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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south-southwest. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers and has a population of around 4,900,000. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Liberia 96,026.8 km²
Population 4.4 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +176.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +55.6%
Timezone Greenwich Mean Time

Map of Liberia

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 1,604,856 2,078,309 2,853,603 4,439,488
Population Density 16.7 / km² 21.6 / km² 29.7 / km² 46.2 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
0 124,421 n/a n/a
100 131,017 0.5% 659
200 137,968 0.5% 695
300 145,292 0.5% 732
400 153,011 0.5% 771
500 161,146 0.5% 813
600 169,722 0.5% 857
700 178,762 0.5% 904
800 188,293 0.5% 953
900 198,343 0.5% 1,005
1000 208,942 0.5% 1,059
1100 220,122 0.5% 1,118
1200 231,916 0.5% 1,179
1300 244,361 0.5% 1,244
1400 257,495 0.5% 1,313
1500 271,360 0.5% 1,386
1600 285,998 0.5% 1,463
1700 301,459 0.5% 1,546
1800 340,069 1.2% 3,861
1900 440,096 2.6% 10,002
1910 462,422 5.1% 22,326
1920 491,807 6.4% 29,385
1930 533,813 8.5% 42,006
1940 604,044 13.2% 70,231
1950 782,791 29.6% 178,747
1960 1,010,241 29.1% 227,450
1970 1,381,336 36.7% 371,095
1990 2,078,309 22.7% 348,486
2000 2,853,603 37.3% 775,294
2020 5,233,184 35.4% 1,189,790
2030 6,886,971 31.6% 1,653,787
2040 8,517,142 23.7% 1,630,171
2050 10,047,552 18% 1,530,410
2060 11,355,475 13% 1,307,923
2070 12,383,216 9.1% 1,027,741
2080 13,090,881 5.7% 707,665
2090 13,426,314 2.6% 335,433
2100 13,429,808 0% 3,494
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Districts in Liberia

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