Demographics of Sierra Leone

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Sierra Leone is projected at 8.14 million, up by 2.06% compared with 7.98 million in 2020. Sierra Leone is ranked 103rd in terms of population and 48th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.26 million births in Sierra Leone in 2021. That is 710 per day, which is ranked 79th. The crude birth rate is 31.83 per 1000 people. There are 90.43 thousand deaths in Sierra Leone in 2021. That is 248 per day, which is ranked 88th. The crude death rate is 11.09 per 1000 people.

3.56 million people are living in urban areas, which is 43.37% of Sierra Leone population. Sierra Leone is ranked 173rd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Sierra Leone in 2021 is 99.69 males per 100 females. There are 4.06 million males and 4.08 million females in Sierra Leone. The percentage of female population is 50.08% compare to 49.92% male population. Sierra Leone has 12.58 thousand more females than males. Sierra Leone is at 112th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Sierra Leone population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,041,201-
19552,165,8161.25
19602,317,6381.45
19652,508,2261.68
19702,744,8901.91
19753,037,1582.12
19803,388,4942.26
19853,805,3042.64
19904,319,7631.54
19954,303,953-0.14
20004,584,5702.74
20055,645,6293.89
20106,415,6362.28
20157,171,9092.21
20167,328,8462.19
20177,488,4272.18
20187,650,1492.16
20197,813,2072.13
20207,976,9852.10
20218,141,3432.06
  • Total
  • Crude

Sierra Leone death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195073,81997,14835.8747.19
195573,102100,37033.7346.33
196075,028108,96632.3046.93
196577,354119,81230.7847.70
197078,527131,21228.5547.71
197580,232144,45526.3747.49
198084,111161,32924.7847.51
198593,492181,60524.3447.30
1990106,964196,07825.3946.56
1995113,714197,94626.1145.52
2000111,290208,16023.5944.07
2005106,489234,49119.1542.13
201098,096248,36715.2538.67
201590,882251,95812.6335.05
202090,239258,28111.3032.35
202190,425259,31911.0931.83
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Sierra Leone

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950256,3691,784,834-12.560
1955319,2611,838,4924.5114.796
1960398,5991,898,5114.5917.352
1965504,0321,969,2625.0020.379
1970645,3062,046,9535.1823.969
1975830,1732,163,7034.5027.729
19801,003,5582,361,8833.9029.819
19851,215,7252,583,8254.1431.997
19901,433,8912,878,3552.1933.252
19951,471,7642,803,0550.4934.429
20001,626,0552,938,2423.5535.626
20052,089,0283,569,3514.9436.919
20102,509,6053,949,1153.3938.856
20152,954,7914,282,2343.2340.829
20203,453,9714,592,9603.1342.923
20213,561,3124,649,7573.1143.372
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Sierra Leone population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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