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Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone is a country. The capital city is Freetown, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 72,180 km², a population of 8,460,512 people and uses the currency Sierra Leonean leone. The President is Julius Maada Bio.

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currency: Sierra Leonean leone
capital city: Freetown
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 72,180 km²
population: 8,460,512 people
political leader: Julius Maada Bio (President)

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GDP: 6,411,869,546.29 current US$
inflation: 47.64 annual %
self-employed workers: 89.46 % of total employment
unemployment: 3.15 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 86.88 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 9,000 people
democracy score: 4.66
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 20.60 % of population
military expenditure: 0.56 % of GDP
net migration: -4,000 people
press freedom: 2.58
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 28.19 %
birth rate: 30.79 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.91 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 43.16 current US$
health expenditure: 8.55 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.44 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.40 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 60
suicide mortality rate: 6.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 39,490.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 29.40 % of population
fertility rate: 3.88 births per woman
forest area: 24,954 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 6.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 15.30
methane emissions: 5.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 4,241,460 people
male population: 4,219,052 people
renewable energy consumption: 71.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 71,910.78 km²
rural population: 4,712,505 people
urban land area: 713.58 km²
urban population: 3,748,007 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.19 % of total population

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Location on a map: 8°50′N, -11°50′W

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