- ISO 3166
SL- Main language + region
kri-SL- Currency
- SLE · Sierra Leonean Leone
- Region
- SSA
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has 9.1M people, and 2.3M of them are online. Krio is the most widely spoken language at 95%, one of 4 languages CLDR lists here. English is official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to kri-SL.
Market summary
Each figure carries its own world scale, so it reads without a second market beside it.
People online
2.3M
0%world median 81%100%
25% of 9.1M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. Estimated by multiplying CLDR population by that share.
Income per person
$846
Higher than 5% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to spending power, not revenue.
Can pay online
39%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2024. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
4
Krio 95% · English 35% · Mende 27%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 1 of them is official nationally.
English proficiency
—
Not in the EF EPI 2025 table. Absent is not the same as low.
Adult literacy
43%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before another language.
What people speak
Shares include second languages, so totals can exceed 100%.
CLDR also records diaspora populations, so a language reaches further than any single page shows. The language profiles show each one's full footprint.
Day-one requirements
What the interface needs for the main language spoken here (kri-SL).
Plural categories
2
Word-forms a translator writes for counted text, like English's "1 item" and "2 items".
Script family
Latin
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
Standard. Use dir='auto' on user-generated content fields.
Date
April 21, 2026
Short: 4/21/26
Time
6:30 PM
Week starts Mon
Currency
SLE 1,234.56
1,234.56 in SLE · Sierra Leonean Leone