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Sierra Leone People 1996

Population:

4,753,120 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

44% (female 1,054,826; male 1,020,943)

15-64 years:

53% (female 1,310,506; male 1,216,510)

65 years and over:

3% (female 72,982; male 77,353) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.63% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

44.65 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

18.38 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

thousands of refugees, fleeing the civil strife in Sierra Leone, are taking refuge in Guinea

Infant mortality rate:

138.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

46.94 years

male:

44.07 years

female:

49.89 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.9 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Sierra Leonean(s)

adjective:

Sierra Leonean

Ethnic divisions:

13 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1%

Religions:

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

Languages:

English (official; regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (the language of the re-settled ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua franca)

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic (1990 est.)

total population:

21%

male:

31%

female:

11%

Labor force:

1.369 million (1981 est.)

by occupation:

agriculture 65%, industry 19%, services 16% (1981 est.)

note:

only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)

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