Population of Liberia

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

The current population of Liberia is 5,419,291 as of May 31, 2023, 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	0.065
2021	5,180,203	122,522	2.42	0.066
2022	5,305,117	124,914	2.41	0.067
2023	5,432,271	127,154	2.40	0.068
2024	5,561,375	129,104	2.38	0.069
2025	5,692,195	130,820	2.35	0.070
2026	5,824,726	132,531	2.33	0.071
2027	5,959,024	134,298	2.31	0.072
2028	6,094,999	135,975	2.28	0.073
2029	6,232,543	137,544	2.26	0.074
2030	6,371,553	139,010	2.23	0.075
2031	6,511,969	140,416	2.20	0.076
2032	6,653,703	141,734	2.18	0.077
2033	6,796,689	142,986	2.15	0.078
2034	6,940,812	144,123	2.12	0.079
2035	7,085,999	145,187	2.09	0.080
2036	7,232,149	146,150	2.06	0.081
2037	7,379,195	147,046	2.03	0.082
2038	7,527,085	147,890	2.00	0.083
2039	7,675,748	148,663	1.98	0.084
2040	7,825,131	149,383	1.95	0.085
2041	7,975,165	150,034	1.92	0.086
2042	8,125,779	150,614	1.89	0.087
2043	8,276,851	151,072	1.86	0.088
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	0.092
2047	8,883,600	151,902	1.74	0.093
2048	9,035,585	151,985	1.71	0.094
2049	9,187,639	152,054	1.68	0.095
2050	9,339,752	152,113	1.66	0.096
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	0.103
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	0.109
2063	11,294,358	147,228	1.32	0.110
2064	11,440,635	146,277	1.30	0.111
2065	11,585,869	145,234	1.27	0.112
2066	11,729,951	144,082	1.24	0.113
2067	11,872,818	142,867	1.22	0.114
2068	12,014,438	141,620	1.19	0.115
2069	12,154,784	140,346	1.17	0.117
2070	12,293,825	139,041	1.14	0.118
2071	12,431,497	137,672	1.12	0.119
2072	12,567,725	136,228	1.10	0.120
2073	12,702,346	134,621	1.07	0.121
2074	12,835,212	132,866	1.05	0.122
2075	12,966,182	130,970	1.02	0.123
2076	13,095,171	128,989	0.99	0.124
2077	13,222,129	126,958	0.97	0.125
2078	13,347,064	124,935	0.94	0.125
2079	13,469,996	122,932	0.92	0.126
2080	13,590,907	120,911	0.90	0.127
2081	13,709,785	118,878	0.87	0.128
2082	13,826,571	116,786	0.85	0.129
2083	13,941,161	114,590	0.83	0.130
2084	14,053,447	112,286	0.81	0.131
2085	14,163,343	109,896	0.78	0.132
2086	14,270,802	107,459	0.76	0.133
2087	14,375,828	105,026	0.74	0.133
2088	14,478,457	102,629	0.71	0.134
2089	14,578,766	100,309	0.69	0.135
2090	14,676,812	98,046	0.67	0.136
2091	14,772,597	95,785	0.65	0.137
2092	14,866,079	93,482	0.63	0.137
2093	14,957,189	91,110	0.61	0.138
2094	15,045,865	88,676	0.59	0.139
2095	15,132,046	86,181	0.57	0.139
2096	15,215,698	83,652	0.55	0.140
2097	15,296,795	81,097	0.53	0.141
2098	15,375,361	78,566	0.51	0.141
2099	15,451,425	76,064	0.49	0.142
2100	15,525,034	73,609	0.48	0.143

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	0.036
1953	975,062	16,358	1.71	0.036
1954	992,649	17,587	1.80	0.036
1955	1,011,363	18,714	1.89	0.036
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	0.040
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	0.041
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	0.045
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	0.049
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	0.052
2008	3,607,860	145,949	4.22	0.053
2009	3,754,133	146,273	4.05	0.055
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	0.060
2015	4,472,230	112,724	2.59	0.061
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