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🌆 Largest Cities in Sierra Leone

Cities of Sierra Leone with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).

📅 2026📏 people14 entries🇸🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 1,752,243 (14 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
FreetownWestern Area
802,639
2
KenemaEastern Province
255,110
3
BoSouthern Province
233,684
4
KoiduEastern Province
128,030
5
MakeniNorthern Province
85,116
6
WaterlooWestern Area
55,000
7
Port LokoNorth West
44,900
8
NjalaSouthern Province
40,000
9
LunsarNorthern Province
22,461
10
GoderichWestern Area
19,209
11
KabalaNorthern Province
17,948
12
SegbwemaEastern Province
16,532
13
BumpeSouthern Province
16,123
14
Mile 91Northern Province
15,491

Highlights

Within Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks first in 2026 with 802,639, followed by Kenema (255,110) and Bo (233,684).

Freetown is 3.1 times higher than Kenema, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 802,639 (Freetown) to 15,491 (Mile 91), with a median of 42,450.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.