What is the population of Freetown?
Freetown has a city population of 802,639. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
Capital city · Sierra Leone · Africa
Freetown
Western Area · Sierra Leone
City population
802,639
#1
in Sierra Leone
#1
in Western Area
#692
worldwide
8.487, -13.236
About Freetown
The largest city in Western Area holds 802,639 residents, making it the capital and accounting for 9.1% of Sierra Leone's population. Freetown sits 24 km from Waterloo (55,000) and 58 km from Port Loko (44,900), with several smaller settlements scattered within 112 km at low elevation.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Western Area
Rank in region
#1of 2
Capital
National capital
Elevation
38 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Freetown
Coordinates
8.487, -13.236
Record updated
2024-01-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 13 in Sierra LeoneClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Freetown | 803K |
Freetown Population FAQ
Where is Freetown?
Freetown is in Western Area, Sierra Leone. Its coordinates are 8.487, -13.236.
How big is Freetown compared with other cities in Sierra Leone?
It is the 1st largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sierra Leone, holding 9.1% of the national population.