Population of Sierra Leone

Sierra leone population facts

"population:

6,440,053 (July 2009 est.)"               

"Age structure:

0-14 years: 44.5% (male 1,407,226/female 1,460,366)

15-64 years: 52.2% (male 1,613,554/female 1,750,250)

65 years and over: 3.2% (male 95,533/female 113,124) (2009 est.)"

"median age:

total: 17.5 years

male: 17.2 years

female: 17.8 years (2009 est.)"

population growth rate:

2.282% (2009 est.)

(sierra leone is ranked 40 from the highest to the lowest of population growth rate the one that have the lowest is cook islands that has -3.30 in population growth rate. Sweden is on 186th place and has a  population growth rate of 0,16)

"Birth rate:

44.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)"

( sierra leone is ranked on the 5th place .and at the first place is Niger with 51,60/1000 population and Hong Kong is on the last place (224) with 7.42/1000 population Sweden is on place 194 with 10.13/ 1000 population)

"Death rate:

21.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)"

(sierra leone is on the 4th place. And the on the first place is  Swaziland with 30,83/1000 population and on the last place (223) is united arab emirates with 2,11 / 1000 population.Sweden is ranked 61 with  10,21 / 1000 population.)

There are no migrants (invandrare) / 1000 population

"Urbanization:

urban population: 38% of total population (2008)

rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)"

"Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female

total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)"

"infant mortality rate:

total: 154.43 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 171.57 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 136.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)"

( sierra leone ligger på andra plats Angola ligger på första med 180,21 / 1000 live births

på sista plats 224 ligger singapore med 2,31 / 1000 live births och sverige ligger på plats 222 med 2,75 / 1000 live births.)

"Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 41.24 years

male: 38.92 years

female: 43.64 years (2009 est.)"

( sierra leone is ranked 219, the last place (224) is swaziland with 31,88 and on the first place is

Macau with 84,33.  Sweden is on place 10 with 80,86) 2009 est.

"total fertility rate:

5.88 children born/woman (2009 est.)"

( sierra leone is ranked 12 in the world and on the first place is Niger with 7,75 children born / woman

and on the last place (224) is Macau with 0.91 children born / woman. Sweden is on place 173 with 1.67 children born / woman.)

" HIV/AIDS- adult prevalence rate.

1.7% (2007 est.)

(sierra leone ligger på plats 37 Swaziland ligger 1a med 26,10 % (2007 est.) sist på plats 170 ligger Svalbard med 0,00% (2001) Sverige ligger på plats 125 med 0.10% (2007 est.) )

"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

55,000 (2007 est.)

(sierra leone is on place 62, And nr 1 is South africa with  5700000 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS (2007 est)

and on the last place (165) is Svalbard with 0 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS (2001)

And Sweden is ranked 119 with 6200 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS (2007 est.)

"Ethnic groups:

20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 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"

"Religions:

Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%"

"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, ...