Liberia vs South Sudan statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 106th vs. 41st).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Liberia and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Liberia and South Sudan economies compared

GDP

Liberia

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	$190,495,600	-
1961	$183,920,900	-
1962	$191,861,800	-
1963	$200,229,600	-
1964	$218,929,100	-
1965	$229,260,800	-
1966	$244,459,500	-
1967	$261,024,300	-
1968	$276,820,700	-
1969	$306,961,800	-
1970	$323,099,700	-
1971	$341,543,100	-
1972	$368,098,000	-
1973	$386,968,300	-
1974	$486,955,000	-
1975	$577,549,300	-
1976	$596,675,700	-
1977	$673,010,600	-
1978	$717,240,400	-
1979	$814,067,900	-
1980	$854,711,500	-
1981	$846,514,500	-
1982	$863,933,200	-
1983	$823,374,900	-
1984	$848,478,300	-
1985	$851,296,100	-
1986	$840,964,400	-
1987	$972,800,000	-
1988	$1,038,300,000	-
1989	$786,300,000	-
1990	$384,400,000	-
1991	$348,000,000	-
1992	$223,500,000	-
1993	$160,400,000	-
1994	$132,200,000	-
1995	$134,800,000	-
1996	$159,400,000	-
1997	$295,900,000	-
1998	$359,600,000	-
1999	$441,800,000	-
2000	$874,000,000	-
2001	$906,000,000	-
2002	$927,000,000	-
2003	$748,000,000	-
2004	$897,000,000	-
2005	$949,000,000	-
2006	$1,119,000,000	-
2007	$1,373,000,000	-
2008	$1,726,000,000	$14,586,253,383
2009	$1,768,000,000	$12,231,264,525
2010	$1,998,000,000	$14,602,072,411
2011	$2,398,000,000	$14,907,308,933
2012	$2,791,614,000	$11,931,472,169
2013	$3,177,198,100	$18,426,469,017
2014	$3,225,652,000	$13,962,212,847
2015	$3,227,075,700	$11,997,800,760
2016	$3,398,419,600	-
2017	$3,390,703,400	-
2018	$3,422,754,800	-
2019	$3,319,596,500	-
2020	$3,176,126,300	-
2021	$3,513,049,500	-
2022	$4,001,047,000	-
2023	$4,390,000,000	-
2024	$4,750,000,000	-

Liberia and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	$167.2	-
1961	$157.5	-
1962	$160.3	-
1963	$163.1	-
1964	$173.9	-
1965	$177.6	-
1966	$184.6	-
1967	$192.2	-
1968	$198.6	-
1969	$214.7	-
1970	$220.3	-
1971	$227.1	-
1972	$238.6	-
1973	$244.4	-
1974	$299.4	-
1975	$346	-
1976	$347	-
1977	$381	-
1978	$394	-
1979	$435	-
1980	$443	-
1981	$426	-
1982	$422	-
1983	$391	-
1984	$390	-
1985	$380	-
1986	$364	-
1987	$409	-
1988	$424	-
1989	$312	-
1990	$172.9	-
1991	$177.9	-
1992	$107.8	-
1993	$74.4	-
1994	$61.5	-
1995	$62.1	-
1996	$71.4	-
1997	$122.6	-
1998	$134.7	-
1999	$156.6	-
2000	$298.5	-
2001	$300	-
2002	$299.5	-
2003	$239.8	-
2004	$284.1	-
2005	$287.5	-
2006	$321	-
2007	$374	-
2008	$452	$1,654
2009	$448	$1,323
2010	$492	$1,498
2011	$568	$1,449
2012	$638	$1,109
2013	$711	$1,650
2014	$707	$1,243
2015	$693	$1,080
2016	$715	-
2017	$699	-
2018	$692	-
2019	$658	-
2020	$617	-
2021	$668	-
2022	$745	-
2023	$799	-
2024	$846	-

Liberia vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

South Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	South Sudan
1950	38	30.2
1951	38	30.6
1952	38.1	31
1953	38.1	31.4
1954	38.1	31.7
1955	38.1	32
1956	38.1	31.6
1957	38.1	30.9
1958	38.1	27.6
1959	38.1	27.8
1960	38.1	28.1
1961	38.1	28.3
1962	38.2	28.5
1963	38.3	28.2
1964	38.5	32.5
1965	38.7	28.8
1966	39	25.6
1967	39.3	25.9
1968	39.6	26.1
1969	40	25.4
1970	40.4	25.6
1971	40.7	31
1972	41.2	31.3
1973	41.6	36.3
1974	42.1	36.6
1975	42.5	36.9
1976	42.9	37.1
1977	43.2	37.4
1978	43.6	37.6
1979	43.9	37.8
1980	44.1	38
1981	44.3	38.3
1982	44.4	38.7
1983	44.6	34.7
1984	44.7	31.8
1985	44	32.4
1986	44.5	32.8
1987	44.3	20.7
1988	44.1	11
1989	43.9	28.2
1990	37.6	28.6
1991	43.6	29.2
1992	43.6	21.9
1993	43	22.3
1994	42.6	44.9
1995	44.6	31.5
1996	44.9	32.1
1997	48.3	33.1
1998	49.4	19
1999	50.4	44.5
2000	51.9	47.6
2001	53.1	48.6
2002	54.1	49.4
2003	53	52.3
2004	55.9	53.1
2005	56.8	54
2006	57.5	54.7
2007	58.1	55.4
2008	58.7	56.3
2009	59.1	56.8
2010	59.4	57.5
2011	59.5	57.7
2012	59.8	58.2
2013	60	58.3
2014	59.2	45.6
2015	59.2	39.8
2016	60.5	36.7
2017	60.8	35.4
2018	61	51.9
2019	61.2	58.1
2020	61.3	57.6
2021	61.2	57
2022	61.9	57.2
2023	62.2	57.6
2024	62.3	57.7
2025	62.5	57.9

Liberia and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

South Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	1,139,522	2,931,559
1961	1,167,717	2,976,724
1962	1,197,039	3,024,308
1963	1,227,414	3,072,669
1964	1,258,745	3,129,918
1965	1,291,156	3,189,835
1966	1,324,383	3,236,423
1967	1,358,435	3,277,648
1968	1,393,530	3,321,528
1969	1,429,605	3,365,533
1970	1,466,676	3,409,614
1971	1,504,077	3,468,646
1972	1,542,670	3,542,497
1973	1,583,588	3,627,383
1974	1,626,362	3,723,259
1975	1,670,913	3,821,494
1976	1,717,060	3,921,910
1977	1,766,019	4,024,032
1978	1,818,247	4,127,657
1979	1,872,713	4,232,605
1980	1,929,253	4,339,030
1981	1,986,867	4,447,272
1982	2,045,073	4,557,686
1983	2,107,113	4,661,574
1984	2,173,312	4,750,627
1985	2,240,539	4,834,296
1986	2,308,511	4,921,240
1987	2,377,229	4,962,395
1988	2,446,941	4,848,029
1989	2,517,858	4,713,229
1990	2,223,667	4,737,633
1991	1,956,518	4,836,677
1992	2,072,461	4,909,749
1993	2,155,126	4,956,002
1994	2,149,928	5,071,184
1995	2,169,162	5,225,836
1996	2,232,289	5,356,925
1997	2,412,989	5,509,136
1998	2,670,124	5,620,068
1999	2,821,684	5,771,628
2000	2,928,117	6,032,267
2001	3,015,338	6,308,391
2002	3,094,782	6,596,806
2003	3,119,532	6,903,127
2004	3,156,892	7,233,041
2005	3,301,015	7,590,143
2006	3,490,787	7,976,526
2007	3,669,050	8,388,788
2008	3,821,003	8,817,647
2009	3,943,028	9,243,556
2010	4,058,890	9,745,953
2011	4,221,178	10,288,109
2012	4,373,043	10,756,240
2013	4,470,239	11,166,275
2014	4,564,293	11,235,073
2015	4,659,431	11,107,561
2016	4,755,608	10,830,102
2017	4,848,925	10,259,154
2018	4,944,726	10,122,977
2019	5,043,721	10,423,384
2020	5,149,463	10,698,467
2021	5,259,323	10,865,780
2022	5,373,294	11,021,177
2023	5,493,031	11,483,374
2024	5,612,817	11,943,408

Fertility rates in Liberia and South Sudan

Fertility rate

Liberia

South Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	6.39	7.16
1961	6.45	7.18
1962	6.5	7.2
1963	6.56	7.2
1964	6.59	7.22
1965	6.62	7.22
1966	6.63	7.25
1967	6.65	7.26
1968	6.66	7.26
1969	6.64	7.28
1970	6.58	7.29
1971	6.54	7.3
1972	6.6	7.31
1973	6.65	7.31
1974	6.69	7.31
1975	6.74	7.33
1976	6.79	7.33
1977	6.84	7.33
1978	6.88	7.33
1979	6.92	7.32
1980	6.87	7.33
1981	6.83	7.33
1982	6.79	7.34
1983	6.76	7.34
1984	6.73	7.35
1985	6.69	7.36
1986	6.64	7.38
1987	6.57	7.39
1988	6.51	7.38
1989	6.43	7.37
1990	6.37	7.38
1991	6.32	7.38
1992	6.28	7.37
1993	6.25	7.36
1994	6.21	7.35
1995	6.17	7.34
1996	6.13	7.32
1997	6.08	7.2
1998	6.02	7.08
1999	5.95	6.94
2000	5.88	6.8
2001	5.77	6.65
2002	5.65	6.52
2003	5.55	6.35
2004	5.51	6.19
2005	5.52	6.02
2006	5.53	5.85
2007	5.46	5.7
2008	5.33	5.57
2009	5.17	5.45
2010	5.06	5.32
2011	4.97	5.19
2012	4.88	5.06
2013	4.75	4.94
2014	4.62	4.82
2015	4.52	4.7
2016	4.46	4.58
2017	4.4	4.48
2018	4.34	4.37
2019	4.26	4.26
2020	4.17	4.16
2021	4.09	4.05
2022	4.02	3.96
2023	3.95	3.86

Liberia and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

South Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	19.3	18.6
1961	19.3	18.5
1962	19.3	18.5
1963	19.3	18.4
1964	19.2	18.4
1965	19.2	18.3
1966	19.2	18.3
1967	19.1	18.2
1968	19	18
1969	18.8	17.9
1970	18.7	17.7
1971	18.6	17.6
1972	18.6	17.5
1973	18.5	17.5
1974	18.4	17.4
1975	18.3	17.4
1976	18.2	17.3
1977	18.2	17.2
1978	18.1	17.2
1979	18	17.1
1980	18	17.1
1981	17.9	17
1982	17.9	16.9
1983	17.9	16.8
1984	17.9	16.8
1985	17.9	16.7
1986	17.9	16.6
1987	17.9	16.5
1988	17.9	16.8
1989	17.9	17.1
1990	17.9	17
1991	17.9	17
1992	17.9	17
1993	17.9	16.9
1994	18	16.9
1995	18	16.9
1996	18.1	16.9
1997	18.1	16.9
1998	18.2	17
1999	18.2	17.1
2000	18.3	17.2
2001	18.3	17.3
2002	18.3	17.3
2003	18.4	17.3
2004	18.4	17.4
2005	18.4	17.6
2006	18.4	17.8
2007	18.4	18
2008	18.4	18.2
2009	18.4	18.4
2010	18.4	18.7
2011	18.6	19
2012	18.8	19.2
2013	18.7	19.3
2014	18.7	19
2015	18.7	18.6
2016	18.7	18.2
2017	18.7	17.4
2018	18.8	17.3
2019	18.8	17.8
2020	19	18.2
2021	19.1	18.4
2022	19.2	18.7
2023	19.4	19
2024	19.6	19.4

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