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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Zambia	Sierra Leone	Zambia
1960	2,268,356	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,304,227	3,254,086	1.58%	3.18%
1962	2,342,242	3,358,099	1.65%	3.2%
1963	2,382,258	3,465,907	1.71%	3.21%
1964	2,424,390	3,577,017	1.77%	3.21%
1965	2,468,666	3,692,086	1.83%	3.22%
1966	2,514,638	3,812,003	1.86%	3.25%
1967	2,562,384	3,936,343	1.9%	3.26%
1968	2,611,532	4,065,593	1.92%	3.28%
1969	2,661,365	4,197,116	1.91%	3.24%
1970	2,712,286	4,321,718	1.91%	2.97%
1971	2,763,222	4,442,525	1.88%	2.8%
1972	2,814,388	4,569,309	1.85%	2.85%
1973	2,866,955	4,702,693	1.87%	2.92%
1974	2,920,459	4,842,746	1.87%	2.98%
1975	2,974,657	4,990,086	1.86%	3.04%
1976	3,028,820	5,143,842	1.82%	3.08%
1977	3,085,354	5,302,480	1.87%	3.08%
1978	3,145,517	5,465,374	1.95%	3.07%
1979	3,207,499	5,631,728	1.97%	3.04%
1980	3,272,089	5,802,833	2.01%	3.04%
1981	3,338,940	5,983,289	2.04%	3.11%
1982	3,408,183	6,178,637	2.07%	3.26%
1983	3,481,646	6,381,038	2.16%	3.28%
1984	3,558,758	6,580,490	2.21%	3.13%
1985	3,638,438	6,780,953	2.24%	3.05%
1986	3,728,380	6,986,471	2.47%	3.03%
1987	3,829,718	7,191,282	2.72%	2.93%
1988	3,934,517	7,391,440	2.74%	2.78%
1989	4,034,037	7,589,216	2.53%	2.68%
1990	4,196,828	7,786,169	4.04%	2.6%
1991	4,246,267	7,981,650	1.18%	2.51%
1992	4,166,366	8,176,680	-1.88%	2.44%
1993	4,157,130	8,373,921	-0.22%	2.41%
1994	4,173,105	8,576,269	0.38%	2.42%
1995	4,179,179	8,785,763	0.15%	2.44%
1996	4,199,210	9,004,053	0.48%	2.48%
1997	4,253,716	9,237,063	1.3%	2.59%
1998	4,295,785	9,482,408	0.99%	2.66%
1999	4,318,043	9,740,005	0.52%	2.72%
2000	4,423,611	10,017,631	2.44%	2.85%
2001	4,692,716	10,325,185	6.08%	3.07%
2002	4,971,435	10,647,949	5.94%	3.13%
2003	5,177,687	10,983,595	4.15%	3.15%
2004	5,355,717	11,338,198	3.44%	3.23%
2005	5,501,712	11,718,819	2.73%	3.36%
2006	5,624,466	12,129,553	2.23%	3.5%
2007	5,749,352	12,565,085	2.22%	3.59%
2008	5,894,722	13,021,324	2.53%	3.63%
2009	6,055,646	13,490,389	2.73%	3.6%
2010	6,222,714	13,965,594	2.76%	3.52%
2011	6,387,251	14,437,796	2.64%	3.38%
2012	6,551,080	14,913,629	2.56%	3.3%
2013	6,714,051	15,398,997	2.49%	3.25%
2014	6,876,385	15,895,315	2.42%	3.22%
2015	7,037,655	16,399,089	2.35%	3.17%
2016	7,205,328	16,914,423	2.38%	3.14%
2017	7,379,299	17,441,320	2.41%	3.12%
2018	7,554,563	17,973,569	2.38%	3.05%
2019	7,731,991	18,513,839	2.35%	3.01%
2020	7,912,558	19,059,395	2.34%	2.95%
2021	8,094,602	19,603,607	2.3%	2.86%
2022	8,276,807	20,152,938	2.25%	2.8%
2023	8,460,512	20,723,965	2.22%	2.83%
2024	8,642,022	21,314,956	2.15%	2.85%
2025	8,819,789	21,913,869	2.06%	2.81%
2026	8,996,743	22,521,905	2.01%	2.77%
2027	9,174,695	23,138,716	1.98%	2.74%
2028	9,349,021	23,761,368	1.9%	2.69%
2029	9,520,811	24,389,681	1.84%	2.64%
2030	9,694,851	25,024,887	1.83%	2.6%
2031	9,870,295	25,666,496	1.81%	2.56%
2032	10,047,193	26,311,946	1.79%	2.51%
2033	10,221,006	26,960,073	1.73%	2.46%
2034	10,391,485	27,611,621	1.67%	2.42%
2035	10,563,163	28,266,887	1.65%	2.37%
2036	10,734,341	28,925,103	1.62%	2.33%
2037	10,902,263	29,583,482	1.56%	2.28%
2038	11,066,143	30,240,549	1.5%	2.22%
2039	11,230,060	30,895,586	1.48%	2.17%
2040	11,398,391	31,550,394	1.5%	2.12%
2041	11,566,213	32,204,340	1.47%	2.07%
2042	11,728,787	32,856,596	1.41%	2.03%
2043	11,887,934	33,510,500	1.36%	1.99%
2044	12,049,424	34,165,920	1.36%	1.96%
2045	12,208,872	34,821,101	1.32%	1.92%
2046	12,363,446	35,475,795	1.27%	1.88%
2047	12,512,739	36,129,270	1.21%	1.84%
2048	12,659,609	36,782,260	1.17%	1.81%
2049	12,805,136	37,434,667	1.15%	1.77%
2050	12,948,320	38,083,369	1.12%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.