Official Languages
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Languages spoken here
Hindi (secondary) · Krio (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Sierra Leone Sign Language (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
Sierra Leone
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mende, Boumpe | 2695000 | Mende (Sierra Leone) | Islam |
| Temne | 2081000 | Themne | Islam |
| Krio, Creole | 922000 | Krio | Christianity |
| Limba, West | 588000 | Limba, West-Central | Islam |
| Kuranko | 474000 | Kuranko | Ethnic Religions |
| Kono | 360000 | Kono (Sierra Leone) | Ethnic Religions |
| Fulbe Futa | 319000 | Pular | Islam |
| Loko, Landogo | 236000 | Loko | Ethnic Religions |
| Sherbro, Southern Bullom | 236000 | Sherbro | Ethnic Religions |
| Susu | 210000 | Susu | Islam |
| Maninka, Eastern | 184000 | Maninkakan, Eastern | Islam |
| Kissi, Southern | 150000 | Kisi, Southern | Ethnic Religions |
| Temne-Banta | 79000 | Themne | Islam |
| Kissi, Northern | 70000 | Kissi, Northern | Ethnic Religions |
| Fulani, Krio | 66000 | Pular | Islam |
| Yalunka, Yalun Soso | 53000 | Yalunka | Islam |
| Arab, general | 49000 | Arabic, Levantine | Islam |
| Deaf | 40000 | Sierra Leone Sign Language | Unknown |
| Vai | 26000 | Vai | Islam |
| Bom, Krim | 23000 | Mende (Sierra Leone) | Ethnic Religions |
| Gola | 18000 | Gola | Islam |
| South Asian, general | 17000 | Hindi | Hinduism |
| Kru | 16000 | Klao | Ethnic Religions |
| Bassa | 9700 | Bassa | Ethnic Religions |
| Bullom, Northern Bullom | 8800 | Bullom So | Islam |
| Yoruba | 7100 | Yoruba | Christianity |
| Limba, East | 900 | Limba, East | Islam |
Languages
24 languages recorded here.
Arabic, Levantine
Bassa
Bullom So
Gola
Hindi
Kisi, Southern
Kissi, Northern
Klao
Kono (Sierra Leone)
Krio
Kuranko
Limba, East
Limba, West-Central
Loko
Maninkakan, Eastern
Mende (Sierra Leone)
Pular
Sherbro
Sierra Leone Sign Language
Susu
Themne
Vai
Yalunka
Yoruba
All catalogue fields
154 fields recorded
- rog3
- SL
- iso3
- SLE
- iso2
- SL
- ctry
- Sierra Leone
- poplpeoples
- 8943000
- cntpeoples
- 27
- cntpeopleslr
- 12
- poplpeopleslr
- 1703000
- jpscalectry
- 4
- rol3officiallanguage
- eng
- officiallang
- English
- rlg3primary
- 6
- religionprimary
- Islam
- percentchristianity
- 12.778983731282
- percentevangelical
- 4.9480627058985
- c_10_40window
- N
- rog2
- AFR
- continent
- Africa
- regioncode
- 8
- regionname
- Africa, West and Central
- workersneeded
- 36
- harvest_rog3
- SL
- harvest_iso3
- SLE
- harvest_iso2
- SL
- harvest_owcountrycode
- SIER
- harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
- SL
- harvest_countrynumber
- 189
- harvest_ctry
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_ctryshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamechinese
- 塞拉利昂
- harvest_countrynamechineseshort
- 塞拉利昂
- harvest_countrynamedutch
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamefrench
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamegerman
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamegermanshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynameindonesian
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynameitalian
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamekorean
- 시에라리온
- harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
- 시에라리온
- harvest_countrynamenorwegian
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynameportuguese
- Serra Leoa
- harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
- Serra Leoa
- harvest_countrynamerussian
- Сьерра-Леоне
- harvest_countrynamerussianshort
- Сьерра-Леоне
- harvest_countrynamespanish
- Sierra Leona
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- Sierra Leona
- harvest_countrynamevietnamese
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Sierra Leone
- harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
- 在
- harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
- du
- harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
- in
- harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
- di
- harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
- -
- harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
- 의
- harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
- i
- harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
- em
- harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
- B
- harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
- en
- harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
- ở
- harvest_ethnologuemapexists
- Y
- harvest_rog2
- AFR
- harvest_regioncode2414
- 4
- harvest_regioncode
- 8
- harvest_unsr
- 011
- harvest_worldabc
- B
- harvest_maniregioncode
- AW
- harvest_capital
- Freetown
- harvest_population
- 8820000
- harvest_populationsource
- UN Country Population (2025)
- harvest_prayercastvideo
- https://prayercast.com/sierra-leone.html
- harvest_prayercastvimeourl
- 70048099
- harvest_waldnerguide
- prayer-guide-sl.pdf
- harvest_unmap
- https://un.org/geospatial/content/sierra-leone
- harvest_jpscale
- 4
- harvest_c_10_40window
- N
- harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
- N
- harvest_owpctevang
- 3.9
- harvest_owpctcharismatic
- 3.8790138
- harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
- 5
- harvest_owcountrypage
- sierra-leone
- harvest_literacyrate
- 43
- harvest_literacysource
- Ethnologue
- harvest_percenturbanized
- 42
- harvest_rol3officiallanguage
- eng
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- kri
- harvest_rlg3primary
- 6
- harvest_pctanimist
- 23.31
- harvest_pctbahai
- 0
- harvest_pctbuddhism
- 0
- harvest_pctchinese
- 0
- harvest_pcthindu
- 0.04
- harvest_pctislam
- 63
- harvest_pctsikh
- 0
- harvest_pctjudaism
- 0
- harvest_pctnonreligious
- 0.5
- harvest_pctother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristian
- 13.15
- harvest_pctchristianprotestant
- 5.94
- harvest_pctchristianindependent
- 2.8
- harvest_pctchristiananglican
- 0.44
- harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
- 3.68
- harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
- 0.01
- harvest_pctchristianmarginal
- 0.28
- harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
- 0
- harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianextra
- 0
- harvest_rop1
- A013
- harvest_hdiyear
- 2015
- harvest_hdivalue
- 0.42
- harvest_hdirank
- 179
- harvest_internetusers
- 11.8
- harvest_flashmapzoom
- 681
- harvest_flashmapzoomx
- -268
- harvest_flashmapzoomy
- -295
- harvest_googlemapzoom
- 7
- harvest_googlemaplat
- 8.5
- harvest_googlemaplng
- -11.5
- harvest_ctrylatitude
- 8.460554999999999
- harvest_ctrylongitude
- -11.779889
- harvest_securitylevel
- 0
- harvest_ethnolinguisticmap
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/sierra_leone_ethnic_1969.jpg
- harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
- https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/sierra-leone/
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
- harvest_wcdsubregioncode
- 105
- harvest_poplgrowthrate
- 2.138956310679612
- harvest_v59country
- Y
- harvest_godreportsurl
- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=sl&joshua=sl
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-sierra-leone
- harvest_internetusage
- 9
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2017
- harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl
- https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/sierra-leone/
- harvest_biblesocietyurl
- http://biblesociety-sierraleone.org/
- harvest_areasquaremiles
- 27699
- harvest_areasquarekilometers
- 71740
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 204
- harvest_countryphonecode
- 232
- harvest_owpctchristian1986
- 10
- harvest_owpctevangelical1986
- 1.5
- harvest_owpctchristian1993
- 7.1
- harvest_owpctevangelical1993
- 2.2
- harvest_owpctchristian2001
- 11.72
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 3.2
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .sl
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sierra-leone
- harvest_source
- pjj
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00