Sierra Leone
The Lord’s Testimony
Updated July 15, 2024
No. of localities: 11
No. of saints in church life: 336
No. of saints attending the Table meeting: 219
Country Profile
Location: West Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
Geographical
Size: land: 71,620 sq km, water: 120 sq km
Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)
Population: 9,121,049 (2024 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 2.32% (2024 est.)
Ethnic groups:Temne 35.4%, Mende 30.8%, Limba 8.8%, Kono 4.3%, Korankoh 4%, Fullah 3.8%, Mandingo 2.8%, Loko 2%, Sherbro 1.9%, Creole 1.2% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century; also known as Krio), other 5% (2019 est.)
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%)
Religion: Muslim 78.6%, Christian
20.8%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2013 est.)
Capital
City: Freetown
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