Africa · Western Africa
Capital: Monrovia
Liberia
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #160
Liberia's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
5.7M
#115 of 196
42nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
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$5.25B
#160 of 196
18th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$33.8M
#155 of 196
21st percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Manufacturing Output
$54.6M
#173 of 196
12th percentile
2011 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Country code
- LBR
- Neighbors
- GuineaIvory CoastSierra Leone
Three interesting facts
Liberia shares land borders with 3 countries: Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone.
Liberia spans roughly 111,369 square kilometers, placing it around 102nd by area in this factbook.
Liberia’s position in Western Africa places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Liberia on the map
Liberia is located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone. Its terrain is mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast. The climate is tropical, hot, humid, dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights, wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers. In area, the country is slightly larger than Virginia.
Economy
Economic profile
Liberia's economy is characterized by low-income West African economy, food scarcity, especially in rural areas, high poverty and inflation, bad recession prior to COVID-19 due to Ebola crisis, growing government debt, longest continuously operated rubber plantation, large informal economy. Major industries include mining (iron ore and gold), rubber processing, palm oil processing, diamonds. Important agricultural products include cassava, sugarcane, rice, oil palm fruit, bananas, rubber, vegetables, plantains, taro, maize (2023). Notable exports include gold, ships, iron ore, rubber, refined petroleum (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Liberia has an estimated population of 5,248,621. Languages spoken include English 20% (official) and 27 indigenous languages, including Liberian English variants. The population includes Kpelle 20.2%, Bassa 13.6%, Grebo 9.9%, Gio 7.9%, Mano 7.2%, Kru 5.5%, Lorma 4.8%, Krahn 4.5%, Kissi, 4.3%, Mandingo 4.2%, Vai 3.8%, Gola 3.8%, Gbandi 2.9%, Mende 1.7%, Sapo 1%, Belle 0.7%, Dey 0.3%, other Liberian ethnic group 0.4%, other African 3%, non-African 0.2% (2022 est.). The urban population represents 53.6% of total population (2023).
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