Demographics of Liberia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 May 2024

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There are 2.76 million males and 2.78 million females in Liberia. The percentage of the male population is 49.84%, compared to 50.16% of the female population. Liberia has 18k more females than males. The sex ratio in Liberia in 2024 will be 99.368 males per 100 females. Liberia is in the 136th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Liberia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	915,894	1.84
1955	1,013,790	2.21
1960	1,137,026	2.41
1965	1,287,315	2.54
1970	1,463,563	2.61
1975	1,671,632	2.77
1980	1,932,169	2.98
1985	2,239,724	2.94
1990	2,209,731	-30.27
1995	2,142,422	4.95
2000	2,895,224	2.77
2005	3,266,318	6.04
2010	4,019,956	2.89
2015	4,612,329	2.12
2020	5,087,584	2.10
2021	5,193,416	2.02
2022	5,302,681	2.14
2023	5,418,377	2.17
2024	5,536,949	2.16

Population
Growth

Liberia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	22,020	39,522	24.015	43.102
1955	24,833	46,449	24.499	45.824
1960	29,077	54,595	25.588	48.044
1965	32,830	63,143	25.520	49.084
1970	35,037	70,909	23.955	48.480
1975	37,013	81,250	22.149	48.621
1980	39,224	92,735	20.321	48.044
1985	44,030	102,301	19.688	45.744
1990	65,447	114,053	25.501	44.441
1995	42,808	94,490	20.233	44.661
2000	44,112	126,317	15.228	43.606
2005	37,310	133,431	11.599	41.482
2010	39,816	153,011	9.907	38.074
2015	44,883	158,069	9.715	34.215
2020	44,578	161,486	8.753	31.708
2021	45,955	162,685	8.838	31.287
2022	45,796	164,452	8.632	30.996
2023	44,244	166,979	8.161	30.799
2024	44,740	169,153	8.076	30.533

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Liberia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	120,623	809,402	12.970
1955	157,492	852,575	15.592
1960	208,739	911,574	18.632
1965	277,001	975,971	22.108
1970	368,651	1,047,878	26.025
1975	493,708	1,131,305	30.382
1980	664,060	1,224,254	35.167
1985	929,046	1,263,509	42.373
1990	1,162,324	934,908	55.422
1995	952,965	1,120,517	45.960
2000	1,278,731	1,605,791	44.331
2005	1,501,819	1,759,411	46.051
2010	1,887,733	2,060,392	47.813
2015	2,241,715	2,257,906	49.820
2020	2,658,561	2,445,292	52.089
2021	2,750,646	2,481,436	52.573
2022	2,845,823	2,517,040	53.065
2023	2,944,140	2,552,037	53.567
2024	3,045,608	2,586,331	54.077

Population
Urbanization

Liberia population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	388,764	378,430	767,194	13.86	102.731
05-09	365,046	356,328	721,374	13.03	102.447
10-14	353,513	345,394	698,907	12.62	102.351
15-19	322,545	315,884	638,428	11.53	102.109
20-24	266,512	262,685	529,197	9.56	101.457
25-29	210,599	209,839	420,438	7.59	100.362
30-34	169,079	171,087	340,166	6.14	98.826
35-39	150,019	152,833	302,853	5.47	98.159
40-44	136,769	141,296	278,065	5.02	96.796
45-49	114,376	122,140	236,517	4.27	93.643
50-54	86,816	95,631	182,446	3.30	90.782
55-59	66,615	71,618	138,233	2.50	93.014
60-64	48,937	51,947	100,884	1.82	94.206
65-69	33,955	39,953	73,907	1.33	84.987
70-74	21,973	29,227	51,200	0.92	75.180
75-79	13,883	19,021	32,904	0.59	72.988
80-84	7,308	9,960	17,267	0.31	73.373
85-89	2,439	3,270	5,709	0.10	74.587
90-94	496	646	1,142	0.02	76.780
95-99	50	67	116	0.00	74.627
100+	0	0	0	0.00	-
Total	2,759,695	2,777,257	5,536,949		99.368

Population pyramid
Gender ratio