Live population of Sierra leone

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Sierra Leone as of 2021 Sep 21 was 8,181,761

According to the 2020 Census, Sierra Leone's share of the world population is 0.102%

Sierra Leone population (2020) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	7,976,985	3,981,239	3,995,746	4,592,960	110.52	4.32	228,641	226,080	55.01	56.78
2015	7,171,909	3,573,849	3,598,060	4,282,234	99.36	4.32	226,278	224,891	53.24	54.85
2010	6,415,636	3,192,605	3,223,031	3,949,115	88.88	4.84	235,129	230,760	50.50	52.29
2005	5,645,629	2,805,033	2,840,596	3,569,351	78.22	5.57	260,900	256,056	46.17	47.78
2000	4,584,570	2,273,784	2,310,786	2,938,242	63.52	6.11	273,669	269,716	41.33	42.71
1995	4,303,953	2,130,233	2,173,720	2,803,055	59.63	6.48	283,478	280,848	37.14	38.08
1990	4,319,763	2,133,215	2,186,548	2,878,355	59.85	6.69	281,638	278,727	37.11	38.01
1985	3,805,304	1,875,291	1,930,013	2,583,825	52.72	6.72	252,814	247,666	39.07	40.37
1980	3,388,494	1,666,961	1,721,533	2,361,883	46.95	6.72	222,849	216,039	39.68	41.40
1975	3,037,158	1,491,402	1,545,756	2,163,703	42.08	6.65	207,821	201,846	38.50	40.30
1970	2,744,890	1,346,679	1,398,211	2,046,953	38.03	6.57	202,118	194,236	36.24	38.41
1965	2,508,226	1,228,942	1,279,284	1,969,262	34.75	6.41	197,737	192,164	33.87	35.79
1960	2,317,638	1,134,655	1,182,983	1,898,511	32.11	6.25	194,347	188,252	31.43	33.51
1955	2,165,816	1,060,018	1,105,798	1,838,492	30.01	6.03	187,204	181,341	29.62	31.86
1950	2,041,201	999,710	1,041,491	1,784,834	28.28	6.03	187,058	179,428	27.62	29.97