Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone (SL, SLE) is a country in Western Africa, with Freetown as its capital. The currency is the Sierra Leonean Leone (SLE, SLE). The international dialling code is +232 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like (025) 123456. The time zone is Africa/Freetown. Official language: English.
CurrencySLESLE
Dial code+232e.g. (025) 123456
Time zoneFreetownUTC+00:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalFreetown
Population9.1M71.7K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Sierra Leone
- Native name
- Sierra Leone
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- SL
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SLE
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 694
- IOC code
- SLE
- Demonym
- Sierra Leonean
- Capital
- Freetown
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .sl
- Coordinates
- 8.5, -11.5
- Area
- 71,740 km²
- Population
- 9,121,050
- GDP
- $14.6B ($1.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 43.3%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Sierra Leonean Leone SLE
- Symbol
- SLE
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- Le 1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Freetown | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +232
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8 digits
- Emergency number
- 19 pattern (?:01|99)9
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | (022) 221234 | +232 22 221234 | (XXX) XXXXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | (025) 123456 | +232 25 123456 | (XXX) XXXXXX | 8 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{6}) | [236-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Sierra Leone) locale (en-SL), amounts in SLE.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (SLE)
- Le 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (Le 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Sierra Leonean leones
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C