Sierra Leone | Population, total
Total 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 their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2187240 |
| 1961 | 2222029 |
| 1962 | 2257946 |
| 1963 | 2295070 |
| 1964 | 2333500 |
| 1965 | 2373308 |
| 1966 | 2414620 |
| 1967 | 2457448 |
| 1968 | 2501620 |
| 1969 | 2546888 |
| 1970 | 2593123 |
| 1971 | 2640264 |
| 1972 | 2688527 |
| 1973 | 2738398 |
| 1974 | 2790525 |
| 1975 | 2845392 |
| 1976 | 2903199 |
| 1977 | 2963880 |
| 1978 | 3027332 |
| 1979 | 3093342 |
| 1980 | 3161751 |
| 1981 | 3230990 |
| 1982 | 3300789 |
| 1983 | 3373661 |
| 1984 | 3453115 |
| 1985 | 3540728 |
| 1986 | 3639732 |
| 1987 | 3746944 |
| 1988 | 3849915 |
| 1989 | 3931817 |
| 1990 | 3981567 |
| 1991 | 3995290 |
| 1992 | 3979553 |
| 1993 | 3946835 |
| 1994 | 3915066 |
| 1995 | 3898363 |
| 1996 | 3898177 |
| 1997 | 3913681 |
| 1998 | 3953705 |
| 1999 | 4028260 |
| 2000 | 4143115 |
| 2001 | 4303850 |
| 2002 | 4505515 |
| 2003 | 4730020 |
| 2004 | 4952134 |
| 2005 | 5153435 |
| 2006 | 5327364 |
| 2007 | 5478289 |
| 2008 | 5612129 |
| 2009 | 5739293 |
| 2010 | 5867536 |
| 2011 | 5997486 |
| 2012 |
Sierra Leone | Population, total
Total 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 their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.