Population in Liberia compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Liberia and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	United States	Liberia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,139,522	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,167,717	183,691,481	2.47%	1.67%
1962	1,197,039	186,537,737	2.51%	1.55%
1963	1,227,414	189,241,798	2.54%	1.45%
1964	1,258,745	191,888,791	2.55%	1.4%
1965	1,291,156	194,302,963	2.57%	1.26%
1966	1,324,383	196,560,338	2.57%	1.16%
1967	1,358,435	198,712,056	2.57%	1.09%
1968	1,393,530	200,706,052	2.58%	1%
1969	1,429,605	202,676,946	2.59%	0.98%
1970	1,466,676	205,052,174	2.59%	1.17%
1971	1,504,077	207,660,677	2.55%	1.27%
1972	1,542,670	209,896,021	2.57%	1.08%
1973	1,583,588	211,908,788	2.65%	0.96%
1974	1,626,362	213,853,928	2.7%	0.92%
1975	1,670,913	215,973,199	2.74%	0.99%
1976	1,717,060	218,035,164	2.76%	0.95%
1977	1,766,019	220,239,425	2.85%	1.01%
1978	1,818,247	222,584,545	2.96%	1.06%
1979	1,872,713	225,055,487	3%	1.11%
1980	1,929,253	226,542,250	3.02%	0.66%
1981	1,986,867	229,465,744	2.99%	1.29%
1982	2,045,073	231,664,432	2.93%	0.96%
1983	2,107,113	233,792,014	3.03%	0.92%
1984	2,173,312	235,824,908	3.14%	0.87%
1985	2,240,539	237,923,734	3.09%	0.89%
1986	2,308,511	240,132,831	3.03%	0.93%
1987	2,377,229	242,288,936	2.98%	0.9%
1988	2,446,941	244,499,004	2.93%	0.91%
1989	2,517,858	246,819,222	2.9%	0.95%
1990	2,223,667	250,131,894	-11.7%	1.34%
1991	1,956,518	253,492,503	-12%	1.34%
1992	2,072,461	256,894,189	5.93%	1.34%
1993	2,155,126	260,255,352	3.99%	1.31%
1994	2,149,928	263,435,673	-0.24%	1.22%
1995	2,169,162	266,557,091	0.89%	1.18%
1996	2,232,289	269,667,391	2.91%	1.17%
1997	2,412,989	272,911,760	8.09%	1.2%
1998	2,670,124	276,115,288	10.7%	1.17%
1999	2,821,684	279,294,713	5.68%	1.15%
2000	2,928,117	282,162,411	3.77%	1.03%
2001	3,015,338	284,968,955	2.98%	0.99%
2002	3,094,782	287,625,193	2.63%	0.93%
2003	3,119,532	290,107,933	0.8%	0.86%
2004	3,156,892	292,805,298	1.2%	0.93%
2005	3,301,015	295,516,599	4.57%	0.93%
2006	3,490,787	298,379,912	5.75%	0.97%
2007	3,669,050	301,231,207	5.11%	0.96%
2008	3,821,003	304,093,966	4.14%	0.95%
2009	3,943,028	306,771,529	3.19%	0.88%
2010	4,058,890	309,327,143	2.94%	0.83%
2011	4,221,178	311,583,481	4%	0.73%
2012	4,373,043	313,877,662	3.6%	0.74%
2013	4,470,239	316,059,947	2.22%	0.7%
2014	4,564,293	318,386,329	2.1%	0.74%
2015	4,659,431	320,738,994	2.08%	0.74%
2016	4,755,608	323,071,755	2.06%	0.73%
2017	4,848,925	325,122,128	1.96%	0.63%
2018	4,944,726	326,838,199	1.98%	0.53%
2019	5,043,721	328,329,953	2%	0.46%
2020	5,149,463	331,526,933	2.1%	0.97%
2021	5,259,323	331,893,745	2.13%	0.11%
2022	5,373,294	333,271,411	2.17%	0.42%
2023	5,493,031	334,914,895	2.23%	0.49%
2024	5,612,817	340,110,988	2.18%	1.55%
2025	5,731,211	341,931,772	2.11%	0.54%
2026	5,853,958	343,664,369	2.14%	0.51%
2027	5,986,805	345,331,185	2.27%	0.49%
2028	6,118,769	346,981,137	2.2%	0.48%
2029	6,245,093	348,601,982	2.06%	0.47%
2030	6,366,293	350,176,974	1.94%	0.45%
2031	6,486,749	351,725,612	1.89%	0.44%
2032	6,614,257	353,249,060	1.97%	0.43%
2033	6,744,927	354,749,644	1.98%	0.42%
2034	6,873,688	356,234,239	1.91%	0.42%
2035	7,003,567	357,694,316	1.89%	0.41%
2036	7,142,326	359,119,002	1.98%	0.4%
2037	7,278,759	360,517,853	1.91%	0.39%
2038	7,408,720	361,895,407	1.79%	0.38%
2039	7,545,510	363,229,908	1.85%	0.37%
2040	7,681,693	364,512,364	1.8%	0.35%
2041	7,817,089	365,753,139	1.76%	0.34%
2042	7,954,182	366,969,419	1.75%	0.33%
2043	8,077,173	368,146,925	1.55%	0.32%
2044	8,194,136	369,258,123	1.45%	0.3%
2045	8,310,657	370,318,770	1.42%	0.29%
2046	8,428,924	371,328,255	1.42%	0.27%
2047	8,552,033	372,299,116	1.46%	0.26%
2048	8,673,963	373,230,539	1.43%	0.25%
2049	8,795,838	374,119,803	1.41%	0.24%
2050	8,910,539	374,986,259	1.3%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.