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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Vietnam	Sierra Leone	Vietnam
1960	2,268,356	32,531,933	-	-
1961	2,304,227	33,409,059	1.58%	2.7%
1962	2,342,242	34,288,560	1.65%	2.63%
1963	2,382,258	35,249,101	1.71%	2.8%
1964	2,424,390	36,201,563	1.77%	2.7%
1965	2,468,666	37,129,656	1.83%	2.56%
1966	2,514,638	38,024,836	1.86%	2.41%
1967	2,562,384	38,895,080	1.9%	2.29%
1968	2,611,532	39,734,609	1.92%	2.16%
1969	2,661,365	40,582,096	1.91%	2.13%
1970	2,712,286	41,475,230	1.91%	2.2%
1971	2,763,222	42,449,276	1.88%	2.35%
1972	2,814,388	43,429,168	1.85%	2.31%
1973	2,866,955	44,409,861	1.87%	2.26%
1974	2,920,459	45,413,537	1.87%	2.26%
1975	2,974,657	46,482,903	1.86%	2.35%
1976	3,028,820	47,684,931	1.82%	2.59%
1977	3,085,354	48,954,872	1.87%	2.66%
1978	3,145,517	50,249,552	1.95%	2.64%
1979	3,207,499	51,378,211	1.97%	2.25%
1980	3,272,089	52,490,101	2.01%	2.16%
1981	3,338,940	53,738,141	2.04%	2.38%
1982	3,408,183	55,011,289	2.07%	2.37%
1983	3,481,646	56,337,921	2.16%	2.41%
1984	3,558,758	57,706,067	2.21%	2.43%
1985	3,638,438	59,060,622	2.24%	2.35%
1986	3,728,380	60,347,048	2.47%	2.18%
1987	3,829,718	61,584,651	2.72%	2.05%
1988	3,934,517	62,843,228	2.74%	2.04%
1989	4,034,037	64,147,348	2.53%	2.08%
1990	4,196,828	65,504,552	4.04%	2.12%
1991	4,246,267	66,891,775	1.18%	2.12%
1992	4,166,366	68,260,337	-1.88%	2.05%
1993	4,157,130	69,586,384	-0.22%	1.94%
1994	4,173,105	70,854,391	0.38%	1.82%
1995	4,179,179	72,049,940	0.15%	1.69%
1996	4,199,210	73,156,447	0.48%	1.54%
1997	4,253,716	74,226,889	1.3%	1.46%
1998	4,295,785	75,299,660	0.99%	1.45%
1999	4,318,043	76,287,452	0.52%	1.31%
2000	4,423,611	77,154,011	2.44%	1.14%
2001	4,692,716	77,969,361	6.08%	1.06%
2002	4,971,435	78,772,224	5.94%	1.03%
2003	5,177,687	79,563,777	4.15%	1%
2004	5,355,717	80,338,971	3.44%	0.97%
2005	5,501,712	81,088,313	2.73%	0.93%
2006	5,624,466	82,167,897	2.23%	1.33%
2007	5,749,352	83,633,375	2.22%	1.78%
2008	5,894,722	85,175,788	2.53%	1.84%
2009	6,055,646	86,460,018	2.73%	1.51%
2010	6,222,714	87,455,152	2.76%	1.15%
2011	6,387,251	88,468,314	2.64%	1.16%
2012	6,551,080	89,510,356	2.56%	1.18%
2013	6,714,051	90,573,104	2.49%	1.19%
2014	6,876,385	91,679,578	2.42%	1.22%
2015	7,037,655	92,823,254	2.35%	1.25%
2016	7,205,328	94,000,117	2.38%	1.27%
2017	7,379,299	95,176,977	2.41%	1.25%
2018	7,554,563	96,237,319	2.38%	1.11%
2019	7,731,991	97,173,776	2.35%	0.97%
2020	7,912,558	98,079,191	2.34%	0.93%
2021	8,094,602	98,935,098	2.3%	0.87%
2022	8,276,807	99,680,655	2.25%	0.75%
2023	8,460,512	100,352,192	2.22%	0.67%
2024	8,642,022	100,987,686	2.15%	0.63%
2025	8,819,789	101,598,531	2.06%	0.6%
2026	8,996,743	102,177,434	2.01%	0.57%
2027	9,174,695	102,727,392	1.98%	0.54%
2028	9,349,021	103,255,746	1.9%	0.51%
2029	9,520,811	103,761,151	1.84%	0.49%
2030	9,694,851	104,254,900	1.83%	0.48%
2031	9,870,295	104,737,913	1.81%	0.46%
2032	10,047,193	105,204,401	1.79%	0.45%
2033	10,221,006	105,656,307	1.73%	0.43%
2034	10,391,485	106,097,515	1.67%	0.42%
2035	10,563,163	106,530,671	1.65%	0.41%
2036	10,734,341	106,945,842	1.62%	0.39%
2037	10,902,263	107,346,046	1.56%	0.37%
2038	11,066,143	107,732,019	1.5%	0.36%
2039	11,230,060	108,097,653	1.48%	0.34%
2040	11,398,391	108,437,634	1.5%	0.31%
2041	11,566,213	108,752,199	1.47%	0.29%
2042	11,728,787	109,040,314	1.41%	0.26%
2043	11,887,934	109,292,559	1.36%	0.23%
2044	12,049,424	109,506,274	1.36%	0.2%
2045	12,208,872	109,685,396	1.32%	0.16%
2046	12,363,446	109,827,664	1.27%	0.13%
2047	12,512,739	109,930,243	1.21%	0.09%
2048	12,659,609	109,994,024	1.17%	0.06%
2049	12,805,136	110,018,017	1.15%	0.02%
2050	12,948,320	110,008,910	1.12%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.