Population of Liberia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Liberia is 5,875,255 as of April 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Liberia is projected at 5,180,203 or 5.180 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Liberia is projected at 5,057,681 or 5.058 million people for the year 2020. Liberia ranks number 122nd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Liberia is ranked 37th among 58 countries in Africa.

Liberia's population will be increased year by year. The Liberia population is projected to reach 6.37 million in 2030 and increase to 9.34 million in 2050 and 15.52 million by 2100. Liberia accounts for 0.066 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.037% in 1956 and is projected to increase by 0.143% by 2100.

Liberia was at 136th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline to 86th in 2100.

Liberia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	5,057,681	120,307	2.44	0.063
2021	5,180,203	122,522	2.42	0.064
2022	5,305,117	124,914	2.41	0.065
2023	5,432,271	127,154	2.40	0.066
2024	5,561,375	129,104	2.38	0.067
2025	5,692,195	130,820	2.35	0.068
2026	5,824,726	132,531	2.33	0.069
2027	5,959,024	134,298	2.31	0.070
2028	6,094,999	135,975	2.28	0.071
2029	6,232,543	137,544	2.26	0.072
2030	6,371,553	139,010	2.23	0.073
2031	6,511,969	140,416	2.20	0.074
2032	6,653,703	141,734	2.18	0.075
2033	6,796,689	142,986	2.15	0.077
2034	6,940,812	144,123	2.12	0.078
2035	7,085,999	145,187	2.09	0.079
2036	7,232,149	146,150	2.06	0.080
2037	7,379,195	147,046	2.03	0.081
2038	7,527,085	147,890	2.00	0.082
2039	7,675,748	148,663	1.98	0.083
2040	7,825,131	149,383	1.95	0.084
2041	7,975,165	150,034	1.92	0.085
2042	8,125,779	150,614	1.89	0.086
2043	8,276,851	151,072	1.86	0.087
2044	8,428,251	151,400	1.83	0.089
2045	8,579,902	151,651	1.80	0.090
2046	8,731,698	151,796	1.77	0.091
2047	8,883,600	151,902	1.74	0.092
2048	9,035,585	151,985	1.71	0.093
2049	9,187,639	152,054	1.68	0.094
2050	9,339,752	152,113	1.66	0.095
2051	9,491,862	152,110	1.63	0.097
2052	9,643,903	152,041	1.60	0.098
2053	9,795,825	151,922	1.58	0.099
2054	9,947,544	151,719	1.55	0.100
2055	10,099,010	151,466	1.52	0.101
2056	10,250,160	151,150	1.50	0.102
2057	10,400,921	150,761	1.47	0.104
2058	10,551,251	150,330	1.45	0.105
2059	10,701,094	149,843	1.42	0.106
2060	10,850,395	149,301	1.40	0.107
2061	10,999,107	148,712	1.37	0.108
2062	11,147,130	148,023	1.35	0.110
2063	11,294,358	147,228	1.32	0.111
2064	11,440,635	146,277	1.30	0.112
2065	11,585,869	145,234	1.27	0.113
2066	11,729,951	144,082	1.24	0.114
2067	11,872,818	142,867	1.22	0.116
2068	12,014,438	141,620	1.19	0.117
2069	12,154,784	140,346	1.17	0.118
2070	12,293,825	139,041	1.14	0.119
2071	12,431,497	137,672	1.12	0.120
2072	12,567,725	136,228	1.10	0.121
2073	12,702,346	134,621	1.07	0.122
2074	12,835,212	132,866	1.05	0.124
2075	12,966,182	130,970	1.02	0.125
2076	13,095,171	128,989	0.99	0.126
2077	13,222,129	126,958	0.97	0.127
2078	13,347,064	124,935	0.94	0.128
2079	13,469,996	122,932	0.92	0.129
2080	13,590,907	120,911	0.90	0.130
2081	13,709,785	118,878	0.87	0.131
2082	13,826,571	116,786	0.85	0.133
2083	13,941,161	114,590	0.83	0.134
2084	14,053,447	112,286	0.81	0.135
2085	14,163,343	109,896	0.78	0.136
2086	14,270,802	107,459	0.76	0.137
2087	14,375,828	105,026	0.74	0.138
2088	14,478,457	102,629	0.71	0.139
2089	14,578,766	100,309	0.69	0.140
2090	14,676,812	98,046	0.67	0.141
2091	14,772,597	95,785	0.65	0.142
2092	14,866,079	93,482	0.63	0.143
2093	14,957,189	91,110	0.61	0.144
2094	15,045,865	88,676	0.59	0.145
2095	15,132,046	86,181	0.57	0.146
2096	15,215,698	83,652	0.55	0.147
2097	15,296,795	81,097	0.53	0.148
2098	15,375,361	78,566	0.51	0.149
2099	15,451,425	76,064	0.49	inf
2100	15,525,034	73,609	0.48	inf

Liberia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	930,030	-	-	0.037
1951	943,660	13,630	1.47	0.037
1952	958,704	15,044	1.59	0.037
1953	975,062	16,358	1.71	0.037
1954	992,649	17,587	1.80	0.037
1955	1,011,363	18,714	1.89	0.037
1956	1,031,129	19,766	1.95	0.037
1957	1,051,828	20,699	2.01	0.037
1958	1,073,378	21,550	2.05	0.037
1959	1,095,676	22,298	2.08	0.037
1960	1,118,657	22,981	2.10	0.037
1961	1,142,302	23,645	2.11	0.037
1962	1,166,648	24,346	2.13	0.037
1963	1,191,802	25,154	2.16	0.037
1964	1,217,901	26,099	2.19	0.037
1965	1,245,102	27,201	2.23	0.037
1966	1,273,464	28,362	2.28	0.037
1967	1,303,035	29,571	2.32	0.037
1968	1,333,978	30,943	2.37	0.038
1969	1,366,502	32,524	2.44	0.038
1970	1,400,730	34,228	2.50	0.038
1971	1,436,738	36,008	2.57	0.038
1972	1,474,567	37,829	2.63	0.038
1973	1,514,366	39,799	2.70	0.039
1974	1,556,290	41,924	2.77	0.039
1975	1,600,452	44,162	2.84	0.039
1976	1,645,836	45,384	2.84	0.040
1977	1,692,140	46,304	2.81	0.040
1978	1,740,914	48,774	2.88	0.041
1979	1,794,248	53,334	3.06	0.041
1980	1,853,001	58,753	3.27	0.042
1981	1,918,826	65,825	3.55	0.042
1982	1,989,483	70,657	3.68	0.043
1983	2,057,227	67,744	3.41	0.044
1984	2,111,671	54,444	2.65	0.044
1985	2,145,754	34,083	1.61	0.044
1986	2,158,429	12,675	0.59	0.044
1987	2,153,316	-5,113	-0.24	0.043
1988	2,134,097	-19,219	-0.89	0.042
1989	2,106,431	-27,666	-1.30	0.040
1990	2,075,912	-30,519	-1.45	0.039
1991	2,040,139	-35,773	-1.72	0.038
1992	2,001,624	-38,515	-1.89	0.036
1993	1,976,699	-24,925	-1.25	0.035
1994	1,986,493	9,794	0.50	0.035
1995	2,044,661	58,168	2.93	0.036
1996	2,160,478	115,817	5.66	0.037
1997	2,326,202	165,724	7.67	0.039
1998	2,517,481	191,279	8.22	0.042
1999	2,699,712	182,231	7.24	0.044
2000	2,848,456	148,744	5.51	0.046
2001	2,953,927	105,471	3.70	0.047
2002	3,024,729	70,802	2.40	0.048
2003	3,077,058	52,329	1.73	0.048
2004	3,135,651	58,593	1.90	0.048
2005	3,218,116	82,465	2.63	0.049
2006	3,329,211	111,095	3.45	0.050
2007	3,461,911	132,700	3.99	0.051
2008	3,607,860	145,949	4.22	0.053
2009	3,754,133	146,273	4.05	0.054
2010	3,891,356	137,223	3.66	0.056
2011	4,017,443	126,087	3.24	0.057
2012	4,135,659	118,216	2.94	0.058
2013	4,248,334	112,675	2.72	0.059
2014	4,359,506	111,172	2.62	0.059
2015	4,472,230	112,724	2.59	0.060
2016	4,586,787	114,557	2.56	0.061
2017	4,702,226	115,439	2.52	0.062
2018	4,818,973	116,747	2.48	0.063
2019	4,937,374	118,401	2.46	0.064