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  1. Date of Independence: April 27, 1961
  2. Date of Current Constitution: October 1, 1991
  3. Population: 5,296,651 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 27,699 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Freetown
  6. Form of Government: constitutional democracy
  7. Main Industries: mining, light manufacturing, forestry, tourism
  8. Agriculture: cocoa, coffee, palm kernels, rice, cassava, bananas, sweet potatoes
  9. Natural Resources: diamonds, rutile, bauxite, iron ore, gold, platinum, chromite 
  10. Currency: leone
  11. GDP: $2.7 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $530 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: English (official), Krio, tribal languages,
  14. Religions: Islam, Animist, Christianity
  15. Literacy Rate: 31%
  16. Life Expectancy:    46 years (male)
  17.                 52 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 46 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 17 deaths per 1,000 population