Maldives vs Sierra Leone: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Maldives
1.2%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
1.2%
in 2025
Maldives rank
31st
Sierra Leone rank
30th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Maldives
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 1.2% against 1.2% in Maldives, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Maldives ranks 31st and Sierra Leone ranks 30th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.6% | 3.4% | 2.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 3.3% | 3.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 6.5% | 2.3% | 4.2% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 0.8% | 2.1% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Maldives or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 1.2% against 1.2% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Maldives and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sierra Leone?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Sierra Leone rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Maldives ranks 31st and Sierra Leone ranks 30th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.