GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $2.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $5.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $800 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Freetown
Population (Estimated July 2012): 5,485,998
Area: 71,740km2 or 27,699mi2
Currency: Leone (Le)
Official Language: English
(but understood only by the literate minority. Krio is understood by approximately 95% of the population)
Political Information: Presidential Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 60% of the population are Muslim, 10% are Christian and 30% have indigenous beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Loma Mansa at 1,945m or 6,381ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): GMT
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
Leaders: President Ernest Bai Koroma (the president is both the chief of state and head of government)
Additional: Gained independence from the U.K. on the 27th of April 1961.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone)
