Capital: Freetown
Area: 71,740 square km
Population (2003 est.): 5,732,681
Growth rate: 2.3%
Density per square meter: 207
Monetary unit: Leone
Languages: English, Krio, Mende, Temne
Ethnicity/race: 18 native African tribes 99%
(Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%)
Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1%
Religions: Islam 40%
Christian 35%
Indigenous 20%
Classification: English Based Creole
Statistics: Sierra Leone (472,600)
Gambia (6,600)
Equatorial Guinea (?)
Guinea (?)
Senegal (?)
Total (480,000)