What is the difference in population between Sierra Leone and Togo?

236,670 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Togo?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sierra Leone vs Togo: Population

Sierra Leone

8.46 million people

in 2023

Togo

8.22 million people

in 2023

Sierra Leone rank

101st

Togo rank

102nd

Population over time

Sierra Leone
Togo

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 8.46 million people against 8.22 million people in Togo, a difference of 236,670 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Togo ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 101st and Togo ranks 102nd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 21 and Togo in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1000s	3,923 people	220,828 people	216,905 people	Togo
1100s	4,359 people	252,375 people	248,016 people	Togo
1200s	4,843 people	288,429 people	283,586 people	Togo
1300s	5,382 people	329,633 people	324,251 people	Togo
1400s	5,980 people	376,724 people	370,744 people	Togo
1500s	6,644 people	430,542 people	423,898 people	Togo
1600s	7,382 people	492,048 people	484,666 people	Togo
1700s	8,203 people	562,340 people	554,137 people	Togo
1710s	9,114 people	564,221 people	555,107 people	Togo
1720s	10,127 people	566,108 people	555,981 people	Togo
1730s	11,252 people	568,002 people	556,750 people	Togo
1740s	12,502 people	569,901 people	557,399 people	Togo
1750s	13,891 people	571,807 people	557,916 people	Togo
1760s	15,435 people	573,720 people	558,285 people	Togo
1770s	17,150 people	575,638 people	558,488 people	Togo
1780s	19,056 people	577,564 people	558,508 people	Togo
1790s	21,173 people	579,495 people	558,322 people	Togo
1800s	794,264 people	445,985 people	348,279 people	Sierra Leone
1810s	794,254 people	446,023 people	348,230 people	Sierra Leone
1820s	791,872 people	454,782 people	337,090 people	Sierra Leone
1830s	786,713 people	474,353 people	312,360 people	Sierra Leone
1840s	781,634 people	494,947 people	286,686 people	Sierra Leone
1850s	798,521 people	522,427 people	276,094 people	Sierra Leone
1860s	846,729 people	558,936 people	287,793 people	Sierra Leone
1870s	907,117 people	606,293 people	300,824 people	Sierra Leone
1880s	976,995 people	661,960 people	315,035 people	Sierra Leone
1890s	1.05 million people	715,323 people	336,991 people	Sierra Leone
1900s	1.13 million people	772,844 people	360,551 people	Sierra Leone
1910s	1.22 million people	838,705 people	376,478 people	Sierra Leone
1920s	1.35 million people	939,934 people	406,557 people	Sierra Leone
1930s	1.55 million people	1.09 million people	469,216 people	Sierra Leone
1940s	1.82 million people	1.27 million people	549,252 people	Sierra Leone
1950s	2.11 million people	1.52 million people	593,642 people	Sierra Leone
1960s	2.45 million people	1.83 million people	624,805 people	Sierra Leone
1970s	2.95 million people	2.43 million people	518,513 people	Sierra Leone
1980s	3.62 million people	3.18 million people	445,647 people	Sierra Leone
1990s	4.22 million people	4.13 million people	86,648 people	Sierra Leone
2000s	5.34 million people	5.39 million people	50,165 people	Togo
2010s	6.97 million people	6.99 million people	23,111 people	Togo
2020s	8.19 million people	8.00 million people	181,945 people	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Sierra Leone or Togo?: Sierra Leone, at 8.46 million people against 8.22 million people in Togo as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Sierra Leone and Togo?: 236,670 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Togo?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Togo rank globally for population?: Sierra Leone ranks 101st and Togo ranks 102nd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.