Sierra Leone
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.3%
- people aged 65 or older
- 289.6K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 5.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 2.4%
- women 2%, men 2.8%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2019; UN, 2015 census
Languages
24 languages, 4 of them endangered
- Bom-KimCritically endangered
- Bullom SoSeverely endangered
- East LimbaVulnerable
- Sankaran ManinkaVulnerable
- Bandi
- Bassa
- Eastern Maninkakan
- Gola
- Klao
- Kono
- Krio
- Kuranko
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- Loko
- Mende
- Northern Kissi
- Pular
- Sherbro
- Sierra Leonean Sign Language
- Southern Kissi
- Susu
- Temne
- Vai
- West-Central Limba
- Yalunka
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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