Sierra Leone
Key facts
- currency: Sierra Leonean leone
- capital city: Freetown
- region: Western Africa
- continent: Africa
- land area: 72,180 km²
- population: 8,460,512 people
- political leader: Julius Maada Bio (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [8°50′N, -11°50′W]
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News:
- Seven suitcases of suspected cocaine found in Sierra Leone embassy vehicle
- Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over mpox
- Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak
- Sierra Leone declares emergency after confirming 2nd mpox case in 4 days
Summary
Sierra Leone is a country. The capital city is Freetown, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 72,180 km², a population of 8,460,512 people and uses the currency Sierra Leonean leone. The President is Julius Maada Bio.
Environment
Sierra Leone is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 39,490.00 km²
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity: 29.40 % of population
- Fertility rate: 3.88 births per woman
- Forest area: 24,954 km²
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 7.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 15.30
- Methane emissions: 5.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 4,241,460 people
- Male population: 4,219,052 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 71.60 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 71,910.78 km²
- Rural population: 4,712,505 people
- Urban land area: 713.58 km²
- Urban population: 3,748,007 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.19 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Sierra Leone by population
Cities in Sierra Leone
Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical forest area in Sierra Leone
Distribution of sites in Sierra Leone by inscription year
Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Sierra Leone
Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Sierra Leone
Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Sierra Leone
Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical land area in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical median age in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between methane emissions and population in Sierra Leone
Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Sierra Leone
Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Sierra Leone
Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Sierra Leone
Geographical distribution of sites in Sierra Leone by area
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Sierra Leone
Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical population in Sierra Leone
Relationship between urban land area and population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical female population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical male population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical rural land area in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical rural population in Sierra Leone
Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical urban land area in Sierra Leone
Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical urban population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Sierra Leone
Relationship between population and date in Sierra Leone
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Sierra Leone
Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Sierra Leone
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Sierra Leone
Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Sierra Leone
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Sierra Leone
Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Sierra Leone
Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone
Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Sierra Leone
Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Sierra Leone
Sites in Sierra Leone
Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Sierra Leone
Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone
Proportion of transboundary sites in Sierra Leone
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Sierra Leone by mean width
Wildfires in Sierra Leone
Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Sierra Leone
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 9,000 people
- Democracy score: 4.66
- Democracy type: Hybrid regime
- Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,000 people
- Individuals using the internet: 30.35 % of population
- Military expenditure: 0.60 % of GDP
- Net migration: -4,000 people
- Press freedom: 2.58
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 28.19 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Sierra Leone
Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Sierra Leone
Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Sierra Leone
Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone
Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Sierra Leone
Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Sierra Leone
Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Sierra Leone
Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical net migration in Sierra Leone
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone
Political parties in Sierra Leone
Distribution of politicians from Sierra Leone by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Sierra Leone
Politicians from Sierra Leone
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Health
- Birth rate: 30.79 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 8.91 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 43.16 current US$
- Health expenditure: 8.55 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.44 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 0.40 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 60
- Suicide mortality rate: 6.70 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Sierra Leone
Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Sierra Leone
Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Sierra Leone
Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone
Relationship between birth rate and median age in Sierra Leone
Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Sierra Leone
Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical death rate in Sierra Leone
Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone
Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Sierra Leone
Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Sierra Leone
Diseases in Sierra Leone
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Sierra Leone
Proportion of diseases in Sierra Leone by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Sierra Leone by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical deaths in Sierra Leone
Relationship between cases and deaths in Sierra Leone
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Business
- Gdp: 6,411,869,546.29 current US$
- Inflation: 47.64 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 89.15 % of total employment
- Unemployment: 3.17 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 86.62 % of total employment
Shops in Sierra Leone
Proportion of CEOs per gender in Sierra Leone
Companies from Sierra Leone
Proportion of employee types in companies from Sierra Leone
Distribution of companies founded in Sierra Leone by year
Proportion of revenue types by company in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical central government debt in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical expense in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical GDP in Sierra Leone
Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical inflation in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Sierra Leone
Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical unemployment in Sierra Leone
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Sierra Leone
Exchanges in Sierra Leone
Proportion of shops per country in Sierra Leone
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Sierra Leone by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Sierra Leone
Athletes from Sierra Leone
Proportion of competitions per city in Sierra Leone
Competitions in Sierra Leone
Proportion of competitions per country in Sierra Leone
Distribution of competitions in Sierra Leone by start date
Proportion of medals won by Sierra Leone in the Olympics
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Culture
Artists from Sierra Leone
Distribution of artists from Sierra Leone by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Sierra Leone
Geographical distribution of museums in Sierra Leone by visitors
Museums in Sierra Leone
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Sierra Leone by total students
Distribution of universities in Sierra Leone per foundation year
Universities in Sierra Leone
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In literature
There are 204 books written about Sierra Leone in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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