Population of Sierra Leone

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Aug 2025

The current population of Sierra Leone is 8,880,683 as of November 04, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sierra Leone is projected at 8,819,794, or 8.82 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Sierra Leone is projected at 8,642,022, or 8.64 million people, for the year 2024.

Sierra Leone ranks 102nd 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
2024	8,552,905	8,642,022	178,235	2.062	0.106
2025	8,731,140	8,819,794	177,308	2.010	0.107
2026	8,908,448	8,996,745	176,593	1.963	0.108
2027	9,085,041	9,174,692	179,303	1.954	0.110
2028	9,264,344	9,349,025	169,362	1.812	0.111
2029	9,433,706	9,520,817	174,223	1.830	0.112
2030	9,607,929	9,694,858	173,858	1.793	0.113
2031	9,781,787	9,870,299	177,023	1.794	0.114
2032	9,958,810	10,047,200	176,779	1.760	0.116
2033	10,135,589	10,221,014	170,850	1.672	0.117
2034	10,306,439	10,391,490	170,103	1.637	0.118
2035	10,476,542	10,563,167	173,251	1.640	0.119
2036	10,649,793	10,734,347	169,109	1.575	0.120
2037	10,818,902	10,902,269	166,733	1.529	0.121
2038	10,985,635	11,066,150	161,030	1.455	0.122
2039	11,146,665	11,230,061	166,792	1.485	0.123
2040	11,313,457	11,398,400	169,886	1.490	0.124
2041	11,483,343	11,566,217	165,747	1.433	0.125
2042	11,649,090	11,728,791	159,403	1.359	0.126
2043	11,808,493	11,887,937	158,888	1.337	0.127
2044	11,967,381	12,049,426	164,090	1.362	0.128
2045	12,131,471	12,208,880	154,819	1.268	0.129
2046	12,286,290	12,363,458	154,335	1.248	0.130
2047	12,440,625	12,512,756	144,262	1.153	0.131
2048	12,584,887	12,659,612	149,449	1.181	0.132
2049	12,734,336	12,805,142	141,613	1.106	0.133
2050	12,875,949	12,948,325	144,752	1.118	0.134
2051	13,020,701	13,093,462	145,523	1.111	0.135
2052	13,166,224	13,236,024	139,601	1.055	0.136
2053	13,305,825	13,372,796	133,942	1.002	0.137
2054	13,439,767	13,502,271	125,008	0.926	0.138
2055	13,564,775	13,629,114	128,679	0.944	0.138
2056	13,693,454	13,755,179	123,450	0.897	0.139
2057	13,816,904	13,876,264	118,721	0.856	0.140
2058	13,935,625	13,993,957	116,664	0.834	0.141
2059	14,052,289	14,107,963	111,348	0.789	0.142
2060	14,163,637	14,219,379	111,485	0.784	0.142
2061	14,275,122	14,327,425	104,606	0.730	0.143
2062	14,379,728	14,435,385	111,314	0.771	0.144
2063	14,491,042	14,539,892	97,700	0.672	0.145
2064	14,588,742	14,636,716	95,948	0.656	0.145
2065	14,684,690	14,732,950	96,520	0.655	0.146
2066	14,781,210	14,829,171	95,922	0.647	0.147
2067	14,877,132	14,924,590	94,915	0.636	0.147
2068	14,972,047	15,015,899	87,704	0.584	0.148
2069	15,059,751	15,099,726	79,950	0.529	0.148
2070	15,139,701	15,177,973	76,544	0.504	0.149
2071	15,216,245	15,251,752	71,013	0.466	0.149
2072	15,287,258	15,321,993	69,469	0.453	0.150
2073	15,356,727	15,390,199	66,944	0.435	0.150
2074	15,423,671	15,450,927	54,513	0.353	0.151
2075	15,478,184	15,507,865	59,362	0.383	0.151
2076	15,537,546	15,564,818	54,544	0.350	0.152
2077	15,592,090	15,617,354	50,529	0.324	0.152
2078	15,642,619	15,667,011	48,783	0.311	0.152
2079	15,691,402	15,712,159	41,515	0.264	0.153
2080	15,732,917	15,751,833	37,831	0.240	0.153
2081	15,770,748	15,790,543	39,590	0.251	0.154
2082	15,810,338	15,828,183	35,689	0.225	0.154
2083	15,846,027	15,862,677	33,301	0.210	0.154
2084	15,879,328	15,891,034	23,412	0.147	0.154
2085	15,902,740	15,913,301	21,122	0.133	0.155
2086	15,923,862	15,937,244	26,764	0.168	0.155
2087	15,950,626	15,958,640	16,028	0.100	0.155
2088	15,966,654	15,973,460	13,613	0.085	0.155
2089	15,980,267	15,986,028	11,522	0.072	0.156
2090	15,991,789	15,996,608	9,638	0.060	0.156
2091	16,001,427	16,004,831	6,808	0.043	0.156
2092	16,008,235	16,009,636	2,802	0.018	0.156
2093	16,011,037	16,008,707	-4,660	-0.029	0.156
2094	16,006,377	16,006,576	398	0.002	0.156
2095	16,006,775	16,002,503	-8,545	-0.053	0.156
2096	15,998,230	15,992,900	-10,659	-0.067	0.156
2097	15,987,571	15,980,211	-14,720	-0.092	0.156
2098	15,972,851	15,966,369	-12,964	-0.081	0.156
2099	15,959,887	15,952,535	-14,703	-0.092	0.157
2100	15,945,184	15,934,256	-21,855	-0.137	0.157

Sierra Leone population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,987,938	1,999,623	23,371	1.169	0.080
1951	2,011,309	2,023,276	23,935	1.183	0.080
1952	2,035,244	2,047,200	23,912	1.168	0.079
1953	2,059,156	2,070,811	23,309	1.126	0.079
1954	2,082,465	2,095,066	25,201	1.203	0.078
1955	2,107,666	2,120,889	26,446	1.247	0.077
1956	2,134,112	2,147,979	27,733	1.291	0.077
1957	2,161,845	2,176,250	28,810	1.324	0.076
1958	2,190,655	2,204,839	28,368	1.287	0.076
1959	2,219,023	2,235,026	32,005	1.432	0.075
1960	2,251,028	2,268,356	34,657	1.528	0.075
1961	2,285,685	2,304,227	37,083	1.609	0.075
1962	2,322,768	2,342,242	38,949	1.663	0.075
1963	2,361,717	2,382,258	41,081	1.724	0.075
1964	2,402,798	2,424,390	43,184	1.781	0.074
1965	2,445,982	2,468,666	45,369	1.838	0.074
1966	2,491,351	2,514,638	46,574	1.852	0.074
1967	2,537,925	2,562,384	48,918	1.909	0.074
1968	2,586,843	2,611,532	49,377	1.891	0.074
1969	2,636,220	2,661,365	50,290	1.890	0.074
1970	2,686,510	2,712,286	51,552	1.901	0.073
1971	2,738,062	2,763,222	50,321	1.821	0.073
1972	2,788,383	2,814,388	52,010	1.848	0.073
1973	2,840,393	2,866,955	53,124	1.853	0.073
1974	2,893,517	2,920,459	53,884	1.845	0.073
1975	2,947,401	2,974,657	54,511	1.833	0.073
1976	3,001,912	3,028,820	53,816	1.777	0.073
1977	3,055,728	3,085,354	59,253	1.921	0.073
1978	3,114,981	3,145,517	61,072	1.942	0.073
1979	3,176,053	3,207,499	62,892	1.961	0.073
1980	3,238,945	3,272,089	66,288	2.026	0.074
1981	3,305,233	3,338,940	67,414	2.019	0.074
1982	3,372,647	3,408,183	71,072	2.085	0.074
1983	3,443,719	3,481,646	75,853	2.179	0.074
1984	3,519,572	3,558,758	78,373	2.202	0.074
1985	3,597,945	3,638,438	80,985	2.226	0.075
1986	3,678,930	3,728,380	98,899	2.653	0.075
1987	3,777,829	3,829,718	103,778	2.710	0.076
1988	3,881,607	3,934,517	105,821	2.690	0.077
1989	3,987,428	4,034,037	93,218	2.311	0.077
1990	4,080,646	4,196,828	232,365	5.538	0.079
1991	4,313,011	4,246,267	-133,488	-3.144	0.078
1992	4,179,523	4,166,366	-26,314	-0.632	0.076
1993	4,153,209	4,157,130	7,841	0.189	0.074
1994	4,161,050	4,173,105	24,110	0.578	0.074
1995	4,185,160	4,179,179	-11,962	-0.286	0.073
1996	4,173,198	4,199,210	52,024	1.239	0.072
1997	4,225,222	4,253,716	56,987	1.340	0.072
1998	4,282,209	4,295,785	27,152	0.632	0.072
1999	4,309,361	4,318,043	17,365	0.402	0.071
2000	4,326,726	4,423,611	193,771	4.381	0.072
2001	4,520,497	4,692,716	344,437	7.343	0.075
2002	4,864,934	4,971,435	213,001	4.285	0.078
2003	5,077,935	5,177,687	199,504	3.854	0.081
2004	5,277,439	5,355,717	156,555	2.923	0.082
2005	5,433,994	5,501,712	135,437	2.462	0.084
2006	5,569,431	5,624,466	110,070	1.957	0.084
2007	5,679,501	5,749,352	139,703	2.430	0.085
2008	5,819,204	5,894,722	151,037	2.562	0.086
2009	5,970,241	6,055,646	170,811	2.821	0.087
2010	6,141,052	6,222,714	163,324	2.625	0.089
2011	6,304,376	6,387,251	165,750	2.595	0.090
2012	6,470,126	6,551,080	161,908	2.472	0.091
2013	6,632,034	6,714,051	164,035	2.443	0.092
2014	6,796,069	6,876,385	160,632	2.336	0.093
2015	6,956,701	7,037,655	161,908	2.301	0.094
2016	7,118,609	7,205,328	173,439	2.407	0.095
2017	7,292,048	7,379,299	174,502	2.365	0.097
2018	7,466,550	7,554,563	176,026	2.330	0.098
2019	7,642,576	7,731,991	178,830	2.313	0.099
2020	7,821,406	7,912,558	182,304	2.304	0.100
2021	8,003,710	8,094,602	181,784	2.246	0.102
2022	8,185,494	8,276,807	182,625	2.207	0.103
2023	8,368,119	8,460,512	184,786	2.184	0.105