ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · SIERRA LEONE
Capital of Sierra Leone
The capital of Sierra Leone is Freetown. The largest, Freetown, has around 951,000 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALFreetown
POPULATION951,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Freetown951,000 people
In context
Where Freetownsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MFreetown is here
50–250k
<50k
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