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Sierra Leone - Population Growth 1997

Name: Sierra Leone Population Growth 1997
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

1.29% +0.81pp from 1996 Global rank: 96th

Sierra Leone's population growth was 1.29% in 1997, increased +0.81pp from 0.48% in 1996. This was the 96th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Population Growth by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Georgia	-3.21%	11.6%
2nd	Kazakhstan	-2.30%	-21.0%
3rd	Estonia	-1.14%	22.7%
4th	Latvia	-1.00%	11.5%
5th	Armenia	-0.99%	-13.5%
6th	Ukraine	-0.86%	-0.8%
7th	North Macedonia	-0.78%	-211.9%
8th	Lithuania	-0.74%	3.0%
9th	Albania	-0.63%	-0.6%
10th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-0.62%	-12.1%
11th	Bulgaria	-0.61%	-18.0%
12th	Croatia	-0.49%	64.4%
13th	Belarus	-0.42%	-23.4%
14th	St. Martin (French part)	-0.41%	-345.6%
15th	Moldova	-0.37%	-84.7%
16th	Serbia	-0.31%	-289.8%
17th	Romania	-0.29%	0.1%
18th	Montenegro	-0.24%	-109.5%
19th	Hungary	-0.20%	-17.3%
20th	Russian Federation	-0.17%	-13.7%
21st	Dominica	-0.16%	-88.4%
22nd	Slovenia	-0.13%	-115.0%
23rd	Czechia	-0.11%	7.4%
24th	Burundi	-0.01%	-111.1%
25th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.02%	-69.5%
26th	Barbados	0.04%	-55.9%
27th	Italy	0.05%	88.3%
28th	Sweden	0.06%	-64.0%
29th	Poland	0.07%	-14.0%
30th	Austria	0.11%	-16.1%
31st	Nauru	0.14%	-22.3%
32nd	Germany	0.15%	-49.5%
33rd	European Union	0.15%	-7.7%
34th	Greenland	0.18%	-0.2%
35th	Slovak Republic	0.18%	-12.8%
36th	Guyana	0.23%	-19.8%
37th	Japan	0.24%	5.0%
38th	Switzerland	0.24%	-45.5%
39th	Belgium	0.24%	23.8%
40th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.24%	-5.7%
41st	United Kingdom	0.26%	1.1%
42nd	Finland	0.30%	-9.3%
43rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.33%	-25.1%
44th	Cuba	0.33%	-2.3%
45th	Gibraltar	0.35%	-14.0%
46th	France	0.36%	-0.2%
47th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.38%	-15.1%
48th	Tonga	0.40%	696.2%
49th	Denmark	0.42%	-26.6%
50th	Spain	0.42%	0.6%
51st	Curaçao	0.44%	-44.6%
52nd	Channel Islands	0.44%	103.4%
53rd	Portugal	0.45%	18.7%
54th	Greece	0.49%	11.9%
55th	Netherlands	0.51%	11.6%
56th	Macao SAR, China	0.53%	-62.4%
57th	Uruguay	0.53%	0.3%
58th	Norway	0.54%	7.0%
59th	Bermuda	0.61%	26.1%
60th	Tuvalu	0.62%	-7.1%
61st	Liechtenstein	0.64%	-23.1%
62nd	El Salvador	0.67%	-9.6%
63rd	Grenada	0.68%	-1.5%
64th	Monaco	0.71%	-1.6%
65th	Malta	0.76%	15.3%
66th	Lesotho	0.79%	-25.8%
67th	Iceland	0.82%	51.7%
68th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.83%	-81.2%
69th	Samoa	0.83%	-2.4%
70th	Jamaica	0.92%	-4.7%
71st	Puerto Rico (US)	0.93%	-17.2%
72nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	0.94%	-5.9%
73rd	Korea	0.94%	-1.6%
74th	Azerbaijan	0.96%	-4.7%
75th	Marshall Islands	0.99%	-5.9%
76th	Canada	0.99%	-4.9%
77th	Ireland	1.00%	26.7%
78th	China	1.02%	-2.4%
79th	Fiji	1.03%	64.2%
80th	Australia	1.08%	-10.9%
81st	Eritrea	1.11%	-77.7%
82nd	Andorra	1.11%	888.4%
83rd	Seychelles	1.17%	-20.0%
84th	Isle of Man	1.19%	59.9%
85th	South Africa	1.20%	-7.6%
86th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.20%	11.0%
87th	Tajikistan	1.20%	-38.8%
88th	United States	1.20%	3.5%
89th	Argentina	1.21%	-3.4%
90th	San Marino	1.24%	-3.1%
91st	Mauritius	1.25%	22.4%
92nd	Luxembourg	1.25%	-7.9%
93rd	Faroe Islands	1.26%	1,925.8%
94th	Myanmar	1.28%	-0.5%
95th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.28%	-1.3%
96th	Sierra Leone	1.29%	169.7%
97th	Kosovo	1.31%	-9.9%
98th	New Zealand	1.31%	-17.1%
99th	Thailand	1.33%	-3.4%
100th	Guam	1.34%	-4.6%
101st	Chile	1.34%	-5.3%
102nd	Tunisia	1.36%	-6.1%
103rd	St. Lucia	1.41%	-5.6%
104th	Mongolia	1.42%	-8.1%
105th	São Tomé and Principe	1.42%	-6.6%
106th	Türkiye	1.45%	-4.1%
107th	Viet Nam	1.45%	-4.7%
108th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.46%	-1.5%
109th	Brazil	1.49%	-1.8%
110th	Morocco	1.50%	-2.3%
111th	Bahamas, The	1.50%	-5.0%
112th	Libya	1.54%	-5.6%
113th	Oman	1.55%	-8.7%
114th	French Polynesia	1.60%	6.1%
115th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	1.61%	-16.4%
116th	Indonesia	1.63%	-1.2%
117th	Nicaragua	1.67%	-10.2%
118th	Cabo Verde	1.68%	-5.1%
119th	Mexico	1.68%	-3.0%
120th	Eswatini	1.68%	-15.0%
121st	Turkmenistan	1.70%	-1.3%
122nd	Comoros	1.72%	0.0%
123rd	Uzbekistan	1.73%	-8.0%
124th	Dominican Republic	1.74%	-4.2%
125th	Colombia	1.79%	-1.7%
126th	Bhutan	1.79%	1,134.9%
127th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.81%	-2.4%
128th	Lebanon	1.81%	-2.4%
129th	Kiribati	1.83%	7.8%
130th	Ecuador	1.85%	-2.0%
131st	Peru	1.85%	-1.7%
132nd	Bangladesh	1.85%	1.4%
133rd	Algeria	1.86%	-4.8%
134th	American Samoa	1.87%	-4.5%
135th	Zimbabwe	1.88%	13.1%
136th	Haiti	1.89%	-0.7%
137th	Sri Lanka	1.90%	-1.3%
138th	Guinea-Bissau	1.91%	-8.5%
139th	Cyprus	1.94%	-3.7%
140th	India	1.97%	-1.6%
141st	Malawi	2.01%	1.8%
142nd	Panama	2.01%	-0.6%
143rd	Maldives	2.02%	-7.9%
144th	Tanzania	2.02%	10.3%
145th	Antigua and Barbuda	2.05%	-0.8%
146th	Guinea	2.06%	-27.4%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.07%	0.0%
148th	Nepal	2.08%	-5.8%
149th	Suriname	2.08%	-1.9%
150th	Lao PDR	2.09%	-10.5%
151st	Congo, Republic of	2.14%	-22.9%
152nd	Vanuatu	2.15%	-3.7%
153rd	New Caledonia	2.18%	-4.9%
154th	Sudan	2.23%	-0.7%
155th	Mauritania	2.23%	12.7%
156th	Paraguay	2.25%	-3.1%
157th	Costa Rica	2.26%	-3.6%
158th	Mali	2.27%	5.4%
159th	Botswana	2.30%	-5.8%
160th	Brunei Darussalam	2.34%	-2.6%
161st	Philippines	2.35%	2.1%
162nd	Senegal	2.36%	-3.5%
163rd	Ghana	2.38%	1.9%
164th	Malaysia	2.49%	-1.4%
165th	Israel	2.50%	-4.5%
166th	Gabon	2.52%	-0.4%
167th	British Virgin Islands	2.53%	2.3%
168th	Palau	2.54%	-3.6%
169th	Zambia	2.55%	4.1%
170th	Guatemala	2.56%	-1.2%
171st	Burkina Faso	2.58%	0.7%
172nd	Namibia	2.59%	-4.3%
173rd	Nigeria	2.60%	-0.4%
174th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.62%	-3.1%
175th	Bahrain	2.64%	0.1%
176th	Cameroon	2.65%	-1.5%
177th	Jordan	2.69%	-19.1%
178th	Kenya	2.73%	-0.7%
179th	Mozambique	2.74%	-16.5%
180th	Central African Republic	2.75%	6.0%
181st	Timor-Leste	2.75%	0.4%
182nd	Honduras	2.80%	-0.9%
183rd	South Sudan	2.80%	13.1%
184th	Pakistan	2.83%	-2.8%
185th	Gambia, The	2.84%	-1.8%
186th	Solomon Islands	2.85%	-1.2%
187th	Uganda	2.90%	7.3%
188th	Benin	2.95%	12.8%
189th	Iraq	3.09%	-3.1%
190th	Togo	3.16%	-14.9%
191st	Yemen, Republic of	3.19%	-5.3%
192nd	Madagascar	3.26%	1.2%
193rd	Kuwait	3.27%	14.3%
194th	Niger	3.32%	-0.7%
195th	Belize	3.34%	12.2%
196th	Singapore	3.36%	-17.4%
197th	Angola	3.40%	0.4%
198th	Chad	3.45%	-22.1%
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.51%	-3.3%
200th	Djibouti	3.56%	49.2%
201st	Papua New Guinea	3.56%	-0.4%
202nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.62%	-13.9%
203rd	Afghanistan	3.80%	-5.0%
204th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.84%	-0.8%
205th	Saudi Arabia	3.86%	-3.5%
206th	Equatorial Guinea	3.87%	1.3%
207th	Aruba	3.87%	-1.9%
208th	Qatar	3.98%	41.3%
209th	Cayman Islands	4.02%	-4.0%
210th	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.45%	-3.9%
211th	West Bank and Gaza	4.48%	0.0%
212th	Cambodia	6.88%	-8.5%
213th	Liberia	7.78%	171.3%
214th	United Arab Emirates	8.12%	25.4%
215th	Northern Mariana Islands	9.04%	27.8%
216th	Rwanda	14.50%	-13.5%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's population growth in 1997?▾

Sierra Leone's population growth in 1997 was 1.29%. This ranked 96th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's population growth change in 1997?▾

Sierra Leone's population growth increased by 169.7% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1997?▾

Rwanda had the highest population growth in 1997 at 14.50%.

What is the population growth of Sierra Leone in 1997?▾

The population growth of Sierra Leone in 1997 was 1.29%. This ranked 96th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Sierra Leone's population growth?▾

Sierra Leone's population growth went from 0.48% in 1996 to 1.29% in 1997, a 169.7% increase.

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