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Liberia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Liberia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.09%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -14.6% since 1961
Population growth for Liberia was 2.09% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.13% in 1998. The lowest was -12.80% in 1991 (about -6.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.25% per year.
Liberia ranks 44 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Liberia sits below it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 79% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.09%
First (1961)
2.44%
Change
-14.6%
Highest
10.13%
in 1998
Lowest
-12.80%
in 1991
Average
2.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.25%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.09% |
| 2024 | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2022 | 2.14% |
| 2021 | 2.11% |
| 2020 | 2.07% |
| 2019 | 1.98% |
| 2018 | 1.96% |
| 2017 | 1.94% |
| 2016 | 2.04% |
| 2015 | 2.06% |
| 2014 | 2.08% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.