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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Zambia	Liberia	Zambia
1960	1,139,522	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,167,717	3,254,086	2.47%	3.18%
1962	1,197,039	3,358,099	2.51%	3.2%
1963	1,227,414	3,465,907	2.54%	3.21%
1964	1,258,745	3,577,017	2.55%	3.21%
1965	1,291,156	3,692,086	2.57%	3.22%
1966	1,324,383	3,812,003	2.57%	3.25%
1967	1,358,435	3,936,343	2.57%	3.26%
1968	1,393,530	4,065,593	2.58%	3.28%
1969	1,429,605	4,197,116	2.59%	3.24%
1970	1,466,676	4,321,718	2.59%	2.97%
1971	1,504,077	4,442,525	2.55%	2.8%
1972	1,542,670	4,569,309	2.57%	2.85%
1973	1,583,588	4,702,693	2.65%	2.92%
1974	1,626,362	4,842,746	2.7%	2.98%
1975	1,670,913	4,990,086	2.74%	3.04%
1976	1,717,060	5,143,842	2.76%	3.08%
1977	1,766,019	5,302,480	2.85%	3.08%
1978	1,818,247	5,465,374	2.96%	3.07%
1979	1,872,713	5,631,728	3%	3.04%
1980	1,929,253	5,802,833	3.02%	3.04%
1981	1,986,867	5,983,289	2.99%	3.11%
1982	2,045,073	6,178,637	2.93%	3.26%
1983	2,107,113	6,381,038	3.03%	3.28%
1984	2,173,312	6,580,490	3.14%	3.13%
1985	2,240,539	6,780,953	3.09%	3.05%
1986	2,308,511	6,986,471	3.03%	3.03%
1987	2,377,229	7,191,282	2.98%	2.93%
1988	2,446,941	7,391,440	2.93%	2.78%
1989	2,517,858	7,589,216	2.9%	2.68%
1990	2,223,667	7,786,169	-11.7%	2.6%
1991	1,956,518	7,981,650	-12%	2.51%
1992	2,072,461	8,176,680	5.93%	2.44%
1993	2,155,126	8,373,921	3.99%	2.41%
1994	2,149,928	8,576,269	-0.24%	2.42%
1995	2,169,162	8,785,763	0.89%	2.44%
1996	2,232,289	9,004,053	2.91%	2.48%
1997	2,412,989	9,237,063	8.09%	2.59%
1998	2,670,124	9,482,408	10.7%	2.66%
1999	2,821,684	9,740,005	5.68%	2.72%
2000	2,928,117	10,017,631	3.77%	2.85%
2001	3,015,338	10,325,185	2.98%	3.07%
2002	3,094,782	10,647,949	2.63%	3.13%
2003	3,119,532	10,983,595	0.8%	3.15%
2004	3,156,892	11,338,198	1.2%	3.23%
2005	3,301,015	11,718,819	4.57%	3.36%
2006	3,490,787	12,129,553	5.75%	3.5%
2007	3,669,050	12,565,085	5.11%	3.59%
2008	3,821,003	13,021,324	4.14%	3.63%
2009	3,943,028	13,490,389	3.19%	3.6%
2010	4,058,890	13,965,594	2.94%	3.52%
2011	4,221,178	14,437,796	4%	3.38%
2012	4,373,043	14,913,629	3.6%	3.3%
2013	4,470,239	15,398,997	2.22%	3.25%
2014	4,564,293	15,895,315	2.1%	3.22%
2015	4,659,431	16,399,089	2.08%	3.17%
2016	4,755,608	16,914,423	2.06%	3.14%
2017	4,848,925	17,441,320	1.96%	3.12%
2018	4,944,726	17,973,569	1.98%	3.05%
2019	5,043,721	18,513,839	2%	3.01%
2020	5,149,463	19,059,395	2.1%	2.95%
2021	5,259,323	19,603,607	2.13%	2.86%
2022	5,373,294	20,152,938	2.17%	2.8%
2023	5,493,031	20,723,965	2.23%	2.83%
2024	5,612,817	21,314,956	2.18%	2.85%
2025	5,731,211	21,913,869	2.11%	2.81%
2026	5,853,958	22,521,905	2.14%	2.77%
2027	5,986,805	23,138,716	2.27%	2.74%
2028	6,118,769	23,761,368	2.2%	2.69%
2029	6,245,093	24,389,681	2.06%	2.64%
2030	6,366,293	25,024,887	1.94%	2.6%
2031	6,486,749	25,666,496	1.89%	2.56%
2032	6,614,257	26,311,946	1.97%	2.51%
2033	6,744,927	26,960,073	1.98%	2.46%
2034	6,873,688	27,611,621	1.91%	2.42%
2035	7,003,567	28,266,887	1.89%	2.37%
2036	7,142,326	28,925,103	1.98%	2.33%
2037	7,278,759	29,583,482	1.91%	2.28%
2038	7,408,720	30,240,549	1.79%	2.22%
2039	7,545,510	30,895,586	1.85%	2.17%
2040	7,681,693	31,550,394	1.8%	2.12%
2041	7,817,089	32,204,340	1.76%	2.07%
2042	7,954,182	32,856,596	1.75%	2.03%
2043	8,077,173	33,510,500	1.55%	1.99%
2044	8,194,136	34,165,920	1.45%	1.96%
2045	8,310,657	34,821,101	1.42%	1.92%
2046	8,428,924	35,475,795	1.42%	1.88%
2047	8,552,033	36,129,270	1.46%	1.84%
2048	8,673,963	36,782,260	1.43%	1.81%
2049	8,795,838	37,434,667	1.41%	1.77%
2050	8,910,539	38,083,369	1.3%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.