Population and Migration
- Population (mid-2012): 6,126,000
- Density: 75
- Net Migration Rate: -0
- Birth Rate: 39
- Death Rate: 16
- Rate of Natural Increase: 2.2%
- Population Growth Rate: 2.2
- Infant Mortality Rate: 89
- Total Fertility Rate: 5.0
- Population Age < 15 %: 43%
- Population Age 65+ %: 2%
- Dependency Rate: 45%
- Life Expectancy at Birth: 53
- Life expectancy at Birth Females: 56
- Life expectancy at Birth Males: 51
- Primary School Completion Rate Females: 75%
- Primary School Completion Rate Males: 101%
- Secondary School Enrollment Net Females: -
- Secondary School Enrollment Net Males: -
- GNI PPP per capita in US$: $790
- Population Living Below US $2 per day: 76%
- Economically Active Females 15+: 65%
- Economically Active Males 15+: 68%
- Mobile Phone Subscribers: 18
- Motor Vehicles: 3
- Undernourished Population: 51.0%
- Underweight Children Under Age 5: 31.00%
- HIV/AIDS Among People Ages 15-49: 1.6%
Sierra Leone Appears to be in stage 1 but has features that fall under stage 2. Birth rate is 39 and death rate is 16. The rate of natural increase is 2.2% and the population growth rate is 2.2. But the life expectancy is 53 and the fertility rate is 5.0 causing these two characteristics to fall into stage 2.