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Sierra Leone: Rural population growth

1.00percent · 2025-36.8% since 2015

Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.998
20241.115
20231.217
20221.276
20211.352
20201.412
20191.451
20181.502
20171.564
20161.571
20151.579
20141.662
20131.749
20121.846
20111.947
20102.085
20092.085
20081.919
20071.65
20061.696
20052.216
20042.94
20033.657
20025.388
20015.547
20002.076
19990.192
19980.671
19970.983
19960.176
1995-0.157
19940.078
1993-0.535
1992-2.223
19910.834
19903.601
19892.122
19882.3
19872.254
19861.983
19851.726
19841.67
19831.583
19821.474
19811.416
19801.361
19791.294
19781.25
19771.145
19761.079
19751.074
19740.999
19730.898
19720.814
19710.796
19700.811
19690.809
19680.843
19670.87
19660.9
19650.95
19641.003
19631.021
19620.98
19610.921

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population growth. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population-growth (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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