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Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population of Freetown was 1,347,559 as of the 2024 census. [4]
The following table is the list of cities in Sierra Leone by population. ... 1: Freetown: 1,055,964: Western Area: Western Area Urban District: Capital of Sierra Leone 2:
As of the 2023 census, Sierra Leone has a population of 8,908,040. Freetown is both its capital and its largest city. The country is divided into five administrative regions, which are further subdivided into 16 districts. Sierra Leone is a presidential republic, with a unicameral parliament and a directly elected president. It is a secular state.
The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula (formerly the Colony of Sierra Leone) is one of five principal divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding towns and countryside. It covers an area of 1,310 km 2 and has a population of 1,447,271.
The Freetown City Council is the largest of the six municipal governments in Sierra Leone. In 2007, the Western Area Urban District gained nine seats in the Parliament of Sierra Leone when district representation started to be measured by population. [3]
Sierra Leone is divided into four provinces ... Population (2015 census) ... Freetown: 1,310 km 2 (510 sq mi) 1,493,252
Sierra Leone's total population, from 1961 to 2013. According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4] the total population was 8,420,641 in 2021, compared to only 1 895 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 43%, 55.1% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 1.9% was 65 years or older .
The Western Area Rural District is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. It is located mostly around the peninsula in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. The Western Area Rural District has a 2015 census population of 442,951. [1] The district capital and largest city is Waterloo.