Country size comparison
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Ghana is about 3.3 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 232% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (24.4 million more people live in Ghana).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Sierra Leone is 80.4% more expensive than Ghana overall
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Moving from Ghana to Sierra Leone · UN DESA 2020
939 people born in Ghana live in Sierra Leone.
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