Editing Demographics of Sierra Leone (section)

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations of Sierra Leone
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|source      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sierra-leone.org/Census/ssl_final_results.pdf|title=FINAL RESULTS 2004 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS|website=Sierra-leone.org|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
|1963 | 2180355
|1974 | 2735159
|1985 | 3515812
|2004 | 4976871
|2014 | 5743725
}}

[[Image:Sierra-Leone-demography.png|thumb|450px|Sierra Leone's total population, from 1961 to 2013.]]

According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Sierra Leone}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 1 895 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 43%, 55.1% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 1.9% was 65 years or older
.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
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!
! width="80" |Total population
! width="80" |Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|1 895 000||39.4||57.6||3.0
|-
| 1955
|2 029 000||39.6||57.5||2.9
|-
| 1960
|2 187 000||39.6||57.5||2.9
|-
| 1965
|2 373 000||39.8||57.3||2.9
|-
| 1970
|2 593 000||40.5||56.9||2.9
|-
| 1975
|2 845 000||40.5||56.6||3.0
|-
| 1980
|3 162 000||41.1||56.0||2.9
|-
| 1985
|3 541 000||42.0||55.3||2.7
|-
| 1990
|3 982 000||42.4||55.1||2.6
|-
| 1995
|3 898 000||42.3||55.3||2.4
|-
| 2000
|4 143 000||42.4||55.5||2.1
|-
| 2005
|5 153 000||42.9||55.2||1.9
|-
| 2010
|5 868 000||43.0||55.1||1.9
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Estimates or projections based on the 2015 population census.): <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 3 987 250
| align="right" | 4 113 068
| align="right" | 8 100 318
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 620 177
| align="right" | 639 745
| align="right" | 1 259 922
| align="right" | 15.55
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 546 368 
| align="right" | 563 608
| align="right" | 1 109 976
| align="right" | 13.70
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 492 216
| align="right" | 507 749
| align="right" | 999 965
| align="right" | 12.34
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 415 263
| align="right" | 428 368
| align="right" | 843 631
| align="right" | 10.30
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 373 462
| align="right" | 385 247
| align="right" | 758 709
| align="right" | 9.37
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 324 639
| align="right" | 334 883
| align="right" | 659 522
| align="right" | 8.14
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 272 318
| align="right" | 280 911
| align="right" | 553 229
| align="right" | 6.83
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 226 560
| align="right" | 233 708
| align="right" | 460 268
| align="right" | 5.68
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 181 985
| align="right" | 187 730
| align="right" | 369 715
| align="right" | 4.56
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 144 473
| align="right" | 149 031
| align="right" | 293 504
| align="right" | 3.62
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 110 450
| align="right" | 113 934
| align="right" | 224 384
| align="right" | 2.77
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 84 146
| align="right" | 86 801
| align="right" | 170 947
| align="right" | 2.11
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 64 608
| align="right" | 66 647
| align="right" | 131 255
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 47 370
| align="right" | 48 865
| align="right" | 96 235
| align="right" | 1.19
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 33 569
| align="right" | 34 630
| align="right" | 68 199
| align="right" | 0.84
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 22 307
| align="right" | 23 010
| align="right" | 45 317
| align="right" | 0.56
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 27 339
| align="right" | 28 201
| align="right" | 55 540
| align="right" | 0.69
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 1 658 761
| align="right" | 1 711 102
| align="right" | 3 369 863
| align="right" | 41.60
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 2 197 904
| align="right" | 2 267 260
| align="right" | 4 465 164 
| align="right" | 55.12
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 130 585
| align="right" | 134 706
| align="right" | 265 291
| align="right" | 3.28
|-
|}