# Population growth rate in Sierra Leone

Population growth rate in Sierra Leone was 2.04% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Place id: `sl`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.
- Note: Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population-growth/sierra-leone
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population-growth/sierra-leone.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population_growth&place=sl

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.04 |
| 2024 | 2.12 |
| 2023 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 2.23 |
| 2021 | 2.27 |
| 2020 | 2.31 |
| 2019 | 2.32 |
| 2018 | 2.35 |
| 2017 | 2.39 |
| 2016 | 2.35 |
| 2015 | 2.32 |
| 2014 | 2.39 |
| 2013 | 2.46 |
| 2012 | 2.53 |
| 2011 | 2.61 |
| 2010 | 2.72 |
| 2009 | 2.69 |
| 2008 | 2.5 |
| 2007 | 2.2 |
| 2006 | 2.21 |
| 2005 | 2.69 |
| 2004 | 3.38 |
| 2003 | 4.06 |
| 2002 | 5.77 |
| 2001 | 5.91 |
| 2000 | 2.42 |
| 1999 | 0.52 |
| 1998 | 0.98 |
| 1997 | 1.29 |
| 1996 | 0.48 |
| 1995 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 0.38 |
| 1993 | -0.22 |
| 1992 | -1.9 |
| 1991 | 1.17 |
| 1990 | 3.96 |
| 1989 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 2.7 |
| 1987 | 2.68 |
| 1986 | 2.44 |
| 1985 | 2.21 |
| 1984 | 2.19 |
| 1983 | 2.13 |
| 1982 | 2.05 |
| 1981 | 2.02 |
| 1980 | 1.99 |
| 1979 | 1.95 |
| 1978 | 1.93 |
| 1977 | 1.85 |
| 1976 | 1.8 |
| 1975 | 1.84 |
| 1974 | 1.85 |
| 1973 | 1.85 |
| 1972 | 1.83 |
| 1971 | 1.86 |
| 1970 | 1.9 |
| 1969 | 1.89 |
| 1968 | 1.9 |
| 1967 | 1.88 |
| 1966 | 1.85 |
| 1965 | 1.81 |
| 1964 | 1.75 |
| 1963 | 1.69 |
| 1962 | 1.64 |
| 1961 | 1.57 |