Liberia
Median age in Liberia
Median age in Liberia: 17.9 years in 1950 and 18.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 18.4 years
- Since 1950
- +0.5 years
- Rank, 2023
- 201 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 35.2 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 35.2 years in 2100, between 28.9 years and 32.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 18.4 years in 2023, the lowest 16.7 years in 1991.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18.4 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 18.2 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 18 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 17.9 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 17.8 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 17.7 | 29 |
| 2017 | 17.6 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 17.6 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 17.6 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 17.6 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 17.6 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 17.7 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 17.6 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 17.4 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 17.3 | 27 |
| 2008 | 17.3 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 17.3 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 17.3 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 17.3 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 17.3 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 17.3 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 17.3 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 17.2 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 17.2 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 17.1 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 17.1 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 17 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 17 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 16.9 | 24 |
| 1994 | 16.8 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 16.8 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 16.8 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 16.7 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 16.8 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 16.9 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 16.8 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 16.8 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 16.8 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 16.8 | 22 |
| 1984 | 16.8 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 16.8 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 16.8 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 16.8 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 16.9 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 16.9 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 17 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 17.1 | 21 |
| 1976 | 17.1 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 17.2 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 17.3 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 17.4 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 17.5 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 17.6 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 17.7 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.8 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 17.9 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 18 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18.1 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 18.2 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 18.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 18.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 18.3 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 18.3 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 18.2 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 18.2 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 18.2 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 18.2 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 18.1 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 18.1 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 18.1 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 18 | 22 |
| 1952 | 18 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.9 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.9 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.618.2–18.9 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 18.817.8–19.4 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 1917.8–19.8 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 19.218–20.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 19.518.2–20.4 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 19.718.4–20.6 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 2018.6–20.9 | 32 |
| 2031 | 20.218.8–21.1 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 20.419.1–21.3 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 20.719.5–21.5 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 20.919.8–21.6 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 21.220.2–21.7 | 33 |
| 2036 | 21.520.5–21.9 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 21.720.8–22.1 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 21.921–22.2 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 22.221.4–22.3 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 22.421.8–22.5 | 34 |
| 2041 | 22.722.1–22.6 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 22.922.5–22.7 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 23.122.7–22.8 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 23.322.8–23.1 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 23.523–23.5 | 35 |
| 2046 | 23.823.1–23.9 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 2423.2–24.2 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 24.223.3–24.6 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 24.523.4–24.9 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 24.723.5–25.2 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 24.923.6–25.5 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 25.223.7–25.7 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 25.423.8–25.9 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 25.724–26.1 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 25.924.1–26.5 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 26.124.3–26.8 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 26.424.5–26.9 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 26.624.6–27.2 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 26.924.8–27.6 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 27.124.9–28 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 27.425.1–28.4 | 38 |
| 2062 | 27.625.3–28.6 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 27.925.4–28.6 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 28.125.5–28.6 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 28.425.5–28.8 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 28.625.6–29.3 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 28.825.7–29.6 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 29.125.7–29.6 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 29.325.9–29.5 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 29.526.1–29.5 | 39 |
| 2071 | 29.826.2–29.9 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 3026.5–30.1 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 30.226.6–30.4 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 30.426.8–30.6 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 30.626.9–30.8 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 30.927–31 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 31.127.1–31.3 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 31.327.2–31.9 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 31.527.3–32.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 31.727.4–32.4 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 31.927.4–32.1 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 32.127.5–32.2 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 32.327.6–32.4 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 32.527.7–32.5 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 32.727.7–32.4 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 32.927.8–32.1 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 3327.9–32.2 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 33.227.9–32.6 | 41 |
| 2089 | 33.428.1–32.8 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 33.628.2–32.5 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 33.728.2–32.4 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 33.928.3–32.7 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 34.128.3–33 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 34.328.3–33 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 34.428.4–33.1 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 34.628.5–32.9 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 34.728.6–32.9 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 34.928.7–33.1 | 42 |
| 2099 | 3528.8–33 | 42 |
| 2100 | 35.228.9–32.9 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- 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