/

Sub-Saharan Africa · Country statistics

Sierra Leone

View on globe

At a glance

Latest published figures · reporting years differ
Population8.82M2025 · peopleGross domestic product$7.46B2025 · current US$GDP per capita$846.32025 · current US$ / personLife expectancy at birth622024 · yearsInternet use25.1%2024 · % of populationForest area34.3%2023 · % of land area
Life expectancy at birth
62

years·2024

Published observation

Over time

Full published history
Sierra Leone2024 · 62
015.4930.9846.4761.961960199320251960: 33.11961: 33.61962: 34.21963: 34.71964: 35.31965: 35.91966: 36.61967: 37.31968: 37.81969: 38.21970: 38.61971: 39.11972: 39.51973: 401974: 40.41975: 411976: 41.41977: 41.81978: 42.21979: 42.51980: 42.81981: 43.11982: 43.31983: 43.51984: 43.61985: 43.61986: 43.51987: 43.71988: 43.81989: 43.71990: 43.71991: 43.31992: 43.51993: 43.41994: 42.81995: 42.61996: 43.51997: 43.61998: 42.71999: 422000: 44.82001: 45.42002: 46.22003: 46.82004: 47.52005: 48.32006: 49.52007: 502008: 50.72009: 51.32010: 51.92011: 52.62012: 53.22013: 54.12014: 54.32015: 55.52016: 56.92017: 57.82018: 59.12019: 59.62020: 59.72021: 60.32022: 61.32023: 61.82024: 62

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Country context

Sierra Leone in perspective

Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital
Freetown
Country code
SLE

Explore the same measure

All countries & areasCompare countriesAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundi