Population+Km

The population amounts to approximately 5.34 million peoples, the population density is approximately 72 people per square kilometer.

The population is made up of many different ethnic groups. The majority are the Mende, with approximately 30.6%, 29.4% with the Temne, the Limba, with 8.4% and 5.2%, with Kono. Other ethnic groups are the Sherbro, the Fula or Peul, the Mandingo who Kuranko, the Susu, the Yalunka, the Creoles, or Krio, the Kissi and Vai. 70% of the population are Sunni Muslims and 20% are Christians (Anglicans, Protestants - United Brethren, Catholic, Apostolic.). The last 10% isn’t committed to any religion. The life expectancy according to WHO data for 2006 was 42.6 years. So Sierra Leone ranks amongst the five countries with the lowest life expectancies.

Back