Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Freetown
Sierra Leone
#100 by population · Low income · ISO SLE
Population right now
9,042,347
522.6 net per day · 1 birth every 118.8 s
·anchor 8,819,794 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.109% of the world
👶 Births today
640
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
175
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−2,262
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+460
2.16% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
30.11 /1,000
2024
Death rate
8.21 /1,000
2024
Fertility
3.70 births/woman
Life expectancy
62.0 yrs
Aged 0–14
37.7%
Aged 65+
3.3%
Urban
45.9%
Land area
72,300 km²
Density
122.0 /km²
GDP / capita
$846
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 8,819,794 + 0.0060/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 727 (crude birth rate 30.11/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 198 (crude death rate 8.21/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.04%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →