Sierra Leone

Continuously populated for at least 2,500 years, the area now known as Sierra Leone is covered with dense jungle that allowed the region to remain relatively protected from invading West African empires.

Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President Julius Maada BIO (since 27 June 2023).

Facts

Capital	Freetown
Region	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
Area	total : 71,740 sq km; land: 71,620 sq km; water: 120 sq km
Population	9,331,203 (2025 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; a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Currency	leones (SLL)
Time zone	to be filled
ccTLD	.sl

Refugees

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

Camp	Population	Origin	Location	Notes
to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled