Male population — all countries

Male population — Sierra Leone

Male population in Sierra Leone in 2025 — 4,399,019 people. Ranked 99 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 296.1%.

2025 4.4M people +2.07% vs 2024
World rank 99of 217
Period maximum 4.4M people2025
Period minimum 1.11M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Sierra Leone, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,110,584 people1962: 1,146,828 people1964: 1,187,369 people1966: 1,232,211 people1968: 1,280,706 people1970: 1,331,199 people1972: 1,382,181 people1974: 1,434,786 people1976: 1,488,352 people1978: 1,546,086 people1980: 1,608,752 people1982: 1,676,246 people1984: 1,751,040 people1986: 1,835,457 people1988: 1,938,136 people1990: 2,068,752 people1992: 2,054,911 people1994: 2,059,262 people1996: 2,072,787 people1998: 2,121,345 people2000: 2,182,453 people2002: 2,455,579 people2004: 2,648,977 people2006: 2,785,651 people2008: 2,922,950 people2010: 3,088,827 people2012: 3,255,125 people2014: 3,420,059 people2016: 3,586,963 people2018: 3,763,742 people2020: 3,944,195 people2022: 4,127,081 people2024: 4,309,971 people2025: 4,399,019 people
Change over the period: +3.29M (+296.1%) Average annual rate: 2.14 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 4.4M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Western Africa computed 235M people
Low-income countries computed 393M people
Male population — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.4M +89,048 +2.07%
2024 4.31M +90,919 +2.15%
2023 4.22M +91,971 +2.23%
2022 4.13M +91,412 +2.27%
2021 4.04M +91,474 +2.32%
2020 3.94M +90,875 +2.36%
2019 3.85M +89,578 +2.38%
2018 3.76M +88,636 +2.41%
2017 3.68M +88,143 +2.46%
2016 3.59M +85,051 +2.43%
2015 3.5M +81,853 +2.39%
2014 3.42M +82,344 +2.47%
2013 3.34M +82,590 +2.54%
2012 3.26M +83,001 +2.62%
2011 3.17M +83,297 +2.7%
2010 3.09M +84,468 +2.81%
2009 3M +81,409 +2.79%
2008 2.92M +73,696 +2.59%
2007 2.85M +63,603 +2.28%
2006 2.79M +62,617 +2.3%
2005 2.72M +74,057 +2.8%
2004 2.65M +89,786 +3.51%
2003 2.56M +103,612 +4.22%
2002 2.46M +139,076 +6%
2001 2.32M +134,050 +6.14%
2000 2.18M +51,485 +2.42%
1999 2.13M +9,623 +0.45%
1998 2.12M +20,953 +1%
1997 2.1M +27,605 +1.33%
1996 2.07M +10,296 +0.5%
1995 2.06M +3,229 +0.16%
1994 2.06M +8,346 +0.41%
1993 2.05M −3,995 −0.19%
1992 2.05M −38,839 −1.85%
1991 2.09M +24,998 +1.21%
1990 2.07M +80,936 +4.07%
1989 1.99M +49,680 +2.56%
1988 1.94M +52,221 +2.77%
1987 1.89M +50,458 +2.75%
1986 1.84M +44,771 +2.5%
1985 1.79M +39,646 +2.26%
1984 1.75M +38,319 +2.24%
1983 1.71M +36,475 +2.18%
1982 1.68M +34,358 +2.09%
1981 1.64M +33,136 +2.06%
1980 1.61M +31,986 +2.03%
1979 1.58M +30,680 +1.98%
1978 1.55M +29,771 +1.96%
1977 1.52M +27,963 +1.88%
1976 1.49M +26,780 +1.83%
1975 1.46M +26,786 +1.87%
1974 1.43M +26,488 +1.88%
1973 1.41M +26,117 +1.89%
1972 1.38M +25,510 +1.88%
1971 1.36M +25,472 +1.91%
1970 1.33M +25,513 +1.95%
1969 1.31M +24,980 +1.95%
1968 1.28M +24,609 +1.96%
1967 1.26M +23,886 +1.94%
1966 1.23M +22,897 +1.89%
1965 1.21M +21,945 +1.85%
1964 1.19M +20,829 +1.79%
1963 1.17M +19,712 +1.72%
1962 1.15M +18,664 +1.65%
1961 1.13M +17,580 +1.58%
1960 1.11M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.