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.

Liberia population

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

Total
Crude

Liberia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Liberia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	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 pyramid
Gender ratio

Liberia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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