Sierra Leone: flag, capital & map
Get to know Sierra Leone, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Freetown
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 8,819,794
- Area
- 71,740 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Sierra Leonean Leone (SLE)
Sierra Leone is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Freetown.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Sierra Leone
The flag of Sierra Leone is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and blue.
Where it is
Sierra Leone is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Guinea, Liberia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Sierra Leone has a recorded area of 71,740 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 12 by area, from largest to smallest. Liberia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 111,369 km². Togo is immediately below it, at 56,785 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 8,819,794 people for Sierra Leone in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 123 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Sierra Leonean Leone (SLE). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
Reveal answer
Freetown. Sierra Leone is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Freetown.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Sierra Leone?
Reveal answer
The flag of Sierra Leone is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and blue.
Which land neighbours of Sierra Leone are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Guinea and Liberia. The source classifies Sierra Leone as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Sierra Leone?
Reveal answer
English. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Sierra Leone.
Which currency codes are listed for Sierra Leone?
Reveal answer
Sierra Leonean Leone (SLE). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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