Rural population rose 1.46% to 4.77 mil in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 4.77 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.90 mil in 1960. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, rural population in Burkina Faso amounted to 15.2 mil, 8.49 mil in Guinea, 2.46 mil in Liberia and 12.1 mil in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 78th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | mil | 7.54 | 7.70 | 7.86 | 8.02 | 8.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | mil | 2.31 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.39 | 2.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 1.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 16.9 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 19.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | mil | 7.77 | 7.92 | 8.07 | 8.22 | 8.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | mil | 4.33 | 4.40 | 4.48 | 4.56 | 4.63 |
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