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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
1 India 1.4B
2 China 1.4B
3 United States 332M
4 Indonesia 277M
5 Brazil 210M
6 Bangladesh 168M
7 Russia 145M
8 Mexico 128M
9 Philippines 113M
10 Egypt 111M
11 Congo - Kinshasa 99M
12 Türkiye 84M
13 Germany 83M
14 France 68M
15 United Kingdom 67M
16 Italy 59M
17 South Korea 52M
18 Colombia 51M
19 Spain 47M
20 Argentina 45M
21 Algeria 45M
22 Canada 38M
23 Yemen 37M
24 Poland 37M
25 Saudi Arabia 31M
26 Chile 19M
27 Romania 19M
28 Ecuador 18M
29 Netherlands 18M
30 Greece 11M
31 Czechia 11M
32 Honduras 10M
33 Sierra Leone 8.1M
34 Hong Kong SAR China 7.4M
35 Bulgaria 6.5M
36 Congo - Brazzaville 5.9M
37 Lebanon 5.7M
38 Finland 5.5M
39 Norway 5.4M
40 Liberia 5.3M
41 Lithuania 2.8M
42 Gabon 2.4M

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

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.