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Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone

Sovereign state in West Africa

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Also known as Republic of Sierra Leone · sl · SLE

Capital
Population
  • 7,557,212
Area
  • 71,740 km²
GDP (nominal)
  • $3.97B
  • , $4.25B
Currency
Official language
Head of state
Head of government

Economy & society

All data

364 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Water as percent of area
  • 0.2%
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
  • 0.309
Human Development Index
  • 0.477
Unemployment rate
  • 3%
Total fertility rate
  • 4.626
BTI Governance Index
  • 4.78
  • 4.89
  • 4.93
  • 5.01
  • 5.35
  • 5.45
  • 5.73
Democracy Index
  • 4.86
BTI Status Index
  • 5.09
  • 5.15
  • 5.24
  • 5.27
  • 5.28
  • 5.29
  • 5.37
  • 5.39
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  • 5.44
Death rate
  • 8.909
  • 9.065
  • 9.113
  • 9.296
VAT rate
  • 15%
Marriageable age
  • 18
Age of majority
  • 21
Happy Planet Index score
  • 29
Birth rate
  • 30.788
  • 31.36
  • 31.914
  • 32.549
Gini coefficient
  • 35.7
Life expectancy
  • 51.835 years
Mains voltage
  • 230 V
Urban population
  • 3,418,614
  • 3,534,267
  • 3,652,200
  • 3,771,972
Female population
  • 4,016,374
  • 4,109,203
  • 4,201,801
  • 4,293,526
Male population
  • 4,030,454
  • 4,124,768
  • 4,218,841
  • 4,312,192
Rural population
  • 4,628,214
  • 4,699,703
  • 4,768,441
  • 4,833,746
Unicode character
  • 🇸🇱
Trunk prefix
  • 0
Mobile country code
  • 619
Maritime identification digits
  • 667
Native label
  • Republic of Sierra Leone
Official name
  • Sierra Leone
Hashtag
  • SierraLeone
Demonym
  • Sierra Leonean
IPA transcription
  • ˈsɪæɾɑ lɛˈoːnə
Commonwealth Sport country code
  • SLE
Motto text
  • The freedom to explore
  • Unity, Freedom, Justice
Vehicle registration plate code
  • WAL
Website
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Located in or next to body of water

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169 identifiers linking Sierra Leone across the web's reference databases