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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.

Key facts

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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Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Sierra Leone

Distribution of artists from Sierra Leone by birth year

Distribution of politicians from Sierra Leone by birth year

Distribution of universities in Sierra Leone per foundation year

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Sierra Leone with forecast

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Share of medals won by Sierra Leone in the Olympics

Correlation of rural population and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Sierra Leone

Correlation of life expectancy and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in Sierra Leone

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Correlation of access to electricity and self-employed workers in Sierra Leone

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