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Africa > Sierra Leone > People

SIERRA LEONEAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 44.7 [18th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 52 [213rd of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over 3.2 % [177th of 225]
Birth rate 45.08 births/1,000 population Time series [5th of 226]
Chinese population 20 [123rd of 127]
Death rate 22.26 deaths/1,000 population Time series [4th of 226]
Ethnic groups
20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (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 Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians
Percentage living in urban areas 39% [144th of 199]
Population 6,294,774 Time series [103rd of 242]
Population growth rate 2.282% Time series [45th of 235]
Population in 2015 6,897 [106th of 225]
Projected population growth 188.69% [10th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 0.91 [218th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.03 male(s)/female Time series [186th of 223]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.94 male(s)/female Time series [191st of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 0.96 male(s)/female Time series [219th of 224]
Total fertility rate 5.95 children born/woman Time series [12th of 225]
Total Population 6,005,250 [103rd of 227]
Urban population 2,248,870 Time series [119th of 195]
Urbanization 37 [152nd of 204]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone

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