3.36%
1970 2,712,286 11,762,638 1.91% 3.15%
1971 2,763,222 12,111,511 1.88% 2.97%
1972 2,814,388 12,465,106 1.85% 2.92%
1973 2,866,955 12,831,047 1.87% 2.94%
1974 2,920,459 13,209,011 1.87% 2.95%
1975 2,974,657 13,598,521 1.86% 2.95%
1976 3,028,820 13,998,620 1.82% 2.94%
1977 3,085,354 14,408,822 1.87% 2.93%
1978 3,145,517 14,816,349 1.95% 2.83%
1979 3,207,499 15,215,587 1.97% 2.69%
1980 3,272,089 15,619,936 2.01% 2.66%
1981 3,338,940 16,035,032 2.04% 2.66%
1982 3,408,183 16,462,736 2.07% 2.67%
1983 3,481,646 16,908,400 2.16% 2.71%
1984 3,558,758 17,378,846 2.21% 2.78%
1985 3,638,438 17,875,339 2.24% 2.86%
1986 3,728,380 18,395,621 2.47% 2.91%
1987 3,829,718 18,930,070 2.72% 2.91%
1988 3,934,517 19,460,630 2.74% 2.8%
1989 4,034,037 19,977,183 2.53% 2.65%
1990 4,196,828 20,464,956 4.04% 2.44%
1991 4,246,267 20,962,910 1.18% 2.43%
1992 4,166,366 21,485,090 -1.88% 2.49%
1993 4,157,130 21,987,955 -0.22% 2.34%
1994 4,173,105 22,463,291 0.38% 2.16%
1995 4,179,179 22,917,589 0.15% 2.02%
1996 4,199,210 23,351,981 0.48% 1.9%
1997 4,253,716 23,758,960 1.3% 1.74%
1998 4,295,785 24,134,929 0.99% 1.58%
1999 4,318,043 24,476,008 0.52% 1.41%
2000 4,423,611 24,787,054 2.44% 1.27%
2001 4,692,716 25,090,283 6.08% 1.22%
2002 4,971,435 25,399,980 5.94% 1.23%
2003 5,177,687 25,711,259 4.15% 1.23%
2004 5,355,717 26,029,350 3.44% 1.24%
2005 5,501,712 26,356,975 2.73% 1.26%
2006 5,624,466 26,699,043 2.23% 1.3%
2007 5,749,352 27,076,008 2.22% 1.41%
2008 5,894,722 27,494,774 2.53% 1.55%
2009 6,055,646 27,939,328 2.73% 1.62%
2010 6,222,714 28,385,506 2.76% 1.6%
2011 6,387,251 28,823,196 2.64% 1.54%
2012 6,551,080 29,261,903 2.56% 1.52%
2013 6,714,051 29,724,065 2.49% 1.58%
2014 6,876,385 30,222,994 2.42% 1.68%
2015 7,037,655 30,749,346 2.35% 1.74%
2016 7,205,328 31,284,568 2.38% 1.74%
2017 7,379,299 31,819,178 2.41% 1.71%
2018 7,554,563 32,373,490 2.38% 1.74%
2019 7,731,991 32,964,701 2.35% 1.83%
2020 7,912,558 33,586,372 2.34% 1.89%
2021 8,094,602 34,243,696 2.3% 1.96%
2022 8,276,807 34,938,955 2.25% 2.03%
2023 8,460,512 35,652,307 2.22% 2.04%
2024 8,642,022 36,361,859 2.15% 1.99%
2025 8,819,789 37,053,425 2.06% 1.9%
2026 8,996,743 37,724,224 2.01% 1.81%
2027 9,174,695 38,376,104 1.98% 1.73%
2028 9,349,021 39,010,995 1.9% 1.65%
2029 9,520,811 39,634,353 1.84% 1.6%
2030 9,694,851 40,248,246 1.83% 1.55%
2031 9,870,295 40,850,310 1.81% 1.5%
2032 10,047,193 41,442,243 1.79% 1.45%
2033 10,221,006 42,026,366 1.73% 1.41%
2034 10,391,485 42,603,253 1.67% 1.37%
2035 10,563,163 43,175,104 1.65% 1.34%
2036 10,734,341 43,744,382 1.62% 1.32%
2037 10,902,263 44,313,638 1.56% 1.3%
2038 11,066,143 44,885,866 1.5% 1.29%
2039 11,230,060 45,461,988 1.48% 1.28%
2040 11,398,391 46,044,151 1.5% 1.28%
2041 11,566,213 46,636,742 1.47% 1.29%
2042 11,728,787 47,240,035 1.41% 1.29%
2043 11,887,934 47,851,671 1.36% 1.29%
2044 12,049,424 48,470,624 1.36% 1.29%
2045 12,208,872 49,096,060 1.32% 1.29%
2046 12,363,446 49,724,395 1.27% 1.28%
2047 12,512,739 50,351,710 1.21% 1.26%
2048 12,659,609 50,975,927 1.17% 1.24%
2049 12,805,136 51,596,108 1.15% 1.22%
2050 12,948,320 52,210,749 1.12% 1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.

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