Gabon vs Sierra Leone: Population growth rate

Gabon

2.2%

in 2023

Sierra Leone

2.2%

in 2023

Gabon rank

47th

Sierra Leone rank

46th

Population growth rate over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.2% against 2.2% in Gabon, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Globally, Gabon ranks 47th and Sierra Leone ranks 46th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.