Demographics of Sierra Leone
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 2,041,201 | - |
1955 | 2,165,816 | 1.25 |
1960 | 2,317,638 | 1.45 |
1965 | 2,508,226 | 1.68 |
1970 | 2,744,890 | 1.91 |
1975 | 3,037,158 | 2.12 |
1980 | 3,388,494 | 2.26 |
1985 | 3,805,304 | 2.64 |
1990 | 4,319,763 | 1.54 |
1995 | 4,303,953 | -0.14 |
2000 | 4,584,570 | 2.74 |
2005 | 5,645,629 | 3.89 |
2010 | 6,415,636 | 2.28 |
2015 | 7,171,909 | 2.21 |
2016 | 7,328,846 | 2.19 |
2017 | 7,488,427 | 2.18 |
2018 | 7,650,149 | 2.16 |
2019 | 7,813,207 | 2.13 |
2020 | 7,976,985 | 2.10 |
2021 | 8,141,343 | 2.06 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 73,819 | 97,148 | 35.87 | 47.19 |
1955 | 73,102 | 100,370 | 33.73 | 46.33 |
1960 | 75,028 | 108,966 | 32.30 | 46.93 |
1965 | 77,354 | 119,812 | 30.78 | 47.70 |
1970 | 78,527 | 131,212 | 28.55 | 47.71 |
1975 | 80,232 | 144,455 | 26.37 | 47.49 |
1980 | 84,111 | 161,329 | 24.78 | 47.51 |
1985 | 93,492 | 181,605 | 24.34 | 47.30 |
1990 | 106,964 | 196,078 | 25.39 | 46.56 |
1995 | 113,714 | 197,946 | 26.11 | 45.52 |
2000 | 111,290 | 208,160 | 23.59 | 44.07 |
2005 | 106,489 | 234,491 | 19.15 | 42.13 |
2010 | 98,096 | 248,367 | 15.25 | 38.67 |
2015 | 90,882 | 251,958 | 12.63 | 35.05 |
2020 | 90,239 | 258,281 | 11.30 | 32.35 |
2021 | 90,425 | 259,319 | 11.09 | 31.83 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 256,369 | 1,784,834 | - | 12.560 |
1955 | 319,261 | 1,838,492 | 4.51 | 14.796 |
1960 | 398,599 | 1,898,511 | 4.59 | 17.352 |
1965 | 504,032 | 1,969,262 | 5.00 | 20.379 |
1970 | 645,306 | 2,046,953 | 5.18 | 23.969 |
1975 | 830,173 | 2,163,703 | 4.50 | 27.729 |
1980 | 1,003,558 | 2,361,883 | 3.90 | 29.819 |
1985 | 1,215,725 | 2,583,825 | 4.14 | 31.997 |
1990 | 1,433,891 | 2,878,355 | 2.19 | 33.252 |
1995 | 1,471,764 | 2,803,055 | 0.49 | 34.429 |
2000 | 1,626,055 | 2,938,242 | 3.55 | 35.626 |
2005 | 2,089,028 | 3,569,351 | 4.94 | 36.919 |
2010 | 2,509,605 | 3,949,115 | 3.39 | 38.856 |
2015 | 2,954,791 | 4,282,234 | 3.23 | 40.829 |
2020 | 3,453,971 | 4,592,960 | 3.13 | 42.923 |
2021 | 3,561,312 | 4,649,757 | 3.11 | 43.372 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio