Liberia
Life expectancy in Liberia
Life expectancy in Liberia: 38 years in 1950 and 62.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 62.2 years
- Since 1950
- +24.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 214 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 71.5 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 71.5 years in 2100, between 58.9 years and 82.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 62.2 years in 2023, the lowest 37.6 years in 1990.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 62.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 61.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 61.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 61.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 61.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 61 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 60.8 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 60.5 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 59.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 59.2 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 60 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 59.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 59.5 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 59.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 59.1 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 58.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 58.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 57.5 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 56.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 56 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 53.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 54.1 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 53.1 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 51.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 50.4 | 66 |
| 1998 | 49.4 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 48.3 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 45 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 44.6 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 42.6 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 43 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 43.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 43.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 37.6 | 64 |
| 1989 | 43.9 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 44.1 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 44.3 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 44.5 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 44 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 44.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 44.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 44.5 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 44.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 44.1 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 43.9 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 43.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 43.2 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 42.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 42.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 42.1 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 41.6 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 41.2 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 40.7 | 56 |
| 1970 | 40.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 40 | 56 |
| 1968 | 39.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 39.3 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 39 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 38.7 | 54 |
| 1964 | 38.5 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 38.3 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 38.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 38.1 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 38.1 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 38.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 38.1 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 38.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 38.1 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 38.1 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 38.1 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 38.1 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 38.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 38 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 38 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62.360.8–63.9 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 62.560.4–64.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 62.659.9–65.2 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 62.859.8–65.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 62.959.7–66.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 63.159.3–66.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 63.259.3–67.2 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 63.359.1–67.6 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 63.559.2–68 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 63.658.8–68.2 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 63.758.7–68.3 | 75 |
| 2035 | 63.958.6–68.6 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 6458.6–69.1 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 64.258.7–69.2 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 64.358.6–69.6 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 64.458.3–69.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 64.658.3–70.1 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 64.758.3–70.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 64.858.4–70.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 64.958.4–71 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 65.158.4–71.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 65.258.4–71.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 65.358.2–71.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 65.558–72 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 65.658.1–72.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 65.758.2–72.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 65.958.2–72.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 6658.4–73 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 66.158.4–73.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 66.258.3–73.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 66.458.2–73.7 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 66.558.2–73.8 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 66.658.1–74 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 66.758.1–74.1 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 66.858.1–74.3 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 6757.9–74.6 | 78 |
| 2060 | 67.158–74.8 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 67.257.9–74.8 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 67.358.1–75.2 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 67.458.2–75.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 67.658.2–76 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 67.758.3–76 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 67.858.2–76.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 67.958–76.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 6858–76.8 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 68.158–76.7 | 79 |
| 2070 | 68.258.2–77.1 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 68.458.2–77.1 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 68.558.4–77.5 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 68.658.3–77.5 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 68.758.2–77.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 68.858.4–78 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 68.958.3–78.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 6958.2–78.3 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 69.158.1–78.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 69.358–78.9 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 69.458.1–79.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 69.558.3–79.3 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 69.658.5–79.4 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 69.758.7–79.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 69.858.6–80 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 69.958.7–80.2 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 7058.9–80.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 70.158.9–80.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 70.259.2–80.5 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 70.459.4–80.6 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 70.559.3–80.9 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 70.659.1–81.1 | 81 |
| 2092 | 70.758.9–81 | 81 |
| 2093 | 70.859–81.3 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 70.959–81.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 7158.8–81.8 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 71.158.6–82.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 71.258.6–82.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 71.358.8–83 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 71.458.7–83 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 71.558.9–82.8 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per person$8 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025