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Sierra Leone: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

1.90Mcount · 2025+16.1% since 2015

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.CE. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 2004 to 2025.

20042025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20251,904,281
20241,884,831
20231,864,878
20221,844,036
20211,822,487
20201,795,637
20191,766,558
20181,736,424
20171,705,276
20161,672,264
20151,639,550
20141,605,917
20131,571,594
20121,536,768
20111,500,858
20101,463,126
20091,420,747
20081,381,774
20071,344,782
20061,314,232
20051,276,952
20041,234,924

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Population of compulsory school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-ce (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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