Country or area · Western Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Liberia population

Liberia population now

5,885,226

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 5.0–6.9 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 5,493,031

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 5.85394 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 5.0–6.9 million
Median age: 20.0
Aged 65+: 3.4%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

LBR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Liberia in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 5,493,031 people in Liberia: the 120th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.07% of the world's people. That is 6.0 times its 1950 population of 919 thousand.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 12.7 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 4.5 million to 38.5 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 18.9 in 1950 and 19.4 in 2023; the projection has 36.2 in 2100. 3.3% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 13.5% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 120th country in 2023; the projection puts it 106th in 2050 and 91st in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Norway in 2024, Slovakia in 2024 and Finland in 2025. It is overtaken by the Central African Republic in 2029 and Mauritania in 2040.

Population, mid-2023: 5,493,031
Rank by population, 2023: 120 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.07%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.23% · +119,737 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 57
Land area, 2023: 96,320 km²
Births, 2023: 170,065
Deaths, 2023: 44,333
Net migration, 2023: −5,002
Children per woman, 2023: 3.95
Median age, 2023: 19.4 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 62.2 years
In a city, 2025: 43 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 918,902
Projected, mid-2050: 8,910,530
Projected, mid-2100: 12,665,394

LBR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Liberia, 1950–2100

Liberia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	910,428		40,283	22,729	6.00	38.0
1951	estimate	927,375		41,559	23,212	6.04	38.0
1952	estimate	945,440		42,915	23,762	6.09	38.0
1953	estimate	964,512		44,267	24,346	6.12	38.1
1954	estimate	984,240		45,637	24,956	6.16	38.1
1955	estimate	1,005,298		47,037	25,601	6.19	38.1
1956	estimate	1,027,482		48,619	26,314	6.24	38.1
1957	estimate	1,050,815		50,227	27,066	6.28	38.1
1958	estimate	1,075,081		51,783	27,841	6.31	38.0
1959	estimate	1,099,410		53,425	28,603	6.35	38.1
1960	estimate	1,125,716		55,103	29,389	6.39	38.1
1961	estimate	1,153,327		56,863	30,193	6.45	38.1
1962	estimate	1,182,107		58,669	30,990	6.50	38.2
1963	estimate	1,211,971		60,422	31,713	6.56	38.3
1964	estimate	1,242,857		62,005	32,414	6.58	38.5
1965	estimate	1,274,633		63,616	32,998	6.62	38.7
1966	estimate	1,307,678		64,981	33,527	6.63	39.0
1967	estimate	1,341,088		66,508	33,988	6.65	39.3
1968	estimate	1,375,781		67,958	34,423	6.66	39.6
1969	estimate	1,411,278		69,434	34,758	6.64	40.0
1970	estimate	1,447,932		70,236	35,041	6.58	40.4
1971	estimate	1,485,420		71,338	35,324	6.54	40.7
1972	estimate	1,522,734		73,418	35,559	6.60	41.2
1973	estimate	1,562,606		75,661	35,966	6.65	41.6
1974	estimate	1,604,569		77,880	36,380	6.69	42.1
1975	estimate	1,648,155		80,371	36,891	6.74	42.5
1976	estimate	1,693,671		82,984	37,457	6.79	42.9
1977	estimate	1,740,448		85,634	38,053	6.84	43.2
1978	estimate	1,791,590		88,575	38,761	6.88	43.6
1979	estimate	1,844,905		91,660	39,535	6.92	43.9
1980	estimate	1,900,520		93,852	40,401	6.87	44.1
1981	estimate	1,957,985		96,175	41,173	6.83	44.3
1982	estimate	2,015,748		98,233	42,107	6.79	44.5
1983	estimate	2,074,399		100,597	43,033	6.76	44.6
1984	estimate	2,139,828		103,633	44,172	6.73	44.7
1985	estimate	2,206,796		106,559	46,570	6.69	44.0
1986	estimate	2,274,282		109,055	47,133	6.64	44.5
1987	estimate	2,342,740		110,912	48,764	6.57	44.3
1988	estimate	2,411,719		113,071	50,367	6.51	44.1
1989	estimate	2,482,163		115,225	51,985	6.43	43.9
1990	estimate	2,553,553		117,675	64,905	6.37	37.6
1991	estimate	1,893,781		87,301	39,877	6.32	43.6
1992	estimate	2,019,255		92,496	42,292	6.28	43.6
1993	estimate	2,125,668		96,990	45,380	6.25	43.0
1994	estimate	2,184,584		99,225	47,125	6.21	42.6
1995	estimate	2,115,273		95,920	42,514	6.17	44.6
1996	estimate	2,223,050		100,353	43,961	6.13	45.0
1997	estimate	2,241,527		100,643	39,199	6.08	48.3
1998	estimate	2,584,451		115,412	43,263	6.02	49.4
1999	estimate	2,755,796		122,225	44,096	5.95	50.4
2000	estimate	2,887,571		126,606	43,462	5.88	51.9
2001	estimate	2,968,662		128,367	42,147	5.77	53.1
2002	estimate	3,062,013		129,985	41,339	5.65	54.1
2003	estimate	3,127,550		131,022	43,491	5.55	53.0
2004	estimate	3,111,515		129,797	38,045	5.51	56.0
2005	estimate	3,202,268		134,082	37,604	5.52	56.8
2006	estimate	3,399,761		142,572	38,472	5.53	57.5
2007	estimate	3,581,812		148,220	39,054	5.46	58.1
2008	estimate	3,756,287		151,553	39,519	5.33	58.7
2009	estimate	3,885,720		153,028	39,600	5.17	59.1
2010	estimate	4,000,335		154,104	39,853	5.06	59.4
2011	estimate	4,117,445		155,889	40,393	4.97	59.5
2012	estimate	4,324,912		163,665	41,692	4.88	59.8
2013	estimate	4,421,175		161,977	41,838	4.75	60.0
2014	estimate	4,519,302		160,758	44,092	4.62	59.2
2015	estimate	4,609,285		160,019	44,541	4.52	59.3
2016	estimate	4,709,577		161,339	42,486	4.46	60.5
2017	estimate	4,801,639		161,876	42,499	4.40	60.8
2018	estimate	4,896,210		162,953	42,724	4.34	61.0
2019	estimate	4,993,242		163,574	42,940	4.26	61.2
2020	estimate	5,094,199		164,386	43,754	4.17	61.3
2021	estimate	5,204,728		165,796	44,758	4.09	61.2
2022	estimate	5,313,918		167,590	43,839	4.02	61.9
2023	estimate	5,432,670		170,065	44,333	3.95	62.2
2024	estimate	5,553,392		171,626	44,990	3.86	62.3
2025	projection	5,672,242	5.2–6.1 million	173,467	45,680	3.79	62.5
2026	projection	5,790,170	5.1–6.5 million	174,971	46,361	3.71	62.6
2027	projection	5,917,728	5.0–6.9 million	176,887	47,100	3.64	62.8
2028	projection	6,055,872	5.1–7.2 million	178,928	47,972	3.57	62.9
2029	projection	6,181,648	5.0–7.5 million	180,597	48,750	3.51	63.0
2030	projection	6,308,524	5.0–7.9 million	181,051	49,488	3.43	63.2
2031	projection	6,424,058	5.0–8.1 million	182,507	50,223	3.38	63.3
2032	projection	6,549,424	5.0–8.5 million	182,944	50,987	3.31	63.5
2033	projection	6,679,083	5.0–8.9 million	184,206	51,845	3.25	63.6
2034	projection	6,810,759	5.0–9.1 million	185,412	52,748	3.20	63.7
2035	projection	6,936,601	5.0–9.4 million	186,345	53,594	3.15	63.9
2036	projection	7,070,513	5.0–9.7 million	187,530	54,513	3.11	64.0
2037	projection	7,214,132	5.0–10.1 million	188,732	55,508	3.06	64.2
2038	projection	7,343,381	5.0–10.5 million	189,527	56,409	3.02	64.3
2039	projection	7,474,044	5.0–10.9 million	190,413	57,397	2.98	64.4
2040	projection	7,616,957	5.0–11.2 million	191,535	58,501	2.94	64.5
2041	projection	7,746,419	5.2–11.7 million	192,210	59,539	2.91	64.7
2042	projection	7,887,748	5.2–11.9 million	193,160	60,667	2.87	64.8
2043	projection	8,020,604	5.2–12.2 million	193,582	61,725	2.83	64.9
2044	projection	8,133,719	5.2–12.7 million	193,412	62,674	2.80	65.1
2045	projection	8,254,532	5.2–13.1 million	193,466	63,745	2.77	65.2
2046	projection	8,366,757	5.2–13.6 million	193,086	64,767	2.73	65.3
2047	projection	8,491,063	5.3–13.8 million	193,154	65,899	2.70	65.5
2048	projection	8,612,982	5.3–14.2 million	193,372	67,055	2.67	65.6
2049	projection	8,734,915	5.3–14.3 million	193,475	68,235	2.65	65.7
2050	projection	8,856,741	5.4–15.1 million	193,464	69,378	2.62	65.8
2051	projection	8,964,319	5.4–15.3 million	193,258	70,575	2.60	66.0
2052	projection	9,075,973	5.5–15.6 million	193,206	71,778	2.58	66.1
2053	projection	9,186,552	5.4–15.9 million	192,885	72,998	2.55	66.2
2054	projection	9,302,752	5.4–16.2 million	192,534	74,296	2.52	66.3
2055	projection	9,406,191	5.5–16.7 million	192,290	75,578	2.50	66.5
2056	projection	9,522,148	5.4–17.2 million	192,509	76,950	2.48	66.6
2057	projection	9,642,118	5.3–17.6 million	192,967	78,410	2.46	66.7
2058	projection	9,752,975	5.3–17.8 million	193,036	79,853	2.44	66.8
2059	projection	9,854,619	5.3–18.4 million	192,686	81,236	2.42	67.0
2060	projection	9,984,710	5.4–18.8 million	193,394	82,875	2.40	67.1
2061	projection	10,092,560	5.4–19.1 million	193,576	84,398	2.39	67.2
2062	projection	10,199,712	5.4–19.5 million	193,673	85,955	2.37	67.3
2063	projection	10,305,941	5.4–19.9 million	193,601	87,503	2.35	67.4
2064	projection	10,409,647	5.4–20.3 million	193,790	89,014	2.34	67.6
2065	projection	10,505,026	5.3–20.9 million	193,361	90,625	2.33	67.7
2066	projection	10,608,179	5.2–21.4 million	193,277	92,353	2.31	67.8
2067	projection	10,699,529	5.2–22.1 million	192,703	93,994	2.29	67.9
2068	projection	10,803,001	5.3–22.7 million	192,598	95,729	2.28	68.0
2069	projection	10,885,785	5.3–23.2 million	191,925	97,323	2.27	68.1
2070	projection	10,980,394	5.3–23.8 million	191,961	99,093	2.25	68.2
2071	projection	11,069,147	5.2–24.5 million	191,457	100,883	2.24	68.3
2072	projection	11,168,738	5.2–24.5 million	191,455	102,735	2.23	68.5
2073	projection	11,253,384	5.2–25.4 million	191,101	104,570	2.22	68.6
2074	projection	11,348,262	5.3–25.9 million	191,022	106,510	2.21	68.7
2075	projection	11,449,366	5.4–26.8 million	191,294	108,483	2.20	68.8
2076	projection	11,533,909	5.3–26.9 million	190,886	110,392	2.19	68.9
2077	projection	11,621,650	5.2–27.1 million	190,433	112,391	2.18	69.0
2078	projection	11,698,590	5.2–27.8 million	189,508	114,354	2.16	69.1
2079	projection	11,773,243	5.2–28.2 million	188,883	116,328	2.15	69.3
2080	projection	11,850,260	5.1–28.1 million	188,430	118,389	2.14	69.3
2081	projection	11,927,477	5.2–28.7 million	187,851	120,386	2.13	69.5
2082	projection	11,994,168	5.1–29.5 million	187,192	122,435	2.12	69.6
2083	projection	12,035,000	5.1–30.2 million	185,697	124,165	2.10	69.7
2084	projection	12,088,915	5.0–31.1 million	184,878	126,061	2.10	69.8
2085	projection	12,136,445	5.0–31.6 million	183,901	127,822	2.08	69.9
2086	projection	12,201,174	5.0–32.2 million	183,560	129,700	2.08	70.0
2087	projection	12,263,458	5.0–31.5 million	183,196	131,451	2.07	70.1
2088	projection	12,297,927	5.0–32.4 million	182,136	133,040	2.06	70.2
2089	projection	12,329,153	4.8–32.8 million	181,029	134,566	2.05	70.3
2090	projection	12,380,780	4.9–33.8 million	180,477	136,114	2.04	70.5
2091	projection	12,424,907	4.8–34.8 million	179,870	137,542	2.03	70.6
2092	projection	12,450,053	4.9–35.6 million	179,023	138,986	2.03	70.7
2093	projection	12,474,323	4.8–35.9 million	178,072	140,370	2.02	70.8
2094	projection	12,511,464	4.8–37.3 million	177,536	141,713	2.01	70.9
2095	projection	12,536,884	4.6–37.2 million	176,611	142,982	2.00	71.0
2096	projection	12,561,458	4.6–37.8 million	175,715	144,132	2.00	71.1
2097	projection	12,593,858	4.7–38.0 million	175,245	145,289	1.99	71.2
2098	projection	12,622,242	4.5–37.9 million	174,742	146,372	1.99	71.3
2099	projection	12,640,941	4.5–38.3 million	173,885	147,315	1.98	71.4
2100	projection	12,653,423	4.5–38.5 million	173,066	148,231	1.97	71.5

Show the numbers: Liberia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Liberia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	84,633	82,269
1	82,206	80,081
2	80,822	78,744
3	79,467	77,435
4	78,086	76,116
5	76,971	75,068
6	76,094	74,234
7	75,376	73,543
8	74,602	72,795
9	73,852	72,074
10	73,075	71,330
11	72,559	70,833
12	72,620	70,887
13	72,964	71,202
14	71,667	69,968
15	69,572	68,004
16	68,549	67,044
17	67,554	66,088
18	66,500	65,100
19	65,003	63,698
20	62,546	61,370
21	59,584	58,561
22	56,834	55,950
23	54,575	53,805
24	52,700	52,030
25	50,828	50,248
26	48,784	48,297
27	46,620	46,238
28	44,425	44,160
29	42,334	42,186
30	40,392	40,358
31	38,610	38,683
32	37,076	37,248
33	35,836	36,092
34	34,815	35,134
35	33,908	34,273
36	33,073	33,476
37	32,358	32,793
38	31,722	32,182
39	31,149	31,634
40	30,506	31,022
41	29,667	30,214
42	28,710	29,295
43	27,780	28,404
44	26,946	27,612
45	26,083	26,794
46	25,170	25,932
47	24,114	24,920
48	22,916	23,771
49	21,752	22,672
50	20,608	21,613
51	19,489	20,587
52	18,435	19,630
53	17,428	18,716
54	16,438	17,824
55	15,602	17,108
56	14,962	16,575
57	14,320	15,992
58	13,642	15,334
59	12,994	14,680
60	12,366	14,039
61	11,737	13,391
62	11,096	12,722
63	10,449	12,039
64	9,787	11,338
65	9,135	10,642
66	8,508	9,961
67	7,898	9,292
68	7,308	8,638
69	6,732	7,994
70	6,162	7,348
71	5,618	6,726
72	5,102	6,127
73	4,603	5,543
74	4,120	4,977
75	3,657	4,434
76	3,188	3,878
77	2,824	3,354
78	2,562	2,989
79	2,302	2,694
80	2,035	2,366
81	1,758	2,032
82	1,486	1,715
83	1,229	1,415
84	998	1,146
85	800	915
86	631	717
87	486	550
88	364	413
89	268	302
90	193	215
91	136	149
92	93	100
93	62	66
94	40	42
95	25	26
96	15	16
97	8	8
98	5	5
99	2	2
100+	0	1

LBR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Liberia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

LBR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Liberia

In Liberia the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 3,115,960 of them.

100 aged 15–64

71 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 23 years: 2060–2082.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

LBR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Liberia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Liberia loses 7,929 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 1,591 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 281,480 (1997) and the most it lost was 712,544 (1990).

In 2024, 72,423 people living in Liberia had been born in another country, 1 of every 100 people there, against 4 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

LBR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Liberia

Of every 100 babies born in Liberia in 2023, 24 had a mother under 20, 61 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 15 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 23 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
23 · 63 · 14

2023
24 · 61 · 15

2050 · projected
20 · 62 · 18

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 170,065
Average age when women have a baby: 28.3 years; 28.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 126; 175 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Liberia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1,111	1,832	2,253	1,538	740	143
15–19	8,170	14,877	22,783	38,852	37,652	15,761
20–24	9,846	19,452	31,131	45,056	46,131	32,214
25–29	9,267	16,619	26,508	33,494	40,778	43,990
30–34	6,430	13,387	20,445	24,939	32,467	41,012
35–39	3,781	9,075	14,393	18,031	27,247	32,386
40–44	1,322	4,275	7,077	6,752	7,440	6,908
45–49	339	819	1,921	1,358	989	643
50–54	17	35	95	45	20	9
All babies	40,283	80,371	126,606	170,065	193,464	173,066

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

LBR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Liberia

Of the 63.5 years a baby born in Liberia in 2021 could expect, about 54.0 would be lived in full health (95% range 52.6–55.1). That leaves 9.5 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

53.4 in full health, 10.9 not: 64.3 years

Men

54.5 in full health, 8.1 not: 62.6 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 53.4 healthy years of 64.3. Men: 54.5 of 62.6.

LBR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Liberia

At the end of 2025, Liberia was hosting 1,897 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.3 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad1,897
Liberia nationals abroad8,842

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 200 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Liberia living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 39 people asked for asylum in Liberia for the first time; 787 people from Liberia asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Liberia whose claims were decided that year, 15 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

LBR · of every 100 people

How people live in Liberia

Of every 100 people in Liberia in 2025, 43 lived in a city, 16 in a town or suburb and 41 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

65.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 67.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

LBR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Liberia went in school

Of every 100 adults in Liberia in 2020, 44 never went to school and 18 finished upper secondary or went further.

44 never went to school 13 some primary 14 finished primary 11 finished lower secondary 16 finished upper secondary 2 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 79.3 of every 100 women and 41.5 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 28.8 and 23.4.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2085; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

LBR · cities · 2025

Cities in Liberia

Liberia had 9 cities in 2025, home to 2.5 million people. The largest, Monrovia, holds 33 of every 100 people in Liberia.

Monrovia1,879,092
Gbarnga85,923
Kakata83,189
Buchanan82,383
Ganta76,093
Voinjama67,108
Harbel City61,237
Pleebo59,951
Foya City57,065

How to read this: the 9 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Liberia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.