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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Uganda	Liberia	Uganda
1960	1,139,522	7,640,973	-	-
1961	1,167,717	7,862,217	2.47%	2.9%
1962	1,197,039	8,092,231	2.51%	2.93%
1963	1,227,414	8,333,663	2.54%	2.98%
1964	1,258,745	8,586,363	2.55%	3.03%
1965	1,291,156	8,849,203	2.57%	3.06%
1966	1,324,383	9,122,864	2.57%	3.09%
1967	1,358,435	9,408,924	2.57%	3.14%
1968	1,393,530	9,708,632	2.58%	3.19%
1969	1,429,605	10,014,858	2.59%	3.15%
1970	1,466,676	10,321,603	2.59%	3.06%
1971	1,504,077	10,618,206	2.55%	2.87%
1972	1,542,670	10,885,796	2.57%	2.52%
1973	1,583,588	11,144,236	2.65%	2.37%
1974	1,626,362	11,424,846	2.7%	2.52%
1975	1,670,913	11,725,240	2.74%	2.63%
1976	1,717,060	12,037,294	2.76%	2.66%
1977	1,766,019	12,359,669	2.85%	2.68%
1978	1,818,247	12,692,113	2.96%	2.69%
1979	1,872,713	13,002,163	3%	2.44%
1980	1,929,253	13,275,741	3.02%	2.1%
1981	1,986,867	13,556,452	2.99%	2.11%
1982	2,045,073	13,873,631	2.93%	2.34%
1983	2,107,113	14,221,881	3.03%	2.51%
1984	2,173,312	14,607,677	3.14%	2.71%
1985	2,240,539	15,023,681	3.09%	2.85%
1986	2,308,511	15,467,579	3.03%	2.95%
1987	2,377,229	15,954,170	2.98%	3.15%
1988	2,446,941	16,470,483	2.93%	3.24%
1989	2,517,858	17,010,698	2.9%	3.28%
1990	2,223,667	17,569,897	-11.7%	3.29%
1991	1,956,518	18,155,901	-12%	3.34%
1992	2,072,461	18,785,032	5.93%	3.47%
1993	2,155,126	19,445,161	3.99%	3.51%
1994	2,149,928	20,108,801	-0.24%	3.41%
1995	2,169,162	20,665,667	0.89%	2.77%
1996	2,232,289	21,231,550	2.91%	2.74%
1997	2,412,989	21,856,046	8.09%	2.94%
1998	2,670,124	22,515,806	10.7%	3.02%
1999	2,821,684	23,257,281	5.68%	3.29%
2000	2,928,117	24,000,150	3.77%	3.19%
2001	3,015,338	24,745,676	2.98%	3.11%
2002	3,094,782	25,532,870	2.63%	3.18%
2003	3,119,532	26,352,124	0.8%	3.21%
2004	3,156,892	27,154,515	1.2%	3.04%
2005	3,301,015	27,963,289	4.57%	2.98%
2006	3,490,787	28,794,003	5.75%	2.97%
2007	3,669,050	29,653,430	5.11%	2.98%
2008	3,821,003	30,539,553	4.14%	2.99%
2009	3,943,028	31,451,151	3.19%	2.98%
2010	4,058,890	32,390,802	2.94%	2.99%
2011	4,221,178	33,354,543	4%	2.98%
2012	4,373,043	34,337,438	3.6%	2.95%
2013	4,470,239	35,337,042	2.22%	2.91%
2014	4,564,293	36,395,539	2.1%	3%
2015	4,659,431	37,531,446	2.08%	3.12%
2016	4,755,608	38,799,152	2.06%	3.38%
2017	4,848,925	40,177,388	1.96%	3.55%
2018	4,944,726	41,565,831	1.98%	3.46%
2019	5,043,721	42,999,637	2%	3.45%
2020	5,149,463	44,457,152	2.1%	3.39%
2021	5,259,323	45,910,930	2.13%	3.27%
2022	5,373,294	47,312,719	2.17%	3.05%
2023	5,493,031	48,656,601	2.23%	2.84%
2024	5,612,817	50,015,092	2.18%	2.79%
2025	5,731,211	51,384,895	2.11%	2.74%
2026	5,853,958	52,761,471	2.14%	2.68%
2027	5,986,805	54,144,274	2.27%	2.62%
2028	6,118,769	55,532,564	2.2%	2.56%
2029	6,245,093	56,922,797	2.06%	2.5%
2030	6,366,293	58,312,944	1.94%	2.44%
2031	6,486,749	59,703,537	1.89%	2.38%
2032	6,614,257	61,089,060	1.97%	2.32%
2033	6,744,927	62,464,116	1.98%	2.25%
2034	6,873,688	63,833,872	1.91%	2.19%
2035	7,003,567	65,205,570	1.89%	2.15%
2036	7,142,326	66,573,737	1.98%	2.1%
2037	7,278,759	67,942,634	1.91%	2.06%
2038	7,408,720	69,312,210	1.79%	2.02%
2039	7,545,510	70,669,875	1.85%	1.96%
2040	7,681,693	72,020,414	1.8%	1.91%
2041	7,817,089	73,372,658	1.76%	1.88%
2042	7,954,182	74,730,004	1.75%	1.85%
2043	8,077,173	76,090,991	1.55%	1.82%
2044	8,194,136	77,449,517	1.45%	1.79%
2045	8,310,657	78,797,995	1.42%	1.74%
2046	8,428,924	80,139,174	1.42%	1.7%
2047	8,552,033	81,478,503	1.46%	1.67%
2048	8,673,963	82,812,102	1.43%	1.64%
2049	8,795,838	84,130,056	1.41%	1.59%
2050	8,910,539	85,431,202	1.3%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.