Population growth in Sierra Leone

From 1960 to 2018 the population of Sierra Leone increased from 2.30 million to 7.65 million people. This is a growth by 233.0 percent in 58 years. The highest increase in Sierra Leone was recorded in 2003 with 4.74%. The biggest decrease in 1994 with -0.44%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 150.3 percent.

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Population development in Sierra Leone since 1960

(Data in millions of inhabitants)



JahrPopulation
Sierra Leone		ChangeBirthrateDeathrate Population
World		Change
19612.33 M1.40 %  3,075 M1.35 %
19622.36 M1.45 %  3,128 M1.72 %
19632.40 M1.50 %  3,193 M2.07 %
19642.44 M1.53 %  3,258 M2.05 %
19652.47 M1.56 %  3,325 M2.05 %
19662.51 M1.59 %  3,395 M2.10 %
19672.55 M1.63 %  3,464 M2.05 %
19682.60 M1.69 %  3,535 M2.03 %
19692.64 M1.77 %  3,609 M2.11 %
19702.69 M1.88 %  3,685 M2.09 %
19712.75 M1.99 %  3,762 M2.10 %
19722.80 M2.09 %  3,839 M2.04 %
19732.86 M2.17 %  3,915 M1.98 %
19742.93 M2.23 %  3,991 M1.96 %
19752.99 M2.27 %  4,066 M1.87 %
19763.06 M2.31 %  4,139 M1.79 %
19773.13 M2.35 %  4,212 M1.75 %
19783.21 M2.38 %  4,286 M1.75 %
19793.31 M3.25 %48.0 ‰24.1 ‰4,358 M1.68 %
19803.39 M2.26 %47.9 ‰23.8 ‰4,434 M1.75 %
19813.46 M2.23 %47.9 ‰23.6 ‰4,512 M1.76 %
19823.54 M2.20 %47.8 ‰23.5 ‰4,593 M1.80 %
19833.62 M2.25 %47.7 ‰23.5 ‰4,675 M1.78 %
19843.71 M2.42 %47.5 ‰23.7 ‰4,757 M1.75 %
19853.81 M2.64 %47.4 ‰23.9 ‰4,840 M1.75 %
19863.92 M2.93 %47.2 ‰24.2 ‰4,926 M1.77 %
19874.04 M3.10 %47.1 ‰24.7 ‰5,014 M1.78 %
19884.16 M2.93 %47.0 ‰25.2 ‰5,102 M1.77 %
19894.25 M2.35 %46.9 ‰25.8 ‰5,191 M1.74 %
19904.32 M1.54 %46.8 ‰26.3 ‰5,281 M1.74 %
19914.35 M0.67 %46.8 ‰26.8 ‰5,369 M1.66 %
19924.35 M-0.02 %46.7 ‰27.2 ‰5,453 M1.57 %
19934.33 M-0.43 %46.7 ‰27.5 ‰5,538 M1.56 %
19944.31 M-0.44 %46.6 ‰27.5 ‰5,623 M1.52 %
19954.30 M-0.13 %46.5 ‰27.4 ‰5,708 M1.51 %
19964.31 M0.20 %46.3 ‰27.0 ‰5,790 M1.45 %
19974.34 M0.52 %46.2 ‰26.5 ‰5,873 M1.43 %
19984.38 M1.07 %46.0 ‰25.8 ‰5,955 M1.39 %
19994.46 M1.85 %45.8 ‰24.9 ‰6,035 M1.35 %
20004.58 M2.74 %45.5 ‰24.0 ‰6,115 M1.32 %
20014.75 M3.70 %45.2 ‰23.0 ‰6,194 M1.30 %
20024.97 M4.45 %44.9 ‰22.0 ‰6,274 M1.28 %
20035.20 M4.74 %44.5 ‰21.1 ‰6,353 M1.26 %
20045.43 M4.48 %44.0 ‰20.1 ‰6,432 M1.25 %
20055.65 M3.89 %43.5 ‰19.3 ‰6,513 M1.25 %
20065.83 M3.25 %42.8 ‰18.5 ‰6,594 M1.24 %
20075.99 M2.75 %42.1 ‰17.7 ‰6,675 M1.24 %
20086.13 M2.40 %41.3 ‰16.9 ‰6,758 M1.24 %
20096.27 M2.27 %39.5 ‰16.0 ‰6,841 M1.22 %
20106.42 M2.28 %38.7 ‰15.3 ‰6,923 M1.20 %
20116.56 M2.30 %37.9 ‰14.6 ‰7,004 M1.17 %
20126.71 M2.28 %37.1 ‰14.0 ‰7,087 M1.18 %
20136.86 M2.26 %36.4 ‰13.5 ‰7,171 M1.18 %
20147.02 M2.23 %35.7 ‰13.0 ‰7,256 M1.18 %
20157.17 M2.21 %35.1 ‰12.6 ‰7,341 M1.17 %
20167.33 M2.19 %34.5 ‰12.3 ‰7,426 M1.17 %
20177.49 M2.18 %33.9 ‰12.0 ‰7,511 M1.14 %
20187.65 M2.16 %  7,594 M1.11 %


Birth- and deathrate in Sierra Leone

Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2017 in the graph: The population in Sierra Leone increased by about 160,000 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 12.0 per 1000 people (~ 88,000 deaths) and the birth rate was 33.9 per 1000 people (~ 249,000 births). As a result, around 1,000 inhabitants have migrated to other countries.

The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.





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