Population of Sierra Leone

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

The current population of Sierra Leone is 8,991,354 as of July 27, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sierra Leone is projected at 8,977,972, or 8.98 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Sierra Leone is projected at 8,791,092, or 8.79 million people for the year 2023.

Sierra Leone ranks 100th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Sierra Leone is ranked 34th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Sierra Leone population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	8,513,550	8,605,718	184,336	2.142	0.11
2023	8,697,886	8,791,092	186,412	2.121	0.11
2024	8,884,298	8,977,972	187,349	2.087	0.11
2025	9,071,647	9,165,377	187,459	2.045	0.11
2026	9,259,106	9,353,150	188,088	2.011	0.11
2027	9,447,194	9,540,988	187,588	1.966	0.11
2028	9,634,782	9,728,849	188,133	1.934	0.12
2029	9,822,915	9,917,103	188,377	1.900	0.12
2030	10,011,292	10,105,188	187,792	1.858	0.12
2031	10,199,084	10,292,481	186,795	1.815	0.12
2032	10,385,879	10,479,347	186,936	1.784	0.12
2033	10,572,815	10,666,285	186,940	1.753	0.12
2034	10,759,755	10,852,747	185,985	1.714	0.12
2035	10,945,740	11,037,683	183,885	1.666	0.12
2036	11,129,625	11,220,979	182,708	1.628	0.13
2037	11,312,333	11,402,875	181,084	1.588	0.13
2038	11,493,417	11,583,095	179,356	1.548	0.13
2039	11,672,773	11,761,685	177,825	1.512	0.13
2040	11,850,598	11,938,548	175,900	1.473	0.13
2041	12,026,498	12,113,574	174,151	1.438	0.13
2042	12,200,649	12,286,370	171,442	1.395	0.13
2043	12,372,091	12,457,058	169,933	1.364	0.13
2044	12,542,024	12,626,220	168,392	1.334	0.13
2045	12,710,416	12,793,558	166,285	1.300	0.14
2046	12,876,701	12,958,858	164,313	1.268	0.14
2047	13,041,014	13,122,257	162,486	1.238	0.14
2048	13,203,500	13,283,013	159,025	1.197	0.14
2049	13,362,525	13,440,438	155,826	1.159	0.14
2050	13,518,351	13,595,023	153,344	1.128	0.14
2051	13,671,695	13,747,660	151,930	1.105	0.14
2052	13,823,625	13,898,072	148,893	1.071	0.14
2053	13,972,518	14,045,665	146,293	1.042	0.14
2054	14,118,811	14,190,036	142,450	1.004	0.14
2055	14,261,261	14,331,676	140,830	0.983	0.14
2056	14,402,091	14,470,926	137,670	0.951	0.15
2057	14,539,761	14,606,993	134,464	0.921	0.15
2058	14,674,225	14,739,551	130,652	0.886	0.15
2059	14,804,877	14,868,165	126,575	0.851	0.15
2060	14,931,452	14,993,237	123,571	0.824	0.15
2061	15,055,023	15,114,456	118,865	0.786	0.15
2062	15,173,888	15,231,307	114,837	0.754	0.15
2063	15,288,725	15,344,427	111,404	0.726	0.15
2064	15,400,129	15,453,397	106,536	0.689	0.15
2065	15,506,665	15,558,524	103,718	0.667	0.15
2066	15,610,383	15,660,087	99,409	0.635	0.15
2067	15,709,792	15,758,034	96,484	0.612	0.15
2068	15,806,276	15,852,990	93,429	0.589	0.15
2069	15,899,705	15,944,503	89,595	0.562	0.16
2070	15,989,300	16,031,833	85,066	0.531	0.16
2071	16,074,366	16,115,154	81,576	0.506	0.16
2072	16,155,942	16,194,928	77,973	0.481	0.16
2073	16,233,915	16,270,945	74,061	0.455	0.16
2074	16,307,976	16,343,462	70,972	0.434	0.16
2075	16,378,948	16,411,915	65,935	0.402	0.16
2076	16,444,883	16,475,776	61,787	0.375	0.16
2077	16,506,670	16,535,528	57,715	0.349	0.16
2078	16,564,385	16,591,197	53,625	0.323	0.16
2079	16,618,010	16,643,294	50,569	0.304	0.16
2080	16,668,579	16,691,487	45,817	0.274	0.16
2081	16,714,396	16,735,848	42,904	0.256	0.16
2082	16,757,300	16,776,779	38,958	0.232	0.16
2083	16,796,258	16,813,579	34,643	0.206	0.16
2084	16,830,901	16,847,089	32,377	0.192	0.16
2085	16,863,278	16,877,651	28,747	0.170	0.16
2086	16,892,025	16,904,581	25,112	0.149	0.16
2087	16,917,137	16,928,019	21,764	0.129	0.16
2088	16,938,901	16,948,315	18,827	0.111	0.16
2089	16,957,728	16,965,354	15,251	0.090	0.16
2090	16,972,979	16,979,454	12,951	0.076	0.16
2091	16,985,930	16,990,765	9,669	0.057	0.16
2092	16,995,599	16,998,747	6,296	0.037	0.16
2093	17,001,895	17,003,371	2,951	0.017	0.16
2094	17,004,846	17,005,233	775	0.005	0.16
2095	17,005,621	17,004,621	-2,001	-0.012	0.16
2096	17,003,620	17,001,760	-3,721	-0.022	0.16
2097	16,999,899	16,996,801	-6,197	-0.036	0.16
2098	16,993,702	16,989,076	-9,251	-0.054	0.16
2099	16,984,451	16,978,646	-11,610	-0.068	0.16
2100	16,972,841	16,965,728	-14,227	-0.084	0.16

Sierra Leone population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,987,938	2,000,790	25,704	1.285	0.08
1951	2,013,642	2,026,722	26,160	1.291	0.08
1952	2,039,802	2,053,036	26,468	1.289	0.08
1953	2,066,270	2,079,381	26,221	1.261	0.08
1954	2,092,491	2,106,618	28,254	1.341	0.08
1955	2,120,745	2,135,644	29,797	1.395	0.08
1956	2,150,542	2,166,117	31,149	1.438	0.08
1957	2,181,691	2,197,811	32,239	1.467	0.08
1958	2,213,930	2,230,000	32,140	1.441	0.08
1959	2,246,070	2,264,044	35,947	1.588	0.08
1960	2,282,017	2,301,310	38,586	1.677	0.08
1961	2,320,603	2,341,065	40,924	1.748	0.08
1962	2,361,527	2,382,914	42,774	1.795	0.08
1963	2,404,301	2,426,750	44,898	1.850	0.08
1964	2,449,199	2,472,686	46,975	1.900	0.08
1965	2,496,174	2,520,576	48,804	1.936	0.08
1966	2,544,978	2,569,736	49,517	1.927	0.08
1967	2,594,495	2,620,396	51,802	1.977	0.08
1968	2,646,297	2,672,370	52,147	1.951	0.08
1969	2,698,444	2,724,901	52,913	1.942	0.08
1970	2,751,357	2,778,557	54,399	1.958	0.08
1971	2,805,756	2,832,392	53,273	1.881	0.08
1972	2,859,029	2,886,642	55,225	1.913	0.08
1973	2,914,254	2,942,333	56,158	1.909	0.08
1974	2,970,412	2,998,843	56,861	1.896	0.08
1975	3,027,273	3,055,916	57,286	1.875	0.08
1976	3,084,559	3,112,863	56,609	1.819	0.08
1977	3,141,168	3,172,195	62,054	1.956	0.08
1978	3,203,222	3,235,170	63,896	1.975	0.08
1979	3,267,118	3,300,032	65,828	1.995	0.08
1980	3,332,946	3,367,477	69,062	2.051	0.08
1981	3,402,008	3,437,108	70,199	2.042	0.08
1982	3,472,207	3,509,197	73,980	2.108	0.08
1983	3,546,187	3,585,773	79,172	2.208	0.08
1984	3,625,359	3,666,262	81,806	2.231	0.08
1985	3,707,165	3,749,419	84,507	2.254	0.08
1986	3,791,672	3,842,917	102,490	2.667	0.08
1987	3,894,162	3,947,865	107,407	2.721	0.08
1988	4,001,569	4,056,215	109,291	2.695	0.08
1989	4,110,860	4,159,163	96,607	2.323	0.08
1990	4,207,467	4,325,388	235,842	5.454	0.08
1991	4,443,309	4,378,169	-130,279	-2.976	0.08
1992	4,313,030	4,301,566	-22,928	-0.533	0.08
1993	4,290,102	4,295,689	11,174	0.260	0.08
1994	4,301,276	4,314,953	27,353	0.634	0.08
1995	4,328,629	4,324,149	-8,960	-0.207	0.08
1996	4,319,669	4,347,370	55,403	1.274	0.07
1997	4,375,072	4,405,028	59,911	1.360	0.07
1998	4,434,983	4,449,975	29,984	0.674	0.07
1999	4,464,967	4,475,145	20,357	0.455	0.07
2000	4,485,324	4,584,067	197,486	4.309	0.07
2001	4,682,810	4,857,096	348,572	7.180	0.08
2002	5,031,382	5,140,113	217,461	4.231	0.08
2003	5,248,843	5,350,907	204,128	3.815	0.08
2004	5,452,971	5,533,329	160,716	2.905	0.09
2005	5,613,687	5,683,334	139,294	2.451	0.09
2006	5,752,981	5,809,774	113,586	1.955	0.09
2007	5,866,567	5,939,163	145,193	2.445	0.09
2008	6,011,760	6,090,860	158,201	2.597	0.09
2009	6,169,961	6,259,842	179,763	2.872	0.09
2010	6,349,724	6,436,698	173,948	2.703	0.09
2011	6,523,672	6,612,385	177,425	2.683	0.09
2012	6,701,097	6,788,587	174,981	2.578	0.09
2013	6,876,078	6,964,859	177,561	2.550	0.10
2014	7,053,639	7,140,688	174,098	2.438	0.10
2015	7,227,737	7,314,773	174,072	2.380	0.10
2016	7,401,809	7,493,913	184,208	2.458	0.10
2017	7,586,017	7,677,565	183,097	2.385	0.10
2018	7,769,114	7,861,281	184,334	2.345	0.10
2019	7,953,448	8,046,828	186,761	2.321	0.10
2020	8,140,209	8,233,970	187,523	2.278	0.11
2021	8,327,732	8,420,641	185,818	2.207	0.11