| People | Sierra Leone |
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Population:
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5,363,669 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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75 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 38% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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FREETOWN (capital) 875,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 41.8% (male 1,113,528/female 1,130,112)
15-64 years: 54.5% (male 1,401,907/female 1,522,335)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 86,614/female 109,173) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.1 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 19.5 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.249% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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38.46 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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11.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-4.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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970 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 78.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 87.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 56.13 years
male: 53.69 years
female: 58.65 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.94 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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13.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.016 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 86% of population
rural: 26% of population
total: 49% of population
unimproved:
urban: 14% of population
rural: 74% of population
total: 51% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 24% of population
rural: 6% of population
total: 13% of population
unimproved:
urban: 76% of population
rural: 94% of population
total: 87% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: Lassa fever (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.6% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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49,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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2,800 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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21.3% (2008) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Sierra Leonean(s)
adjective: Sierra Leonean |
Ethnic groups:
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Temne 35%, Mende 31%, Limba 8%, Kono 5%, Kriole 2% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century; also known as Krio), Mandingo 2%, Loko 2%, other 15% (includes refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, and small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians) (2008 census) |
Religions:
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Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30% |
Languages:
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English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population: 35.1%
male: 46.9%
female: 24.4% (2004 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 13 years
female: 11 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.3% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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