Sierra Leone
Urban population in Sierra Leone
Urban population in Sierra Leone: 12.4% in 1950 and 45.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 45.9%
- Since 1950
- +33.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 165 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 63.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 63.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 |
| 2024 | 45.4 |
| 2023 | 44.8 |
| 2022 | 44.3 |
| 2021 | 43.7 |
| 2020 | 43.2 |
| 2019 | 42.7 |
| 2018 | 42.2 |
| 2017 | 41.7 |
| 2016 | 41.2 |
| 2015 | 40.8 |
| 2014 | 40.3 |
| 2013 | 39.9 |
| 2012 | 39.5 |
| 2011 | 39.1 |
| 2010 | 38.6 |
| 2009 | 38.3 |
| 2008 | 37.9 |
| 2007 | 37.5 |
| 2006 | 37.2 |
| 2005 | 36.9 |
| 2004 | 36.6 |
| 2003 | 36.3 |
| 2002 | 36 |
| 2001 | 35.8 |
| 2000 | 35.5 |
| 1999 | 35.3 |
| 1998 | 35.1 |
| 1997 | 34.9 |
| 1996 | 34.7 |
| 1995 | 34.5 |
| 1994 | 34.3 |
| 1993 | 34.1 |
| 1992 | 33.9 |
| 1991 | 33.7 |
| 1990 | 33.5 |
| 1989 | 33.2 |
| 1988 | 33 |
| 1987 | 32.7 |
| 1986 | 32.4 |
| 1985 | 32.1 |
| 1984 | 31.8 |
| 1983 | 31.4 |
| 1982 | 31 |
| 1981 | 30.6 |
| 1980 | 30.2 |
| 1979 | 29.8 |
| 1978 | 29.3 |
| 1977 | 28.8 |
| 1976 | 28.3 |
| 1975 | 27.8 |
| 1974 | 27.2 |
| 1973 | 26.6 |
| 1972 | 25.9 |
| 1971 | 25.2 |
| 1970 | 24.4 |
| 1969 | 23.5 |
| 1968 | 22.7 |
| 1967 | 21.9 |
| 1966 | 21.1 |
| 1965 | 20.3 |
| 1964 | 19.7 |
| 1963 | 19.1 |
| 1962 | 18.5 |
| 1961 | 18 |
| 1960 | 17.4 |
| 1959 | 16.9 |
| 1958 | 16.4 |
| 1957 | 15.9 |
| 1956 | 15.4 |
| 1955 | 14.8 |
| 1954 | 14.3 |
| 1953 | 13.9 |
| 1952 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 12.9 |
| 1950 | 12.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 46.5 |
| 2027 | 47.1 |
| 2028 | 47.7 |
| 2029 | 48.3 |
| 2030 | 48.9 |
| 2031 | 49.5 |
| 2032 | 50.2 |
| 2033 | 50.8 |
| 2034 | 51.5 |
| 2035 | 52.2 |
| 2036 | 52.9 |
| 2037 | 53.6 |
| 2038 | 54.3 |
| 2039 | 55 |
| 2040 | 55.7 |
| 2041 | 56.5 |
| 2042 | 57.2 |
| 2043 | 58 |
| 2044 | 58.8 |
| 2045 | 59.6 |
| 2046 | 60.4 |
| 2047 | 61.2 |
| 2048 | 62 |
| 2049 | 62.9 |
| 2050 | 63.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$29.5M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2016