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Demographics of Sierra Leone

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

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Sierra Leone population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,041,201	-
1955	2,165,816	1.25
1960	2,317,638	1.45
1965	2,508,226	1.68
1970	2,744,890	1.91
1975	3,037,158	2.12
1980	3,388,494	2.26
1985	3,805,304	2.64
1990	4,319,763	1.54
1995	4,303,953	-0.14
2000	4,584,570	2.74
2005	5,645,629	3.89
2010	6,415,636	2.28
2015	7,171,909	2.21
2016	7,328,846	2.19
2017	7,488,427	2.18
2018	7,650,149	2.16
2019	7,813,207	2.13
2020	7,976,985	2.10
2021	8,141,343	2.06

Population
Growth

Sierra Leone death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	73,819	97,148	35.87	47.19
1955	73,102	100,370	33.73	46.33
1960	75,028	108,966	32.30	46.93
1965	77,354	119,812	30.78	47.70
1970	78,527	131,212	28.55	47.71
1975	80,232	144,455	26.37	47.49
1980	84,111	161,329	24.78	47.51
1985	93,492	181,605	24.34	47.30
1990	106,964	196,078	25.39	46.56
1995	113,714	197,946	26.11	45.52
2000	111,290	208,160	23.59	44.07
2005	106,489	234,491	19.15	42.13
2010	98,096	248,367	15.25	38.67
2015	90,882	251,958	12.63	35.05
2020	90,239	258,281	11.30	32.35
2021	90,425	259,319	11.09	31.83

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Sierra Leone
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	256,369	1,784,834	-	12.560
1955	319,261	1,838,492	4.51	14.796
1960	398,599	1,898,511	4.59	17.352
1965	504,032	1,969,262	5.00	20.379
1970	645,306	2,046,953	5.18	23.969
1975	830,173	2,163,703	4.50	27.729
1980	1,003,558	2,361,883	3.90	29.819
1985	1,215,725	2,583,825	4.14	31.997
1990	1,433,891	2,878,355	2.19	33.252
1995	1,471,764	2,803,055	0.49	34.429
2000	1,626,055	2,938,242	3.55	35.626
2005	2,089,028	3,569,351	4.94	36.919
2010	2,509,605	3,949,115	3.39	38.856
2015	2,954,791	4,282,234	3.23	40.829
2020	3,453,971	4,592,960	3.13	42.923
2021	3,561,312	4,649,757	3.11	43.372

Population
Urbanization

Sierra Leone population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	588,118	584,611	1,172,729	14.40	100.600
05-09	540,217	537,892	1,078,109	13.24	100.432
10-14	504,071	502,072	1,006,143	12.36	100.398
15-19	449,083	445,815	894,898	10.99	100.733
20-24	387,176	384,515	771,691	9.48	100.692
25-29	335,773	330,610	666,383	8.19	101.562
30-34	288,448	279,767	568,215	6.98	103.103
35-39	243,130	233,741	476,871	5.86	104.017
40-44	196,409	189,393	385,802	4.74	103.704
45-49	155,452	153,799	309,251	3.80	101.075
50-54	120,177	123,757	243,934	3.00	97.107
55-59	90,192	98,181	188,373	2.31	91.863
60-64	64,404	75,343	139,747	1.72	85.481
65-69	44,068	56,065	100,133	1.23	78.602
70-74	29,600	39,583	69,183	0.85	74.780
75-79	17,150	24,389	41,539	0.51	70.319
80-84	7,710	11,870	19,580	0.24	64.954
85-89	2,551	4,307	6,858	0.08	59.229
90-94	572	1,084	1,656	0.02	52.768
95-99	74	157	231	0.00	47.134
100+	5	12	17	0.00	41.667
Total	4,064,380	4,076,963	8,141,343		99.691

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