| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 13 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.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 915,894 | 1.84 |
| 1955 | 1,013,790 | 2.21 |
| 1960 | 1,137,026 | 2.41 |
| 1965 | 1,287,315 | 2.54 |
| 1970 | 1,463,563 | 2.61 |
| 1975 | 1,671,632 | 2.77 |
| 1980 | 1,932,169 | 2.98 |
| 1985 | 2,239,724 | 2.94 |
| 1990 | 2,209,731 | -30.27 |
| 1995 | 2,142,422 | 4.95 |
| 2000 | 2,895,224 | 2.77 |
| 2005 | 3,266,318 | 6.04 |
| 2010 | 4,019,956 | 2.89 |
| 2015 | 4,612,329 | 2.12 |
| 2020 | 5,087,584 | 2.10 |
| 2021 | 5,193,416 | 2.02 |
| 2022 | 5,302,681 | 2.14 |
| 2023 | 5,418,377 | 2.17 |
| 2024 | 5,536,949 | 2.16 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 22,020 | 39,522 | 24.015 | 43.102 |
| 1955 | 24,833 | 46,449 | 24.499 | 45.824 |
| 1960 | 29,077 | 54,595 | 25.588 | 48.044 |
| 1965 | 32,830 | 63,143 | 25.520 | 49.084 |
| 1970 | 35,037 | 70,909 | 23.955 | 48.480 |
| 1975 | 37,013 | 81,250 | 22.149 | 48.621 |
| 1980 | 39,224 | 92,735 | 20.321 | 48.044 |
| 1985 | 44,030 | 102,301 | 19.688 | 45.744 |
| 1990 | 65,447 | 114,053 | 25.501 | 44.441 |
| 1995 | 42,808 | 94,490 | 20.233 | 44.661 |
| 2000 | 44,112 | 126,317 | 15.228 | 43.606 |
| 2005 | 37,310 | 133,431 | 11.599 | 41.482 |
| 2010 | 39,816 | 153,011 | 9.907 | 38.074 |
| 2015 | 44,883 | 158,069 | 9.715 | 34.215 |
| 2020 | 44,578 | 161,486 | 8.753 | 31.708 |
| 2021 | 45,955 | 162,685 | 8.838 | 31.287 |
| 2022 | 45,796 | 164,452 | 8.632 | 30.996 |
| 2023 | 44,244 | 166,979 | 8.161 | 30.799 |
| 2024 | 44,740 | 169,153 | 8.076 | 30.533 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 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 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Total | 2,759,695 | 2,777,257 | 5,536,949 | 99.368 | |