Western Africa
Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone
Core facts
- Capital
- Freetown
- Population
- 9,077,691
- Area
- 71,740 km^2
- Country code
- SLE
- Flag emoji
- 🇸🇱
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 126.5 per km^2
- Calling code
- +232
Culture and society
- Languages
- English
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Sierra Leone
- Demonyms (EN)
- Sierra Leonean / Sierra Leonean
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC
- Alternative spellings
- SL, Republic of Sierra Leone
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 8.50, -11.50
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- GIN, LBR
- Border countries count
- 2
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Leone (Le)
- Top-level domain
- .sl
- FIFA code
- SLE
- Capital coordinates
- 8.48, -13.23
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 35.7 (2018)
- Coat of arms
