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Sierra Leone Population and Housing Census 2015

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
2015 PHC
Provider 
Statistics Sierra Leone
Tabulations only
Geography 
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
12/2015 - 12/2015
Data type
Census:
  • De facto
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2015 Sierra Leone Population and Housing Census was conducted by Statistics Sierra Leone in December, 2015. It was the fifth modern census conducted since independence in 1963, and also included questions on the impact of the Ebola virus in households. The total population at the time of the census was 7,092,113, a 42.5% increase since 2004.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Alcohol use, Assets, Congenital anomalies, Cooking fuels, Crops, Disability, Ebola, Education, Employment, Epilepsy, Fertility, Fishing, Health care access, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Infant mortality, Insecticide-treated bednets, Intentional injuries, Internet, Languages, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Manufacturing, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mining, Mortality, Occupational injuries, Parental survival, Polio, Population, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Religion, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Unemployment, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023