People Of Sierra Leone

Population	5,883,889 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 44.8% (male 1,291,621; female 1,343,827) 15-64 years: 52% (male 1,458,610; female 1,599,109) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 91,232; female 99,490) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 17.5 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.8 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	2.27% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	43.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	20.62 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2004 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: 0.92 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 145.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 127.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 162.64 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 42.69 years male: 40.23 years female: 45.21 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	5.79 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	7% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	170,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	11,000 (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%)
Literacy	conventional long form: Republic of Sierra Leone conventional short form: Sierra Leone

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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