Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Nigeria
3.38 % change on previous year
in 2025
Sierra Leone
3.33 % change on previous year
in 2025
Nigeria rank
32nd
Sierra Leone rank
35th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.38 % change on previous year against 3.33 % change on previous year in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.05 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Nigeria ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 35th of 234 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 7 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.38 % change on previous year | 4.76 % change on previous year | 0.6175 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 5.86 % change on previous year | 5.19 % change on previous year | 0.6748 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 5.96 % change on previous year | 4.31 % change on previous year | 1.65 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 5.49 % change on previous year | 3.45 % change on previous year | 2.04 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 4.85 % change on previous year | 1.31 % change on previous year | 3.54 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 4.67 % change on previous year | 4.28 % change on previous year | 0.393 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 4.13 % change on previous year | 3.61 % change on previous year | 0.5195 % change on previous year | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 3.46 % change on previous year | 3.47 % change on previous year | 0.0056 % change on previous year | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
- Nigeria, at 3.38 % change on previous year against 3.33 % change on previous year in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 0.05 % change on previous year, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Nigeria ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 35th of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.