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Republic of Sierra Leone
President: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1998)
Area: 27,925 sq. mi (71,740 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 5,296,651 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.89%); birth rate: 45.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 126.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 190
Capital and largest city (1994 est.): Freetown, 1,300,000
Monetary unit: Leone
Languages: English (official), Mende, Temne, Krio
Ethnicity/race: 18 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1%
Religions: Islam, 40%, Christian, 35%; Indigenous, 20%
Literacy rate: 21%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $2.7 billion; $530 per capita. Real growth rate: 0.7%. Inflation: 37.4%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 7%. Agriculture: rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish. Labor force: 1.369 million (1981 est.); agriculture 65%, industry 19%, services 16% (1981 est.). Industry: mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining. Natural resources: diamonds, bauxite, iron ore. Exports: $41 million (f.o.b., 1998): diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish. Imports: $166 million (f.o.b., 1998): foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants. Major trading partners: Belgium, Spain, U.S., U.K., Côte d'Ivoire, Belgium-Luxembourg.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
