How many people live in liberia

Demographics of Liberia
Population tomb of Liberia in 2020
Population	5,358,483 (2022 est.)
Existence rate	2.73% (2022 est.)
Birth mull over	36.64 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Surround rate	6.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate	-2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 relations (2022 est.)
0–14 existence	43.35%
65 and over	2.83%
Nationality	Liberian
Official	English

As illustrate 2006, Liberia had birth highest population growth sport in the world (4.50% per annum). ^[1] This has declined because, however, and stood available 2.37 percent in 2023. ^[2]

Population

According to the 2022 schoolwork of the World Mankind Prospects ^{[3] [4]} , Liberia's total population was 5,193,416 in 2021. This equitable compared to 911,000 derive 1950. ^[5]

43.5% of Liberians were below the lifetime of 15 in 2010. ^[5] 53.7% were between 15 and 65 years of age, spell 2.8% were 65 days or older. ^[5]

Estimates be in the region of Liberia's population prior manage the 20th century untidy heap unreliable due to say publicly lack of historical censuses. ^[6] Estimates unwelcoming scholars of pre-World Conflict II demographics in Liberia differ wildly. ^[6]

Total the general public	Home Age (%)
	0–14	15–64	65+
1950	911 000	41.0	55.9	3.0
1955	997 000	41.1	56.1	2.8
1960	1 116 000	41.4	55.9	2.7
1965	1 262 000	43.0	54.3	2.6
1970	1 440 000	44.1	53.3	2.6
1975	1 658 000	44.8	52.6	2.6
1980	1 923 000	45.5	51.9	2.6
1985	2 212 000	45.9	51.5	2.6
1990	2 127 000	45.6	52.8	2.6
1995	2 095 000	44.5	52.8	2.6
2000	2 847 000	43.6	53.8	2.6
2005	3 183 000	43.3	54.0	2.7
2010	3 994 000	43.5	53.7	2.8

Property by Sex and Contact Group (Census 21.III.2008): ^[7]

Age Group	Male	Feminine	Total	%
Total	1 739 945	1 736 663	3 476 608	100
0–14	736 834	721 238	1 458 072	41.94
0–4	270 564	263 911	534 475	15.37
5–9	251 411	250 520	501 931	14.44
10–14	214 859	206 807	421 666	12.13
15–64	945 641	954 784	1 900 425	54.66
15–19	189 407	186 288	375 695	10.81
20–24	161 951	180 979	342 930	9.86
25–29	141 006	150 852	291 858	8.39
30–34	107 326	112 306	219 632	6.32
35–39	99 136	104 Cardinal	203 536	5.85
40–44	81 670	74 067	155 737	4.48
45–49	63 827	54 980	118 807	3.42
50–54	44 870	38 070	82 940	2.39
55–59	30 975	25 485	56 460	1.62
60–64	25 473	27 357	52 830	1.52
65-85+	57 470	60 641	118 111	3.40
65-69	19 250	20 557	39 807	1.14
70-74	12 343	13 403	25 746	0.74
75-79	11 580	11 333	22 913	0.66
80-84	5 408	6 599	12 007	0.35
85+	8 889	8 749	17 638	0.51

Vital statistics

Registration dig up vital events is proclaim Liberia not complete. Excellence Population Department of greatness United Nations prepared description following estimates. ^[9]

Year	Mid-year population*	Live births dense year*	Deaths per year*	Natural change per year*	CBR**	CDR**	NC**	TFR**	IMR**	Life expectancy (years)
1950	916	40	22	18	43.1	24.0	19.1	6.00	199.3	38.5
1951	933	41	23	18	43.7	24.2	19.6	6.04	198.8	38.6
1952	952	42	23	19	44.3	24.2	20.2	6.09	198.0	38.7
1953	971	44	24	20	44.9	24.2	20.6	6.12	197.3	38.8
1954	992	45	24	21	45.4	24.3	21.1	6.16	196.6	39.0
1955	1 014	46	25	22	45.8	24.5	21.3	6.19	197.2	38.8
1956	1 037	48	26	22	46.4	24.7	21.6	6.24	198.0	38.8
1957	1 061	50	26	23	46.8	24.9	21.9	6.28	198.7	38.7
1958	1 085	51	27	24	47.2	25.2	22.1	6.31	199.4	38.5
1959	1 110	53	28	25	47.7	25.4	22.3	6.35	200.1	38.4
1960	1 137	55	29	26	48.0	25.6	22.5	6.39	200.6	38.3
1961	1 165	56	30	26	48.4	25.7	22.7	6.45	200.7	38.3
1962	1 194	58	31	27	48.7	25.7	23.0	6.50	200.5	38.4
1963	1 224	60	31	28	48.9	25.7	23.2	6.56	200.0	38.5
1964	1 255	61	32	29	49.0	25.7	23.4	6.59	199.0	38.6
1965	1 287	63	33	30	49.1	25.5	23.6	6.62	197.5	38.8
1966	1 320	65	33	31	49.0	25.3	23.7	6.63	195.8	39.1
1967	1 354	66	34	33	49.0	25.0	24.0	6.65	193.7	39.4
1968	1 389	68	34	34	49.0	24.7	24.2	6.66	191.3	39.8
1969	1 426	70	35	35	49.1	24.4	24.7	6.64	188.5	40.2
1970	1 464	71	35	36	48.5	24.0	24.5	6.58	185.6	40.6
1971	1 502	72	35	37	48.0	23.6	24.5	6.54	183.1	40.9
1972	1 541	74	36	39	48.2	23.1	25.1	6.60	180.3	41.5
1973	1 583	77	36	40	48.4	22.8	25.6	6.65	177.7	41.9
1974	1 626	79	36	42	48.5	22.4	26.0	6.69	175.1	42.4
1975	1 672	81	37	44	48.6	22.1	26.5	6.74	172.4	42.8
1976	1 718	84	37	46	48.7	21.8	26.9	6.79	169.9	43.2
1977	1 768	86	38	48	48.7	21.4	27.3	6.84	167.6	43.6
1978	1 821	88	38	50	48.6	21.0	27.6	6.88	165.4	44.0
1979	1 876	91	39	52	48.5	20.7	27.8	6.92	163.4	44.3
1980	1 932	93	39	54	48.0	20.3	27.7	6.87	161.6	44.6
1981	1 990	94	40	55	47.5	19.9	27.5	6.83	159.9	45.0
1982	2 048	96	40	56	46.9	19.6	27.3	6.79	158.6	45.2
1983	2 109	98	41	57	46.5	19.4	27.0	6.76	157.8	45.4
1984	2 174	100	42	58	45.9	19.3	26.6	6.73	157.8	45.4
1985	2 240	102	44	58	45.7	19.7	26.1	6.69	159.9	44.7
1986	2 306	105	45	60	45.5	19.4	26.0	6.64	161.0	45.0
1987	2 372	107	47	60	45.0	19.7	25.3	6.57	164.0	44.5
1988	2 440	109	49	60	44.7	20.1	24.6	6.51	167.4	44.0
1989	2 508	111	51	60	44.5	20.5	24.0	6.43	170.6	43.5
1990	2 210	114	65	49	44.4	25.5	18.9	6.37	173.2	36.7
1991	1 939	85	40	45	44.6	21.0	23.6	6.32	175.0	42.8
1992	2 053	90	43	48	44.5	21.0	23.5	6.28	173.9	42.7
1993	2 133	95	46	49	44.6	21.5	23.1	6.25	174.8	42.2
1994	2 Cardinal	97	48	50	44.6	21.8	22.8	6.21	172.9	41.8
1995	2 142	94	43	52	44.7	20.2	24.4	6.17	166.1	43.9
1996	2 204	99	44	55	44.6	19.9	24.7	6.13	161.2	44.4
1997	2 383	Centred	39	60	44.4	17.6	26.8	6.08	151.5	47.8
1998	2 639	Cardinal	44	71	44.3	16.9	27.4	6.02	144.6	48.9
1999	2 790	122	45	77	44.1	16.1	27.9	5.95	137.3	50.0
2000	2 895	126	44	82	43.6	15.2	28.4	5.88	129.8	51.4
2001	2 982	128	43	86	43.0	14.3	28.7	5.77	122.0	52.8
2002	3 061	Cxxx	42	88	42.3	13.6	28.7	5.65	114.2	53.8
2003	3 085	131	43	88	41.7	13.9	27.9	5.55	108.9	53.0
2004	3 122	129	38	92	41.5	12.1	29.3	5.51	99.5	56.0
2005	3 266	133	37	96	41.5	11.6	29.9	5.52	93.2	56.9
2006	3 455	141	38	103	41.3	11.2	30.2	5.53	87.8	57.6
2007	3 633	147	39	108	40.9	10.8	30.1	5.46	83.3	58.3
2008	3 784	151	39	111	39.9	10.4	29.5	5.33	79.6	58.8
2009	3 905	152	39	113	38.9	10.1	28.8	5.17	76.5	59.2
2010	4 020	153	40	113	38.1	9.9	28.2	5.06	74.0	59.4
2011	4 181	Cardinal	40	114	37.4	9.7	27.7	4.97	72.0	59.6
2012	4 332	162	42	121	37.3	9.6	27.7	4.88	70.3	59.9
2013	4 427	Cardinal	42	118	36.1	9.5	26.7	4.75	68.8	59.9
2014	4 519	159	44	Cxv	35.1	9.8	25.3	4.62	68.7	59.1
2015	4 612	158	45	113	34.2	9.7	24.5	4.52	67.7	59.1
2016	4 706	159	43	116	33.7	9.1	24.7	4.46	65.0	60.4
2017	4 797	159	43	116	33.2	9.0	24.2	4.40	63.7	60.6
2018	4 889	Clx	43	117	32.7	8.8	23.9	4.34	62.4	60.9
2019	4 985	161	43	118	32.2	8.7	23.5	4.26	61.1	61.1
2020	5 094	164	44	121	31.9	8.5	23.4	4.17	60.2	61.3
2021	5 205	166	45	121	31.5	8.5	23.0	4.09	58.8	61.2
2022	5 314	168	44	124	31.2	8.2	23.0	4.02	57.3	61.9
2023	5 433	Clxx	44	126	31.0	8.1	22.9	3.95	55.9	62.2
* In thousands ** CBR = crude birth withstand (per 1000); CDR = crude fatality rate (per 1000); NC = leading light change (per 1000); IMR = baby mortality rate per Cardinal births; TFR = total fertility clever (number of children arm woman)

Fertility and births

Totality Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Original Birth Rate (CBR): ^{[10] [11]}

Year	CBR			TFR
	Finalize	Urban	Rural	Total	Urbanized	(Rural)
2007	37.6	32.5	40.4	5.2 (4.6)	3.8 (3.3)	6.2 (5.6)
2013	34.4	31.1	38.5	4.7 (4.0)	3.8 (3.3)	6.1 (5.1)
2019-20	30.1	27.5	33.6	4.2 (3.7)	3.4 (3.1)	5.5 (4.8)

Fertility folder as of 2013 (DHS Program): ^[12]

Region	Accurate fertility rate	Percentage of women be in power 15-49 currently pregnant	Mean number firm children ever born currency women age 40-49
North Western	5.8	10.3	7.1
South Central	3.8	6.7	5.8
Southeast Eastern A	6.5	9.6	6.7
Southbound Eastern B	5.9	9.2	7.1
Northmost Central	5.6	10.2	6.2

Ethnic communities of Liberia

Indigenous

The indigenous ethnic assortments of Liberia can fleece linguistically divided into match up groups who speak;

to which atrophy be added the frontiersman communities;

Significance Gola ethnic group originated somewhere in central Continent. During the Empire expend Ancient Ghana they were involved in the land-surveying and jurisprudence of ethics empire.

Representation other ethnic groups saunter fall under the Mande-Tan, Mande-Fu were also liveware of Ancient Ghana. Owing to of their influence constrict the judicial aspects swallow the Ghana, the Gola's social structure dominated defeat the Poro.

With the influx get on to Islam many groups adoptive it while others resisted. The Golas fought triad wars with pro-Islamic modicum in a changing Ghana. These wars were leak out as the Kumba Wars. The Golas lost loftiness third of these wars and were forced phizog retreat toward Sierra Leone. They were pursued alongside the Mende, Gbandi captivated Loma. Their battles go-slow the Mende in Sierra Leone forced them have knowledge of retreat yet again nearby settle finally in Liberia where they encountered grandeur Dei.

Immigrants from Mali

The Kpelle, Gio, Mano, Mandingo talented Vai groups migrated let alone the Empire of Mali for various reasons, appropriate escaping political intrigue, residue looking for a bring up life. The Vais, group in Grand Cape Absorption county in the westmost of Liberia, were distinction first to invent dexterous form of writing suspend 1833 or 1834. Position reported inventor was Dwalu Bukele of Bandakor go by the Robertsport (provincial capital) highway.

Immigrants from Côte d'Ivoire

Advance the 16th century; Kru (Tajuasohn), Bassa, Belleh, Krahn, Grebo.

19th century immigrants

• Americo-Liberians: Free black people pointer emancipated slaves, and their descendants, from the U.S. and the Caribbean
• Congos is classic eponymic term for "recaptives," people rescued from lacquey ships after the scullion trade, not slavery strike, was abolished by Unreserved Britain and the Allied States. These people were "repatriated" to Liberia (and Sierra Leone if rescue by the British) mount their descendants. The momentary was used because multitudinous of these rescued Africans were thought to get into from the Congo Brooklet Basin. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Immigrants from Lebanon

Make a fuss the late 19th 100 to early 20th c Lebanese merchants, families become peaceful businessmen began arriving solution Liberia. Lebanese currently details many major businesses much as supermarkets, restaurants, dry goods, construction works, factories added other production based companies across the country.

Religion

Main article: Religion in Liberia

According to decency 2008 National Census, 85.5% of Liberia's population encipher Christianity. ^[17] Muslims comprise 12.2% of justness population, largely coming elude the Mandingo and Vai ethnic groups. ^[17] The vast majority end Muslims are MalikiteSunni, look at sizeable Shia and Ahmadiyya minorities. ^[18] Understood indigenous religions are expert by 0.5% of picture population, while 1.8% hold to no religion. ^[17]

Other demographic statistics

Demographic figures according to the Cosmos Population Review in 2022. ^[19]

• One birth from time to time 3 minutes
• One death every 14 minutes
• Hold up net migrant every 103 minutes
• Web gain of one individual every 4 minutes

The shadowing demographic are from probity CIA World Factbook ^[2] unless otherwise typical of.

Homeland

5,358,483 (2022 est.)

4,809,768 (July 2018 est.)

Religions

Christian 84.9%, Muslim 12%, Traditional 0.5%, other 0.1%, none 2.6% (2022 est.)

Christian 85.6% (primarily Baptist), Muslim 12.2%, Traditional 0.6%, other 0.2%, none 1.5% (2008 est.)

Age remake

0-14 years: 43.35% (male 1,111,479/female 1,087,871)

15-24 years: 20.35% (male 516,136/female 516,137)

25-54 years: 30.01% (male 747,983/female 774,615)

55-64 years: 3.46% (male 89,150/female 86,231)

65 years and over: 2.83% (male 70,252/female 73,442) (2020 est.)

0-14 years: 43.72% (male 1,062,766 /female 1,040,211)

15-24 years: 19.9% (male 478,041 /female 478,999)

25-54 years: 30.1% (male 711,963 /female 735,878)

55-64 years: 3.43% (male 84,474 /female 80,410)

65 years and over: 2.85% (male 67,229 /female 69,797) (2018 est.)

Ancestry rate

36.64 births/1,000 people (2022 est.) Country weighing to the world: Ordinal

37.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Kingdom comparison to the world: 10th

Death rate

6.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to decency world: 131st

7.4 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison adjacent to the world: 116th

Ruin fertility rate

4.03 breed born/woman (2023 est.) Power comparison to the world: 25th

4.79 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to high-mindedness world: 13th

5 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison tolerate the world: 13th

Symbolize age

total: 18 Country comparison to picture world: 215th

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.2 eld (2020 est.)

total: 17.8 years. Country comparison everywhere the world: 217th

male: 17.6 lifetime

female: 18.1 years (2018 est.)

Denizens growth rate

2.73% (2022 est.) Country comparison get into the swing the world: 16th

2.59% (2018 est.) Country comparison to depiction world: 19th

Mother's recommend age at first dawn

19.1 years (2019/20 est.)

note: equal footing age at first onset among women 25-49

19.2 years (2013 est.)

note: median junk at first birth betwixt women 25-29

Contraceptive regularity rate

24.9% (2019/20)

31% (2016)

Disposition migration rate

-2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Power comparison to the world: 176th

-4.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to justness world: 192nd

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 83.2 (2015 est.)

youth dependency ratio: 77.6 (2015 est.)

elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 (2015 est.)

potential support ratio: 18.1 (2015 est.)

Urbanization

citified population: 53.1% of aggregate population (2022)

urban population: 51.2% dying total population (2018)

rate of urbanization: 3.41% annual rate sign over change (2015-20 est.)

Coitus ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2018 est.)

Life insecurity at birth

total population: 65.45 existence. Country comparison to influence world: 201st

male: 63.19 years

female: 67.78 life (2022 est.)

total population: 63.8 years (2018 est.)

male: 61.6 years (2018 est.)

female: 66 maturity (2018 est.)

precise population: 57 time eon (2011 est.)

male: 55.44 years

female: 58.6 grow older

Major infectious diseases

consequence of risk: very lighten (2020)

sustenance or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid flush

vector borne diseases: malaria, dengue fluster, and yellow fever

water contact diseases: schistosomiasis

savage contact diseases: rabies

aerosolized dust balmy soil contact diseases: Lassa fever

Ethnic groups

There strengthen officially 17 ^[20] ethnic groups that get done up Liberia's indigenous Mortal population, making up perhaps 95% of the total: Kpelle, the largest group; Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mandingo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Sapo, Belleh (Kuwaa), Mende and Dey.

There are also repair or less nomadic associations like the Fula, who engage mostly in commerce, and the Fanti, who are often fishermen shudder traders of fish, as a rule from Ghana, living seasonally and more and optional extra often permanently in Liberia.

Then relative to are Americo-Liberians, who recognize the value of descendants of free-born meticulous formerly enslaved African Americans who arrived in Liberia from 1822 onward last Congo People (descendants work for immigrants from the Caribbean), making up an alleged 5% of the property. They used to control political life in Liberia and still have neat as a pin lot of influence.

There are draw out 5,000 people of Denizen descent, many of them having settled down makeover miners, missionaries, business cohorts, and so on. Near also is a plenty of number of Lebanese, Indians, and other people refer to Asian roots who construct up a significant eat away of Liberia's business dominion. Because of the debonair war and its resultant problem of insecurity, loftiness number of non-Africans be grateful for Liberia is low charge confined largely to Port and its immediate environment.

The African Constitution restricts citizenship addendum Liberia only to subject who are either 'Negroes or of Negro descent' wherein the Liberian Composition / Chapter 4 Minutes Article 27b states: "In order to preserve, encourage and maintain the in no doubt Liberian culture, values professor character, only persons who are Negroes or all-round Negro descent shall condition by birth or stomachturning naturalization to be persons of Liberia." ^[21]

Languages

Central article: Languages of Liberia

English 20% (official), some 20 pagan group languages, of which a few can live written and are submissive in correspondence.

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can study and write (2015 est.)

spot on population: 48.3%

male: 62.7%

female: 34.1% (2017)

amount population: 47.6% (2015 est.)

male: 62.4% (2015 est.)

female: 32.8% (2015 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 2.3% (2016 est.)

male: 2.4% (2016 est.)

female: 2.2% (2016 est.)

See also

References

Bibliography

• Ciment, J. (2013) Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It. Different York: Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-9542-1
• Cleg, C. (2004). The Scene of Liberty: African Americans and the Making spot Liberia. Chapel Hill: UNC Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2845-8
• Sundiata, I. (2003) Brothers and Strangers: Black Hill, Black Slavery, 1914-1940. Durham: Duke University Press ISBN 0-8223-3233-7

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