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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Yemen	Sierra Leone	Yemen
1960	2,268,356	5,532,301	-	-
1961	2,304,227	5,655,232	1.58%	2.22%
1962	2,342,242	5,782,221	1.65%	2.25%
1963	2,382,258	5,911,135	1.71%	2.23%
1964	2,424,390	6,048,006	1.77%	2.32%
1965	2,468,666	6,195,593	1.83%	2.44%
1966	2,514,638	6,351,494	1.86%	2.52%
1967	2,562,384	6,516,444	1.9%	2.6%
1968	2,611,532	6,690,524	1.92%	2.67%
1969	2,661,365	6,875,859	1.91%	2.77%
1970	2,712,286	7,065,279	1.91%	2.75%
1971	2,763,222	7,257,462	1.88%	2.72%
1972	2,814,388	7,460,068	1.85%	2.79%
1973	2,866,955	7,672,796	1.87%	2.85%
1974	2,920,459	7,896,783	1.87%	2.92%
1975	2,974,657	8,133,598	1.86%	3%
1976	3,028,820	8,384,113	1.82%	3.08%
1977	3,085,354	8,648,222	1.87%	3.15%
1978	3,145,517	8,926,586	1.95%	3.22%
1979	3,207,499	9,224,194	1.97%	3.33%
1980	3,272,089	9,543,358	2.01%	3.46%
1981	3,338,940	9,882,362	2.04%	3.55%
1982	3,408,183	10,241,006	2.07%	3.63%
1983	3,481,646	10,621,499	2.16%	3.72%
1984	3,558,758	11,025,597	2.21%	3.8%
1985	3,638,438	11,453,825	2.24%	3.88%
1986	3,728,380	11,901,040	2.47%	3.9%
1987	3,829,718	12,369,912	2.72%	3.94%
1988	3,934,517	12,859,708	2.74%	3.96%
1989	4,034,037	13,364,174	2.53%	3.92%
1990	4,196,828	13,887,862	4.04%	3.92%
1991	4,246,267	14,430,201	1.18%	3.91%
1992	4,166,366	14,989,494	-1.88%	3.88%
1993	4,157,130	15,563,914	-0.22%	3.83%
1994	4,173,105	16,149,147	0.38%	3.76%
1995	4,179,179	16,740,058	0.15%	3.66%
1996	4,199,210	17,313,177	0.48%	3.42%
1997	4,253,716	17,873,936	1.3%	3.24%
1998	4,295,785	18,446,013	0.99%	3.2%
1999	4,318,043	19,029,420	0.52%	3.16%
2000	4,423,611	19,624,141	2.44%	3.13%
2001	4,692,716	20,226,147	6.08%	3.07%
2002	4,971,435	20,835,086	5.94%	3.01%
2003	5,177,687	21,456,379	4.15%	2.98%
2004	5,355,717	22,095,167	3.44%	2.98%
2005	5,501,712	22,790,085	2.73%	3.15%
2006	5,624,466	23,543,083	2.23%	3.3%
2007	5,749,352	24,318,082	2.22%	3.29%
2008	5,894,722	25,111,941	2.53%	3.26%
2009	6,055,646	25,927,724	2.73%	3.25%
2010	6,222,714	26,754,387	2.76%	3.19%
2011	6,387,251	27,582,897	2.64%	3.1%
2012	6,551,080	28,433,647	2.56%	3.08%
2013	6,714,051	29,312,952	2.49%	3.09%
2014	6,876,385	30,226,309	2.42%	3.12%
2015	7,037,655	31,159,379	2.35%	3.09%
2016	7,205,328	32,109,010	2.38%	3.05%
2017	7,379,299	33,090,921	2.41%	3.06%
2018	7,554,563	34,085,182	2.38%	3%
2019	7,731,991	35,111,408	2.35%	3.01%
2020	7,912,558	36,134,863	2.34%	2.91%
2021	8,094,602	37,140,230	2.3%	2.78%
2022	8,276,807	38,222,876	2.25%	2.92%
2023	8,460,512	39,390,799	2.22%	3.06%
2024	8,642,022	40,583,164	2.15%	3.03%
2025	8,819,789	41,773,871	2.06%	2.93%
2026	8,996,743	42,961,650	2.01%	2.84%
2027	9,174,695	44,145,620	1.98%	2.76%
2028	9,349,021	45,323,685	1.9%	2.67%
2029	9,520,811	46,497,573	1.84%	2.59%
2030	9,694,851	47,667,649	1.83%	2.52%
2031	9,870,295	48,827,503	1.81%	2.43%
2032	10,047,193	49,979,089	1.79%	2.36%
2033	10,221,006	51,129,867	1.73%	2.3%
2034	10,391,485	52,279,989	1.67%	2.25%
2035	10,563,163	53,429,308	1.65%	2.2%
2036	10,734,341	54,578,046	1.62%	2.15%
2037	10,902,263	55,724,259	1.56%	2.1%
2038	11,066,143	56,872,152	1.5%	2.06%
2039	11,230,060	58,024,713	1.48%	2.03%
2040	11,398,391	59,181,514	1.5%	1.99%
2041	11,566,213	60,345,667	1.47%	1.97%
2042	11,728,787	61,517,965	1.41%	1.94%
2043	11,887,934	62,696,517	1.36%	1.92%
2044	12,049,424	63,880,172	1.36%	1.89%
2045	12,208,872	65,066,344	1.32%	1.86%
2046	12,363,446	66,253,578	1.27%	1.82%
2047	12,512,739	67,438,796	1.21%	1.79%
2048	12,659,609	68,620,844	1.17%	1.75%
2049	12,805,136	69,799,794	1.15%	1.72%
2050	12,948,320	70,976,389	1.12%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.