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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Venezuela	Sierra Leone	Venezuela
1960	2,268,356	8,160,090	-	-
1961	2,304,227	8,455,915	1.58%	3.63%
1962	2,342,242	8,756,870	1.65%	3.56%
1963	2,382,258	9,064,021	1.71%	3.51%
1964	2,424,390	9,377,712	1.77%	3.46%
1965	2,468,666	9,697,790	1.83%	3.41%
1966	2,514,638	10,024,854	1.86%	3.37%
1967	2,562,384	10,358,513	1.9%	3.33%
1968	2,611,532	10,697,530	1.92%	3.27%
1969	2,661,365	11,040,280	1.91%	3.2%
1970	2,712,286	11,387,790	1.91%	3.15%
1971	2,763,222	11,741,008	1.88%	3.1%
1972	2,814,388	12,099,180	1.85%	3.05%
1973	2,866,955	12,463,537	1.87%	3.01%
1974	2,920,459	12,835,351	1.87%	2.98%
1975	2,974,657	13,215,892	1.86%	2.96%
1976	3,028,820	13,606,284	1.82%	2.95%
1977	3,085,354	14,006,812	1.87%	2.94%
1978	3,145,517	14,416,684	1.95%	2.93%
1979	3,207,499	14,834,552	1.97%	2.9%
1980	3,272,089	15,258,218	2.01%	2.86%
1981	3,338,940	15,687,297	2.04%	2.81%
1982	3,408,183	16,121,874	2.07%	2.77%
1983	3,481,646	16,562,205	2.16%	2.73%
1984	3,558,758	17,008,841	2.21%	2.7%
1985	3,638,438	17,461,434	2.24%	2.66%
1986	3,728,380	17,923,536	2.47%	2.65%
1987	3,829,718	18,394,963	2.72%	2.63%
1988	3,934,517	18,871,020	2.74%	2.59%
1989	4,034,037	19,348,921	2.53%	2.53%
1990	4,196,828	19,827,010	4.04%	2.47%
1991	4,246,267	20,304,896	1.18%	2.41%
1992	4,166,366	20,780,948	-1.88%	2.34%
1993	4,157,130	21,254,520	-0.22%	2.28%
1994	4,173,105	21,725,188	0.38%	2.21%
1995	4,179,179	22,193,821	0.15%	2.16%
1996	4,199,210	22,662,113	0.48%	2.11%
1997	4,253,716	23,131,685	1.3%	2.07%
1998	4,295,785	23,601,337	0.99%	2.03%
1999	4,318,043	24,066,593	0.52%	1.97%
2000	4,423,611	24,526,708	2.44%	1.91%
2001	4,692,716	24,979,922	6.08%	1.85%
2002	4,971,435	25,435,671	5.94%	1.82%
2003	5,177,687	25,892,703	4.15%	1.8%
2004	5,355,717	26,340,838	3.44%	1.73%
2005	5,501,712	26,785,804	2.73%	1.69%
2006	5,624,466	27,224,686	2.23%	1.64%
2007	5,749,352	27,649,363	2.22%	1.56%
2008	5,894,722	28,053,696	2.53%	1.46%
2009	6,055,646	28,438,298	2.73%	1.37%
2010	6,222,714	28,813,101	2.76%	1.32%
2011	6,387,251	29,185,212	2.64%	1.29%
2012	6,551,080	29,553,826	2.56%	1.26%
2013	6,714,051	29,912,198	2.49%	1.21%
2014	6,876,385	30,254,079	2.42%	1.14%
2015	7,037,655	30,573,972	2.35%	1.06%
2016	7,205,328	30,765,720	2.38%	0.63%
2017	7,379,299	30,565,323	2.41%	-0.65%
2018	7,554,563	29,807,592	2.38%	-2.48%
2019	7,731,991	28,938,098	2.35%	-2.92%
2020	7,912,558	28,444,077	2.34%	-1.71%
2021	8,094,602	28,237,826	2.3%	-0.73%
2022	8,276,807	28,213,017	2.25%	-0.09%
2023	8,460,512	28,300,854	2.22%	0.31%
2024	8,642,022	28,405,543	2.15%	0.37%
2025	8,819,789	28,516,898	2.06%	0.39%
2026	8,996,743	28,633,718	2.01%	0.41%
2027	9,174,695	28,758,565	1.98%	0.44%
2028	9,349,021	28,885,166	1.9%	0.44%
2029	9,520,811	29,014,444	1.84%	0.45%
2030	9,694,851	29,151,809	1.83%	0.47%
2031	9,870,295	29,295,744	1.81%	0.49%
2032	10,047,193	29,442,534	1.79%	0.5%
2033	10,221,006	29,587,099	1.73%	0.49%
2034	10,391,485	29,735,159	1.67%	0.5%
2035	10,563,163	29,883,329	1.65%	0.5%
2036	10,734,341	30,020,167	1.62%	0.46%
2037	10,902,263	30,146,546	1.56%	0.42%
2038	11,066,143	30,268,328	1.5%	0.4%
2039	11,230,060	30,386,284	1.48%	0.39%
2040	11,398,391	30,495,445	1.5%	0.36%
2041	11,566,213	30,590,207	1.47%	0.31%
2042	11,728,787	30,674,532	1.41%	0.28%
2043	11,887,934	30,749,671	1.36%	0.24%
2044	12,049,424	30,813,805	1.36%	0.21%
2045	12,208,872	30,871,490	1.32%	0.19%
2046	12,363,446	30,923,463	1.27%	0.17%
2047	12,512,739	30,974,366	1.21%	0.16%
2048	12,659,609	31,021,600	1.17%	0.15%
2049	12,805,136	31,059,954	1.15%	0.12%
2050	12,948,320	31,094,884	1.12%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.