Demographics of Liberia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 May 2024

There are 2.76 million males and 2.78 million females in Liberia. The percentage of the male population is 49.84%, compared to 50.16% of the female population. Liberia has 18k more females than males. The sex ratio in Liberia in 2024 will be 99.368 males per 100 females. Liberia is in the 136th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Liberia population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950915,8941.84
19551,013,7902.21
19601,137,0262.41
19651,287,3152.54
19701,463,5632.61
19751,671,6322.77
19801,932,1692.98
19852,239,7242.94
19902,209,731-30.27
19952,142,4224.95
20002,895,2242.77
20053,266,3186.04
20104,019,9562.89
20154,612,3292.12
20205,087,5842.10
20215,193,4162.02
20225,302,6812.14
20235,418,3772.17
20245,536,9492.16
  • Total
  • Crude

Liberia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195022,02039,52224.01543.102
195524,83346,44924.49945.824
196029,07754,59525.58848.044
196532,83063,14325.52049.084
197035,03770,90923.95548.480
197537,01381,25022.14948.621
198039,22492,73520.32148.044
198544,030102,30119.68845.744
199065,447114,05325.50144.441
199542,80894,49020.23344.661
200044,112126,31715.22843.606
200537,310133,43111.59941.482
201039,816153,0119.90738.074
201544,883158,0699.71534.215
202044,578161,4868.75331.708
202145,955162,6858.83831.287
202245,796164,4528.63230.996
202344,244166,9798.16130.799
202444,740169,1538.07630.533
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Liberia

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950120,623809,40212.970
1955157,492852,57515.592
1960208,739911,57418.632
1965277,001975,97122.108
1970368,6511,047,87826.025
1975493,7081,131,30530.382
1980664,0601,224,25435.167
1985929,0461,263,50942.373
19901,162,324934,90855.422
1995952,9651,120,51745.960
20001,278,7311,605,79144.331
20051,501,8191,759,41146.051
20101,887,7332,060,39247.813
20152,241,7152,257,90649.820
20202,658,5612,445,29252.089
20212,750,6462,481,43652.573
20222,845,8232,517,04053.065
20232,944,1402,552,03753.567
20243,045,6082,586,33154.077
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Liberia population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 388,764 378,430 767,194 13.86 102.731
05-09 365,046 356,328 721,374 13.03 102.447
10-14 353,513 345,394 698,907 12.62 102.351
15-19 322,545 315,884 638,428 11.53 102.109
20-24 266,512 262,685 529,197 9.56 101.457
25-29 210,599 209,839 420,438 7.59 100.362
30-34 169,079 171,087 340,166 6.14 98.826
35-39 150,019 152,833 302,853 5.47 98.159
40-44 136,769 141,296 278,065 5.02 96.796
45-49 114,376 122,140 236,517 4.27 93.643
50-54 86,816 95,631 182,446 3.30 90.782
55-59 66,615 71,618 138,233 2.50 93.014
60-64 48,937 51,947 100,884 1.82 94.206
65-69 33,955 39,953 73,907 1.33 84.987
70-74 21,973 29,227 51,200 0.92 75.180
75-79 13,883 19,021 32,904 0.59 72.988
80-84 7,308 9,960 17,267 0.31 73.373
85-89 2,439 3,270 5,709 0.10 74.587
90-94 496 646 1,142 0.02 76.780
95-99 50 67 116 0.00 74.627
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 2,759,695 2,777,257 5,536,949 99.368