Language: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; a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Currency:No source
Region:Africa
Area:71,740 km²
Population:9M
GDP (PPP):$27B
Main exports:Iron ore, titanium ore, diamonds
Main imports:Rice, plastic products, packaged medicine