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Sierra Leone

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Capital
Freetown
Currency
leone
Continent
Africa
Area
71,740 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q1044 ↗ · Official languages: English, Krio
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
8.82M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
7.46B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
846.3 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
7.49 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
3.15 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
3.7 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
61.96 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: 8.82M
Sierra Leone · Population5.3M6.26M7.22M8.18M9.14M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · Population · people
YearSierra Leone
20258,819,794
20248,642,022
20238,460,512
20228,276,807
20218,094,602
20207,912,558
20197,731,991
20187,554,563
20177,379,299
20167,205,328
20157,037,655
20146,876,385
20136,714,051
20126,551,080
20116,387,251
20106,222,714
20096,055,646
20085,894,722
20075,749,352
20065,624,466

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: 7.46B
Sierra Leone · GDP2.82B4.15B5.47B6.8B8.13B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · GDP · current US$
YearSierra Leone
20257,464,157,904.44
20246,971,127,234.07
20236,415,852,766.09
20227,121,125,277.18
20217,166,931,483.3
20206,688,307,705.64
20196,523,577,590.38
20186,390,514,688.53
20175,749,846,528.48
20166,084,297,211.1
20156,788,352,974.78
20147,686,138,790.91
20137,502,762,862.73
20126,141,666,509.36
20114,861,632,884.68
20104,262,805,966.79
20093,953,403,098.37
20084,157,895,298.2
20073,632,957,611.35
20063,263,697,466.74

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: 846.3
Sierra Leone · GDP per capita526.52687.77849.011,010.261,171.512006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearSierra Leone
2025846.3
2024806.65
2023758.33
2022860.37
2021885.4
2020845.28
2019843.71
2018845.91
2017779.19
2016844.42
2015964.58
20141,117.76
20131,117.47
2012937.5
2011761.15
2010685.04
2009652.85
2008705.36
2007631.89
2006580.27

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: 7.49
Sierra Leone · Inflation0.3413.2426.1439.0451.942006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · Inflation · %
YearSierra Leone
20257.49
202428.63
202347.64
202227.21
202111.87
202013.45
201914.8
201816.03
201718.22
201610.89
20156.69
20144.64
20135.52
20126.59
20116.79
20107.19
20097.47
20088.21
200711.65
2006No data available

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: 3.15
Sierra Leone · Unemployment2.933.413.894.364.842006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearSierra Leone
20253.15
20243.1
20233.09
20223.14
20213.55
20203.51
20193.2
20183.19
20173.66
20164.18
20154.48
20144.68
20134.38
20124.38
20114.39
20104.34
20094.27
20084.13
20074.02
20063.89

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: —
Sierra Leone · Fertility rate3.54.114.725.335.942006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearSierra Leone
2025No data available
20243.7
20233.79
20223.88
20213.98
20204.08
20194.19
20184.29
20174.39
20164.47
20154.55
20144.7
20134.87
20125.06
20115.21
20105.33
20095.45
20085.56
20075.64
20065.74

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Sierra Leone: —
Sierra Leone · Life expectancy48.3152.0355.7659.4863.212006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sierra Leone · Life expectancy · years
YearSierra Leone
2025No data available
202461.96
202361.79
202261.28
202160.26
202059.69
201959.59
201859.06
201757.76
201656.94
201555.45
201454.28
201354.05
201253.16
201152.59
201051.93
200951.31
200850.69
200750.02
200649.55
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology ↗

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