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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Suriname	Liberia	Suriname
1960	1,139,522	263,918	-	-
1961	1,167,717	272,791	2.47%	3.36%
1962	1,197,039	283,912	2.51%	4.08%
1963	1,227,414	297,034	2.54%	4.62%
1964	1,258,745	309,041	2.55%	4.04%
1965	1,291,156	320,000	2.57%	3.55%
1966	1,324,383	331,135	2.57%	3.48%
1967	1,358,435	342,679	2.57%	3.49%
1968	1,393,530	354,616	2.58%	3.48%
1969	1,429,605	366,906	2.59%	3.47%
1970	1,466,676	379,442	2.59%	3.42%
1971	1,504,077	391,932	2.55%	3.29%
1972	1,542,670	397,413	2.57%	1.4%
1973	1,583,588	395,772	2.65%	-0.41%
1974	1,626,362	393,676	2.7%	-0.53%
1975	1,670,913	391,170	2.74%	-0.64%
1976	1,717,060	388,289	2.76%	-0.74%
1977	1,766,019	385,067	2.85%	-0.83%
1978	1,818,247	381,502	2.96%	-0.93%
1979	1,872,713	377,602	3%	-1.02%
1980	1,929,253	375,377	3.02%	-0.59%
1981	1,986,867	375,459	2.99%	0.02%
1982	2,045,073	376,555	2.93%	0.29%
1983	2,107,113	378,746	3.03%	0.58%
1984	2,173,312	382,193	3.14%	0.91%
1985	2,240,539	386,972	3.09%	1.25%
1986	2,308,511	392,330	3.03%	1.38%
1987	2,377,229	396,911	2.98%	1.17%
1988	2,446,941	402,227	2.93%	1.34%
1989	2,517,858	408,409	2.9%	1.54%
1990	2,223,667	412,493	-11.7%	1%
1991	1,956,518	415,013	-12%	0.61%
1992	2,072,461	417,589	5.93%	0.62%
1993	2,155,126	419,352	3.99%	0.42%
1994	2,149,928	422,375	-0.24%	0.72%
1995	2,169,162	429,606	0.89%	1.71%
1996	2,232,289	438,830	2.91%	2.15%
1997	2,412,989	448,067	8.09%	2.1%
1998	2,670,124	457,406	10.7%	2.08%
1999	2,821,684	466,916	5.68%	2.08%
2000	2,928,117	476,643	3.77%	2.08%
2001	3,015,338	486,560	2.98%	2.08%
2002	3,094,782	496,551	2.63%	2.05%
2003	3,119,532	506,414	0.8%	1.99%
2004	3,156,892	513,923	1.2%	1.48%
2005	3,301,015	519,313	4.57%	1.05%
2006	3,490,787	524,997	5.75%	1.09%
2007	3,669,050	531,016	5.11%	1.15%
2008	3,821,003	537,245	4.14%	1.17%
2009	3,943,028	543,568	3.19%	1.18%
2010	4,058,890	549,923	2.94%	1.17%
2011	4,221,178	556,269	4%	1.15%
2012	4,373,043	562,633	3.6%	1.14%
2013	4,470,239	569,020	2.22%	1.14%
2014	4,564,293	575,373	2.1%	1.12%
2015	4,659,431	581,627	2.08%	1.09%
2016	4,755,608	587,757	2.06%	1.05%
2017	4,848,925	593,713	1.96%	1.01%
2018	4,944,726	599,513	1.98%	0.98%
2019	5,043,721	605,768	2%	1.04%
2020	5,149,463	612,317	2.1%	1.08%
2021	5,259,323	617,896	2.13%	0.91%
2022	5,373,294	623,164	2.17%	0.85%
2023	5,493,031	628,886	2.23%	0.92%
2024	5,612,817	634,431	2.18%	0.88%
2025	5,731,211	639,852	2.11%	0.85%
2026	5,853,958	645,257	2.14%	0.84%
2027	5,986,805	650,564	2.27%	0.82%
2028	6,118,769	655,783	2.2%	0.8%
2029	6,245,093	660,793	2.06%	0.76%
2030	6,366,293	665,650	1.94%	0.74%
2031	6,486,749	670,421	1.89%	0.72%
2032	6,614,257	675,070	1.97%	0.69%
2033	6,744,927	679,573	1.98%	0.67%
2034	6,873,688	683,911	1.91%	0.64%
2035	7,003,567	688,189	1.89%	0.63%
2036	7,142,326	692,343	1.98%	0.6%
2037	7,278,759	696,213	1.91%	0.56%
2038	7,408,720	699,908	1.79%	0.53%
2039	7,545,510	703,569	1.85%	0.52%
2040	7,681,693	707,156	1.8%	0.51%
2041	7,817,089	710,619	1.76%	0.49%
2042	7,954,182	713,900	1.75%	0.46%
2043	8,077,173	716,999	1.55%	0.43%
2044	8,194,136	719,920	1.45%	0.41%
2045	8,310,657	722,759	1.42%	0.39%
2046	8,428,924	725,322	1.42%	0.35%
2047	8,552,033	727,726	1.46%	0.33%
2048	8,673,963	730,038	1.43%	0.32%
2049	8,795,838	732,021	1.41%	0.27%
2050	8,910,539	733,898	1.3%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.