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Sierra Leone: map and facts

Sierra Leone is in Western Africa. It has about 8.82 million people (2025), the 100th largest population. It covers 72,300 km², the 116th largest by area. That is about 122 people per km². Its highest point is Loma Mansa, at 1,945 m. The longest river on its map is the Rokel, 386 km from source to mouth.

Facts

• Population: 8,819,794 (2025, World Bank)
• Area: 72,300 km² (2024, World Bank)
• Capital: Freetown
• Highest point: Loma Mansa, 1,945 m (Wikidata)
• Forest: 34% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of Sierra Leone, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

• Rokel: 386 km

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

• Loma Mansa: 1,945 m (its highest point)

Mountain ranges: Loma Mountains.

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): wooded savanna 51.6%, savanna 33.3%, farmland with natural plants 7%, evergreen broadleaf forest 3.6%, wetland 2.4%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 52.7%, hills 32.9%, plateaus 11.1%, mountains 3.3%.

Forests covered 34% of its land in 2024, down from 43.3% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

Sierra Leone shares land borders with Guinea and Liberia on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

• Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
• GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
• Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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