Demographics of Liberia
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Liberia is projected at 5.18 million, up by 2.42% compared with 5.06 million in 2020. Liberia is ranked 122nd in terms of population and 33rd in terms of population growth rate.
There are 0.17 million births in Liberia in 2021. That is 456 per day, which is ranked 93rd. The crude birth rate is 32.04 per 1000 people. There are 37.2 thousand deaths in Liberia in 2021. That is 102 per day, which is ranked 119th. The crude death rate is 7.16 per 1000 people.
2.75 million people are living in urban areas, which is 52.57% of Liberia population. Liberia is ranked 154th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Liberia in 2021 is 101.16 males per 100 females. There are 2.61 million males and 2.58 million females in Liberia. The percentage of female population is 49.71% compare to 50.29% male population. Liberia has 29.92 thousand more males than females. Liberia is at 148th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 930,022 | - |
1955 | 1,011,367 | 1.89 |
1960 | 1,118,655 | 2.1 |
1965 | 1,245,104 | 2.23 |
1970 | 1,400,730 | 2.5 |
1975 | 1,600,454 | 2.84 |
1980 | 1,852,991 | 3.27 |
1985 | 2,145,756 | 1.61 |
1990 | 2,075,917 | -1.45 |
1995 | 2,044,657 | 2.93 |
2000 | 2,848,447 | 5.51 |
2005 | 3,218,114 | 2.63 |
2010 | 3,891,357 | 3.66 |
2015 | 4,472,229 | 2.59 |
2016 | 4,586,788 | 2.56 |
2017 | 4,702,224 | 2.52 |
2018 | 4,818,976 | 2.48 |
2019 | 4,937,374 | 2.46 |
2020 | 5,057,677 | 2.44 |
2021 | 5,180,208 | 2.42 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 28,423 | 43,272 | 30.30 | 46.15 |
1955 | 30,500 | 48,531 | 30.05 | 47.84 |
1960 | 32,998 | 54,593 | 29.44 | 48.76 |
1965 | 34,427 | 60,690 | 27.59 | 48.67 |
1970 | 34,975 | 68,255 | 24.87 | 48.57 |
1975 | 35,565 | 78,356 | 22.13 | 48.76 |
1980 | 36,909 | 91,097 | 19.73 | 48.65 |
1985 | 39,564 | 99,031 | 19.01 | 47.66 |
1990 | 40,161 | 93,755 | 19.40 | 45.36 |
1995 | 38,833 | 97,122 | 17.66 | 43.98 |
2000 | 41,002 | 117,054 | 14.97 | 42.91 |
2005 | 40,359 | 132,412 | 12.28 | 40.21 |
2010 | 37,467 | 143,183 | 9.66 | 37.05 |
2015 | 36,772 | 153,560 | 8.21 | 34.30 |
2020 | 36,829 | 163,984 | 7.26 | 32.35 |
2021 | 37,204 | 166,316 | 7.16 | 32.04 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 120,623 | 809,402 | - | 12.970 |
1955 | 157,492 | 852,575 | 5.67 | 15.592 |
1960 | 208,739 | 911,574 | 5.83 | 18.632 |
1965 | 277,001 | 975,971 | 5.83 | 22.108 |
1970 | 368,651 | 1,047,878 | 5.93 | 26.025 |
1975 | 493,708 | 1,131,305 | 6.10 | 30.382 |
1980 | 664,060 | 1,224,254 | 6.35 | 35.167 |
1985 | 929,046 | 1,263,509 | 8.02 | 42.373 |
1990 | 1,162,324 | 934,908 | 3.25 | 55.422 |
1995 | 952,965 | 1,120,517 | -3.34 | 45.960 |
2000 | 1,278,731 | 1,605,791 | 6.31 | 44.331 |
2005 | 1,501,819 | 1,759,411 | 3.44 | 46.051 |
2010 | 1,887,733 | 2,060,392 | 4.39 | 47.813 |
2015 | 2,241,715 | 2,257,906 | 3.36 | 49.820 |
2020 | 2,658,561 | 2,445,292 | 3.48 | 52.089 |
2021 | 2,750,646 | 2,481,436 | 3.46 | 52.573 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 383,941 | 368,376 | 752,317 | 14.52 | 104.225 |
05-09 | 350,941 | 336,880 | 687,821 | 13.28 | 104.174 |
10-14 | 322,767 | 310,810 | 633,577 | 12.23 | 103.847 |
15-19 | 287,820 | 278,471 | 566,291 | 10.93 | 103.357 |
20-24 | 242,548 | 237,302 | 479,850 | 9.26 | 102.211 |
25-29 | 196,250 | 193,982 | 390,232 | 7.53 | 101.169 |
30-34 | 170,645 | 169,372 | 340,017 | 6.56 | 100.752 |
35-39 | 151,901 | 150,503 | 302,404 | 5.84 | 100.929 |
40-44 | 127,373 | 126,432 | 253,805 | 4.90 | 100.744 |
45-49 | 102,798 | 103,136 | 205,934 | 3.98 | 99.672 |
50-54 | 80,679 | 83,005 | 163,684 | 3.16 | 97.198 |
55-59 | 62,673 | 67,103 | 129,776 | 2.51 | 93.398 |
60-64 | 47,206 | 53,247 | 100,453 | 1.94 | 88.655 |
65-69 | 33,573 | 40,303 | 73,876 | 1.43 | 83.301 |
70-74 | 20,716 | 26,015 | 46,731 | 0.90 | 79.631 |
75-79 | 13,854 | 17,571 | 31,425 | 0.61 | 78.846 |
80-84 | 6,868 | 9,105 | 15,973 | 0.31 | 75.431 |
85-89 | 2,131 | 2,989 | 5,120 | 0.10 | 71.295 |
90-94 | 355 | 511 | 866 | 0.02 | 69.472 |
95-99 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 0.00 | 80.645 |
100+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
Total | 2,605,064 | 2,575,144 | 5,180,208 | 101.162 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio