Sierra Leone - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 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 urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

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 urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Sierra Leone was 15.19 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 15.19 in 2021, while its lowest value was 5.14 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5.14
1961 5.19
1962 5.25
1963 5.36
1964 5.63
1965 5.91
1966 6.21
1967 6.52
1968 6.84
1969 7.17
1970 7.51
1971 7.87
1972 8.24
1973 8.62
1974 9.02
1975 9.35
1976 9.62
1977 9.89
1978 10.17
1979 10.45
1980 10.74
1981 11.04
1982 11.35
1983 11.66
1984 11.96
1985 12.25
1986 12.34
1987 12.28
1988 12.24
1989 12.26
1990 12.39
1991 12.63
1992 12.95
1993 13.35
1994 13.75
1995 14.12
1996 14.46
1997 14.76
1998 14.98
1999 15.08
2000 15.06
2001 14.90
2002 14.63
2003 14.33
2004 14.07
2005 13.91
2006 13.86
2007 13.88
2008 13.94
2009 14.03
2010 14.11
2011 14.19
2012 14.27
2013 14.36
2014 14.45
2015 14.55
2016 14.64
2017 14.74
2018 14.85
2019 14.95
2020 15.07
2021 15.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization