Population in Liberia compared to Mali: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Liberia and Mali: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Mali	Liberia	Mali
1960	1,139,522	5,402,550	-	-
1961	1,167,717	5,482,283	2.47%	1.48%
1962	1,197,039	5,563,917	2.51%	1.49%
1963	1,227,414	5,646,605	2.54%	1.49%
1964	1,258,745	5,730,125	2.55%	1.48%
1965	1,291,156	5,815,487	2.57%	1.49%
1966	1,324,383	5,902,204	2.57%	1.49%
1967	1,358,435	5,990,906	2.57%	1.5%
1968	1,393,530	6,082,979	2.58%	1.54%
1969	1,429,605	6,177,704	2.59%	1.56%
1970	1,466,676	6,276,472	2.59%	1.6%
1971	1,504,077	6,377,944	2.55%	1.62%
1972	1,542,670	6,483,726	2.57%	1.66%
1973	1,583,588	6,597,106	2.65%	1.75%
1974	1,626,362	6,715,436	2.7%	1.79%
1975	1,670,913	6,837,261	2.74%	1.81%
1976	1,717,060	6,960,979	2.76%	1.81%
1977	1,766,019	7,090,979	2.85%	1.87%
1978	1,818,247	7,229,651	2.96%	1.96%
1979	1,872,713	7,375,266	3%	2.01%
1980	1,929,253	7,530,515	3.02%	2.1%
1981	1,986,867	7,692,766	2.99%	2.15%
1982	2,045,073	7,860,194	2.93%	2.18%
1983	2,107,113	8,034,400	3.03%	2.22%
1984	2,173,312	8,208,599	3.14%	2.17%
1985	2,240,539	8,374,663	3.09%	2.02%
1986	2,308,511	8,531,277	3.03%	1.87%
1987	2,377,229	8,681,164	2.98%	1.76%
1988	2,446,941	8,833,996	2.93%	1.76%
1989	2,517,858	8,999,938	2.9%	1.88%
1990	2,223,667	9,178,830	-11.7%	1.99%
1991	1,956,518	9,362,888	-12%	2.01%
1992	2,072,461	9,553,540	5.93%	2.04%
1993	2,155,126	9,754,786	3.99%	2.11%
1994	2,149,928	9,967,031	-0.24%	2.18%
1995	2,169,162	10,185,365	0.89%	2.19%
1996	2,232,289	10,407,278	2.91%	2.18%
1997	2,412,989	10,646,495	8.09%	2.3%
1998	2,670,124	10,919,573	10.7%	2.56%
1999	2,821,684	11,227,415	5.68%	2.82%
2000	2,928,117	11,559,290	3.77%	2.96%
2001	3,015,338	11,912,158	2.98%	3.05%
2002	3,094,782	12,288,050	2.63%	3.16%
2003	3,119,532	12,684,955	0.8%	3.23%
2004	3,156,892	13,102,409	1.2%	3.29%
2005	3,301,015	13,538,647	4.57%	3.33%
2006	3,490,787	13,990,139	5.75%	3.33%
2007	3,669,050	14,457,775	5.11%	3.34%
2008	3,821,003	14,940,782	4.14%	3.34%
2009	3,943,028	15,435,539	3.19%	3.31%
2010	4,058,890	15,945,198	2.94%	3.3%
2011	4,221,178	16,469,049	4%	3.29%
2012	4,373,043	16,957,033	3.6%	2.96%
2013	4,470,239	17,459,615	2.22%	2.96%
2014	4,564,293	18,020,267	2.1%	3.21%
2015	4,659,431	18,593,022	2.08%	3.18%
2016	4,755,608	19,191,289	2.06%	3.22%
2017	4,848,925	19,813,011	1.96%	3.24%
2018	4,944,726	20,442,030	1.98%	3.17%
2019	5,043,721	21,068,405	2%	3.06%
2020	5,149,463	21,713,836	2.1%	3.06%
2021	5,259,323	22,388,630	2.13%	3.11%
2022	5,373,294	23,072,640	2.17%	3.06%
2023	5,493,031	23,769,127	2.23%	3.02%
2024	5,612,817	24,478,595	2.18%	2.98%
2025	5,731,211	25,198,817	2.11%	2.94%
2026	5,853,958	25,932,275	2.14%	2.91%
2027	5,986,805	26,679,171	2.27%	2.88%
2028	6,118,769	27,440,613	2.2%	2.85%
2029	6,245,093	28,215,513	2.06%	2.82%
2030	6,366,293	29,002,864	1.94%	2.79%
2031	6,486,749	29,804,545	1.89%	2.76%
2032	6,614,257	30,618,893	1.97%	2.73%
2033	6,744,927	31,442,801	1.98%	2.69%
2034	6,873,688	32,276,672	1.91%	2.65%
2035	7,003,567	33,118,344	1.89%	2.61%
2036	7,142,326	33,967,889	1.98%	2.57%
2037	7,278,759	34,823,450	1.91%	2.52%
2038	7,408,720	35,685,576	1.79%	2.48%
2039	7,545,510	36,549,487	1.85%	2.42%
2040	7,681,693	37,413,641	1.8%	2.36%
2041	7,817,089	38,280,868	1.76%	2.32%
2042	7,954,182	39,151,280	1.75%	2.27%
2043	8,077,173	40,026,317	1.55%	2.24%
2044	8,194,136	40,902,500	1.45%	2.19%
2045	8,310,657	41,778,984	1.42%	2.14%
2046	8,428,924	42,655,642	1.42%	2.1%
2047	8,552,033	43,530,852	1.46%	2.05%
2048	8,673,963	44,405,715	1.43%	2.01%
2049	8,795,838	45,279,772	1.41%	1.97%
2050	8,910,539	46,154,079	1.3%	1.93%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Mali gained 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Mali's population increased by 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th in 2026. Mali was ranked 66th in 2006 and ranked 58th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Mali will increase by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.