Population of Liberia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Jan 2025

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The current population of Liberia is 5,676,487 as of January 12, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Liberia is projected at 5,612,817, or 5.61 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Liberia is projected at 5,493,031, or 5.49 million people for the year 2023.

Liberia ranks 118th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Liberia is ranked 37th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

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Growth rate
Net change

Liberia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	910,428	918,902	16,947	1.844	0.0369
1951	927,375	936,408	18,065	1.929	0.0369
1952	945,440	954,976	19,072	1.997	0.0370
1953	964,512	974,376	19,728	2.025	0.0370
1954	984,240	994,769	21,058	2.117	0.0370
1955	1,005,298	1,016,390	22,184	2.183	0.0371
1956	1,027,482	1,039,149	23,333	2.245	0.0372
1957	1,050,815	1,062,948	24,266	2.283	0.0373
1958	1,075,081	1,087,245	24,329	2.238	0.0373
1959	1,099,410	1,112,563	26,306	2.365	0.0375
1960	1,125,716	1,139,522	27,611	2.423	0.0378
1961	1,153,327	1,167,717	28,780	2.465	0.0381
1962	1,182,107	1,197,039	29,864	2.495	0.0383
1963	1,211,971	1,227,414	30,886	2.516	0.0384
1964	1,242,857	1,258,745	31,776	2.525	0.0386
1965	1,274,633	1,291,156	33,045	2.559	0.0387
1966	1,307,678	1,324,383	33,410	2.523	0.0389
1967	1,341,088	1,358,435	34,693	2.554	0.0391
1968	1,375,781	1,393,530	35,497	2.547	0.0393
1969	1,411,278	1,429,605	36,654	2.564	0.0395
1970	1,447,932	1,466,676	37,488	2.556	0.0397
1971	1,485,420	1,504,077	37,314	2.481	0.0399
1972	1,522,734	1,542,670	39,872	2.585	0.0401
1973	1,562,606	1,583,588	41,963	2.650	0.0404
1974	1,604,569	1,626,362	43,586	2.680	0.0407
1975	1,648,155	1,670,913	45,516	2.724	0.0410
1976	1,693,671	1,717,060	46,777	2.724	0.0414
1977	1,740,448	1,766,019	51,142	2.896	0.0419
1978	1,791,590	1,818,247	53,315	2.932	0.0424
1979	1,844,905	1,872,713	55,615	2.970	0.0429
1980	1,900,520	1,929,253	57,465	2.979	0.0434
1981	1,957,985	1,986,867	57,763	2.907	0.0439
1982	2,015,748	2,045,073	58,651	2.868	0.0443
1983	2,074,399	2,107,113	65,429	3.105	0.0449
1984	2,139,828	2,173,312	66,968	3.082	0.0454
1985	2,206,796	2,240,539	67,486	3.012	0.0460
1986	2,274,282	2,308,511	68,458	2.966	0.0466
1987	2,342,740	2,377,229	68,979	2.902	0.0471
1988	2,411,719	2,446,941	70,444	2.879	0.0476
1989	2,482,163	2,517,858	71,390	2.836	0.0481
1990	2,553,553	2,223,667	-659,772	-29.891	0.0417
1991	1,893,781	1,956,518	125,474	6.415	0.0361
1992	2,019,255	2,072,461	106,413	5.136	0.0376
1993	2,125,668	2,155,126	58,916	2.734	0.0385
1994	2,184,584	2,149,928	-69,311	-3.224	0.0379
1995	2,115,273	2,169,162	107,777	4.970	0.0377
1996	2,223,050	2,232,289	18,477	0.828	0.0382
1997	2,241,527	2,412,989	342,924	14.236	0.0407
1998	2,584,451	2,670,124	171,345	6.419	0.0444
1999	2,755,796	2,821,684	131,775	4.671	0.0463
2000	2,887,571	2,928,117	81,091	2.770	0.0474
2001	2,968,662	3,015,338	93,351	3.096	0.0482
2002	3,062,013	3,094,782	65,537	2.118	0.0488
2003	3,127,550	3,119,532	-16,035	-0.514	0.0486
2004	3,111,515	3,156,892	90,753	2.875	0.0485
2005	3,202,268	3,301,015	197,493	5.985	0.0501
2006	3,399,761	3,490,787	182,051	5.216	0.0523
2007	3,581,812	3,669,050	174,475	4.756	0.0543
2008	3,756,287	3,821,003	129,433	3.388	0.0558
2009	3,885,720	3,943,028	114,615	2.907	0.0569
2010	4,000,335	4,058,890	117,110	2.885	0.0578
2011	4,117,445	4,221,178	207,467	4.916	0.0594
2012	4,324,912	4,373,043	96,263	2.201	0.0607
2013	4,421,175	4,470,239	98,127	2.195	0.0613
2014	4,519,302	4,564,293	89,983	1.972	0.0618
2015	4,609,285	4,659,431	100,292	2.153	0.0624
2016	4,709,577	4,755,608	92,062	1.936	0.0629
2017	4,801,639	4,848,925	94,571	1.950	0.0634
2018	4,896,210	4,944,726	97,032	1.962	0.0640
2019	4,993,242	5,043,721	100,957	2.002	0.0646
2020	5,094,199	5,149,463	110,529	2.147	0.0653
2021	5,204,728	5,259,323	109,190	2.076	0.0661
2022	5,313,918	5,373,294	118,752	2.210	0.0670
2023	5,432,670	5,493,031	120,722	2.198	0.0679

Liberia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	5,553,392	5,612,817	118,850	2.118	0.0688
2025	5,672,242	5,731,206	117,928	2.058	0.0696
2026	5,790,170	5,853,949	127,558	2.179	0.0705
2027	5,917,728	5,986,800	138,144	2.308	0.0715
2028	6,055,872	6,118,760	125,776	2.056	0.0725
2029	6,181,648	6,245,086	126,876	2.032	0.0734
2030	6,308,524	6,366,291	115,534	1.815	0.0743
2031	6,424,058	6,486,741	125,366	1.933	0.0751
2032	6,549,424	6,614,253	129,659	1.960	0.0760
2033	6,679,083	6,744,921	131,676	1.952	0.0770
2034	6,810,759	6,873,680	125,842	1.831	0.0779
2035	6,936,601	7,003,557	133,912	1.912	0.0788
2036	7,070,513	7,142,323	143,619	2.011	0.0798
2037	7,214,132	7,278,757	129,249	1.776	0.0808
2038	7,343,381	7,408,712	130,663	1.764	0.0817
2039	7,474,044	7,545,501	142,913	1.894	0.0827
2040	7,616,957	7,681,688	129,462	1.685	0.0837
2041	7,746,419	7,817,083	141,329	1.808	0.0847
2042	7,887,748	7,954,176	132,856	1.670	0.0857
2043	8,020,604	8,077,162	113,115	1.400	0.0865
2044	8,133,719	8,194,126	120,813	1.474	0.0873
2045	8,254,532	8,310,645	112,225	1.350	0.0880
2046	8,366,757	8,428,910	124,306	1.475	0.0888
2047	8,491,063	8,552,022	121,919	1.426	0.0897
2048	8,612,982	8,673,949	121,933	1.406	0.0905
2049	8,734,915	8,795,828	121,826	1.385	0.0914
2050	8,856,741	8,910,530	107,578	1.207	0.0922
2051	8,964,319	9,020,146	111,654	1.238	0.0930
2052	9,075,973	9,131,263	110,579	1.211	0.0937
2053	9,186,552	9,244,652	116,200	1.257	0.0945
2054	9,302,752	9,354,471	103,439	1.106	0.0953
2055	9,406,191	9,464,169	115,957	1.225	0.0961
2056	9,522,148	9,582,133	119,970	1.252	0.0970
2057	9,642,118	9,697,547	110,857	1.143	0.0979
2058	9,752,975	9,803,797	101,644	1.037	0.0987
2059	9,854,619	9,919,665	130,091	1.311	0.0996
2060	9,984,710	10,038,635	107,850	1.074	0.1005
2061	10,092,560	10,146,136	107,152	1.056	0.1013
2062	10,199,712	10,252,826	106,229	1.036	0.1021
2063	10,305,941	10,357,794	103,706	1.001	0.1030
2064	10,409,647	10,457,336	95,379	0.912	0.1037
2065	10,505,026	10,556,603	103,153	0.977	0.1045
2066	10,608,179	10,653,854	91,350	0.857	0.1053
2067	10,699,529	10,751,265	103,472	0.962	0.1060
2068	10,803,001	10,844,393	82,784	0.763	0.1068
2069	10,885,785	10,933,090	94,609	0.865	0.1075
2070	10,980,394	11,024,771	88,753	0.805	0.1082
2071	11,069,147	11,118,942	99,591	0.896	0.1090
2072	11,168,738	11,211,061	84,646	0.755	0.1097
2073	11,253,384	11,300,823	94,878	0.840	0.1105
2074	11,348,262	11,398,814	101,104	0.887	0.1113
2075	11,449,366	11,491,638	84,543	0.736	0.1121
2076	11,533,909	11,577,780	87,741	0.758	0.1129
2077	11,621,650	11,660,120	76,940	0.660	0.1136
2078	11,698,590	11,735,916	74,653	0.636	0.1142
2079	11,773,243	11,811,752	77,017	0.652	0.1149
2080	11,850,260	11,888,869	77,217	0.649	0.1156
2081	11,927,477	11,960,823	66,691	0.558	0.1163
2082	11,994,168	12,014,584	40,832	0.340	0.1168
2083	12,035,000	12,061,958	53,915	0.447	0.1172
2084	12,088,915	12,112,680	47,530	0.392	0.1177
2085	12,136,445	12,168,809	64,729	0.532	0.1183
2086	12,201,174	12,232,316	62,284	0.509	0.1189
2087	12,263,458	12,280,692	34,469	0.281	0.1194
2088	12,297,927	12,313,540	31,226	0.254	0.1198
2089	12,329,153	12,354,967	51,627	0.418	0.1202
2090	12,380,780	12,402,844	44,127	0.356	0.1207
2091	12,424,907	12,437,480	25,146	0.202	0.1212
2092	12,450,053	12,462,188	24,270	0.195	0.1215
2093	12,474,323	12,492,894	37,141	0.297	0.1219
2094	12,511,464	12,524,174	25,420	0.203	0.1223
2095	12,536,884	12,549,171	24,574	0.196	0.1226
2096	12,561,458	12,577,658	32,400	0.258	0.1230
2097	12,593,858	12,608,050	28,384	0.225	0.1234
2098	12,622,242	12,631,592	18,699	0.148	0.1238
2099	12,640,941	12,647,182	12,482	0.099	0.1241
2100	12,653,423	12,665,395	23,943	0.189	0.1244