Population density rose 1.93% to 82.8 km per capita in Sierra Leone in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 84.4 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 30.3 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, population density in Burkina Faso amounted to 60.2 km per capita, 46.6 km per capita in Guinea, 43.5 km per capita in Liberia and 12.2 km per capita in Mali in 2015.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 81st within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Algeria | km per capita | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | km per capita | 55.2 | 56.8 | 58.5 | 60.2 | 61.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | km per capita | 104 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | km per capita | 43.1 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 46.6 | 47.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | km per capita | 58.5 | 59.7 | 61.0 | 62.4 | 63.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Liberia | km per capita | 39.7 | 41.1 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 44.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | km per capita | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Mauritania | km per capita | 3.41 | 3.50 | 3.59 | 3.68 | 3.77 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | km per capita | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal | km per capita | 65.4 | 67.3 | 69.2 | 71.3 | 73.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | km per capita | 78.2 | 79.7 | 81.3 | 82.8 | 84.4 |