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Population : 6.017.643 (july 2005 est.)
Age Structure
: 0-14 years: 44.7% (male 1.318.508/female 1.371.164) 15-64 years: 52% (male 1.494.068/female 1.637.276) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 93.047/female 103.580) (2005 est.)
Median Age : total: 17.53 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.84 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate :
2.22% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 42.84 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate :
20.61 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration rate
: 0 migrant(s)/1.000 population note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2005 est.)
Sex ratio : at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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HIV / AIDS - Adult Prevalence rate:
7% (2001 est.)
HIV / AIDS People living with HIV/AIDS
: 170.000 (2001 est.)
Nationality : noun: sierra leonean(s) adjective: sierra leonean
Ethnic groups
:20 native african tribes 90% (temne 30%. mende 30%. other 30%). creole (krio) 10% (descendants of freed jamaican slaves who were settled in the freetown area in the late-18th century). refugees from liberia's recent civil war. small numbers of europeans. lebanese. pakistanis. and indians
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 (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%)
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