Honduras vs Sierra Leone: Rural population

Honduras
4.48 million
in 2025
Sierra Leone
4.77 million
in 2025
Honduras rank
81st
Sierra Leone rank
79th

Rural population over time

  • Honduras
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 4.77 million against 4.48 million in Honduras, a difference of 284,450.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Honduras ranks 81st and Sierra Leone ranks 79th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 1.76 million 1.96 million 190,912 Sierra Leone
1970s 2.15 million 2.14 million 11,460 Honduras
1980s 2.66 million 2.47 million 194,151 Honduras
1990s 3.25 million 2.77 million 480,647 Honduras
2000s 3.84 million 3.37 million 463,129 Honduras
2010s 4.20 million 4.13 million 68,944 Honduras
2020s 4.42 million 4.64 million 212,050 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Honduras or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 4.77 million against 4.48 million in Honduras as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Honduras and Sierra Leone?
284,450, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Sierra Leone?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Honduras and Sierra Leone rank globally for rural population?
Honduras ranks 81st and Sierra Leone ranks 79th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.