Honduras vs Sierra Leone: Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Honduras
4.68 million people
in 2050
Sierra Leone
4.70 million people
in 2050
Honduras rank
77th
Sierra Leone rank
76th
Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time
- Honduras
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 4.70 million people against 4.68 million people in Honduras, a difference of 14,050 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Honduras ahead.
Honduras ranks 77th and Sierra Leone ranks 76th of 238 countries.
Across the 43 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 35 and Sierra Leone in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 357,648 people | 3,923 people | 353,725 people | Honduras |
| 1100s | 447,053 people | 4,359 people | 442,694 people | Honduras |
| 1200s | 558,791 people | 4,844 people | 553,947 people | Honduras |
| 1300s | 698,392 people | 5,381 people | 693,011 people | Honduras |
| 1400s | 872,625 people | 5,977 people | 866,648 people | Honduras |
| 1500s | 1.09 million people | 6,636 people | 1.08 million people | Honduras |
| 1600s | 310,090 people | 7,353 people | 302,737 people | Honduras |
| 1700s | 87,593 people | 8,104 people | 79,489 people | Honduras |
| 1710s | 90,416 people | 8,991 people | 81,426 people | Honduras |
| 1720s | 93,361 people | 9,977 people | 83,385 people | Honduras |
| 1730s | 96,385 people | 11,069 people | 85,315 people | Honduras |
| 1740s | 99,486 people | 12,280 people | 87,206 people | Honduras |
| 1750s | 102,665 people | 13,621 people | 89,044 people | Honduras |
| 1760s | 105,921 people | 15,105 people | 90,816 people | Honduras |
| 1770s | 109,250 people | 16,749 people | 92,501 people | Honduras |
| 1780s | 112,652 people | 18,567 people | 94,085 people | Honduras |
| 1790s | 116,122 people | 20,579 people | 95,543 people | Honduras |
| 1800s | 119,656 people | 22,802 people | 96,854 people | Honduras |
| 1810s | 123,250 people | 25,259 people | 97,991 people | Honduras |
| 1820s | 126,897 people | 27,972 people | 98,925 people | Honduras |
| 1830s | 240,452 people | 30,967 people | 209,485 people | Honduras |
| 1840s | 278,920 people | 34,270 people | 244,650 people | Honduras |
| 1850s | 323,354 people | 37,910 people | 285,444 people | Honduras |
| 1860s | 357,502 people | 41,917 people | 315,585 people | Honduras |
| 1870s | 382,049 people | 64,856 people | 317,193 people | Honduras |
| 1880s | 407,954 people | 100,294 people | 307,660 people | Honduras |
| 1890s | 435,227 people | 155,002 people | 280,225 people | Honduras |
| 1900s | 463,860 people | 239,392 people | 224,468 people | Honduras |
| 1910s | 493,826 people | 369,452 people | 124,374 people | Honduras |
| 1920s | 565,777 people | 549,358 people | 16,419 people | Honduras |
| 1930s | 738,570 people | 816,116 people | 77,546 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 942,085 people | 1.21 million people | 269,075 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 1.28 million people | 1.80 million people | 519,614 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 1.76 million people | 1.96 million people | 190,913 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 2.15 million people | 2.14 million people | 11,462 people | Honduras |
| 1980s | 2.66 million people | 2.47 million people | 194,151 people | Honduras |
| 1990s | 3.25 million people | 2.77 million people | 480,647 people | Honduras |
| 2000s | 3.84 million people | 3.37 million people | 463,130 people | Honduras |
| 2010s | 4.20 million people | 4.13 million people | 68,945 people | Honduras |
| 2020s | 4.47 million people | 4.73 million people | 261,730 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2030s | 4.62 million people | 5.03 million people | 407,004 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2040s | 4.67 million people | 4.93 million people | 259,938 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2050s | 4.68 million people | 4.70 million people | 14,050 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Honduras or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 4.70 million people against 4.68 million people in Honduras as of 2050.
- What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Honduras and Sierra Leone?
- 14,050 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Sierra Leone?
- 133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
- How do Honduras and Sierra Leone rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?
- Honduras ranks 77th and Sierra Leone ranks 76th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.