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Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone
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Population
9.08M
Capital
Freetown
Area
71,740 km²
Currency
SLE
Leone
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$6.97B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$807
as of 2024
Population
8.64M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
2.1%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
28.6%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
3.1%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
25.1%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
61.96
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
4.7%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
2.6%
as of 2023
Urban population (% of total)
45.4%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
3.70
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
40.5%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
72,180
as of 2023
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About Sierra Leone
- Languages
- English
- Currencies
- Leone (SLE)
- Timezones
- UTC
- Demonym
- Sierra Leonean
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- SL · SLE
- Map
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