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| Population: |
5,426,618 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
44.73% (male 1,190,207; female 1,237,326)
15-64 years:
52.12% (male 1,351,455; female 1,477,155)
65 years and over:
3.15% (male 84,364; female 86,111) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
3.61% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
45.11 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
19.19 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
10.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
by the end of 1999 refugees from Sierra Leone are assumed to be returning
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.98 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
146.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
45.6 years
male:
42.69 years
female:
48.61 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
6.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
2.99% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
68,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
8,200 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Sierra Leonean(s)
adjective:
Sierra Leonean
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| Ethnic groups: |
20 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians
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| Religions: |
Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
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| 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%)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population:
31.4%
male:
45.4%
female:
18.2% (1995 est.)
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