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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Vanuatu	Sierra Leone	Vanuatu
1960	2,268,356	64,431	-	-
1961	2,304,227	66,264	1.58%	2.84%
1962	2,342,242	68,174	1.65%	2.88%
1963	2,382,258	70,159	1.71%	2.91%
1964	2,424,390	72,219	1.77%	2.94%
1965	2,468,666	74,358	1.83%	2.96%
1966	2,514,638	76,590	1.86%	3%
1967	2,562,384	78,921	1.9%	3.04%
1968	2,611,532	81,314	1.92%	3.03%
1969	2,661,365	83,755	1.91%	3%
1970	2,712,286	86,266	1.91%	3%
1971	2,763,222	88,862	1.88%	3.01%
1972	2,814,388	91,562	1.85%	3.04%
1973	2,866,955	94,362	1.87%	3.06%
1974	2,920,459	97,260	1.87%	3.07%
1975	2,974,657	100,269	1.86%	3.09%
1976	3,028,820	103,388	1.82%	3.11%
1977	3,085,354	106,618	1.87%	3.12%
1978	3,145,517	109,963	1.95%	3.14%
1979	3,207,499	113,040	1.97%	2.8%
1980	3,272,089	115,660	2.01%	2.32%
1981	3,338,940	118,249	2.04%	2.24%
1982	3,408,183	121,035	2.07%	2.36%
1983	3,481,646	123,998	2.16%	2.45%
1984	3,558,758	127,109	2.21%	2.51%
1985	3,638,438	130,356	2.24%	2.55%
1986	3,728,380	133,720	2.47%	2.58%
1987	3,829,718	137,187	2.72%	2.59%
1988	3,934,517	140,756	2.74%	2.6%
1989	4,034,037	144,393	2.53%	2.58%
1990	4,196,828	148,063	4.04%	2.54%
1991	4,246,267	151,793	1.18%	2.52%
1992	4,166,366	155,608	-1.88%	2.51%
1993	4,157,130	159,463	-0.22%	2.48%
1994	4,173,105	163,314	0.38%	2.41%
1995	4,179,179	167,137	0.15%	2.34%
1996	4,199,210	170,911	0.48%	2.26%
1997	4,253,716	174,626	1.3%	2.17%
1998	4,295,785	178,313	0.99%	2.11%
1999	4,318,043	182,048	0.52%	2.09%
2000	4,423,611	186,281	2.44%	2.33%
2001	4,692,716	191,031	6.08%	2.55%
2002	4,971,435	195,863	5.94%	2.53%
2003	5,177,687	200,746	4.15%	2.49%
2004	5,355,717	205,711	3.44%	2.47%
2005	5,501,712	210,760	2.73%	2.45%
2006	5,624,466	215,923	2.23%	2.45%
2007	5,749,352	221,276	2.22%	2.48%
2008	5,894,722	226,896	2.53%	2.54%
2009	6,055,646	232,731	2.73%	2.57%
2010	6,222,714	238,248	2.76%	2.37%
2011	6,387,251	243,474	2.64%	2.19%
2012	6,551,080	248,883	2.56%	2.22%
2013	6,714,051	254,482	2.49%	2.25%
2014	6,876,385	260,240	2.42%	2.26%
2015	7,037,655	266,101	2.35%	2.25%
2016	7,205,328	272,087	2.38%	2.25%
2017	7,379,299	278,507	2.41%	2.36%
2018	7,554,563	285,259	2.38%	2.42%
2019	7,731,991	291,985	2.35%	2.36%
2020	7,912,558	298,858	2.34%	2.35%
2021	8,094,602	305,868	2.3%	2.35%
2022	8,276,807	313,046	2.25%	2.35%
2023	8,460,512	320,409	2.22%	2.35%
2024	8,642,022	327,777	2.15%	2.3%
2025	8,819,789	335,169	2.06%	2.26%
2026	8,996,743	342,565	2.01%	2.21%
2027	9,174,695	349,970	1.98%	2.16%
2028	9,349,021	357,397	1.9%	2.12%
2029	9,520,811	364,883	1.84%	2.09%
2030	9,694,851	372,429	1.83%	2.07%
2031	9,870,295	380,015	1.81%	2.04%
2032	10,047,193	387,657	1.79%	2.01%
2033	10,221,006	395,366	1.73%	1.99%
2034	10,391,485	403,188	1.67%	1.98%
2035	10,563,163	411,061	1.65%	1.95%
2036	10,734,341	419,006	1.62%	1.93%
2037	10,902,263	427,031	1.56%	1.92%
2038	11,066,143	435,150	1.5%	1.9%
2039	11,230,060	443,311	1.48%	1.88%
2040	11,398,391	451,509	1.5%	1.85%
2041	11,566,213	459,733	1.47%	1.82%
2042	11,728,787	468,003	1.41%	1.8%
2043	11,887,934	476,308	1.36%	1.77%
2044	12,049,424	484,636	1.36%	1.75%
2045	12,208,872	492,989	1.32%	1.72%
2046	12,363,446	501,316	1.27%	1.69%
2047	12,512,739	509,621	1.21%	1.66%
2048	12,659,609	517,889	1.17%	1.62%
2049	12,805,136	526,138	1.15%	1.59%
2050	12,948,320	534,374	1.12%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.