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Sierra Leone: cities by population

Sierra Leone has a population of 7,650,154, with Freetown as its capital. The 50 largest of its 87 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Freetown	Western Area	802,639
2	Kenema	Eastern Province	255,110
3	Bo	Southern Province	233,684
4	Koidu	Eastern Province	128,030
5	Makeni	Northern Province	85,116
6	Waterloo	Western Area	55,000
7	Port Loko	North West	44,900
8	Njala	Southern Province	40,000
9	Lunsar	Northern Province	22,461
10	Kabala	Northern Province	17,948
11	Segbwema	Eastern Province	16,532
12	Bumpe	Southern Province	16,123
13	Mile 91	Northern Province	15,491
14	Magburaka	Northern Province	14,915
15	Kailahun	Eastern Province	14,085
16	Binkolo	Northern Province	13,867
17	Yengema	Eastern Province	13,358
18	Rokupr	Northern Province	12,744
19	Gandorhun	Southern Province	12,288
20	Gandorhun	Southern Province	12,288
21	Kambia	Northern Province	11,520
22	Bonthe	Southern Province	10,206
23	Pendembu	Eastern Province	8,780
24	Mattru Jong	Southern Province	8,199
25	Blama	Eastern Province	8,146
26	Kamakwie	Northern Province	8,098
27	Panguma	Eastern Province	7,965
28	Pujehun	Southern Province	7,926
29	Kukuna	Northern Province	7,676
30	Barma	Eastern Province	7,529
31	Boajibu	Eastern Province	7,384
32	Bunumbu	Eastern Province	7,355
33	Sumbuya	Southern Province	7,074
34	Baoma	Southern Province	7,044
35	Moyamba	Southern Province	6,700
36	Mambolo	Northern Province	6,624
37	Tombodu	Eastern Province	5,985
38	Daru	Eastern Province	5,958
39	Foindu	Southern Province	5,868
40	Masingbi	Northern Province	5,644
41	Motema	Eastern Province	5,474
42	Bomi	Southern Province	5,463
43	Tintafor	Northern Province	5,460
44	Buedu	Eastern Province	5,412
45	Mamboma	Southern Province	5,201
46	Kassiri	Northern Province	5,161
47	Hastings	Western Area	5,121
48	Hangha	Eastern Province	5,007
49	Potoru	Southern Province	4,937
50	Rotifunk	Southern Province	4,858

Twenty years earlier: Sierra Leone in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,028,117.