Sierra Leone · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Sierra Leone (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Sierra Leone? Answer: Current population of Sierra Leone is: 8 022 787*^[1], area 71740 km², population density 111.83 p/km². Capital of Sierra Leone is Freetown. Continent: Africa.

Sierra Leone · Population 1950-2100

Sierra Leone · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Sierra Leone as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Sierra Leone population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Sierra Leone population

8 022 787

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 227.634 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 139.796 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 362.286 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Sierra Leone population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 380 / day = 15.81 / hour = 0.264 / minute = 0.0044 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 618 / day = 25.74 / hour = 0.426 / minute = 0.0068 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 238 / day = 9.94 / hour = 0.166 / minute = 0.0028 / seconds.

Current Sierra Leone population by age and sex for 2026-10-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	537 700	⇐+2.4%	525 234
5-9	545 630	⇐+0.4%	543 390
10-14	516 019	⇐+0.4%	513 974
15-19	447 305	+0.4%⇒	449 004
20-24	371 084	+3.6%⇒	384 564
25-29	313 219	+3.7%⇒	324 943
30-34	283 786	+1.8%⇒	289 012
35-39	245 944	+0.9%⇒	248 148
40-44	199 495	+1.9%⇒	203 383
45-49	152 050	+4.3%⇒	158 630
50-54	111 656	+5.2%⇒	117 459
55-59	86 807	+4.4%⇒	90 641
60-64	62 344	+11.8%⇒	69 727
65-69	43 118	+19.2%⇒	51 394
70-74	34 729	+1.2%⇒	35 158
75-79	20 494	+2.6%⇒	21 023
80-84	9 135	+10%⇒	10 047
85-89	2 740	+12.8%⇒	3 091
90-94	286	+27.3%⇒	364
95-99	37	⇐+37%	27
100+	0	=	0

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).