Sierra Leone

Capital:	Freetown
Population:	8,692,606 (2022 est.)
Land Area:	71,620 km²
Religions:	Muslim 77.1%, Christian 22.9% (2019 est.)
Languages:	English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)

Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births:	73.42 (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	58.76 (2022 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP):	USD $1,600 (2020 est.); note: data are in 2017 dollars

St. Peter the Apostle – 2022	Funding provided for projects: $121,100.00(USD)
Projects Funded:
	St. Paul Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Freetown St. Kizito Propaedeutic Seminary in the Diocese of Kenema St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Makeni St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Makeni