Jamaica vs Sierra Leone: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Jamaica

223,237 people

in 2023

Sierra Leone

271,295 people

in 2023

Jamaica rank

135th

Sierra Leone rank

134th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 271,295 people against 223,237 people in Jamaica, a difference of 48,058 people.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Jamaica ranks 135th and Sierra Leone ranks 134th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.