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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guineaand Liberia
Area: Land boundaries: total 958 km, Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km Coastline: 402 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,753,120 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.63% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 44.65 births/1,000 population Death rate: 18.38 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 138.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.9 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: 13 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1% 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 (the language of the re-settled ex-slave population of the Freetownarea and is lingua franca)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic(1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: military government Capital: Freetown Independence: 27 April 1961 (from UK) Constitution: 1 October 1991; suspended following 19 April 1992 coup
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.5 billion National product real growth rate: 0.7% National product per capita: $1,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 22% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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