🇱🇷Liberia

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Population

5.7M

2.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.86

births/woman

Life Expectancy

62.3y

GDP / capita

$915.3

Pop. Growth

2.09%

Net Migration

-9.9K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Liberia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇬🇳Guinea22.2K(33.2%)

−37%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire16.2K(24.3%)

−38%

🇸🇱

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male2.9MTotal 5.7M2.9MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

3.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇬🇭Ghana6.2K(9.3%)

−12%

🇳🇬Nigeria3.6K(5.4%)

−27%

🇲🇱Mali924(1.4%)

−27%

🇱🇧Lebanon635(0.9%)

−27%

🇮🇳India520(0.8%)

−27%

🇬🇲Gambia, The519(0.8%)

−27%

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau330(0.5%)

−27%

🇺🇸United States329(0.5%)

−27%

🇹🇬Togo264(0.4%)

−28%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Liberia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Liberia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇬🇭Ghana39K(26.8%)

+58%

🇮🇱Israel38.4K(26.3%)

+7%

🇳🇬Nigeria23.6K(16.2%)

+39%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire16K(11.0%)

−63%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone8.5K(5.8%)

−62%

🇨🇲Cameroon5.5K(3.8%)

+61%

🇦🇺Australia3.6K(2.5%)

+26%

🇬🇳Guinea2.6K(1.8%)

−91%

🇮🇹Italy2K(1.4%)

+18%

🇲🇱Mali1.5K(1.0%)

+62%

🇬🇲Gambia, The1.2K(0.8%)

+39%

🇳🇴Norway1.1K(0.7%)

+19%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024