Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 56.1% in Liberia and 45.9% in Sierra Leone, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Liberia, by 10.1 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Sierra Leone.

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% of people · UN

LiberiaSierra LeoneUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Liberia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Liberia ranked 145 and Sierra Leone ranked 165 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Liberia at 70.6% and Sierra Leone at 63.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone
2025	56.1	45.9
2024	55.5	45.4
2023	55	44.8
2022	54.5	44.3
2021	53.9	43.7
2020	53.4	43.2
2019	52.9	42.7
2018	52.3	42.2
2017	51.8	41.7
2016	51.3	41.2
2015	50.7	40.8
2014	50.2	40.3
2013	49.7	39.9
2012	49.2	39.5
2011	48.7	39.1
2010	48.1	38.6
2009	47.6	38.3
2008	47.1	37.9
2007	46.6	37.5
2006	46.2	37.2
2005	45.9	36.9
2004	45.4	36.6
2003	45	36.3
2002	44.6	36
2001	44.2	35.8
2000	43.8	35.5
1999	43.4	35.3
1998	43.2	35.1
1997	43	34.9
1996	43	34.7
1995	44.5	34.5
1994	48.3	34.3
1993	52.7	34.1
1992	56.4	33.9
1991	58	33.7
1990	43.3	33.5
1989	41.9	33.2
1988	41.3	33
1987	40.8	32.7
1986	36.7	32.4
1985	39.5	32.1
1984	39.1	31.8
1983	38.5	31.4
1982	37.7	31
1981	36.8	30.6
1980	35.8	30.2
1979	34.8	29.8
1978	33.7	29.3
1977	32.6	28.8
1976	31.5	28.3
1975	30.5	27.8
1974	29.5	27.2
1973	28.6	26.6
1972	27.8	25.9
1971	26.9	25.2
1970	26.1	24.4
1969	25.3	23.5
1968	24.5	22.7
1967	23.7	21.9
1966	22.9	21.1
1965	22.1	20.3
1964	21.4	19.7
1963	20.6	19.1
1962	19.9	18.5
1961	19.3	18
1960	18.6	17.4
1959	18	16.9
1958	17.3	16.4
1957	16.7	15.9
1956	16.1	15.4
1955	15.5	14.8
1954	14.9	14.3
1953	14.4	13.9
1952	13.9	13.4
1951	13.3	12.9
1950	12.8	12.4

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone
2026	56.6	46.5
2027	57.2	47.1
2028	57.7	47.7
2029	58.3	48.3
2030	58.8	48.9
2031	59.4	49.5
2032	60	50.2
2033	60.5	50.8
2034	61.1	51.5
2035	61.7	52.2
2036	62.2	52.9
2037	62.8	53.6
2038	63.4	54.3
2039	64	55
2040	64.5	55.7
2041	65.1	56.5
2042	65.7	57.2
2043	66.3	58
2044	66.9	58.8
2045	67.5	59.6
2046	68.1	60.4
2047	68.7	61.2
2048	69.3	62
2049	70	62.9
2050	70.6	63.7

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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