Christian 42.8% (Catholic 27.1%, Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%, other 5.3%), Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other 15.5% (2002 census)
Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
Languages
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
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%)
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Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
Area
112,622 km sq
71,740 km sq
Coastline
121 km
402 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)
