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Guinea vs Liberia
How Guinea and Liberia compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Liberia was higher: 62.2 years against 60.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Guinea was higher: $1,098 against $684
- Population · In 2023, Guinea was higher: 14.4 million people against 5.49 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Guinea was higher: 2.03% of GDP against 0.85% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Guinea was higher: 0.35 tonnes against 0.15 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Liberia: 62.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Liberia: 8.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Liberia: 55.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Liberia: 3.8% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Liberia: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Liberia: 5.49 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Liberia: 2.2% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Liberia: 3.95 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Liberia: 56.1% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Liberia: 18.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Liberia: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Liberia: -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Liberia: 0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Liberia: $40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Liberia: $8 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Liberia: 3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Liberia: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Liberia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Liberia: 0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea: 6 million TIV in 2025Liberia: 0 TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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