Sierra Leone

• Area: 71,740 sq. km (27,699 sq. mi.)
• Population: 6,018,888 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 2.36% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 58.2 years (2016)
• Languages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende, Temne, Krio (lingua franca and first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
• Religions: Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
• Formal name: Republic of Sierra Leone
• Alternate names: Republic of Sierra Leone, Serra Leoa
• Government type: presidential republic
• Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Ernest Bai KOROMA
• Capital: Freetown
• Administrative divisions: 3 provinces and 1 area
• GDP per capita (PPP): $1,600 (2015 est.)
• Exports: Iron ore, diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
• Imports: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals
• Currency: leone (SLL)

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