Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Population growth rate

Liberia

2.2%

in 2023

Sierra Leone

2.2%

in 2023

Liberia rank

45th

Sierra Leone rank

46th

Population growth rate over time

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

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liberia ahead.

Globally, Liberia ranks 45th 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.