Population5,485,998 (July 2012 est.) Age structure0-14 years: 41.9% (male 1,141,091/female 1,155,542) Median agetotal: 19.1 years Population growth rate2.277% (2012 est.) Birth rate38.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate11.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate-3.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population Urbanizationurban population: 38% of total population (2010) Major cities - populationFREETOWN (capital) 875,000 (2009) Sex ratioat birth: 1.03 male(s)/female Infant mortality ratetotal: 76.64 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 56.55 years Total fertility rate4.9 children born/woman (2012 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate1.6% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS49,000 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths2,800 (2009 est.) Sanitation facility accessimproved: Major infectious diseasesdegree of risk: very high Nationalitynoun: Sierra Leonean(s) Ethnic groupsTemne 35%, Mende 31%, Limba 8%, Kono 5%, Kriole 2% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century; also known as Krio), Mandingo 2%, Loko 2%, other 15% (includes refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, and small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians) (2008 census) ReligionsMuslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30% LanguagesEnglish (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%) Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 12 years Education expenditures4.3% of GDP (2009) Maternal mortality rate890 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Children under the age of 5 years underweight21.3% (2008) Health expenditures13.1% of GDP (2009) Physicians density0.016 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
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Source: CIA World Factbook | |