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Sierra Leone:
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Other pages in this profile of Sierra Leone:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 6,294,774 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 87.9 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 44.6% (male 1,377,981/female 1,429,993) 15-64 years: 52.2% (male 1,573,990/female 1,708,840) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 94,359/female 109,611) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 17.5 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.8 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.282% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 45.08 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 22.26 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2005 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 156.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 173.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 138.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 40.93 years male: 38.64 years female: 43.28 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5.95 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 7% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 170,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 11,000 (2001 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition 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 (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Sierra Leonean(s) adjective: Sierra Leonean |
Ethnic groups |
Definition 20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians |
Religions |
Definition Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30% |
Languages |
Definition 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 |
Definition 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.) |
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