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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Vatican	Sierra Leone	Vatican
1960	2,268,356	-	-	-
1961	2,304,227	-	1.58%	-
1962	2,342,242	-	1.65%	-
1963	2,382,258	-	1.71%	-
1964	2,424,390	-	1.77%	-
1965	2,468,666	-	1.83%	-
1966	2,514,638	-	1.86%	-
1967	2,562,384	-	1.9%	-
1968	2,611,532	-	1.92%	-
1969	2,661,365	-	1.91%	-
1970	2,712,286	-	1.91%	-
1971	2,763,222	-	1.88%	-
1972	2,814,388	-	1.85%	-
1973	2,866,955	-	1.87%	-
1974	2,920,459	-	1.87%	-
1975	2,974,657	-	1.86%	-
1976	3,028,820	-	1.82%	-
1977	3,085,354	-	1.87%	-
1978	3,145,517	-	1.95%	-
1979	3,207,499	-	1.97%	-
1980	3,272,089	-	2.01%	-
1981	3,338,940	-	2.04%	-
1982	3,408,183	-	2.07%	-
1983	3,481,646	-	2.16%	-
1984	3,558,758	-	2.21%	-
1985	3,638,438	-	2.24%	-
1986	3,728,380	-	2.47%	-
1987	3,829,718	-	2.72%	-
1988	3,934,517	-	2.74%	-
1989	4,034,037	-	2.53%	-
1990	4,196,828	-	4.04%	-
1991	4,246,267	-	1.18%	-
1992	4,166,366	-	-1.88%	-
1993	4,157,130	-	-0.22%	-
1994	4,173,105	-	0.38%	-
1995	4,179,179	-	0.15%	-
1996	4,199,210	-	0.48%	-
1997	4,253,716	-	1.3%	-
1998	4,295,785	-	0.99%	-
1999	4,318,043	-	0.52%	-
2000	4,423,611	880	2.44%	-
2001	4,692,716	890	6.08%	1.14%
2002	4,971,435	900	5.94%	1.12%
2003	5,177,687	911	4.15%	1.22%
2004	5,355,717	921	3.44%	1.1%
2005	5,501,712	921	2.73%	0%
2006	5,624,466	932	2.23%	1.19%
2007	5,749,352	821	2.22%	-11.9%
2008	5,894,722	824	2.53%	0.37%
2009	6,055,646	826	2.73%	0.24%
2010	6,222,714	829	2.76%	0.36%
2011	6,387,251	832	2.64%	0.36%
2012	6,551,080	836	2.56%	0.48%
2013	6,714,051	839	2.49%	0.36%
2014	6,876,385	842	2.42%	0.36%
2015	7,037,655	1,000	2.35%	18.8%
2016	7,205,328	-	2.38%	0%
2017	7,379,299	1,000	2.41%	0%
2018	7,554,563	-	2.38%	0%
2019	7,731,991	1,000	2.35%	0%
2020	7,912,558	987	2.34%	-1.29%
2021	8,094,602	970	2.3%	-1.68%
2022	8,276,807	944	2.25%	-2.66%
2023	8,460,512	922	2.22%	-2.34%
2024	8,642,022	933	2.15%	1.2%
2025	8,819,789	939	2.06%	0.59%
2026	8,996,743	952	2.01%	1.37%
2027	9,174,695	974	1.98%	2.32%
2028	9,349,021	985	1.9%	1.13%
2029	9,520,811	983	1.84%	-0.19%
2030	9,694,851	976	1.83%	-0.75%
2031	9,870,295	968	1.81%	-0.75%
2032	10,047,193	968	1.79%	0%
2033	10,221,006	988	1.73%	2.09%
2034	10,391,485	992	1.67%	0.37%
2035	10,563,163	1,000	1.65%	0.74%
2036	10,734,341	998	1.62%	-0.18%
2037	10,902,263	1,003	1.56%	0.55%
2038	11,066,143	1,022	1.5%	1.83%
2039	11,230,060	1,060	1.48%	3.78%
2040	11,398,391	1,095	1.5%	3.3%
2041	11,566,213	1,127	1.47%	2.86%
2042	11,728,787	1,149	1.41%	1.96%
2043	11,887,934	1,169	1.36%	1.76%
2044	12,049,424	1,186	1.36%	1.42%
2045	12,208,872	1,209	1.32%	2.02%
2046	12,363,446	1,224	1.27%	1.22%
2047	12,512,739	1,248	1.21%	1.95%
2048	12,659,609	1,272	1.17%	1.92%
2049	12,805,136	1,296	1.15%	1.88%
2050	12,948,320	1,325	1.12%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.