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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 71,740 sq.km.
Population (2003 est,): 5,732,681**
Population density: 31.2 per sq. km.
Urban population (1980/1997): 24/35*
Population growth (1990-1997): 2.5% p.a.*
Life expectancy males/females (1996): 35/38*
Fertility rate (1975/1995): 5.86**
Capital: Freetown
Largest city/population (1985): Freetown/470,000~
GNP per capita (1997): $129*
UNDP Human Development Indicators [2003] (rating/index): 175/0.275
Link to UNDP HDI page for Sierra Leone
Chief of State: President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (since 29 March 1996, reinstated 10 March 1998); note - the President is both the chief of state and head of government
* = World Bank 1999
** CIA 2003
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
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