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Sierra Leone

  • President:Julius Maada Bio
  • Vice President:Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
  • Capital city:Freetown
  • 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%)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:8,731,140 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:72,180
  • GDP per capita, US$:758 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:6.4 (2023)
  • GINI index:35.7 (2018)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:163

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    • Survey of Mining Companies
      May 2024
      Source: Fraser Institute
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 24 December, 2024
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      Data cited at:  "Annual Survey of Mining Companies: 2021"@ Fraser Institute   The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies was sent to approximately 4,100 exploration, development, and other mining-related companies around the world. Several mining publications and associations also helped publicize the survey. The survey, conducted from October 9, 2012, to January 6, 2013, represents responses from 742 of those companies. The companies participating in the survey reported exploration spending of US$6.2 billion in 2012 and US$ 5.4 billion in 2011.