Demographics of Liberia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Jan 2025

As of 2024, the population of Liberia is projected at 5.61 million, compared to 5.49 million in 2023. It ranks 118th in the world by population and 37th in Africa. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 2.12 percent, the 42nd highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 2.80 million males and 2.81 million females in Liberia. The percentage of the male population is 49.92%, compared to 50.08% of the female population. Liberia has 9,033 more females than males. The sex ratio in Liberia in 2024 will be 99.679 males per 100 females. Liberia is in the 155th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Liberia population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	478,677	440,224	918,902	1.84	108.735
1955	525,773	490,617	1,016,390	2.18	107.166
1960	585,348	554,173	1,139,522	2.42	105.625
1965	658,780	632,375	1,291,156	2.56	104.176
1970	743,923	722,754	1,466,676	2.56	102.929
1975	843,672	827,241	1,670,913	2.72	101.986
1980	970,934	958,318	1,929,253	2.98	101.316
1985	1,125,213	1,115,326	2,240,539	3.01	100.886
1990	1,111,165	1,112,502	2,223,667	-29.89	99.880
1995	1,075,789	1,093,373	2,169,162	4.97	98.392
2000	1,450,257	1,477,859	2,928,117	2.77	98.132
2005	1,636,455	1,664,560	3,301,015	5.99	98.312
2010	2,016,108	2,042,783	4,058,890	2.88	98.694
2015	2,319,372	2,340,059	4,659,431	2.15	99.116
2020	2,567,665	2,581,798	5,149,463	2.15	99.453
2021	2,623,166	2,636,157	5,259,323	2.08	99.507
2022	2,680,814	2,692,480	5,373,294	2.21	99.567
2023	2,741,343	2,751,688	5,493,031	2.20	99.624
2024	2,801,892	2,810,925	5,612,817	2.12	99.679
2025	2,861,706	2,869,500	5,731,206	2.06	99.728

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	37.966	17.858	6.001
1955	38.109	18.101	6.191
1960	38.073	18.237	6.391
1965	38.693	18.208	6.617
1970	40.359	17.646	6.578
1975	42.463	17.227	6.744
1980	44.088	16.869	6.872
1985	44.026	16.764	6.693
1990	37.644	16.809	6.370
1995	44.573	16.887	6.173
2000	51.852	17.173	5.875
2005	56.765	17.338	5.519
2010	59.358	17.352	5.058
2015	59.248	17.570	4.523
2020	61.267	17.885	4.174
2021	61.166	18.024	4.089
2022	61.934	18.180	4.016
2023	62.163	18.358	3.950
2024	62.324	18.550	3.864
2025	62.471	18.757	3.789

Total
Crude

Liberia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	22,729	40,283	24.735	43.838
1955	25,601	47,037	25.188	46.278
1960	29,389	55,103	25.791	48.356
1965	32,998	63,616	25.557	49.271
1970	35,041	70,236	23.891	47.888
1975	36,891	80,371	22.079	48.100
1980	40,401	93,852	20.941	48.647
1985	46,570	106,559	20.785	47.559
1990	64,905	117,675	29.188	52.919
1995	42,514	95,920	19.599	44.220
2000	43,462	126,606	14.843	43.238
2005	37,604	134,082	11.392	40.619
2010	39,853	154,104	9.819	37.967
2015	44,541	160,019	9.559	34.343
2020	43,754	164,386	8.497	31.923
2021	44,758	165,796	8.510	31.524
2022	43,839	167,590	8.159	31.189
2023	44,333	170,065	8.071	30.960
2024	44,990	171,626	8.016	30.577
2025	45,680	173,467	7.970	30.267

Population
Urbanization

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 pyramid
Gender ratio

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	395,935	385,583	781,518	13.92	102.685
05-09	370,788	361,772	732,561	13.05	102.492
10-14	356,519	348,127	704,645	12.55	102.411
15-19	323,725	317,002	640,726	11.42	102.121
20-24	266,812	263,003	529,815	9.44	101.448
25-29	214,699	213,689	428,387	7.63	100.473
30-34	176,693	178,015	354,708	6.32	99.257
35-39	157,450	159,695	317,144	5.65	98.594
40-44	136,923	140,026	276,950	4.93	97.784
45-49	111,322	115,703	227,024	4.04	96.214
50-54	85,489	92,179	177,667	3.17	92.742
55-59	67,989	76,100	144,089	2.57	89.342
60-64	52,273	59,804	112,078	2.00	87.407
65-69	37,118	43,499	80,618	1.44	85.331
70-74	23,913	28,637	52,550	0.94	83.504
75-79	14,266	16,665	30,930	0.55	85.605
80-84	7,140	8,222	15,361	0.27	86.840
85-89	2,344	2,662	5,005	0.09	88.054
90-94	458	503	961	0.02	91.054
95-99	37	41	78	0.00	90.244
Total	2,801,893	2,810,927	5,612,815		99.679