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Republic of Sierra Leone Flags

Flag Colors and Description

Sierra Leone's flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue.

People

Population: 6,005,250 (July 2006 estimate)

Population Growth Rate: 2.3% (2006 estimate)

Spoken Languages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)

Government

Government Type: constitutional democracy

Capital: Freetown

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $5.38 billion (2006 estimate)

GDP per capita: $900 (2006 estimate)