City profile · Sierra Leone · Africa
Makeni
Northern Province · Sierra Leone
City population
85,116
#5
in Sierra Leone
#1
in Northern Province
#6,782
worldwide
8.886, -12.044 · 138 km from Freetown
About Makeni
Makeni is a city in Northern Province, Sierra Leone with a population of 85,116. It is the 5th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sierra Leone, and the 6,782nd largest worldwide. It lies 138 km from Freetown.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Northern Province
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
93 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Freetown
Coordinates
8.886, -12.044
Record updated
2026-05-06
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.