Sierra Leone
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Freetown
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 8.8 million (8,819,794) · rank 100 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 72,300 km² · rank 119 of 193
- People per km²
- 122 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Sierra Leone, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Sierra Leone in the map data: 2.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Netherlands.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Sierra Leone is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Italiano | Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Magyar | Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Suomi | Sierra Leone | Freetown |