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People Statistics · Country

Population in Liberia

1960 – 2025 · 66 data points 38 of 42 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

Population, 1960 – 2025 people
+23% since 2015

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
Liberia 5.7M
World 8.2B

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Liberia · 1960 – 2025
Latest value 5,731,206 · 2025
First value 1,139,522 · 1960
Highest 5,731,206 · 2025
Lowest 1,139,522 · 1960
Average change +2.5% a year on average
Data points 66

By year

All years · 1960 – 2025

YearLiberiaChange World
2025 5,731,206 +2.1% 8.2B
2024 5,612,817 +2.2% 8.1B
2023 5,493,031 +2.2% 8.1B
2022 5,373,294 +2.2% 8B
2021 5,259,323 +2.1% 7.9B
2020 5,149,463 +2.1% 7.9B
2019 5,043,721 +2.0% 7.8B
2018 4,944,726 +2.0% 7.7B
2017 4,848,925 +2.0% 7.6B
2016 4,755,608 +2.1% 7.5B
2015 4,659,431 +2.1% 7.4B
2014 4,564,293 +2.1% 7.4B
2013 4,470,239 +2.2% 7.3B
2012 4,373,043 +3.6% 7.2B
2011 4,221,178 +4.0% 7.1B
2010 4,058,890 +2.9% 7B
2009 3,943,028 +3.2% 6.9B
2008 3,821,003 +4.1% 6.8B
2007 3,669,050 +5.1% 6.7B
2006 3,490,787 +5.7% 6.7B
2005 3,301,015 +4.6% 6.6B
2004 3,156,892 +1.2% 6.5B
2003 3,119,532 +0.8% 6.4B
2002 3,094,782 +2.6% 6.3B
2001 3,015,338 +3.0% 6.2B
2000 2,928,117 +3.8% 6.2B
1999 2,821,684 +5.7% 6.1B
1998 2,670,124 +11% 6B
1997 2,412,989 +8.1% 5.9B
1996 2,232,289 +2.9% 5.8B
1995 2,169,162 +0.9% 5.7B
1994 2,149,928 −0.2% 5.7B
1993 2,155,126 +4.0% 5.6B
1992 2,072,461 +5.9% 5.5B
1991 1,956,518 −12% 5.4B
1990 2,223,667 −12% 5.3B
1989 2,517,858 +2.9% 5.2B
1988 2,446,941 +2.9% 5.1B
1987 2,377,229 +3.0% 5B
1986 2,308,511 +3.0% 4.9B
1985 2,240,539 +3.1% 4.9B
1984 2,173,312 +3.1% 4.8B
1983 2,107,113 +3.0% 4.7B
1982 2,045,073 +2.9% 4.6B
1981 1,986,867 +3.0% 4.5B
1980 1,929,253 +3.0% 4.4B
1979 1,872,713 +3.0% 4.4B
1978 1,818,247 +3.0% 4.3B
1977 1,766,019 +2.9% 4.2B
1976 1,717,060 +2.8% 4.1B
1975 1,670,913 +2.7% 4.1B
1974 1,626,362 +2.7% 4B
1973 1,583,588 +2.7% 3.9B
1972 1,542,670 +2.6% 3.8B
1971 1,504,077 +2.6% 3.8B
1970 1,466,676 +2.6% 3.7B
1969 1,429,605 +2.6% 3.6B
1968 1,393,530 +2.6% 3.5B
1967 1,358,435 +2.6% 3.5B
1966 1,324,383 +2.6% 3.4B
1965 1,291,156 +2.6% 3.3B
1964 1,258,745 +2.6% 3.3B
1963 1,227,414 +2.5% 3.2B
1962 1,197,039 +2.5% 3.1B
1961 1,167,717 +2.5% 3.1B
1960 1,139,522 3B

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
21 Algeria 42M
20 Argentina 44M
6 Bangladesh 162M
5 Brazil 205M
35 Bulgaria 6.8M
23 Canada 37M
27 Chile 19M
1 China 1.4B
18 Colombia 48M
38 Congo - Brazzaville 5.4M
11 Congo - Kinshasa 87M
31 Czechia 11M
29 Ecuador 17M
10 Egypt 104M
37 Finland 5.5M
14 France 67M
42 Gabon 2.2M
12 Germany 83M
30 Greece 11M
32 Honduras 9.6M
33 Hong Kong SAR China 7.4M
2 India 1.4B
4 Indonesia 267M
16 Italy 60M
36 Lebanon 6.2M
40 Liberia 4.8M
41 Lithuania 2.8M
8 Mexico 123M
28 Netherlands 17M
39 Norway 5.3M
9 Philippines 108M
22 Poland 38M
26 Romania 20M
7 Russia 145M
25 Saudi Arabia 31M
34 Sierra Leone 7.4M
17 South Korea 51M
19 Spain 47M
13 Türkiye 80M
15 United Kingdom 66M
3 United States 327M
24 Yemen 33M

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.