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Population growth in Liberia
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
6 of 42 · Countries
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
2.09%
−0.07 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
6 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
+0.02 pp
vs World
+1.18 pp
World: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · Liberia · World
+0.02 pp since 2015
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
Liberia
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Compared with Population growth · percent
Liberia
2.09%
World
0.91%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Liberia · 1961 – 2025
Latest value
2.09% · 2025
First value
2.44% · 1961
Highest
10.13% · 1998
Lowest
-12.80% · 1991
Data points
65
By year
All years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | Liberia | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.09% | −0.07 pp | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 2.16% | −0.05 pp | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 2.20% | +0.06 pp | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 2.14% | +0.03 pp | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 2.11% | +0.04 pp | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 2.07% | +0.09 pp | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 1.98% | +0.03 pp | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 1.96% | +0.01 pp | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 1.94% | −0.10 pp | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 2.04% | −0.02 pp | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 2.06% | −0.02 pp | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 2.08% | −0.12 pp | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 2.20% | −1.34 pp | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 3.53% | −0.39 pp | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 3.92% | +1.02 pp | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 2.90% | −0.25 pp | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 3.14% | −0.91 pp | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 4.06% | −0.92 pp | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 4.98% | −0.61 pp | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 5.59% | +1.13 pp | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 4.46% | +3.27 pp | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 1.19% | +0.39 pp | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 0.80% | −1.80 pp | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 2.60% | −0.33 pp | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 2.94% | −0.77 pp | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 3.70% | −1.82 pp | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 5.52% | −4.60 pp | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 10.13% | +2.34 pp | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 7.78% | +4.92 pp | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 2.87% | +1.98 pp | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 0.89% | +1.13 pp | 1.50% |
| 1994 | -0.24% | −4.15 pp | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 3.91% | −1.85 pp | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 5.76% | +18.56 pp | 1.63% |
| 1991 | -12.80% | −0.37 pp | 1.67% |
| 1990 | -12.43% | −15.28 pp | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 2.86% | −0.03 pp | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 2.89% | −0.04 pp | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 2.93% | −0.06 pp | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 2.99% | −0.06 pp | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 3.05% | −0.05 pp | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 3.09% | +0.10 pp | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 2.99% | +0.10 pp | 1.80% |
| 1982 | 2.89% | −0.06 pp | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 2.94% | −0.03 pp | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 2.97% | +0.02 pp | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 2.95% | +0.04 pp | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 2.91% | +0.10 pp | 1.75% |
| 1977 | 2.81% | +0.09 pp | 1.75% |
| 1976 | 2.72% | +0.02 pp | 1.80% |
| 1975 | 2.70% | +0.04 pp | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 2.67% | +0.05 pp | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 2.62% | +0.08 pp | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 2.53% | +0.02 pp | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 2.52% | −0.04 pp | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 2.56% | +0.00 pp | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 2.56% | +0.01 pp | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 2.55% | +0.01 pp | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 2.54% | −0.00 pp | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 2.54% | −0.00 pp | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 2.54% | +0.02 pp | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 2.52% | +0.01 pp | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 2.51% | +0.03 pp | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 2.48% | +0.04 pp | 1.77% |
| 1961 | 2.44% | 1.36% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Lebanon | -2.61% | |
| 41 | Bulgaria | -1.32% | |
| 40 | Lithuania | -1.21% | |
| 39 | Romania | -0.58% | |
| 38 | Greece | -0.20% | |
| 37 | Italy | -0.19% | |
| 36 | Poland | 0.01% | |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 0.07% | |
| 34 | Russia | 0.19% | |
| 33 | Finland | 0.23% | |
| 32 | Spain | 0.24% | |
| 31 | Czechia | 0.27% | |
| 30 | South Korea | 0.28% | |
| 29 | France | 0.29% | |
| 28 | Germany | 0.37% | |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 0.54% | |
| 26 | Netherlands | 0.59% | |
| 25 | China | 0.61% | |
| 24 | United States | 0.69% | |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.73% | |
| 22 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.77% | |
| 21 | Norway | 0.81% | |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 0.85% | |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.88% | |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.94% | |
| 17 | Indonesia | 1.02% | |
| 16 | India | 1.16% | |
| 15 | Canada | 1.20% | |
| 14 | Philippines | 1.29% | |
| 13 | Türkiye | 1.30% | |
| 12 | Colombia | 1.45% | |
| 11 | Ecuador | 1.53% | |
| 10 | Chile | 1.58% | |
| 9 | Honduras | 1.85% | |
| 8 | Liberia | 1.94% | |
| 7 | Egypt | 2.00% | |
| 6 | Algeria | 2.03% | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 2.39% | |
| 4 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.43% | |
| 3 | Gabon | 2.66% | |
| 2 | Yemen | 3.01% | |
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.66% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017
What it means
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
How it is calculated
Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.
People
Liberia in numbers
Population
5.7M
2025
Population density
58.3
2024
Median age
18.4
2023
Children under 15
39.1%
2025
Residents 65 and over
3.3%
2025
Life expectancy
62.3
2024
Births per woman
3.86
2024
Birth rate
30.6
2024
Infant mortality
63.2
2024
Net migration
-0.9
2023
Born abroad
1.3%
2024
Urban population
56.1%
2025