The latest officially reported population of Italy was 58,952,704 in 2024 vs 5,612,817 people in Liberia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Italy's population is 58,538,738 people compared to 5,855,409 in Liberia.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 10 times bigger than Liberia's.
- Italy is ranked the 26th most populous country in the world, while Liberia is the 116th.
- The countries together account for 0.78% of the world: 0.71% for Italy vs 0.07% for Liberia.
- For the last 10 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of -0.21% per year vs +2.09% in Liberia.
- Since 2006, the population of Italy has increased from 58.4M people to 58.5M (0.24% growth), while Liberia has grown from 3.49M to 5.86M (67.7% growth).
- Liberia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.7M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.1M people by 2100.
Italy vs Liberia: live population counter
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| Current population |
58538738
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5855409
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| Population rank | 26/197 | 116/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
16.7 minutes
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4.39 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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3.09 minutes
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| One death every |
47.7 seconds
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11.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | +95,246 | -7,779 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +328 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,512 | +119,786 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +2.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | 43/197 |
Italy and Liberia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 50,199,700 | 1,139,522 | - | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 1,167,717 | 0.67% | 2.47% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 1,197,039 | 0.68% | 2.51% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 1,227,414 | 0.73% | 2.54% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 1,258,745 | 0.83% | 2.55% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 1,291,156 | 0.85% | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 1,324,383 | 0.78% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 1,358,435 | 0.73% | 2.57% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 1,393,530 | 0.63% | 2.58% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 1,429,605 | 0.57% | 2.59% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 1,466,676 | 0.53% | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 1,504,077 | 0.47% | 2.55% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 1,542,670 | 0.57% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 1,583,588 | 0.68% | 2.65% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 1,626,362 | 0.66% | 2.7% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 1,670,913 | 0.6% | 2.74% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 1,717,060 | 0.5% | 2.76% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 1,766,019 | 0.43% | 2.85% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 1,818,247 | 0.36% | 2.96% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 1,872,713 | 0.29% | 3% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 1,929,253 | 0.21% | 3.02% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 1,986,867 | 0.12% | 2.99% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 2,045,073 | 0.07% | 2.93% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 2,107,113 | 0.04% | 3.03% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 2,173,312 | 0.02% | 3.14% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 2,240,539 | 0.03% | 3.09% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 2,308,511 | 0.005% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 2,377,229 | 0.01% | 2.98% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 2,446,941 | 0.05% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 2,517,858 | 0.08% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 2,223,667 | 0.08% | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 1,956,518 | 0.07% | -12% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 2,072,461 | 0.07% | 5.93% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 2,155,126 | 0.06% | 3.99% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 2,149,928 | 0.02% | -0.24% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 2,169,162 | 0.002% | 0.89% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 2,232,289 | 0.03% | 2.91% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 2,412,989 | 0.05% | 8.09% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 2,670,124 | 0.03% | 10.7% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 2,821,684 | 0.02% | 5.68% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 2,928,117 | 0.05% | 3.77% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 3,015,338 | 0.06% | 2.98% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 3,094,782 | 0.2% | 2.63% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 3,119,532 | 0.54% | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 3,156,892 | 0.75% | 1.2% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 3,301,015 | 0.59% | 4.57% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 3,490,787 | 0.4% | 5.75% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 3,669,050 | 0.61% | 5.11% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 3,821,003 | 0.77% | 4.14% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 3,943,028 | 0.58% | 3.19% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 4,058,890 | 0.44% | 2.94% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 4,221,178 | 0.35% | 4% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 4,373,043 | 0.27% | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 4,470,239 | 0.2% | 2.22% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 4,564,293 | 0.02% | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | 4,659,431 | -0.15% | 2.08% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | 4,755,608 | -0.19% | 2.06% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | 4,848,925 | -0.19% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 4,944,726 | 0.24% | 1.98% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | 5,043,721 | -0.7% | 2% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | 5,149,463 | -0.49% | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | 5,259,323 | -0.51% | 2.13% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | 5,373,294 | -0.2% | 2.17% |
| 2023 | 58,984,216 | 5,493,031 | -0.05% | 2.23% |
| 2024 | 58,952,704 | 5,612,817 | -0.05% | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 58,757,388 | 5,731,211 | -0.33% | 2.11% |
| 2026 | 58,538,738 | 5,853,958 | -0.37% | 2.14% |
| 2027 | 58,302,912 | 5,986,805 | -0.4% | 2.27% |
| 2028 | 58,061,557 | 6,118,769 | -0.41% | 2.2% |
| 2029 | 57,818,364 | 6,245,093 | -0.42% | 2.06% |
| 2030 | 57,565,087 | 6,366,293 | -0.44% | 1.94% |
| 2031 | 57,300,892 | 6,486,749 | -0.46% | 1.89% |
| 2032 | 57,038,998 | 6,614,257 | -0.46% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 56,780,656 | 6,744,927 | -0.45% | 1.98% |
| 2034 | 56,516,874 | 6,873,688 | -0.46% | 1.91% |
| 2035 | 56,247,746 | 7,003,567 | -0.48% | 1.89% |
| 2036 | 55,978,207 | 7,142,326 | -0.48% | 1.98% |
| 2037 | 55,705,993 | 7,278,759 | -0.49% | 1.91% |
| 2038 | 55,429,408 | 7,408,720 | -0.5% | 1.79% |
| 2039 | 55,146,340 | 7,545,510 | -0.51% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 54,858,102 | 7,681,693 | -0.52% | 1.8% |
| 2041 | 54,570,785 | 7,817,089 | -0.52% | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 54,276,735 | 7,954,182 | -0.54% | 1.75% |
| 2043 | 53,966,605 | 8,077,173 | -0.57% | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 53,649,281 | 8,194,136 | -0.59% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 53,327,530 | 8,310,657 | -0.6% | 1.42% |
| 2046 | 52,995,336 | 8,428,924 | -0.62% | 1.42% |
| 2047 | 52,650,393 | 8,552,033 | -0.65% | 1.46% |
| 2048 | 52,294,685 | 8,673,963 | -0.68% | 1.43% |
| 2049 | 51,929,700 | 8,795,838 | -0.7% | 1.41% |
| 2050 | 51,549,925 | 8,910,539 | -0.73% | 1.3% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Liberia gained 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Liberia's population increased by 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth).
Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th in 2026. Liberia was ranked 126th in 2006 and ranked 116th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Liberia will increase by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people and rank change from 116th to 107th.
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Population differences between Italy and Liberia
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| Life expectancy | 84.2 years | 62.6 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 24.1 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 19.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.95 births per woman |
| Population density | 516 ppl/mi² | 150.9 ppl/mi² |
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