Population: 4,753,120 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (female 1,054,826; male 1,020,943)
15-64 years: 53% (female 1,310,506; male 1,216,510)
65 years and over: 3% (female 72,982; male 77,353) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.63% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 44.65 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 18.38 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) note: thousands of refugees, fleeing the civil strife in Sierra Leone, are taking refuge in Guinea
Infant mortality rate: 138.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 46.94 years male: 44.07 years female: 49.89 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.9 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Sierra Leonean(s) adjective: Sierra Leonean