Sierra Leone — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

In Sierra Leone, the population reading was 8.82M people in 2025, compared with 8.64M people in 2024. The period change was +2.06%.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20309.69M people
20299.52M people
20289.35M people
20279.17M people
20269.00M people
15 earlier values
20258.82M people
20248.64M people
20238.46M people
20228.28M people
20218.09M people
20207.91M people
20197.73M people
20187.55M people
20177.38M people
20167.21M people
20157.04M people
20146.88M people
20136.71M people
20126.55M people
20116.39M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.