The current population of Liberia is 5,829,811 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,612,817 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Liberia is ranked 116/197 by population and was ranked 129th in 2005.
- Liberia is projected to reach 12.7M people in 2100.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 3.3M people to 5.83M (76.6% growth in 20 years).
- Liberia accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Liberia has had an average growth rate of 3.83% per year.
Liberia population clock
Liberia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5829811
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 116/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.39 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.09 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
11.9 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +328 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +119,786 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 45/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -7,779 | N/A |
Liberia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,139,522 | - |
| 1961 | 1,167,717 | 2.47% |
| 1962 | 1,197,039 | 2.51% |
| 1963 | 1,227,414 | 2.54% |
| 1964 | 1,258,745 | 2.55% |
| 1965 | 1,291,156 | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 1,324,383 | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 1,358,435 | 2.57% |
| 1968 | 1,393,530 | 2.58% |
| 1969 | 1,429,605 | 2.59% |
| 1970 | 1,466,676 | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 1,504,077 | 2.55% |
| 1972 | 1,542,670 | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 1,583,588 | 2.65% |
| 1974 | 1,626,362 | 2.7% |
| 1975 | 1,670,913 | 2.74% |
| 1976 | 1,717,060 | 2.76% |
| 1977 | 1,766,019 | 2.85% |
| 1978 | 1,818,247 | 2.96% |
| 1979 | 1,872,713 | 3% |
| 1980 | 1,929,253 | 3.02% |
| 1981 | 1,986,867 | 2.99% |
| 1982 | 2,045,073 | 2.93% |
| 1983 | 2,107,113 | 3.03% |
| 1984 | 2,173,312 | 3.14% |
| 1985 | 2,240,539 | 3.09% |
| 1986 | 2,308,511 | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 2,377,229 | 2.98% |
| 1988 | 2,446,941 | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 2,517,858 | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 2,223,667 | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 1,956,518 | -12% |
| 1992 | 2,072,461 | 5.93% |
| 1993 | 2,155,126 | 3.99% |
| 1994 | 2,149,928 | -0.24% |
| 1995 | 2,169,162 | 0.89% |
| 1996 | 2,232,289 | 2.91% |
| 1997 | 2,412,989 | 8.09% |
| 1998 | 2,670,124 | 10.7% |
| 1999 | 2,821,684 | 5.68% |
| 2000 | 2,928,117 | 3.77% |
| 2001 | 3,015,338 | 2.98% |
| 2002 | 3,094,782 | 2.63% |
| 2003 | 3,119,532 | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,156,892 | 1.2% |
| 2005 | 3,301,015 | 4.57% |
| 2006 | 3,490,787 | 5.75% |
| 2007 | 3,669,050 | 5.11% |
| 2008 | 3,821,003 | 4.14% |
| 2009 | 3,943,028 | 3.19% |
| 2010 | 4,058,890 | 2.94% |
| 2011 | 4,221,178 | 4% |
| 2012 | 4,373,043 | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 4,470,239 | 2.22% |
| 2014 | 4,564,293 | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 4,659,431 | 2.08% |
| 2016 | 4,755,608 | 2.06% |
| 2017 | 4,848,925 | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 4,944,726 | 1.98% |
| 2019 | 5,043,721 | 2% |
| 2020 | 5,149,463 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 5,259,323 | 2.13% |
| 2022 | 5,373,294 | 2.17% |
| 2023 | 5,493,031 | 2.23% |
| 2024 | 5,612,817 | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 5,731,211 | 2.11% |
| 2026 | 5,853,958 | 2.14% |
| 2027 | 5,986,805 | 2.27% |
| 2028 | 6,118,769 | 2.2% |
| 2029 | 6,245,093 | 2.06% |
| 2030 | 6,366,293 | 1.94% |
| 2031 | 6,486,749 | 1.89% |
| 2032 | 6,614,257 | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 6,744,927 | 1.98% |
| 2034 | 6,873,688 | 1.91% |
| 2035 | 7,003,567 | 1.89% |
| 2036 | 7,142,326 | 1.98% |
| 2037 | 7,278,759 | 1.91% |
| 2038 | 7,408,720 | 1.79% |
| 2039 | 7,545,510 | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 7,681,693 | 1.8% |
| 2041 | 7,817,089 | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 7,954,182 | 1.75% |
| 2043 | 8,077,173 | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 8,194,136 | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 8,310,657 | 1.42% |
| 2046 | 8,428,924 | 1.42% |
| 2047 | 8,552,033 | 1.46% |
| 2048 | 8,673,963 | 1.43% |
| 2049 | 8,795,838 | 1.41% |
| 2050 | 8,910,539 | 1.3% |
Liberia has a population of 5.83M as of 2025, compared to 4.66M in 2015, 3.3M in 2005, and 2.17M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.51% per year. Liberia is ranked 54th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Liberia will have 8,310,657 people (42.6% growth) with a rank change from 116th to 111th.
By the year 2100, Liberia's population is projected to grow by 117.3% to 12.7M people.
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Liberia population statistics
|
Liberia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 62.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 24.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.95 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 150.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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