What is the difference in number of children under 5 between Sierra Leone and Togo?

28,950 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Togo?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children under 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sierra Leone vs Togo: Number of children under 5

Sierra Leone

1.16 million people

in 2023

Togo

1.13 million people

in 2023

Sierra Leone rank

80th

Togo rank

83rd

Number of children under 5 over time

Sierra Leone
Togo

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.16 million people against 1.13 million people in Togo, a difference of 28,950 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 80th and Togo ranks 83rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 6 and Togo in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1950s	332,678 people	271,539 people	61,138 people	Sierra Leone
1960s	405,132 people	335,640 people	69,492 people	Sierra Leone
1970s	499,052 people	458,788 people	40,264 people	Sierra Leone
1980s	622,977 people	578,593 people	44,384 people	Sierra Leone
1990s	733,930 people	699,694 people	34,237 people	Sierra Leone
2000s	916,274 people	881,308 people	34,966 people	Sierra Leone
2010s	1.07 million people	1.10 million people	21,631 people	Togo
2020s	1.15 million people	1.16 million people	13,572 people	Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children under 5, Sierra Leone or Togo?: Sierra Leone, at 1.16 million people against 1.13 million people in Togo as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children under 5 between Sierra Leone and Togo?: 28,950 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Togo?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Togo rank globally for number of children under 5?: Sierra Leone ranks 80th and Togo ranks 83rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children under 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children under 5
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: 18 September 2026

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-4.