Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 8,461 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population — total population - both sexes in Sierra Leone is 8,461 1000 No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Sierra Leone peaked at 8,461 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,223 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Sierra Leone 84th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,966 1000 No | 6,223 1000 No | 7,732 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,186 1000 No | 7,913 1000 No | 8,461 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 81 Austria 9,130 1000 No compare
- 82 Belarus 9,116 1000 No compare
- 83 Switzerland 8,871 1000 No compare
- 85 China, Hong Kong SAR 7,443 1000 No compare
- 86 Turkmenistan 7,364 1000 No compare
- 87 Libya 7,306 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Sierra Leone?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Sierra Leone was 8,461 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 8,461 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,223 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Sierra Leone ranks 84th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.