Liberia
- People
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Population
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Population: 3786764
(July 2011 est.)
Rank: 129
- Estimated population in
2025: 5,800,000
- Estimated population in 2050:
10,700,000
Population growth rate: 2.67%
(2010)
Rank: 19
Population density:
35
people per sq km
Net migration rate: 5.13
(2010 est.)
note: at least 200,000 Liberian refugees are in surrounding countries; the uncertain security situation has hindered their ability to return (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 42.25
(2010 est.)
Rank: 9
Death rate: 20.73
(July 2010 est.)
Rank: 4
Life expectancy at
birth 2010 est.
-
total
population:
total population: 41.84 years
years
- male:
male: 40.71 years
years
- female: female: 43 years
years
Total
fertility rate: 5.79
(2010 est.)
Rank: 11
Infant
mortality
(2010 est.)
Rank: 3
- total: 138.24
- male: male: 153.55
- female: female: 122.46
- difference male/female: 13.82
Sex ratio ( 2005 est.)
- total US: 0.98 male(s)/female
- at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
- under 15: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 15-64: 0.95 male(s)/female
- at 65+: 1.01 male(s)/female
Age
structure
((2009 est.))
- 0-14 US: 44.1% (male 760,989/female 758,554)
- 15-64 US: 53% (male 904,770/female 920,704)
- 65 and Over US: 2.8% (male 47,013/female 49,760)
Median age
(2010 est.)
- Median total US: total: 18.4 years
Rank: 26
- Median male US: male: 18.3 years
- Median female US: female: 18.4 years (2010 est.)
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Health
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Physician density:
(9687 )
HIV/Aids
- Adult prevalence rate: 5.90
(2003 est.)
Rank: 35
- People living with Aids: 100,000
(2003 est.)
Rank: 67
- Aids related deaths: 7.200
(2003 est.)
Rank: 59
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Languages |
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
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Religions
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indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
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Urbanization
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Urbanisation now: 46.7%
Urbanisation
2030: 63.4
Rural Change: 2.9
Urban change: 5.3
Capital city:
Monrovia
Other cities:
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Indices
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Human development
index:
0.3
Rank:
162
Happy people index:
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