Population of Liberia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

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The current population of Liberia is 5,646,121 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Liberia is projected at 5,536,949, or 5.54 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Liberia is projected at 5,418,377, or 5.42 million people for the year 2023.

Liberia ranks 119th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Liberia is ranked 38th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Liberia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	907,458	915,894	16,872	1.842	0.04
1951	924,330	933,334	18,008	1.929	0.04
1952	942,338	951,883	19,089	2.005	0.04
1953	961,427	971,361	19,867	2.045	0.04
1954	981,294	991,949	21,310	2.148	0.04
1955	1,002,604	1,013,790	22,373	2.207	0.04
1956	1,024,977	1,036,701	23,448	2.262	0.04
1957	1,048,425	1,060,604	24,359	2.297	0.04
1958	1,072,784	1,084,947	24,325	2.242	0.04
1959	1,097,109	1,110,215	26,212	2.361	0.04
1960	1,123,321	1,137,026	27,410	2.411	0.04
1961	1,150,731	1,165,005	28,547	2.450	0.04
1962	1,179,278	1,194,085	29,614	2.480	0.04
1963	1,208,892	1,224,169	30,555	2.496	0.04
1964	1,239,447	1,255,197	31,501	2.510	0.04
1965	1,270,948	1,287,315	32,735	2.543	0.04
1966	1,303,683	1,320,315	33,264	2.520	0.04
1967	1,336,947	1,354,287	34,681	2.561	0.04
1968	1,371,628	1,389,453	35,649	2.566	0.04
1969	1,407,277	1,425,879	37,204	2.609	0.04
1970	1,444,481	1,463,563	38,165	2.608	0.04
1971	1,482,646	1,501,658	38,024	2.532	0.04
1972	1,520,670	1,540,995	40,650	2.638	0.04
1973	1,561,320	1,582,697	42,754	2.702	0.04
1974	1,604,074	1,626,283	44,418	2.731	0.04
1975	1,648,492	1,671,632	46,281	2.769	0.04
1976	1,694,773	1,718,482	47,417	2.759	0.04
1977	1,742,190	1,768,092	51,804	2.930	0.04
1978	1,793,994	1,820,861	53,735	2.951	0.04
1979	1,847,729	1,875,566	55,675	2.969	0.04
1980	1,903,404	1,932,169	57,530	2.978	0.04
1981	1,960,934	1,989,690	57,512	2.891	0.04
1982	2,018,446	2,047,602	58,313	2.848	0.04
1983	2,076,759	2,109,151	64,783	3.072	0.04
1984	2,141,542	2,174,194	65,304	3.004	0.05
1985	2,206,846	2,239,724	65,755	2.936	0.05
1986	2,272,601	2,305,860	66,518	2.885	0.05
1987	2,339,119	2,372,449	66,660	2.810	0.05
1988	2,405,779	2,439,639	67,720	2.776	0.05
1989	2,473,499	2,507,600	68,202	2.720	0.05
1990	2,541,701	2,209,731	-663,941	-30.275	0.04
1991	1,877,760	1,939,236	122,951	6.342	0.04
1992	2,000,711	2,052,626	103,829	5.059	0.04
1993	2,104,540	2,132,771	56,461	2.647	0.04
1994	2,161,001	2,125,198	-71,607	-3.370	0.04
1995	2,089,394	2,142,422	106,056	4.951	0.04
1996	2,195,450	2,203,966	17,033	0.773	0.04
1997	2,212,483	2,383,300	341,634	14.359	0.04
1998	2,554,117	2,639,224	170,215	6.452	0.04
1999	2,724,332	2,789,743	130,822	4.690	0.05
2000	2,855,154	2,895,224	80,140	2.768	0.05
2001	2,935,294	2,981,648	92,709	3.110	0.05
2002	3,028,003	3,060,599	65,193	2.130	0.05
2003	3,093,196	3,085,173	-16,047	-0.520	0.05
2004	3,077,149	3,122,447	90,595	2.902	0.05
2005	3,167,744	3,266,318	197,148	6.038	0.05
2006	3,364,892	3,455,397	181,010	5.240	0.05
2007	3,545,902	3,632,740	173,677	4.782	0.05
2008	3,719,579	3,783,887	128,617	3.399	0.06
2009	3,848,196	3,905,066	113,739	2.913	0.06
2010	3,961,935	4,019,956	116,042	2.887	0.06
2011	4,077,977	4,181,150	206,345	4.936	0.06
2012	4,284,322	4,331,740	94,837	2.189	0.06
2013	4,379,159	4,427,313	96,307	2.175	0.06
2014	4,475,466	4,519,398	87,864	1.944	0.06
2015	4,563,330	4,612,329	97,998	2.125	0.06
2016	4,661,328	4,706,097	89,539	1.903	0.06
2017	4,750,867	4,796,631	91,528	1.908	0.06
2018	4,842,395	4,889,391	93,992	1.922	0.06
2019	4,936,387	4,985,289	97,804	1.962	0.06
2020	5,034,191	5,087,584	106,787	2.099	0.06
2021	5,140,978	5,193,416	104,875	2.019	0.07

Liberia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	5,245,853	5,302,681	113,656	2.143	0.07
2023	5,359,509	5,418,377	117,735	2.173	0.07
2024	5,477,244	5,536,949	119,409	2.157	0.07
2025	5,596,653	5,657,229	121,151	2.142	0.07
2026	5,717,804	5,779,303	122,998	2.128	0.07
2027	5,840,802	5,902,858	124,111	2.103	0.07
2028	5,964,913	6,028,036	126,246	2.094	0.07
2029	6,091,159	6,154,516	126,715	2.059	0.07
2030	6,217,874	6,282,074	128,401	2.044	0.07
2031	6,346,275	6,410,627	128,703	2.008	0.07
2032	6,474,978	6,539,863	129,770	1.984	0.08
2033	6,604,748	6,670,120	130,744	1.960	0.08
2034	6,735,492	6,800,916	130,847	1.924	0.08
2035	6,866,339	6,932,309	131,939	1.903	0.08
2036	6,998,278	7,064,345	132,134	1.870	0.08
2037	7,130,412	7,196,805	132,785	1.845	0.08
2038	7,263,197	7,329,593	132,792	1.812	0.08
2039	7,395,989	7,462,143	132,308	1.773	0.08
2040	7,528,297	7,594,350	132,105	1.740	0.08
2041	7,660,402	7,726,261	131,719	1.705	0.08
2042	7,792,121	7,857,657	131,072	1.668	0.08
2043	7,923,193	7,988,703	131,019	1.640	0.09
2044	8,054,212	8,119,671	130,917	1.612	0.09
2045	8,185,129	8,249,922	129,586	1.571	0.09
2046	8,314,715	8,379,107	128,784	1.537	0.09
2047	8,443,499	8,507,779	128,559	1.511	0.09
2048	8,572,058	8,635,984	127,852	1.480	0.09
2049	8,699,910	8,763,579	127,339	1.453	0.09
2050	8,827,249	8,890,700	126,902	1.427	0.09
2051	8,954,151	9,016,680	125,058	1.387	0.09
2052	9,079,209	9,141,552	124,686	1.364	0.09
2053	9,203,895	9,265,807	123,824	1.336	0.09
2054	9,327,719	9,389,263	123,087	1.311	0.10
2055	9,450,806	9,512,104	122,596	1.289	0.10
2056	9,573,402	9,633,860	120,915	1.255	0.10
2057	9,694,317	9,754,061	119,489	1.225	0.10
2058	9,813,806	9,873,415	119,217	1.207	0.10
2059	9,933,023	9,991,285	116,525	1.166	0.10
2060	10,049,548	10,107,693	116,291	1.151	0.10
2061	10,165,839	10,223,412	115,146	1.126	0.10
2062	10,280,985	10,337,515	113,061	1.094	0.10
2063	10,394,046	10,449,841	111,590	1.068	0.10
2064	10,505,636	10,560,646	110,020	1.042	0.10
2065	10,615,656	10,670,494	109,675	1.028	0.10
2066	10,725,331	10,778,920	107,178	0.994	0.11
2067	10,832,509	10,885,645	106,272	0.976	0.11
2068	10,938,781	10,991,351	105,140	0.957	0.11
2069	11,043,921	11,095,504	103,165	0.930	0.11
2070	11,147,086	11,197,486	100,800	0.900	0.11
2071	11,247,886	11,297,762	99,752	0.883	0.11
2072	11,347,638	11,396,337	97,398	0.855	0.11
2073	11,445,036	11,492,836	95,600	0.832	0.11
2074	11,540,636	11,587,135	92,998	0.803	0.11
2075	11,633,634	11,679,130	90,992	0.779	0.11
2076	11,724,626	11,768,604	87,957	0.747	0.11
2077	11,812,583	11,855,599	86,032	0.726	0.11
2078	11,898,615	11,940,197	83,163	0.696	0.11
2079	11,981,778	12,022,245	80,934	0.673	0.12
2080	12,062,712	12,102,636	79,848	0.660	0.12
2081	12,142,560	12,181,028	76,935	0.632	0.12
2082	12,219,495	12,256,447	73,903	0.603	0.12
2083	12,293,398	12,329,157	71,519	0.580	0.12
2084	12,364,917	12,399,468	69,101	0.557	0.12
2085	12,434,018	12,467,052	66,068	0.530	0.12
2086	12,500,086	12,532,153	64,134	0.512	0.12
2087	12,564,220	12,594,960	61,479	0.488	0.12
2088	12,625,699	12,655,564	59,730	0.472	0.12
2089	12,685,429	12,714,058	57,258	0.450	0.12
2090	12,742,687	12,769,797	54,219	0.425	0.12
2091	12,796,906	12,823,126	52,439	0.409	0.12
2092	12,849,345	12,875,146	51,602	0.401	0.12
2093	12,900,947	12,925,585	49,275	0.381	0.12
2094	12,950,222	12,974,013	47,581	0.367	0.12
2095	12,997,803	13,020,415	45,225	0.347	0.13
2096	13,043,028	13,064,651	43,246	0.331	0.13
2097	13,086,274	13,107,256	41,964	0.320	0.13
2098	13,128,238	13,148,577	40,679	0.309	0.13
2099	13,168,917	13,188,191	38,548	0.292	0.13
2100	13,207,465	13,226,140	37,350	0.282	0.13