Denmark vs Sierra Leone: World population growth

Denmark

-0.1%

in 2100

Sierra Leone

-0.1%

in 2100

Denmark rank

95th

Sierra Leone rank

97th

World population growth over time

Denmark
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Denmark currently reports -0.1% against -0.1% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 95th and Sierra Leone ranks 97th of 238 countries.

Individual pages

World population growth in Denmark
World population growth in Sierra Leone
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: World population growth
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 38,302 data points, 1700–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.