Sierra Leone - Population Density 1987
53.1
+1.4 from 1986
Sierra Leone's population density was 53.1 in 1987, increased +1.4 from 51.7 in 1986. This was the 86th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1987▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.2 | 1.1% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.3 | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 1.4 | 3.3% |
| 4th | Mauritania | 1.7 | 2.9% |
| 5th | Botswana | 2.1 | 3.3% |
| 6th | Australia | 2.1 | 1.5% |
| 7th | Libya | 2.3 | 2.8% |
| 8th | Iceland | 2.5 | 1.1% |
| 9th | Suriname | 2.5 | 1.2% |
| 10th | Canada | 2.9 | 1.3% |
| 11th | Gabon | 3.5 | 2.8% |
| 12th | Guyana | 3.9 | -0.5% |
| 13th | Saudi Arabia | 4.2 | 5.8% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 4.3 | 1.3% |
| 15th | Chad | 4.3 | 3.6% |
| 16th | Oman | 4.8 | 6.2% |
| 17th | Niger | 6.0 | 3.1% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.2 | 2.1% |
| 19th | Congo, Republic of | 6.4 | 3.0% |
| 20th | Mali | 7.1 | 1.8% |
| 21st | Belize | 7.5 | 2.3% |
| 22nd | Papua New Guinea | 8.0 | 2.2% |
| 23rd | Angola | 8.4 | 3.5% |
| 24th | New Caledonia | 9.1 | 1.7% |
| 25th | Paraguay | 9.4 | 2.9% |
| 26th | Zambia | 9.7 | 2.9% |
| 27th | Algeria | 9.8 | 3.1% |
| 28th | Solomon Islands | 10.8 | 3.3% |
| 29th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.9 | 4.2% |
| 30th | Vanuatu | 11.3 | 2.6% |
| 31st | Argentina | 11.4 | 1.6% |
| 32nd | Norway | 11.5 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 11.5 | 3.6% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 11.6 | 3.1% |
| 35th | New Zealand | 12.4 | 0.9% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 14.7 | 3.2% |
| 37th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.1 | 4.4% |
| 38th | Peru | 16.1 | 2.3% |
| 39th | Finland | 16.2 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Mozambique | 16.3 | 0.4% |
| 41st | Brazil | 16.9 | 2.0% |
| 42nd | Lao PDR | 17.1 | 2.9% |
| 43rd | Chile | 17.2 | 1.6% |
| 44th | Uruguay | 17.4 | 0.6% |
| 45th | Afghanistan | 17.5 | -0.3% |
| 46th | Madagascar | 19.0 | 2.9% |
| 47th | Djibouti | 19.6 | 6.6% |
| 48th | Sweden | 20.6 | 0.3% |
| 49th | Cameroon | 21.9 | 3.1% |
| 50th | United Arab Emirates | 22.2 | 7.3% |
| 51st | Yemen, Republic of | 23.4 | 3.9% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 24.0 | 3.4% |
| 53rd | Guinea | 24.0 | 2.6% |
| 54th | Liberia | 24.7 | 3.0% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 26.2 | 1.7% |
| 56th | United States | 26.5 | 0.9% |
| 57th | Tanzania | 27.1 | 3.3% |
| 58th | Colombia | 27.5 | 2.1% |
| 59th | South Africa | 30.8 | 3.2% |
| 60th | Burkina Faso | 30.9 | 2.8% |
| 61st | Panama | 31.0 | 2.2% |
| 62nd | Nicaragua | 32.3 | 2.3% |
| 63rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.7 | 3.6% |
| 64th | Guinea-Bissau | 33.0 | 1.6% |
| 65th | Faroe Islands | 33.5 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.1 | 3.9% |
| 67th | Qatar | 34.2 | 3.8% |
| 68th | Jordan | 34.5 | 4.7% |
| 69th | Ecuador | 35.3 | 2.4% |
| 70th | Kenya | 36.2 | 3.6% |
| 71st | Senegal | 36.8 | 3.0% |
| 72nd | Cambodia | 37.2 | 4.3% |
| 73rd | Iraq | 37.8 | 2.8% |
| 74th | Mexico | 40.2 | 2.0% |
| 75th | Honduras | 40.9 | 2.9% |
| 76th | Fiji | 41.1 | 1.5% |
| 77th | Benin | 42.7 | 3.1% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 44.4 | 3.3% |
| 79th | Eswatini | 44.4 | 4.0% |
| 80th | Timor-Leste | 48.3 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 49.5 | 3.3% |
| 82nd | Tunisia | 50.1 | 2.5% |
| 83rd | Ireland | 51.4 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Morocco | 51.7 | 2.0% |
| 85th | French Polynesia | 52.0 | 2.6% |
| 86th | Sierra Leone | 53.1 | 2.7% |
| 87th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 53.9 | 2.8% |
| 88th | Lesotho | 56.1 | 2.2% |
| 89th | Costa Rica | 56.7 | 2.7% |
| 90th | Myanmar | 58.1 | 1.8% |
| 91st | Samoa | 59.2 | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 62.0 | 3.5% |
| 93rd | Ghana | 62.8 | 2.3% |
| 94th | Togo | 67.2 | 3.1% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 68.7 | 2.1% |
| 96th | Guatemala | 77.4 | 2.8% |
| 97th | Spain | 77.5 | 0.3% |
| 98th | Greece | 77.6 | 0.3% |
| 99th | Uganda | 79.8 | 3.1% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | 81.1 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Cyprus | 81.7 | 1.6% |
| 102nd | Kiribati | 86.1 | 2.5% |
| 103rd | Malawi | 88.0 | 4.9% |
| 104th | Cabo Verde | 88.7 | 1.4% |
| 105th | Austria | 91.8 | 0.1% |
| 106th | Gambia, The | 92.0 | 4.1% |
| 107th | British Virgin Islands | 94.6 | 3.4% |
| 108th | Dominica | 94.7 | -0.5% |
| 109th | Indonesia | 95.8 | 2.0% |
| 110th | Cayman Islands | 96.1 | 3.9% |
| 111th | Cuba | 96.2 | 0.9% |
| 112th | Nigeria | 98.4 | 2.7% |
| 113th | Romania | 99.6 | 0.5% |
| 114th | Andorra | 101.4 | 4.2% |
| 115th | Thailand | 101.9 | 1.8% |
| 116th | France | 106.3 | 0.5% |
| 117th | Portugal | 109.6 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Albania | 112.5 | 2.0% |
| 119th | Isle of Man | 115.1 | 1.4% |
| 120th | Kuwait | 115.2 | 4.1% |
| 121st | China | 115.5 | 1.6% |
| 122nd | European Union | 115.8 | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Hungary | 118.1 | -0.2% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 118.7 | 2.5% |
| 125th | Poland | 123.0 | 0.6% |
| 126th | Nepal | 127.6 | 2.1% |
| 127th | Denmark | 128.2 | 0.1% |
| 128th | Pakistan | 136.4 | 3.5% |
| 129th | Tonga | 136.6 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Dominican Republic | 138.9 | 2.2% |
| 131st | Antigua and Barbuda | 145.3 | -0.5% |
| 132nd | Seychelles | 148.9 | 4.3% |
| 133rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 159.0 | -0.6% |
| 134th | Switzerland | 165.6 | 0.6% |
| 135th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 167.8 | 1.5% |
| 136th | Liechtenstein | 172.2 | 1.2% |
| 137th | Viet Nam | 189.2 | 2.1% |
| 138th | Italy | 192.5 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Philippines | 195.0 | 2.7% |
| 140th | Israel | 201.9 | 1.6% |
| 141st | Burundi | 204.4 | 2.3% |
| 142nd | American Samoa | 210.4 | 3.7% |
| 143rd | Jamaica | 215.1 | 0.8% |
| 144th | St. Lucia | 218.4 | 1.5% |
| 145th | Comoros | 220.5 | 2.8% |
| 146th | Germany | 223.0 | 0.2% |
| 147th | Haiti | 233.9 | 2.0% |
| 148th | United Kingdom | 234.8 | 0.2% |
| 149th | Trinidad and Tobago | 237.3 | 1.2% |
| 150th | Guam | 240.5 | 2.3% |
| 151st | El Salvador | 245.8 | 2.0% |
| 152nd | Sri Lanka | 253.8 | 1.2% |
| 153rd | India | 272.1 | 2.3% |
| 154th | Rwanda | 273.6 | 3.3% |
| 155th | Tuvalu | 279.0 | 1.9% |
| 156th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 282.1 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Grenada | 286.8 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Virgin Islands (US) | 288.3 | 0.1% |
| 159th | Aruba | 328.7 | -1.3% |
| 160th | Lebanon | 330.9 | 2.6% |
| 161st | Japan | 334.8 | 0.5% |
| 162nd | San Marino | 378.1 | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 388.0 | 0.9% |
| 164th | Korea | 431.5 | 1.0% |
| 165th | Netherlands | 434.4 | 0.6% |
| 166th | Nauru | 447.3 | 2.3% |
| 167th | Mauritius | 510.4 | 0.8% |
| 168th | Barbados | 598.3 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Bahrain | 670.8 | 3.7% |
| 170th | Maldives | 679.8 | 3.6% |
| 171st | Channel Islands | 700.7 | 1.0% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | 806.3 | 2.3% |
| 173rd | Bermuda | 1,041.9 | 0.7% |
| 174th | Malta | 1,076.5 | 0.7% |
| 175th | Gibraltar | 2,809.6 | -0.8% |
| 176th | Singapore | 4,141.5 | 1.5% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5,636.9 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Monaco | 14,526.9 | 1.2% |
| 179th | Macao SAR, China | 15,342.5 | 3.6% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's population density in 1987?▾
Sierra Leone's population density in 1987 was 53.1. This ranked 86th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's population density change in 1987?▾
Sierra Leone's population density increased by 2.7% in 1987 compared to 1986.
Which country had the highest population density in 1987?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1987 at 15,342.5.
What is the population density of Sierra Leone in 1987?▾
The population density of Sierra Leone in 1987 was 53.1. This ranked 86th globally.
How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Sierra Leone's population density?▾
Sierra Leone's population density went from 51.7 in 1986 to 53.1 in 1987, a 2.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Sierra Leone matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1987. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 60.8%. View full analysis →
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