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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Sierra Leone

Most recent
8,819,794 (2025)
Earliest
2,268,356 (1960)
Highest
8,819,794 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Sierra Leone at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001960: 2,268,3561961: 2,304,2271962: 2,342,2421963: 2,382,2581964: 2,424,3901965: 2,468,6661966: 2,514,6381967: 2,562,3841968: 2,611,5321969: 2,661,3651970: 2,712,2861971: 2,763,2221972: 2,814,3881973: 2,866,9551974: 2,920,4591975: 2,974,6571976: 3,028,8201977: 3,085,3541978: 3,145,5171979: 3,207,4991980: 3,272,0891981: 3,338,9401982: 3,408,1831983: 3,481,6461984: 3,558,7581985: 3,638,4381986: 3,728,3801987: 3,829,7181988: 3,934,5171989: 4,034,0371990: 4,196,8281991: 4,246,2671992: 4,166,3661993: 4,157,1301994: 4,173,1051995: 4,179,1791996: 4,199,2101997: 4,253,7161998: 4,295,7851999: 4,318,0432000: 4,423,6112001: 4,692,7162002: 4,971,4352003: 5,177,6872004: 5,355,7172005: 5,501,7122006: 5,624,4662007: 5,749,3522008: 5,894,7222009: 6,055,6462010: 6,222,7142011: 6,387,2512012: 6,551,0802013: 6,714,0512014: 6,876,3852015: 7,037,6552016: 7,205,3282017: 7,379,2992018: 7,554,5632019: 7,731,9912020: 7,912,5582021: 8,094,6022022: 8,276,8072023: 8,460,5122024: 8,642,0222025: 8,819,79419602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20258,819,794
20248,642,022
20238,460,512
20228,276,807
20218,094,602
20207,912,558
20197,731,991
20187,554,563
20177,379,299
20167,205,328
20157,037,655
20146,876,385
20136,714,051
20126,551,080
20116,387,251
20106,222,714
20096,055,646
20085,894,722
20075,749,352
20065,624,466
20055,501,712
20045,355,717
20035,177,687
20024,971,435
20014,692,716
20004,423,611
19994,318,043
19984,295,785
19974,253,716
19964,199,210
19954,179,179
19944,173,105
19934,157,130
19924,166,366
19914,246,267
19904,196,828
19894,034,037
19883,934,517
19873,829,718
19863,728,380
19853,638,438
19843,558,758
19833,481,646
19823,408,183
19813,338,940
19803,272,089
19793,207,499
19783,145,517
19773,085,354
19763,028,820
19752,974,657
19742,920,459
19732,866,955
19722,814,388
19712,763,222
19702,712,286
19692,661,365
19682,611,532
19672,562,384
19662,514,638
19652,468,666
19642,424,390
19632,382,258
19622,342,242
19612,304,227
19602,268,356

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