Area Database (v4.2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Sierra Leone
All years

% population in urban areas

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sierra Leone (Africa)  
Total 34.0 33.6 33.3 32.9 32.6 32.2 31.9 31.5 31.2 34.5 37.9 41.2 44.6 42.9 41.2 39.5 37.8
Bo 30.5 30.2 29.9 29.7 29.4 29.2 28.9 28.7 28.4 30.6 32.8 35.0 37.2 33.5 29.7 26.0 22.2
Bombali 39.5 38.1 36.7 35.3 33.9 32.5 31.1 29.7 28.3 29.4 30.4 31.5 32.6 29.2 25.8 22.4 18.9
Bonthe 23.0 22.2 21.4 20.6 19.8 19.0 18.2 17.4 16.6 17.7 18.7 19.7 20.8 20.7 20.7 20.6 20.5
Kailahun 11.2 11.8 12.4 13.0 13.6 14.2 14.8 15.4 16.0 20.0 24.1 28.1 32.2 30.5 28.9 27.2 25.5
Kambia 32.9 30.3 27.7 25.1 22.5 20.0 17.4 14.8 12.2 16.4 20.6 24.9 29.1 29.5 29.9 30.3 30.7
Kenema 27.0 28.4 29.9 31.4 32.9 34.3 35.8 37.3 38.8 40.5 42.3 44.0 45.8 44.5 43.2 41.9 40.6
Koinadugu 7.02 7.17 7.33 7.49 7.65 7.81 7.96 8.12 8.28 11.1 13.9 16.7 19.5 19.0 18.6 18.1 17.7
Kono 21.4 21.9 22.4 22.9 23.4 23.9 24.4 24.9 25.4 26.3 27.1 28.0 28.8 29.9 30.9 31.9 32.9
Moyamba 18.6 17.0 15.4 13.8 12.2 10.5 8.93 7.32 5.71 6.09 6.47 6.84 7.22 7.19 7.16 7.13 7.10
Port Loko 8.21 8.94 9.68 10.4 11.2 11.9 12.6 13.4 14.1 17.2 20.2 23.3 26.4 25.9 25.4 25.0 24.5
Pujehun 7.56 8.38 9.19 10.0 10.8 11.6 12.4 13.2 14.1 12.7 11.3 9.96 8.59 10.2 11.8 13.4 15.0
Tonkolili 19.7 18.5 17.3 16.2 15.0 13.8 12.6 11.4 10.2 12.9 15.7 18.4 21.2 22.1 23.1 24.0 25.0
Western Rural 50.4 50.7 51.1 51.5 51.8 52.2 52.6 52.9 53.3 62.4 71.6 80.7 89.9 91.3 92.7 94.1 95.5
Western Urban 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Lighter numbers are estimates