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Liberia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
5.73 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.1%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20316.49Forecast
20306.37Forecast
20296.25Forecast
20286.12Forecast
20275.99Forecast
20265.85Forecast
20255.73
20245.61
20235.49
20225.37
20215.26
20205.15
20195.04
20184.94
20174.85
20164.76

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Gardner1845–1979
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1964–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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