Population of Sierra Leone

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Sierra Leone is 8,511,727 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sierra Leone is projected at 8,141,343 or 8.141 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Sierra Leone is projected at 7,976,983 or 7.977 million people for the year 2020. Sierra Leone ranks number 103rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Sierra Leone is ranked 34th among 58 countries in Africa.

Sierra Leone's population will be increased year by year. The Sierra Leone population is projected to reach 9.65 million in 2030 and increase further to 12.94 million in 2050 and 16,68 million by 2100. Sierra Leone accounts for 0.10 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.08% in 2001 and is projected to increase by 0.15% by 2100.

Sierra Leone was at 110th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 83rd in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Sierra Leone population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,041,203	-	-	0.08
1951	2,064,466	23,263	1.14	0.08
1952	2,088,491	24,025	1.16	0.08
1953	2,113,338	24,847	1.19	0.08
1954	2,139,084	25,746	1.22	0.08
1955	2,165,815	26,731	1.25	0.08
1956	2,193,614	27,799	1.28	0.08
1957	2,222,587	28,973	1.32	0.08
1958	2,252,842	30,255	1.36	0.08
1959	2,284,483	31,641	1.40	0.08
1960	2,317,636	33,153	1.45	0.08
1961	2,352,363	34,727	1.50	0.08
1962	2,388,769	36,406	1.55	0.08
1963	2,426,857	38,088	1.59	0.08
1964	2,466,667	39,810	1.64	0.08
1965	2,508,219	41,552	1.68	0.08
1966	2,551,578	43,359	1.73	0.07
1967	2,596,805	45,227	1.77	0.07
1968	2,644,020	47,215	1.82	0.07
1969	2,693,348	49,328	1.87	0.07
1970	2,744,891	51,543	1.91	0.07
1971	2,798,724	53,833	1.96	0.07
1972	2,854,872	56,148	2.01	0.07
1973	2,913,344	58,472	2.05	0.07
1974	2,974,104	60,760	2.09	0.07
1975	3,037,154	63,050	2.12	0.07
1976	3,102,592	65,438	2.15	0.07
1977	3,170,508	67,916	2.19	0.07
1978	3,240,839	70,331	2.22	0.08
1979	3,313,504	72,665	2.24	0.08
1980	3,388,495	74,991	2.26	0.08
1981	3,464,106	75,611	2.23	0.08
1982	3,540,170	76,064	2.20	0.08
1983	3,619,847	79,677	2.25	0.08
1984	3,707,510	87,663	2.42	0.08
1985	3,805,311	97,801	2.64	0.08
1986	3,916,685	111,374	2.93	0.08
1987	4,038,144	121,459	3.10	0.08
1988	4,156,634	118,490	2.93	0.08
1989	4,254,444	97,810	2.35	0.08
1990	4,319,762	65,318	1.54	0.08
1991	4,348,660	28,898	0.67	0.08
1992	4,347,724	-936	-0.02	0.08
1993	4,328,957	-18,767	-0.43	0.08
1994	4,309,775	-19,182	-0.44	0.08
1995	4,303,957	-5,818	-0.13	0.07
1996	4,312,666	8,709	0.20	0.07
1997	4,335,301	22,635	0.52	0.07
1998	4,381,483	46,182	1.07	0.07
1999	4,462,378	80,895	1.85	0.07
2000	4,584,571	122,193	2.74	0.07
2001	4,754,072	169,501	3.70	0.08
2002	4,965,766	211,694	4.45	0.08
2003	5,201,070	235,304	4.74	0.08
2004	5,433,991	232,921	4.48	0.08
2005	5,645,624	211,633	3.89	0.09
2006	5,829,237	183,613	3.25	0.09
2007	5,989,633	160,396	2.75	0.09
2008	6,133,603	143,970	2.40	0.09
2009	6,272,734	139,131	2.27	0.09
2010	6,415,634	142,900	2.28	0.09
2011	6,563,240	147,606	2.30	0.09
2012	6,712,584	149,344	2.28	0.09
2013	6,863,981	151,397	2.26	0.10
2014	7,017,148	153,167	2.23	0.10
2015	7,171,914	154,766	2.21	0.10
2016	7,328,834	156,920	2.19	0.10
2017	7,488,423	159,589	2.18	0.10
2018	7,650,150	161,727	2.16	0.10
2019	7,813,215	163,065	2.13	0.10

Sierra Leone population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	7,976,983	163,768	2.10	0.10
2021	8,141,343	164,360	2.06	0.10
2022	8,306,436	165,093	2.03	0.10
2023	8,472,215	165,779	2.00	0.11
2024	8,638,684	166,469	1.96	0.11
2025	8,805,821	167,137	1.93	0.11
2026	8,973,533	167,712	1.90	0.11
2027	9,141,703	168,170	1.87	0.11
2028	9,310,305	168,602	1.84	0.11
2029	9,479,314	169,009	1.82	0.11
2030	9,648,691	169,377	1.79	0.11
2031	9,818,358	169,667	1.76	0.11
2032	9,988,224	169,866	1.73	0.11
2033	10,158,152	169,928	1.70	0.12
2034	10,327,978	169,826	1.67	0.12
2035	10,497,563	169,585	1.64	0.12
2036	10,666,774	169,211	1.61	0.12
2037	10,835,531	168,757	1.58	0.12
2038	11,003,790	168,259	1.55	0.12
2039	11,171,525	167,735	1.52	0.12
2040	11,338,661	167,136	1.50	0.12
2041	11,505,135	166,474	1.47	0.12
2042	11,670,779	165,644	1.44	0.13
2043	11,835,408	164,629	1.41	0.13
2044	11,998,800	163,392	1.38	0.13
2045	12,160,746	161,946	1.35	0.13
2046	12,321,122	160,376	1.32	0.13
2047	12,479,818	158,696	1.29	0.13
2048	12,636,744	156,926	1.26	0.13
2049	12,791,795	155,051	1.23	0.13
2050	12,944,873	153,078	1.20	0.13
2051	13,095,877	151,004	1.17	0.13
2052	13,244,692	148,815	1.14	0.13
2053	13,391,234	146,542	1.11	0.14
2054	13,535,399	144,165	1.08	0.14
2055	13,677,103	141,704	1.05	0.14
2056	13,816,253	139,150	1.02	0.14
2057	13,952,755	136,502	0.99	0.14
2058	14,086,552	133,797	0.96	0.14
2059	14,217,586	131,034	0.93	0.14
2060	14,345,790	128,204	0.90	0.14
2061	14,471,102	125,312	0.87	0.14
2062	14,593,421	122,319	0.85	0.14
2063	14,712,659	119,238	0.82	0.14
2064	14,828,697	116,038	0.79	0.14
2065	14,941,444	112,747	0.76	0.14
2066	15,050,830	109,386	0.73	0.15
2067	15,156,800	105,970	0.70	0.15
2068	15,259,287	102,487	0.68	0.15
2069	15,358,213	98,926	0.65	0.15
2070	15,453,533	95,320	0.62	0.15
2071	15,545,200	91,667	0.59	0.15
2072	15,633,174	87,974	0.57	0.15
2073	15,717,470	84,296	0.54	0.15
2074	15,798,092	80,622	0.51	0.15
2075	15,875,042	76,950	0.49	0.15
2076	15,948,325	73,283	0.46	0.15
2077	16,017,932	69,607	0.44	0.15
2078	16,083,876	65,944	0.41	0.15
2079	16,146,169	62,293	0.39	0.15
2080	16,204,828	58,659	0.36	0.15
2081	16,259,868	55,040	0.34	0.15
2082	16,311,316	51,448	0.32	0.15
2083	16,359,217	47,901	0.29	0.15
2084	16,403,622	44,405	0.27	0.15
2085	16,444,597	40,975	0.25	0.15
2086	16,482,187	37,590	0.23	0.15
2087	16,516,421	34,234	0.21	0.15
2088	16,547,305	30,884	0.19	0.15
2089	16,574,821	27,516	0.17	0.15
2090	16,598,990	24,169	0.15	0.15
2091	16,619,854	20,864	0.13	0.15
2092	16,637,496	17,642	0.11	0.15
2093	16,652,023	14,527	0.09	0.15
2094	16,663,538	11,515	0.07	0.15
2095	16,672,158	8,620	0.05	0.15
2096	16,677,982	5,824	0.03	0.15
2097	16,681,114	3,132	0.02	0.15
2098	16,681,641	527	0.00	0.15
2099	16,679,641	-2,000	-0.01	0.15
2100	16,675,193	-4,448	-0.03	0.15