Sierra Leone

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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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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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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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