Population growth in Sierra Leone

From 1960 to 2017 the population of Sierra Leone increased from 2.30 million to 7.56 million people. This is a growth by 229.0 percent in 57 years. The highest increase in Sierra Leone was recorded in 2003 with 4.89%. The biggest decrease in 1993 with -0.55%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 148.2 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 %
19793.29 M2.40 %48.0 ‰24.1 ‰4,363 M1.80 %
19803.37 M2.41 %47.9 ‰23.8 ‰4,439 M1.75 %
19813.45 M2.37 %47.9 ‰23.6 ‰4,518 M1.77 %
19823.53 M2.33 %47.8 ‰23.5 ‰4,599 M1.80 %
19833.61 M2.36 %47.7 ‰23.5 ‰4,681 M1.78 %
19843.70 M2.51 %47.5 ‰23.7 ‰4,763 M1.75 %
19853.80 M2.71 %47.4 ‰23.9 ‰4,846 M1.75 %
19863.91 M2.97 %47.2 ‰24.2 ‰4,932 M1.77 %
19874.03 M3.12 %47.1 ‰24.7 ‰5,020 M1.78 %
19884.15 M2.93 %47.0 ‰25.2 ‰5,109 M1.77 %
19894.25 M2.32 %46.9 ‰25.8 ‰5,198 M1.74 %
19904.31 M1.48 %46.8 ‰26.3 ‰5,288 M1.74 %
19914.34 M0.58 %46.8 ‰26.8 ‰5,376 M1.66 %
19924.33 M-0.14 %46.7 ‰27.2 ‰5,460 M1.56 %
19934.31 M-0.55 %46.7 ‰27.5 ‰5,545 M1.56 %
19944.28 M-0.55 %46.6 ‰27.5 ‰5,629 M1.52 %
19954.27 M-0.21 %46.5 ‰27.4 ‰5,714 M1.51 %
19964.28 M0.18 %46.3 ‰27.0 ‰5,797 M1.45 %
19974.31 M0.54 %46.2 ‰26.5 ‰5,879 M1.43 %
19984.35 M1.12 %46.0 ‰25.8 ‰5,961 M1.39 %
19994.44 M1.93 %45.8 ‰24.9 ‰6,041 M1.35 %
20004.56 M2.85 %45.5 ‰24.0 ‰6,121 M1.32 %
20014.74 M3.83 %45.2 ‰23.0 ‰6,201 M1.30 %
20024.96 M4.60 %44.9 ‰22.0 ‰6,280 M1.28 %
20035.20 M4.89 %44.5 ‰21.1 ‰6,359 M1.26 %
20045.44 M4.62 %44.0 ‰20.1 ‰6,439 M1.26 %
20055.66 M4.02 %43.5 ‰19.3 ‰6,520 M1.25 %
20065.85 M3.36 %42.8 ‰18.5 ‰6,601 M1.25 %
20076.02 M2.85 %42.1 ‰17.7 ‰6,683 M1.24 %
20086.17 M2.49 %41.3 ‰16.9 ‰6,766 M1.24 %
20096.31 M2.35 %40.5 ‰16.2 ‰6,849 M1.23 %
20106.46 M2.35 %39.6 ‰15.5 ‰6,933 M1.22 %
20116.61 M2.37 %38.7 ‰14.8 ‰7,015 M1.19 %
20126.77 M2.34 %37.8 ‰14.2 ‰7,099 M1.20 %
20136.92 M2.31 %37.0 ‰13.8 ‰7,185 M1.21 %
20147.08 M2.27 %36.3 ‰13.4 ‰7,271 M1.20 %
20157.24 M2.23 %35.6 ‰13.0 ‰7,357 M1.19 %
20167.40 M2.20 %35.0 ‰12.8 ‰7,444 M1.18 %
20177.56 M2.18 %34.4 ‰12.5 ‰7,530 M1.15 %


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 161,000 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 12.5 per 1000 people (~ 92,500 deaths) and the birth rate was 34.4 per 1000 people (~ 255,000 births). As a result, around 1,500 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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