Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Guinea
14.9%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
15.7%
in 2025
Guinea rank
90th
Sierra Leone rank
88th
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 15.7% against 14.9% in Guinea, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Guinea ranks 90th and Sierra Leone ranks 88th of 121 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.3% | 6.0% | 0.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 11.5% | 9.3% | 2.2% | Guinea |
| 1980s | 13.0% | 12.4% | 0.6% | Guinea |
| 1990s | 13.8% | 14.3% | 0.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 14.6% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 14.6% | 14.8% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 15.4% | 0.8% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 15.7% against 14.9% in Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0.8%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Guinea ranks 90th and Sierra Leone ranks 88th of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.