Liberia's population rose from 2.23M in 1996 to 5.73M in 2025.
Liberia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Liberia's population growth fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to 2.1 % in 2025.
Liberia's population density rose from 22.3 in 1994 to 57.0 in 2023.
Liberia's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.4 % in 1996 to 50.1 % in 2025.
Liberia's urbanisation rose from 43.0 % in 1996 to 56.1 % in 2025.
Liberia's urban population rose from 959,081 in 1996 to 3.21M in 2025.
Liberia's rural population rose from 1.27M in 1996 to 2.52M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.2 %29th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %27th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %81st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.0 %209th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs188th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts28th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts188th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts183rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.3 pts30th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts182nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −26.9 %152nd of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.4 pts168th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +0.3 %125th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs202nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs205th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs200th of 217