Sierra Leone

Official Name: The Republic of Sierra Leone

Short Name: SL

Continent: Africa

Calling Code: +232

ISO3: SLE

Capital City: Freetown

Domain: .sl

Area(Sqre/KM): 72180 SqKM

Population: About 7976983 as of 2025

Population Density: 110.52

Population By Religion: Islam 78% Christian 21%

No of Mobiles: 101

No of Telephone: 0.3

GDP Per Capita: 480

GDP Total: 4 Billion

Nationality: Sierra Leoneans

President: Julius Maada Bio (President)

Prime Minister: David Moinina Sengeh (Chief Minister)

Independence Day: April 27

Currency: Leone

Latitude: 8.460555

Longitude: -11.779889

Driving Side: Right

Languages: English (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%)

National Language: English