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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's best placing is 13th of 179 for rainfall.

Best placing: #13Rainfall
Top 10 placings: 0 / 14
Population: 8.8 million
Land area: 72,180 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Sierra Leone is.

Rainfall

#13 of 179

2,526 mm of precipitation per year

2nd in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Population by area

#74 of 194

122.19 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#84 of 194

34.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#91 of 194

0.0028 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#98 of 194

24,757 km² of forest

31st in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#100 of 195

8,819,794 people

33rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#116 of 194

72,180 km² of land

40th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#121 of 194

0.008 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#104 of 151

402 km of coastline

25th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports by area

#154 of 191

1.11 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#148 of 182

7,464,157,904 US$ (current prices)

40th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#157 of 193

8 airports

45th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#171 of 192

0.91 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#174 of 182

846 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Sierra Leone

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