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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
1960	2,268,356	3,809,389	-	-
1961	2,304,227	3,930,401	1.58%	3.18%
1962	2,342,242	4,055,959	1.65%	3.19%
1963	2,382,258	4,185,877	1.71%	3.2%
1964	2,424,390	4,320,006	1.77%	3.2%
1965	2,468,666	4,458,462	1.83%	3.2%
1966	2,514,638	4,601,217	1.86%	3.2%
1967	2,562,384	4,748,307	1.9%	3.2%
1968	2,611,532	4,900,440	1.92%	3.2%
1969	2,661,365	5,058,181	1.91%	3.22%
1970	2,712,286	5,215,918	1.91%	3.12%
1971	2,763,222	5,374,712	1.88%	3.04%
1972	2,814,388	5,542,445	1.85%	3.12%
1973	2,866,955	5,720,404	1.87%	3.21%
1974	2,920,459	5,908,328	1.87%	3.29%
1975	2,974,657	6,098,658	1.86%	3.22%
1976	3,028,820	6,287,105	1.82%	3.09%
1977	3,085,354	6,449,512	1.87%	2.58%
1978	3,145,517	6,543,575	1.95%	1.46%
1979	3,207,499	6,647,556	1.97%	1.59%
1980	3,272,089	7,041,303	2.01%	5.92%
1981	3,338,940	7,498,635	2.04%	6.49%
1982	3,408,183	7,796,496	2.07%	3.97%
1983	3,481,646	8,098,404	2.16%	3.87%
1984	3,558,758	8,391,488	2.21%	3.62%
1985	3,638,438	8,686,813	2.24%	3.52%
1986	3,728,380	8,982,578	2.47%	3.4%
1987	3,829,718	9,284,644	2.72%	3.36%
1988	3,934,517	9,583,094	2.74%	3.21%
1989	4,034,037	9,864,798	2.53%	2.94%
1990	4,196,828	10,137,281	4.04%	2.76%
1991	4,246,267	10,404,816	1.18%	2.64%
1992	4,166,366	10,702,700	-1.88%	2.86%
1993	4,157,130	10,860,288	-0.22%	1.47%
1994	4,173,105	10,873,148	0.38%	0.12%
1995	4,179,179	10,974,599	0.15%	0.93%
1996	4,199,210	11,158,360	0.48%	1.67%
1997	4,253,716	11,369,827	1.3%	1.9%
1998	4,295,785	11,594,297	0.99%	1.97%
1999	4,318,043	11,783,458	0.52%	1.63%
2000	4,423,611	11,892,055	2.44%	0.92%
2001	4,692,716	11,971,901	6.08%	0.67%
2002	4,971,435	12,087,653	5.94%	0.97%
2003	5,177,687	12,232,323	4.15%	1.2%
2004	5,355,717	12,365,896	3.44%	1.09%
2005	5,501,712	12,483,432	2.73%	0.95%
2006	5,624,466	12,636,445	2.23%	1.23%
2007	5,749,352	12,804,058	2.22%	1.33%
2008	5,894,722	12,959,149	2.53%	1.21%
2009	6,055,646	13,142,790	2.73%	1.42%
2010	6,222,714	13,356,548	2.76%	1.63%
2011	6,387,251	13,595,424	2.64%	1.79%
2012	6,551,080	13,817,887	2.56%	1.64%
2013	6,714,051	14,013,808	2.49%	1.42%
2014	6,876,385	14,207,359	2.42%	1.38%
2015	7,037,655	14,399,013	2.35%	1.35%
2016	7,205,328	14,600,294	2.38%	1.4%
2017	7,379,299	14,812,482	2.41%	1.45%
2018	7,554,563	15,034,452	2.38%	1.5%
2019	7,731,991	15,271,368	2.35%	1.58%
2020	7,912,558	15,526,888	2.34%	1.67%
2021	8,094,602	15,797,210	2.3%	1.74%
2022	8,276,807	16,069,056	2.25%	1.72%
2023	8,460,512	16,340,822	2.22%	1.69%
2024	8,642,022	16,634,373	2.15%	1.8%
2025	8,819,789	16,950,805	2.06%	1.9%
2026	8,996,743	17,273,591	2.01%	1.9%
2027	9,174,695	17,600,621	1.98%	1.89%
2028	9,349,021	17,932,015	1.9%	1.88%
2029	9,520,811	18,268,967	1.84%	1.88%
2030	9,694,851	18,610,356	1.83%	1.87%
2031	9,870,295	18,956,207	1.81%	1.86%
2032	10,047,193	19,311,368	1.79%	1.87%
2033	10,221,006	19,675,929	1.73%	1.89%
2034	10,391,485	20,041,125	1.67%	1.86%
2035	10,563,163	20,409,159	1.65%	1.84%
2036	10,734,341	20,778,662	1.62%	1.81%
2037	10,902,263	21,144,748	1.56%	1.76%
2038	11,066,143	21,512,919	1.5%	1.74%
2039	11,230,060	21,881,123	1.48%	1.71%
2040	11,398,391	22,250,123	1.5%	1.69%
2041	11,566,213	22,627,428	1.47%	1.7%
2042	11,728,787	23,000,906	1.41%	1.65%
2043	11,887,934	23,371,301	1.36%	1.61%
2044	12,049,424	23,740,630	1.36%	1.58%
2045	12,208,872	24,102,391	1.32%	1.52%
2046	12,363,446	24,462,491	1.27%	1.49%
2047	12,512,739	24,816,449	1.21%	1.45%
2048	12,659,609	25,168,419	1.17%	1.42%
2049	12,805,136	25,518,513	1.15%	1.39%
2050	12,948,320	25,866,397	1.12%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sierra Leone increased by 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sierra Leone gained 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Sierra Leone was ranked 106th most populous country in 2005 and is 102nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.