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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Tanzania	Liberia	Tanzania
1960	1,139,522	9,901,419	-	-
1961	1,167,717	10,187,886	2.47%	2.89%
1962	1,197,039	10,487,756	2.51%	2.94%
1963	1,227,414	10,799,528	2.54%	2.97%
1964	1,258,745	11,127,826	2.55%	3.04%
1965	1,291,156	11,470,728	2.57%	3.08%
1966	1,324,383	11,827,459	2.57%	3.11%
1967	1,358,435	12,200,109	2.57%	3.15%
1968	1,393,530	12,602,076	2.58%	3.29%
1969	1,429,605	13,036,700	2.59%	3.45%
1970	1,466,676	13,492,677	2.59%	3.5%
1971	1,504,077	13,971,451	2.55%	3.55%
1972	1,542,670	14,479,308	2.57%	3.63%
1973	1,583,588	15,010,101	2.65%	3.67%
1974	1,626,362	15,561,630	2.7%	3.67%
1975	1,670,913	16,138,361	2.74%	3.71%
1976	1,717,060	16,736,211	2.76%	3.7%
1977	1,766,019	17,352,929	2.85%	3.68%
1978	1,818,247	17,976,566	2.96%	3.59%
1979	1,872,713	18,592,038	3%	3.42%
1980	1,929,253	19,189,769	3.02%	3.21%
1981	1,986,867	19,784,703	2.99%	3.1%
1982	2,045,073	20,398,571	2.93%	3.1%
1983	2,107,113	21,079,874	3.03%	3.34%
1984	2,173,312	21,779,066	3.14%	3.32%
1985	2,240,539	22,501,693	3.09%	3.32%
1986	2,308,511	23,258,959	3.03%	3.37%
1987	2,377,229	24,030,378	2.98%	3.32%
1988	2,446,941	24,769,686	2.93%	3.08%
1989	2,517,858	25,438,759	2.9%	2.7%
1990	2,223,667	26,110,207	-11.7%	2.64%
1991	1,956,518	26,780,436	-12%	2.57%
1992	2,072,461	27,457,588	5.93%	2.53%
1993	2,155,126	28,332,692	3.99%	3.19%
1994	2,149,928	29,442,356	-0.24%	3.92%
1995	2,169,162	30,383,497	0.89%	3.2%
1996	2,232,289	30,945,762	2.91%	1.85%
1997	2,412,989	31,578,089	8.09%	2.04%
1998	2,670,124	32,420,458	10.7%	2.67%
1999	2,821,684	33,300,330	5.68%	2.71%
2000	2,928,117	34,260,139	3.77%	2.88%
2001	3,015,338	35,198,299	2.98%	2.74%
2002	3,094,782	36,121,304	2.63%	2.62%
2003	3,119,532	37,089,555	0.8%	2.68%
2004	3,156,892	38,109,668	1.2%	2.75%
2005	3,301,015	39,182,076	4.57%	2.81%
2006	3,490,787	40,294,902	5.75%	2.84%
2007	3,669,050	41,435,512	5.11%	2.83%
2008	3,821,003	42,570,728	4.14%	2.74%
2009	3,943,028	43,633,982	3.19%	2.5%
2010	4,058,890	44,758,488	2.94%	2.58%
2011	4,221,178	46,029,367	4%	2.84%
2012	4,373,043	47,374,260	3.6%	2.92%
2013	4,470,239	48,824,128	2.22%	3.06%
2014	4,564,293	50,351,512	2.1%	3.13%
2015	4,659,431	52,020,962	2.08%	3.32%
2016	4,755,608	53,824,013	2.06%	3.47%
2017	4,848,925	55,652,890	1.96%	3.4%
2018	4,944,726	57,437,145	1.98%	3.21%
2019	5,043,721	59,174,891	2%	3.03%
2020	5,149,463	60,972,798	2.1%	3.04%
2021	5,259,323	62,830,412	2.13%	3.05%
2022	5,373,294	64,711,821	2.17%	2.99%
2023	5,493,031	66,617,606	2.23%	2.95%
2024	5,612,817	68,560,157	2.18%	2.92%
2025	5,731,211	70,545,858	2.11%	2.9%
2026	5,853,958	72,563,773	2.14%	2.86%
2027	5,986,805	74,604,804	2.27%	2.81%
2028	6,118,769	76,670,483	2.2%	2.77%
2029	6,245,093	78,773,192	2.06%	2.74%
2030	6,366,293	80,913,118	1.94%	2.72%
2031	6,486,749	83,087,927	1.89%	2.69%
2032	6,614,257	85,293,126	1.97%	2.65%
2033	6,744,927	87,520,491	1.98%	2.61%
2034	6,873,688	89,788,673	1.91%	2.59%
2035	7,003,567	92,091,418	1.89%	2.56%
2036	7,142,326	94,420,808	1.98%	2.53%
2037	7,278,759	96,775,766	1.91%	2.49%
2038	7,408,720	99,156,465	1.79%	2.46%
2039	7,545,510	101,567,525	1.85%	2.43%
2040	7,681,693	103,999,350	1.8%	2.39%
2041	7,817,089	106,448,475	1.76%	2.35%
2042	7,954,182	108,926,272	1.75%	2.33%
2043	8,077,173	111,433,788	1.55%	2.3%
2044	8,194,136	113,966,263	1.45%	2.27%
2045	8,310,657	116,525,463	1.42%	2.25%
2046	8,428,924	119,109,670	1.42%	2.22%
2047	8,552,033	121,721,018	1.46%	2.19%
2048	8,673,963	124,351,294	1.43%	2.16%
2049	8,795,838	126,981,394	1.41%	2.12%
2050	8,910,539	129,621,083	1.3%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.