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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Nauru	Liberia	Nauru
1960	1,139,522	4,607	-	-
1961	1,167,717	4,774	2.47%	3.62%
1962	1,197,039	4,979	2.51%	4.29%
1963	1,227,414	5,226	2.54%	4.96%
1964	1,258,745	5,515	2.55%	5.53%
1965	1,291,156	5,832	2.57%	5.75%
1966	1,324,383	6,043	2.57%	3.62%
1967	1,358,435	6,135	2.57%	1.52%
1968	1,393,530	6,328	2.58%	3.15%
1969	1,429,605	6,581	2.59%	4%
1970	1,466,676	6,710	2.59%	1.96%
1971	1,504,077	6,762	2.55%	0.77%
1972	1,542,670	6,812	2.57%	0.74%
1973	1,583,588	6,866	2.65%	0.79%
1974	1,626,362	6,923	2.7%	0.83%
1975	1,670,913	6,987	2.74%	0.92%
1976	1,717,060	7,064	2.76%	1.1%
1977	1,766,019	7,163	2.85%	1.4%
1978	1,818,247	7,298	2.96%	1.88%
1979	1,872,713	7,468	3%	2.33%
1980	1,929,253	7,649	3.02%	2.42%
1981	1,986,867	7,839	2.99%	2.48%
1982	2,045,073	8,040	2.93%	2.56%
1983	2,107,113	8,216	3.03%	2.19%
1984	2,173,312	8,377	3.14%	1.96%
1985	2,240,539	8,551	3.09%	2.08%
1986	2,308,511	8,742	3.03%	2.23%
1987	2,377,229	8,946	2.98%	2.33%
1988	2,446,941	9,165	2.93%	2.45%
1989	2,517,858	9,390	2.9%	2.45%
1990	2,223,667	9,622	-11.7%	2.47%
1991	1,956,518	9,850	-12%	2.37%
1992	2,072,461	10,021	5.93%	1.74%
1993	2,155,126	10,102	3.99%	0.81%
1994	2,149,928	10,137	-0.24%	0.35%
1995	2,169,162	10,165	0.89%	0.28%
1996	2,232,289	10,183	2.91%	0.18%
1997	2,412,989	10,197	8.09%	0.14%
1998	2,670,124	10,198	10.7%	0.01%
1999	2,821,684	10,187	5.68%	-0.11%
2000	2,928,117	10,168	3.77%	-0.19%
2001	3,015,338	10,130	2.98%	-0.37%
2002	3,094,782	10,082	2.63%	-0.47%
2003	3,119,532	10,059	0.8%	-0.23%
2004	3,156,892	10,060	1.2%	0.01%
2005	3,301,015	10,049	4.57%	-0.11%
2006	3,490,787	10,034	5.75%	-0.15%
2007	3,669,050	10,020	5.11%	-0.14%
2008	3,821,003	10,009	4.14%	-0.11%
2009	3,943,028	10,016	3.19%	0.07%
2010	4,058,890	10,043	2.94%	0.27%
2011	4,221,178	10,098	4%	0.55%
2012	4,373,043	10,267	3.6%	1.67%
2013	4,470,239	10,517	2.22%	2.43%
2014	4,564,293	10,742	2.1%	2.14%
2015	4,659,431	10,954	2.08%	1.97%
2016	4,755,608	11,150	2.06%	1.79%
2017	4,848,925	11,324	1.96%	1.56%
2018	4,944,726	11,477	1.98%	1.35%
2019	5,043,721	11,587	2%	0.96%
2020	5,149,463	11,643	2.1%	0.48%
2021	5,259,323	11,709	2.13%	0.57%
2022	5,373,294	11,801	2.17%	0.79%
2023	5,493,031	11,875	2.23%	0.63%
2024	5,612,817	11,947	2.18%	0.61%
2025	5,731,211	12,030	2.11%	0.7%
2026	5,853,958	12,103	2.14%	0.61%
2027	5,986,805	12,196	2.27%	0.77%
2028	6,118,769	12,296	2.2%	0.82%
2029	6,245,093	12,403	2.06%	0.87%
2030	6,366,293	12,519	1.94%	0.94%
2031	6,486,749	12,645	1.89%	1%
2032	6,614,257	12,785	1.97%	1.11%
2033	6,744,927	12,921	1.98%	1.06%
2034	6,873,688	13,071	1.91%	1.16%
2035	7,003,567	13,230	1.89%	1.22%
2036	7,142,326	13,391	1.98%	1.21%
2037	7,278,759	13,541	1.91%	1.12%
2038	7,408,720	13,697	1.79%	1.16%
2039	7,545,510	13,857	1.85%	1.17%
2040	7,681,693	14,041	1.8%	1.33%
2041	7,817,089	14,220	1.76%	1.27%
2042	7,954,182	14,402	1.75%	1.28%
2043	8,077,173	14,579	1.55%	1.23%
2044	8,194,136	14,754	1.45%	1.2%
2045	8,310,657	14,920	1.42%	1.13%
2046	8,428,924	15,098	1.42%	1.19%
2047	8,552,033	15,268	1.46%	1.12%
2048	8,673,963	15,431	1.43%	1.07%
2049	8,795,838	15,595	1.41%	1.06%
2050	8,910,539	15,751	1.3%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.