Sierra Leone - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Sierra Leone was 1,236,425 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,236,425 in 2021 and a minimum value of 119,017 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 119,017
1961 122,176
1962 125,423
1963 130,035
1964 138,902
1965 148,347
1966 158,448
1967 169,237
1968 180,777
1969 193,069
1970 206,216
1971 220,257
1972 235,277
1973 251,274
1974 268,384
1975 284,039
1976 298,481
1977 313,615
1978 329,539
1979 346,271
1980 363,878
1981 382,327
1982 401,740
1983 422,138
1984 443,602
1985 466,094
1986 483,408
1987 495,876
1988 508,683
1989 521,785
1990 535,242
1991 549,047
1992 563,228
1993 577,734
1994 592,635
1995 607,920
1996 623,621
1997 639,683
1998 656,181
1999 673,106
2000 690,490
2001 708,274
2002 726,542
2003 745,281
2004 764,530
2005 785,524
2006 808,125
2007 831,376
2008 855,330
2009 879,905
2010 905,221
2011 931,266
2012 958,098
2013 985,626
2014 1,013,984
2015 1,043,158
2016 1,073,214
2017 1,104,136
2018 1,135,949
2019 1,168,424
2020 1,201,900
2021 1,236,425

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Sierra Leone was 35.02 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 42.63 in 1999, while its lowest value was 28.11 in 1963.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 29.59
1961 29.01
1962 28.43
1963 28.11
1964 28.57
1965 29.02
1966 29.48
1967 29.94
1968 30.41
1969 30.87
1970 31.34
1971 31.81
1972 32.29
1973 32.77
1974 33.25
1975 33.73
1976 34.19
1977 34.64
1978 35.10
1979 35.55
1980 36.01
1981 36.49
1982 36.99
1983 37.48
1984 37.92
1985 38.28
1986 38.18
1987 37.72
1988 37.33
1989 37.14
1990 37.26
1991 37.71
1992 38.42
1993 39.30
1994 40.22
1995 41.03
1996 41.71
1997 42.27
1998 42.61
1999 42.63
2000 42.28
2001 41.54
2002 40.52
2003 39.42
2004 38.45
2005 37.69
2006 37.16
2007 36.83
2008 36.62
2009 36.47
2010 36.31
2011 36.15
2012 36.01
2013 35.87
2014 35.74
2015 35.62
2016 35.52
2017 35.41
2018 35.31
2019 35.20
2020 35.10
2021 35.02

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization