Sierra Leone | Population growth (annual %)
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.55321188 |
| 1961 | 1.57802674 |
| 1962 | 1.6034808 |
| 1963 | 1.63077937 |
| 1964 | 1.66059423 |
| 1965 | 1.69154761 |
| 1966 | 1.72571623 |
| 1967 | 1.75814883 |
| 1968 | 1.78151089 |
| 1969 | 1.79336997 |
| 1970 | 1.79907191 |
| 1971 | 1.80159713 |
| 1972 | 1.81145478 |
| 1973 | 1.83796179 |
| 1974 | 1.88566723 |
| 1975 | 1.94710935 |
| 1976 | 2.01123888 |
| 1977 | 2.06859883 |
| 1978 | 2.11824828 |
| 1979 | 2.15703563 |
| 1980 | 2.18739282 |
| 1981 | 2.16626038 |
| 1982 | 2.1372939 |
| 1983 | 2.18369741 |
| 1984 | 2.32782174 |
| 1985 | 2.50556335 |
| 1986 | 2.75776968 |
| 1987 | 2.90305218 |
| 1988 | 2.71104957 |
| 1989 | 2.10505899 |
| 1990 | 1.25738004 |
| 1991 | 0.34407069 |
| 1992 | -0.39466659 |
| 1993 | -0.82555095 |
| 1994 | -0.80818044 |
| 1995 | -0.42754661 |
| 1996 | -0.00477135 |
| 1997 | 0.39693554 |
| 1998 | 1.01747506 |
| 1999 | 1.8681407 |
| 2000 | 2.81133994 |
| 2001 | 3.80620506 |
| 2002 | 4.5792231 |
| 2003 | 4.86272289 |
| 2004 | 4.5889164 |
| 2005 | 3.98448878 |
| 2006 | 3.31930741 |
| 2007 | 2.79362692 |
| 2008 | 2.41373225 |
| 2009 | 2.24058836 |
| 2010 | 2.20987522 |
| 2011 | 2.19055972 |
| 2012 |
Sierra Leone | Population growth (annual %)
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.