🇱🇷 Liberia Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇱🇷 Liberia LR / LBR #102

Nomad Score 38.0

Cities 5

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency LRD

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 5.4M

Density 46.8/km²

HDI 0.510 (Low)

Gini Index (2016) 35.3

Gender Wage Gap (2017) -5.8%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
English	English

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	85.1%
Islam	12.2%
No religion	1.4%
Other	1.3%

Demonym (male) Liberian

Demonym (female) Liberian

National Anthem All Hail, Liberia, Hail!

🏥 HEALTHCARE

HALE (2021) 54.0 yrs

UHC Index (2021) 45/100

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Learning Outcomes (2020) 332

Broadband (2022) 0.3/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2022) 0.3

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 111,369 km²

Capital Monrovia 📍

Continent Africa

Region Africa

Subregion Western Africa

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC

Calling Codes +231

Postal Code ####

TLD .lr

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇬🇳 Guinea, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast, 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Liberia is composed of eleven equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.