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Sierra Leone

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
8,819,794 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 7,557,212in 2017[4]
Land area
72,180 km²[5]
Total area
71,740 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Guinea, Liberia[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • Repubblica della Sierra Leone[12]
  • Sierra Leone[13]
  • République de Sierra Leone[14]
  • República de Sierra Leone[15]

Parts of Sierra Leone

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020258.8M

2,268,356 in 1960, 8,819,794 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19602,268,356
19612,304,227
19622,342,242
19632,382,258
19642,424,390
19652,468,666
19662,514,638
19672,562,384
19682,611,532
19692,661,365
19702,712,286
19712,763,222
19722,814,388
19732,866,955
19742,920,459
19752,974,657
19763,028,820
19773,085,354
19783,145,517
19793,207,499
19803,272,089
19813,338,940
19823,408,183
19833,481,646
19843,558,758
19853,638,438
19863,728,380
19873,829,718
19883,934,517
19894,034,037
19904,196,828
19914,246,267
19924,166,366
19934,157,130
19944,173,105
19954,179,179
19964,199,210
19974,253,716
19984,295,785
19994,318,043
20004,423,611
20014,692,716
20024,971,435
20035,177,687
20045,355,717
20055,501,712
20065,624,466
20075,749,352
20085,894,722
20096,055,646
20106,222,714
20116,387,251
20126,551,080
20136,714,051
20146,876,385
20157,037,655
20167,205,328
20177,379,299
20187,554,563
20197,731,991
20207,912,558
20218,094,602
20228,276,807
20238,460,512
20248,642,022
20258,819,794

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SL[16]
ISO alpha-3
SLE[17]
ISO numeric
694[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), capital: Freetown (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), population (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), area (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), official language: English (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), official language: Krio (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), currency: leone (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), continent: Africa (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), official name (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), official name (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), official name (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), official name (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Sierra Leone (Q1044), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564284988) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Sierra Leone.svg, Public domain, Zscout370, via Wikimedia Commons.