Liberia
Population 2026
5,853,953
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.14%
- Density
- 61 per km²
- Land area
- 96,320 km²
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Currency
- Dollar (LRD)
- Official languages
- EN-LR
- Urban population
- 56.1%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 174,9712026
- Deaths
- 46,3602026
- Birth rate
- 30.6per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.86
- Life expectancy
- 62.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 19.0
- Net migration
- -9,870
Age distribution
- 0–1439.1%
- 15–6457.6%
- 65+3.3%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $5.2B
- GDP per capita
- $915
- GDP growth
- +5.0%
- Inflation
- 8.3%
- Unemployment
- 2.9%
- Exports
- —
- Imports
- —
- Tourism receipts
- 27.1%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture32.7%
- Industry24.5%
- Manufacturing2.3%
- Services40.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture41.1%
- Industry8.3%
- Services50.5%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MonroviaMontserrado County | 1,542,5492025 |
| 2 | GbarngaBong County | 86,0312026 |
| 3 | BuchananGrand Bassa County | 75,8542026 |
| 4 | GantaNimba | 63,5232024 |
| 5 | KakataMargibi County | 52,2472026 |
| 6 | ZwedruGrand Gedeh County | 38,2692026 |
| 7 | HarbelMargibi County | 38,2082023 |
| 8 | HarperMaryland County | 35,5032026 |
| 9 | Pleebo CityMaryland County | 35,4232023 |
| 10 | Foya KamaraLofa County | 31,0522024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,853,953 | 175K | 46.4K |
| 2020 | 5,149,470 | 164K | 43.8K |
| 2010 | 4,058,897 | 154K | 39.9K |
| 2000 | 2,928,117 | 127K | 43.5K |
| 1990 | 2,223,667 | 118K | 64.9K |
| 1980 | 1,929,260 | 93.9K | 40.4K |
| 1970 | 1,466,677 | 70.2K | 35.0K |
| 1960 | 1,139,519 | 55.1K | 29.4K |
| 1950 | 918,912 | 40.3K | 22.7K |