Sierra Leone's population rose from 4.2M in 1996 to 8.82M in 2025.
Sierra Leone · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Sierra Leone's population growth rose from 0.5 % in 1996 to 2.0 % in 2025.
Sierra Leone's population density rose from 57.8 in 1994 to 117.2 in 2023.
Sierra Leone's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 50.1 % in 2025.
Sierra Leone's urbanisation rose from 34.7 % in 1996 to 45.9 % in 2025.
Sierra Leone's urban population rose from 1.46M in 1996 to 4.05M in 2025.
Sierra Leone's rural population rose from 2.74M in 1996 to 4.77M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.3 %35th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.6 %29th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.9 %78th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.6 %196th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs181st of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts36th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts174th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts185th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.1 pts44th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts189th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −2.8 %156th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts188th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0169th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs206th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs204th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs205th of 217