Demographics of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone population pyramid in 2020

Population| 8,420,641
Density| 80.06 inhabitants per sq km.
Growth rate| 15.40% (2004–2014 est.)
Birth rate| 37.40 births/1,000 inhabitants
Death rate| 11.03 deaths/1,000 inhabitants
Life expectancy| 57.39 years
• male| 54.85 years
• female| 60.00 years
Fertility rate| 4.2 children born/women
Infant mortality rate| 73.29 deaths/1,000 births
Age structure
0–14 years| 41.9%
15–64 years| 54.4%
65 and over| 3.7%
Sex ratio
Total| 0.94 male(s)/female
At birth| 1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15| 0.99 male(s)/female
15–64 years| 0.94 male(s)/female
65 and over| 0.78 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality| Sierra Leonean(s)
Major ethnic| Temne 25.2%, Mende 30.5%
Minor ethnic| Fula 5.4%, Limba 6.4%, Kono 10.4%, Loko 2.9%, Koranko 2.8%, Sherbro 2.6%, Mandingo 2.4%, Creole 5.2%, Other 5.2%
Language
Official| English
Spoken| Krio, Temne, Mende

The demographics of Sierra Leone are made up of an indigenous population from 18 ethnic groups. The Temne in the north and the Mende in the south are the largest. About 60,000 are Krio, the descendants of freed slaves who returned to Sierra Leone from Great Britain, North America and slave ships captured on the high seas.

In the past, some Sierra Leoneans were noted for their educational achievements, trading activity, entrepreneurial skills, and arts and crafts work, particularly woodcarving. Many are part of larger ethnic networks extending into several countries, which link West African states in the area. Their level of education and infrastructure have declined sharply over the last 30 years.[1]

## Population

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Historical populations of Sierra LeoneYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1963 | 2,180,355| —
1974 | 2,735,159| +2.08%
1985 | 3,515,812| +2.31%
2004 | 4,976,871| +1.85%
2014 | 5,743,725| +1.44%
Source: [2]
Sierra Leone's total population, from 1961 to 2013.

According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[3][4] the total population was 8,420,641 in 2021, compared to only 1 895 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 43%, 55.1% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 1.9% was 65 years or older .[5]

| Total population  | Population aged 0–14 (%)  | Population aged 15–64 (%)  | Population aged 65+ (%)

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1950  | 1 895 000 | 39.4 | 57.6 | 3.0
1955  | 2 029 000 | 39.6 | 57.5 | 2.9
1960  | 2 187 000 | 39.6 | 57.5 | 2.9
1965  | 2 373 000 | 39.8 | 57.3 | 2.9
1970  | 2 593 000 | 40.5 | 56.9 | 2.9
1975  | 2 845 000 | 40.5 | 56.6 | 3.0
1980  | 3 162 000 | 41.1 | 56.0 | 2.9
1985  | 3 541 000 | 42.0 | 55.3 | 2.7
1990  | 3 982 000 | 42.4 | 55.1 | 2.6
1995  | 3 898 000 | 42.3 | 55.3 | 2.4
2000  | 4 143 000 | 42.4 | 55.5 | 2.1
2005  | 5 153 000 | 42.9 | 55.2 | 1.9
2010  | 5 868 000 | 43.0 | 55.1 | 1.9

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Estimates or projections based on the 2015 population census.): [6]

Age Group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | %

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Total  | 3 987 250  | 4 113 068  | 8 100 318  | 100
0–4  | 620 177  | 639 745  | 1 259 922  | 15.55
5–9  | 546 368  | 563 608  | 1 109 976  | 13.70
10–14  | 492 216  | 507 749  | 999 965  | 12.34
15–19  | 415 263  | 428 368  | 843 631  | 10.30
20–24  | 373 462  | 385 247  | 758 709  | 9.37
25–29  | 324 639  | 334 883  | 659 522  | 8.14
30–34  | 272 318  | 280 911  | 553 229  | 6.83
35–39  | 226 560  | 233 708  | 460 268  | 5.68
40–44  | 181 985  | 187 730  | 369 715  | 4.56
45–49  | 144 473  | 149 031  | 293 504  | 3.62
50–54  | 110 450  | 113 934  | 224 384  | 2.77
55–59  | 84 146  | 86 801  | 170 947  | 2.11
60–64  | 64 608  | 66 647  | 131 255  | 1.62
65-69  | 47 370  | 48 865  | 96 235  | 1.19
70-74  | 33 569  | 34 630  | 68 199  | 0.84
75-79  | 22 307  | 23 010  | 45 317  | 0.56
80+  | 27 339  | 28 201  | 55 540  | 0.69
Age group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | Percent
0–14  | 1 658 761  | 1 711 102  | 3 369 863  | 41.60
15–64  | 2 197 904  | 2 267 260  | 4 465 164  | 55.12
65+  | 130 585  | 134 706  | 265 291  | 3.28

## Vital statistics

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Registration of vital events is in Sierra Leone not complete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.[7]

| Mid-year population (thousands)  | Live births (thousands)  | Deaths (thousands)  | Natural change (thousands)  | Crude birth rate (per 1000)  | Crude death rate (per 1000)  | Natural change (per 1000)  | Total fertility rate (TFR)  | Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)  | Life expectancy (in years)

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1950  | 2 001  |  97  |  68  |  29  | 48.6  | 34.1  | 14.5  | 6.09  | 251.2  | 29.6
1951  |  2 027  |  98  |  69  |  30  | 48.5  | 33.8  | 14.7  | 6.07  | 249.5  | 29.8
1952  |  2 053  |  99  |  68  |  31  | 48.2  | 33.3  | 15.0  | 6.03  | 246.1  | 30.3
1953  |  2 079  |  100  |  68  |  32  | 48.0  | 32.7  | 15.2  | 6.00  | 242.9  | 30.9
1954  |  2 107  |  102  |  68  |  33  | 48.3  | 32.4  | 15.9  | 6.05  | 239.9  | 31.3
1955  |  2 136  |  104  |  69  |  35  | 48.4  | 32.1  | 16.4  | 6.07  | 237.0  | 31.8
1956  |  2 166  |  105  |  69  |  36  | 48.6  | 31.8  | 16.8  | 6.10  | 234.3  | 32.2
1957  |  2 198  |  107  |  69  |  38  | 48.6  | 31.6  | 17.1  | 6.12  | 231.4  | 32.6
1958  |  2 230  |  109  |  70  |  39  | 48.7  | 31.3  | 17.4  | 6.13  | 228.5  | 33.0
1959  |  2 264  |  110  |  70  |  40  | 48.7  | 30.9  | 17.8  | 6.15  | 225.6  | 33.5
1960  |  2 301  |  113  |  71  |  42  | 48.9  | 30.6  | 18.3  | 6.18  | 222.7  | 34.0
1961  |  2 341  |  115  |  71  |  44  | 49.0  | 30.3  | 18.7  | 6.21  | 219.8  | 34.4
1962  |  2 383  |  117  |  71  |  45  | 49.0  | 30.0  | 19.1  | 6.22  | 217.0  | 34.9
1963  |  2 427  |  119  |  72  |  47  | 49.1  | 29.6  | 19.5  | 6.26  | 214.1  | 35.3
1964  |  2 473  |  121  |  72  |  49  | 49.1  | 29.2  | 19.9  | 6.29  | 211.1  | 35.9
1965  |  2 521  |  123  |  72  |  51  | 48.8  | 28.7  | 20.1  | 6.31  | 208.2  | 36.4
1966  |  2 570  |  125  |  73  |  52  | 48.7  | 28.3  | 20.4  | 6.35  | 205.2  | 36.9
1967  |  2 620  |  127  |  73  |  55  | 48.6  | 27.8  | 20.8  | 6.38  | 202.3  | 37.4
1968  |  2 672  |  129  |  73  |  56  | 48.3  | 27.4  | 20.9  | 6.39  | 199.5  | 37.8
1969  |  2 725  |  131  |  74  |  57  | 48.0  | 27.0  | 21.0  | 6.39  | 196.7  | 38.2
1970  |  2 779  |  133  |  74  |  59  | 47.8  | 26.5  | 21.3  | 6.41  | 194.0  | 38.8
1971  |  2 832  |  135  |  74  |  61  | 47.7  | 26.0  | 21.7  | 6.43  | 191.4  | 39.3
1972  |  2 887  |  137  |  74  |  63  | 47.5  | 25.6  | 22.0  | 6.45  | 188.8  | 39.8
1973  |  2 942  |  140  |  74  |  65  | 47.4  | 25.2  | 22.2  | 6.47  | 186.4  | 40.2
1974  |  2 999  |  143  |  74  |  68  | 47.5  | 24.8  | 22.7  | 6.53  | 184.0  | 40.7
1975  |  3 056  |  145  |  75  |  70  | 47.3  | 24.4  | 23.0  | 6.55  | 181.5  | 41.2
1976  |  3 113  |  147  |  75  |  72  | 47.1  | 24.0  | 23.2  | 6.55  | 179.2  | 41.6
1977  |  3 172  |  149  |  75  |  74  | 47.0  | 23.6  | 23.4  | 6.57  | 177.0  | 42.1
1978  |  3 235  |  152  |  75  |  77  | 47.0  | 23.2  | 23.7  | 6.59  | 174.9  | 42.5
1979  |  3 300  |  155  |  76  |  79  | 46.7  | 22.9  | 23.9  | 6.58  | 172.9  | 42.9
1980  |  3 367  |  157  |  76  |  81  | 46.5  | 22.6  | 23.9  | 6.56  | 171.1  | 43.1
1981  |  3 437  |  160  |  77  |  83  | 46.4  | 22.4  | 24.1  | 6.55  | 169.3  | 43.4
1982  |  3 509  |  163  |  78  |  85  | 46.5  | 22.2  | 24.3  | 6.56  | 167.5  | 43.6
1983  |  3 586  |  167  |  79  |  88  | 46.5  | 22.0  | 24.5  | 6.57  | 165.9  | 43.8
1984  |  3 666  |  171  |  80  |  91  | 46.5  | 21.9  | 24.7  | 6.59  | 164.4  | 43.9
1985  |  3 749  |  174  |  82  |  92  | 46.4  | 21.8  | 24.6  | 6.59  | 163.1  | 43.9
1986  |  3 843  |  178  |  84  |  94  | 46.4  | 21.8  | 24.6  | 6.60  | 161.9  | 43.8
1987  |  3 948  |  183  |  85  |  98  | 46.4  | 21.6  | 24.8  | 6.61  | 160.3  | 44.0
1988  |  4 056  |  187  |  87  |  100  | 46.2  | 21.5  | 24.6  | 6.59  | 159.0  | 44.0
1989  |  4 159  |  191  |  89  |  102  | 45.9  | 21.4  | 24.4  | 6.57  | 157.9  | 44.0
1990  |  4 325  |  195  |  91  |  104  | 45.8  | 21.3  | 24.5  | 6.57  | 156.9  | 44.1
1991  |  4 378  |  206  |  97  |  109  | 45.8  | 21.7  | 24.2  | 6.55  | 156.4  | 43.5
1992  |  4 302  |  201  |  94  |  107  | 45.9  | 21.5  | 24.4  | 6.56  | 154.8  | 43.6
1993  |  4 296  |  200  |  93  |  107  | 46.0  | 21.5  | 24.5  | 6.57  | 153.6  | 43.6
1994  |  4 315  |  200  |  95  |  105  | 46.0  | 21.9  | 24.1  | 6.56  | 153.4  | 42.9
1995  |  4 324  |  200  |  96  |  104  | 45.7  | 22.0  | 23.7  | 6.56  | 152.0  | 42.7
1996  |  4 347  |  200  |  93  |  108  | 45.8  | 21.2  | 24.6  | 6.55  | 149.2  | 43.7
1997  |  4 405  |  202  |  93  |  108  | 45.5  | 21.1  | 24.5  | 6.53  | 147.1  | 43.7
1998  |  4 450  |  204  |  97  |  107  | 45.4  | 21.6  | 23.8  | 6.50  | 145.8  | 42.8
1999  |  4 475  |  204  |  99  |  105  | 45.2  | 21.9  | 23.3  | 6.42  | 141.6  | 42.1
2000  |  4 584  |  204  |  90  |  114  | 45.0  | 19.8  | 25.2  | 6.36  | 139.2  | 45.1
2001  |  4 857  |  212  |  91  |  121  | 44.7  | 19.2  | 25.5  | 6.31  | 136.0  | 45.7
2002  |  5 140  |  226  |  95  |  131  | 44.3  | 18.7  | 25.7  | 6.23  | 133.1  | 46.4
2003  |  5 351  |  231  |  96  |  135  | 43.5  | 18.1  | 25.4  | 6.09  | 130.0  | 47.0
2004  |  5 533  |  233  |  97  |  137  | 42.3  | 17.5  | 24.8  | 5.92  | 126.8  | 47.6
2005  |  5 683  |  237  |  96  |  141  | 41.7  | 16.9  | 24.8  | 5.81  | 123.4  | 48.2
2006  |  5 810  |  241  |  94  |  148  | 41.4  | 16.1  | 25.3  | 5.74  | 119.9  | 49.3
2007  |  5 939  |  242  |  91  |  151  | 40.8  | 15.3  | 25.5  | 5.64  | 116.1  | 50.4
2008  |  6 091  |  246  |  89  |  157  | 40.3  | 14.5  | 25.8  | 5.56  | 112.2  | 51.5
2009  |  6 260  |  248  |  86  |  162  | 39.7  | 13.8  | 25.9  | 5.45  | 108.5  | 52.6
2010  |  6 437  |  250  |  84  |  166  | 38.9  | 13.1  | 25.8  | 5.33  | 104.4  | 53.7
2011  |  6 612  |  253  |  82  |  171  | 38.3  | 12.5  | 25.8  | 5.21  | 100.6  | 54.6
2012  |  6 789  |  255  |  81  |  174  | 37.6  | 11.9  | 25.6  | 5.06  | 97.1  | 55.5
2013  |  6 965  |  254  |  79  |  175  | 36.5  | 11.4  | 25.1  | 4.87  | 93.6  | 56.3
2014  |  7 141  |  254  |  80  |  174  | 35.5  | 11.2  | 24.3  | 4.70  | 91.2  | 56.4
2015  |  7 315  |  253  |  78  |  174  | 34.6  | 10.7  | 23.8  | 4.55  | 88.1  | 57.2
2016  |  7 494  |  255  |  75  |  180  | 34.0  | 10.0  | 24.0  | 4.47  | 84.6  | 58.4
2017  |  7 678  |  258  |  76  |  182  | 33.6  | 9.9  | 23.7  | 4.39  | 82.1  | 58.7
2018  |  7 861  |  260  |  73  |  187  | 33.1  | 9.3  | 23.8  | 4.29  | 79.2  | 59.8
2019  |  8 047  |  262  |  73  |  189  | 32.5  | 9.1  | 23.5  | 4.19  | 76.7  | 60.3
2020  |  8 234  |  263  |  77  |  186  | 31.9  | 9.3  | 22.6  | 4.08  | 74.3  | 59.8
2021  |  8 421  |  264  |  77  |  187  | 31.4  | 9.1  | 22.2  | 3.98  | 72.0  | 60.1

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### Fertility and Births

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[8]

Year  | CBR (Total)  | TFR (Total)  | CBR (Urban)  | TFR (Urban)  | CBR (Rural)  | TFR (Rural)

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2008  | 31.5  | 5.1 (4.5)  | 27.3  | 3.8 (3.4)  | 33.4  | 5.8 (5.2)
2013  | 35.7  | 4.9 (4.2)  | 29.5  | 3.5 (3.0)  | 38.2  | 5.7 (4.9)
2019  | 30.0  | 4.2 (3.8)  | 26  | 3.1 (2.9)  | 33  | 5.1 (4.7)

## Other demographic statistics

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Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.[9]

* One birth every 2 minutes
* One death every 6 minutes
* One net migrant every 131 minutes
* Net gain of one person every 3 minutes

The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook[10] unless otherwise indicated.

### Population

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8,692,606 (2022 est.)
6,312,212 (July 2018 est.)

### Religions

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Main article: Religion in Sierra Leone

Muslim 77.1%, Christian 22.9% (2019 est.)

### Age structure

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Population pyramid of Sierra Leone in 2020

0-14 years: 41.38% (male 1,369,942/female 1,371,537)
15-24 years: 18.83% (male 610,396/female 636,880)
25-54 years: 32.21% (male 1,020,741/female 1,112,946)
55-64 years: 3.89% (male 121,733/female 135,664)
65 years and over: 3.7% (2020 est.) (male 100,712/female 144,382)

0-14 years: 41.71% (male 1,314,905 /female 1,317,921)
15-24 years: 18.6% (male 572,274 /female 602,105)
25-54 years: 32.23% (male 973,698 /female 1,060,688)
55-64 years: 3.7% (male 110,176 /female 123,268)
65 years and over: 3.76% (male 97,922 /female 139,255) (2018 est.)

### Birth rate

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32.2 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 24th
36 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 18th
38.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

### Death rate

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9.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 50th
10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 33rd
11.41 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)

### Total fertility rate

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3.8 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 31st
4.69 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 21st
4.9 children born/woman (2012 est.)

### Population growth rate

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2.49% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 23rd
2.4% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 27th
2.33% growth rate (2014 est.)

### Median age

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total: 19.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 206th
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)

total: 19.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 201st
male: 18.4 years
female: 19.7 years (2018 est.)

### Mother's mean age at first birth

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19.6 years (2019 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 20-49

### Contraceptive prevalence rate

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21.2% (2019)
16.6% (2013)

### Net migration rate

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2.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 50th
-1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 160th
-3.86 migrants/1,000 population (2012 est.)

### Dependency ratios

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total dependency ratio: 82.6 (2015 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 78 (2015 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 4.6 (2015 est.)
potential support ratio: 21.9 (2015 est.)

### Sex ratio

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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

### Maternal Mortality Ratio

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890 deaths/100 000 births (2010)

Sierra Leone's MMR is the worst of any country in the world, according to the 2000 WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA report.

### Life expectancy at birth

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total population: 58.76 years. Country comparison to the world: 223rd
male: 57.16 years
female: 60.41 years (2022 est.)

total population: 59 years
male: 56.4 years
female: 61.7 years (2018 est.)

total population: 56.55 years
male: 54.08 years
female: 59.11 years (2012 est.)

total population: 45.25 years
male: 42.37 years
female: 48.21 years (2000 est.)

### Urbanization

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urban population: 43.8% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 3.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

urban population: 42.1% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 3.12% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

### Education expenditures

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4.6% of GDP (2017)

### Health expenditures

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11.1% of GDP (2014)

### Physicians density

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0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2010)

### Hospital bed density

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0.4 beds/1,000 population (2008)

### HIV/AIDS

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adult prevalence rate: 1.4% (2017 est.)
people living with HIV/AIDS: 61,000 (2017 est.)
deaths: 2,600 (2017 est.)

### Major infectious diseases

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degree of risk: very high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever
water contact diseases: schistosomiasis
animal contact diseases: rabies
aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases: Lassa fever

note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Sierra Leone is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an "infected" person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine

### Nationality

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noun: Sierra Leonean(s)
adjective: Sierra Leonean

### Ethnic groups

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Further information: Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone

18 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30.5%, Mende 29.2%, Fula 12.4% Limba 6.4%, Kono 4.4%, Mandingo 2.4, Creole 1.2%, other 13.5%)
Creole (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 Lebanese[11]

### Languages

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Further information: Languages of Sierra Leone

English (official, regular use limited to literate minority)
Mende (principal vernacular in the south)
Temne (principal vernacular in the north)
Fula (principal language in Sierra Leone, it is also strongly and widely spoken across West Africa and beyond...)
Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed American and West Indian slaves and Liberated Africans who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)

### Education expenditure

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9.3% of GDP (2020) Country comparison to the world: 7th

### Literacy

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Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic

Year  | Total population  | Male  | Female

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1995 est.  |

31.4%

45.4%

18.2%

2004 est.  |

35.1%

46.9%

24.4%

2015 est.  |

48.1%

58.7%

37.7%

2018  |

43.2%

51.6%

39.8%

### Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

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total: 9.4%
male: 14.8%
female: 6.1% (2014 est.)

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Demographics of Sierra Leone.

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2. ^ "FINAL RESULTS 2004 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS" (PDF). Sierra-leone.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone

* Fula
* Kissi
* Kono
* Krio
* Kru
* Kuranko
* Limba
* Loko
* Mandingo
* Mende
* Oku
* Sherbro
* Susu
* Temne
* Vai
* Yalunka

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Sierra Leone articles

History|

* Atlantic slave trade
* (1600–1787)
* British colony (1787–1961)
* Sierra Leone in World War II (1939–1945)
* Early independence (1961–1978)
* 1961–71
* Civil War (1991–2002)
* 2002 to present
* 2014 Ebola virus epidemic
* COVID-19 pandemic

Geography|

* Borders
* Cities and towns
* Climate
* Protected areas
* Upper Guinean forests
* Water supply
* Wildlife

Politics|

* Administrative divisions
* Cabinet
* Chief Minister
* Elections
* Foreign relations
* Government
* Human rights
* Judiciary
* Law enforcement
* Military
* Chief of the Defence Staff
* Parliament
* Political parties
* President
* Special Court
* Supreme Court
* Vice-President

Economy|

* Agriculture
* Banking
* Central bank
* Leone (currency)
* Mining
* Telecommunications
* Tourism
* Trade unions
* Transport

Society|

* Abortion
* Child marriage
* Demographics
* Disability
* Education
* Ethnic groups
* Female genital mutilation
* Health
* Human trafficking
* Languages
* LGBT rights
* Polygamy
* Prostitution
* Religion
* Women

Culture|

* Anthem
* Art
* Coat of arms
* Cuisine
* Flag
* Media
* Music
* Sports

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Demographics of Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
* Western Sahara

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