Liberia vs Somalia statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 106th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Liberia and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Liberia and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Liberia

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	Somalia
1960	$190,495,600	$180,459,937
1961	$183,920,900	$191,659,914
1962	$191,861,800	$203,531,928
1963	$200,229,600	$216,145,936
1964	$218,929,100	$229,529,913
1965	$229,260,800	$243,725,898
1966	$244,459,500	$257,375,897
1967	$261,024,300	$271,781,887
1968	$276,820,700	$286,719,885
1969	$306,961,800	$306,357,285
1970	$323,099,700	$347,985,394
1971	$341,543,100	$347,039,446
1972	$368,098,000	$447,883,941
1973	$386,968,300	$483,699,611
1974	$486,955,000	$572,504,036
1975	$577,549,300	$757,015,879
1976	$596,675,700	$871,344,245
1977	$673,010,600	$498,550,725
1978	$717,240,400	$564,571,823
1979	$814,067,900	$589,566,929
1980	$854,711,500	$602,515,548
1981	$846,514,500	$699,302,473
1982	$863,933,200	$774,578,932
1983	$823,374,900	$735,408,642
1984	$848,478,300	$787,434,542
1985	$851,296,100	$875,702,247
1986	$840,964,400	$916,590,786
1987	$972,800,000	$1,018,972,664
1988	$1,038,300,000	$1,051,596,967
1989	$786,300,000	$1,181,360,844
1990	$384,400,000	$1,031,282,081
1991	$348,000,000	$717,974,930
1992	$223,500,000	$709,297,579
1993	$160,400,000	$1,260,132,956
1994	$132,200,000	$1,481,205,098
1995	$134,800,000	$1,534,756,135
1996	$159,400,000	$1,792,234,297
1997	$295,900,000	$2,191,749,014
1998	$359,600,000	$2,962,047,564
1999	$441,800,000	$3,045,751,528
2000	$874,000,000	$3,412,797,450
2001	$906,000,000	$2,252,847,465
2002	$927,000,000	$2,192,684,135
2003	$748,000,000	$2,836,724,352
2004	$897,000,000	$3,859,592,813
2005	$949,000,000	$4,683,246,454
2006	$1,119,000,000	$5,026,743,282
2007	$1,373,000,000	$5,430,713,729
2008	$1,726,000,000	$5,913,620,293
2009	$1,768,000,000	$2,948,594,552
2010	$1,998,000,000	$2,687,807,004
2011	$2,398,000,000	$2,906,000,097
2012	$2,791,614,000	$4,364,670,160
2013	$3,177,198,100	$5,062,881,600
2014	$3,225,652,000	$5,728,399,720
2015	$3,227,075,700	$6,152,149,100
2016	$3,398,419,600	$6,613,743,070
2017	$3,390,703,400	$7,621,501,710
2018	$3,422,754,800	$7,873,440,830
2019	$3,319,596,500	$8,655,023,960
2020	$3,176,126,300	$8,628,393,720
2021	$3,513,049,500	$9,483,997,390
2022	$4,001,047,000	$10,202,767,270
2023	$4,390,000,000	$10,968,517,090
2024	$4,750,000,000	$12,108,515,110

Liberia and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	Somalia
1960	$167.2	$62.7
1961	$157.5	$64.9
1962	$160.3	$67.2
1963	$163.1	$69.5
1964	$173.9	$71.9
1965	$177.6	$74.4
1966	$184.6	$76.5
1967	$192.2	$78.7
1968	$198.6	$80.8
1969	$214.7	$84.1
1970	$220.3	$93.1
1971	$227.1	$90.4
1972	$238.6	$113.7
1973	$244.4	$119.6
1974	$299.4	$137.9
1975	$346	$177.8
1976	$347	$199.6
1977	$381	$111.2
1978	$394	$117.3
1979	$435	$108.2
1980	$443	$101.5
1981	$426	$116.9
1982	$422	$129
1983	$391	$118.6
1984	$390	$122.5
1985	$380	$130.8
1986	$364	$131.4
1987	$409	$141
1988	$424	$145.3
1989	$312	$166
1990	$172.9	$145.6
1991	$177.9	$105.4
1992	$107.8	$109.2
1993	$74.4	$188.6
1994	$61.5	$210.8
1995	$62.1	$210.7
1996	$71.4	$237.2
1997	$122.6	$280.1
1998	$134.7	$363
1999	$156.6	$359
2000	$298.5	$386
2001	$300	$244.9
2002	$299.5	$229.6
2003	$239.8	$286.3
2004	$284.1	$375
2005	$287.5	$440
2006	$321	$458
2007	$374	$480
2008	$452	$507
2009	$448	$246.5
2010	$492	$219.2
2011	$568	$235.3
2012	$638	$350
2013	$711	$393
2014	$707	$429
2015	$693	$446
2016	$715	$461
2017	$699	$511
2018	$692	$510
2019	$658	$540
2020	$617	$518
2021	$668	$549
2022	$745	$573
2023	$799	$597
2024	$846	$637

Liberia vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	Somalia
1950	38	41.5
1951	38	41.7
1952	38.1	41.9
1953	38.1	42.1
1954	38.1	42.3
1955	38.1	42.5
1956	38.1	42.7
1957	38.1	42.9
1958	38.1	43.1
1959	38.1	43.3
1960	38.1	43.5
1961	38.1	43.7
1962	38.2	44
1963	38.3	44.2
1964	38.5	44.4
1965	38.7	44.6
1966	39	44.8
1967	39.3	45.1
1968	39.6	45.3
1969	40	45.5
1970	40.4	45.6
1971	40.7	45.8
1972	41.2	46
1973	41.6	46.2
1974	42.1	44.3
1975	42.5	44.5
1976	42.9	44.7
1977	43.2	47
1978	43.6	47
1979	43.9	47.4
1980	44.1	47.6
1981	44.3	47.8
1982	44.4	48
1983	44.6	48.2
1984	44.7	48.4
1985	44	48.3
1986	44.5	48.4
1987	44.3	49
1988	44.1	43.9
1989	43.9	46.6
1990	37.6	46.9
1991	43.6	25.4
1992	43.6	25
1993	43	50.6
1994	42.6	50.3
1995	44.6	50.6
1996	44.9	50.5
1997	48.3	50.3
1998	49.4	50.8
1999	50.4	50.6
2000	51.9	50.7
2001	53.1	50.8
2002	54.1	50.8
2003	53	50.7
2004	55.9	50.7
2005	56.8	50.9
2006	57.5	50.9
2007	58.1	50.9
2008	58.7	51.5
2009	59.1	52.1
2010	59.4	48.9
2011	59.5	32.5
2012	59.8	49.1
2013	60	54
2014	59.2	54.4
2015	59.2	55.1
2016	60.5	55.3
2017	60.8	52.2
2018	61	54.8
2019	61.2	57.2
2020	61.3	57.1
2021	61.2	55.7
2022	61.9	53.9
2023	62.2	58.8
2024	62.3	59
2025	62.5	59.1

Liberia and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	Somalia
1960	1,139,522	2,876,331
1961	1,167,717	2,952,054
1962	1,197,039	3,030,091
1963	1,227,414	3,110,361
1964	1,258,745	3,192,796
1965	1,291,156	3,277,874
1966	1,324,383	3,365,106
1967	1,358,435	3,454,537
1968	1,393,530	3,546,590
1969	1,429,605	3,641,015
1970	1,466,676	3,738,448
1971	1,504,077	3,837,691
1972	1,542,670	3,939,436
1973	1,583,588	4,045,592
1974	1,626,362	4,151,842
1975	1,670,913	4,257,535
1976	1,717,060	4,365,812
1977	1,766,019	4,484,050
1978	1,818,247	4,814,892
1979	1,872,713	5,449,117
1980	1,929,253	5,936,154
1981	1,986,867	5,982,849
1982	2,045,073	6,003,840
1983	2,107,113	6,198,430
1984	2,173,312	6,428,389
1985	2,240,539	6,693,289
1986	2,308,511	6,974,788
1987	2,377,229	7,228,302
1988	2,446,941	7,235,360
1989	2,517,858	7,114,817
1990	2,223,667	7,082,811
1991	1,956,518	6,813,760
1992	2,072,461	6,495,107
1993	2,155,126	6,681,399
1994	2,149,928	7,026,797
1995	2,169,162	7,285,007
1996	2,232,289	7,554,474
1997	2,412,989	7,824,525
1998	2,670,124	8,155,417
1999	2,821,684	8,492,059
2000	2,928,117	8,838,713
2001	3,015,338	9,198,493
2002	3,094,782	9,550,063
2003	3,119,532	9,909,157
2004	3,156,892	10,280,998
2005	3,301,015	10,644,228
2006	3,490,787	10,975,502
2007	3,669,050	11,322,582
2008	3,821,003	11,663,084
2009	3,943,028	11,961,201
2010	4,058,890	12,261,756
2011	4,221,178	12,348,830
2012	4,373,043	12,461,160
2013	4,470,239	12,869,594
2014	4,564,293	13,339,491
2015	4,659,431	13,806,963
2016	4,755,608	14,348,740
2017	4,848,925	14,916,629
2018	4,944,726	15,452,487
2019	5,043,721	16,030,971
2020	5,149,463	16,651,191
2021	5,259,323	17,271,431
2022	5,373,294	17,801,897
2023	5,493,031	18,358,615
2024	5,612,817	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Liberia and Somalia

Fertility rate

Liberia

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	Somalia
1960	6.39	7.25
1961	6.45	7.25
1962	6.5	7.26
1963	6.56	7.26
1964	6.59	7.26
1965	6.62	7.26
1966	6.63	7.26
1967	6.65	7.25
1968	6.66	7.23
1969	6.64	7.21
1970	6.58	7.18
1971	6.54	7.15
1972	6.6	7.12
1973	6.65	7.09
1974	6.69	7.06
1975	6.74	7.03
1976	6.79	7.02
1977	6.84	7
1978	6.88	7.13
1979	6.92	7.16
1980	6.87	7.18
1981	6.83	7.23
1982	6.79	7.25
1983	6.76	7.28
1984	6.73	7.3
1985	6.69	7.33
1986	6.64	7.35
1987	6.57	7.37
1988	6.51	7.4
1989	6.43	7.42
1990	6.37	7.44
1991	6.32	7.47
1992	6.28	7.5
1993	6.25	7.53
1994	6.21	7.54
1995	6.17	7.58
1996	6.13	7.62
1997	6.08	7.66
1998	6.02	7.66
1999	5.95	7.66
2000	5.88	7.65
2001	5.77	7.64
2002	5.65	7.63
2003	5.55	7.6
2004	5.51	7.57
2005	5.52	7.53
2006	5.53	7.49
2007	5.46	7.46
2008	5.33	7.42
2009	5.17	7.38
2010	5.06	7.32
2011	4.97	7.27
2012	4.88	7.21
2013	4.75	7.14
2014	4.62	7.06
2015	4.52	6.98
2016	4.46	6.88
2017	4.4	6.77
2018	4.34	6.66
2019	4.26	6.56
2020	4.17	6.45
2021	4.09	6.35
2022	4.02	6.26
2023	3.95	6.13

Liberia and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Liberia	Somalia
1960	19.3	18.1
1961	19.3	17.9
1962	19.3	17.8
1963	19.3	17.7
1964	19.2	17.6
1965	19.2	17.5
1966	19.2	17.5
1967	19.1	17.5
1968	19	17.5
1969	18.8	17.5
1970	18.7	17.5
1971	18.6	17.6
1972	18.6	17.6
1973	18.5	17.6
1974	18.4	17.7
1975	18.3	17.7
1976	18.2	17.7
1977	18.2	17.7
1978	18.1	17.7
1979	18	17.6
1980	18	17.6
1981	17.9	17.5
1982	17.9	17.4
1983	17.9	17.4
1984	17.9	17.3
1985	17.9	17.2
1986	17.9	17.1
1987	17.9	17
1988	17.9	16.8
1989	17.9	16.7
1990	17.9	16.5
1991	17.9	16.5
1992	17.9	16.7
1993	17.9	16.8
1994	18	16.7
1995	18	16.6
1996	18.1	16.5
1997	18.1	16.4
1998	18.2	16.4
1999	18.2	16.3
2000	18.3	16.3
2001	18.3	16.2
2002	18.3	16.2
2003	18.4	16.1
2004	18.4	16
2005	18.4	15.9
2006	18.4	15.7
2007	18.4	15.6
2008	18.4	15.6
2009	18.4	15.6
2010	18.4	15.7
2011	18.6	15.8
2012	18.8	16
2013	18.7	16
2014	18.7	16
2015	18.7	16.1
2016	18.7	16.1
2017	18.7	16.2
2018	18.8	16.2
2019	18.8	16.3
2020	19	16.3
2021	19.1	16.4
2022	19.2	16.5
2023	19.4	16.5
2024	19.6	16.6

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