Liberia
Net migration rate in Liberia
Net migration rate in Liberia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.9 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- −0.2 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 149 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- -0.1 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -128.3 per 1,000 people and 99.2 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 116.7 per 1,000 people in 1997, the lowest -320.4 per 1,000 people in 1990.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Liberia |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.9 |
| 2022 | -0.9 |
| 2021 | -2.3 |
| 2020 | -2 |
| 2019 | -3.9 |
| 2018 | -4.7 |
| 2017 | -5.1 |
| 2016 | -5.6 |
| 2015 | -3.3 |
| 2014 | -5.8 |
| 2013 | -4.9 |
| 2012 | -5.9 |
| 2011 | 21.8 |
| 2010 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | 0.3 |
| 2008 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 17.8 |
| 2006 | 22.3 |
| 2005 | 30.6 |
| 2004 | -0.3 |
| 2003 | -33.2 |
| 2002 | -7.5 |
| 2001 | 2.4 |
| 2000 | -0.7 |
| 1999 | 19 |
| 1998 | 37.2 |
| 1997 | 116.7 |
| 1996 | -17 |
| 1995 | 25.1 |
| 1994 | -56.5 |
| 1993 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | 27.1 |
| 1991 | 39.9 |
| 1990 | -320.4 |
| 1989 | 3.2 |
| 1988 | 3.2 |
| 1987 | 2.9 |
| 1986 | 2.8 |
| 1985 | 3.3 |
| 1984 | 3.5 |
| 1983 | 3.7 |
| 1982 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 2.1 |
| 1979 | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 1.9 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1976 | 0.7 |
| 1975 | 1.2 |
| 1974 | 1.3 |
| 1973 | 1.4 |
| 1972 | 1.3 |
| 1971 | 0.9 |
| 1970 | 1.6 |
| 1969 | 1.4 |
| 1968 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 1.6 |
| 1966 | 1.5 |
| 1965 | 1.9 |
| 1964 | 1.7 |
| 1963 | 1.8 |
| 1962 | 1.8 |
| 1961 | 1.8 |
| 1960 | 1.7 |
| 1959 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 0.4 |
| 1957 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1955 | 0.7 |
| 1954 | 0.4 |
| 1953 | -0.2 |
| 1952 | -0.1 |
| 1951 | -0.3 |
| 1950 | -0.7 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Liberia |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.4-92.8–75.8 |
| 2025 | -1.7-95–74.9 |
| 2026 | -0.2-89.6–76.8 |
| 2027 | 1.4-91.4–82.1 |
| 2028 | -0.8-93.1–74.4 |
| 2029 | -0.8-90.6–78.5 |
| 2030 | -2.5-92.3–78.9 |
| 2031 | -1.1-95–78.5 |
| 2032 | -0.3-98.8–81.9 |
| 2033 | -0.1-98.2–78.4 |
| 2034 | -1-91.5–75.5 |
| 2035 | 0.2-93.1–87.6 |
| 2036 | 1.5-93.8–79.7 |
| 2037 | -0.5-92.3–80.1 |
| 2038 | -0.3-89.1–81.1 |
| 2039 | 1.3-90.7–82.9 |
| 2040 | -0.5-88.5–76.7 |
| 2041 | 1.1-99.7–81.6 |
| 2042 | 0-91.3–78.6 |
| 2043 | -2.3-100.1–79.6 |
| 2044 | -1.2-91.9–79 |
| 2045 | -2.1-95.5–74.8 |
| 2046 | -0.5-91–83.9 |
| 2047 | -0.6-94.7–81 |
| 2048 | -0.5-95–78.9 |
| 2049 | -0.4-97.6–79.7 |
| 2050 | -1.9-96.5–82.1 |
| 2051 | -1.2-104.2–81.8 |
| 2052 | -1.2-94.3–78.7 |
| 2053 | -0.4-92.9–79.2 |
| 2054 | -1.6-96.4–81.4 |
| 2055 | -0.1-97.1–84.5 |
| 2056 | 0.5-92.7–84.4 |
| 2057 | -0.4-102–81.7 |
| 2058 | -1.2-100.9–86.5 |
| 2059 | 1.9-92.3–85.9 |
| 2060 | -0.3-93.5–80.2 |
| 2061 | -0.2-91.8–83.7 |
| 2062 | -0.1-101.1–85.8 |
| 2063 | -0.2-102.1–78.7 |
| 2064 | -0.9-100.3–76.8 |
| 2065 | 0-100.2–85.5 |
| 2066 | -0.9-99.8–84 |
| 2067 | 0.4-110.2–81.9 |
| 2068 | -1.3-102–78.8 |
| 2069 | 0-104.4–84.5 |
| 2070 | -0.4-98.2–77.6 |
| 2071 | 0.8-97.3–90.1 |
| 2072 | -0.4-100.3–87.5 |
| 2073 | 0.7-102.1–87.8 |
| 2074 | 1.5-108.9–85.3 |
| 2075 | 0.2-103.3–84.2 |
| 2076 | 0.6-101.9–84.6 |
| 2077 | -0.1-123.1–87.6 |
| 2078 | -0-106.3–87.4 |
| 2079 | 0.4-101.4–86.3 |
| 2080 | 0.6-108.6–83.5 |
| 2081 | -0.1-110.6–86.6 |
| 2082 | -2-107.8–84.3 |
| 2083 | -0.6-106.4–87.3 |
| 2084 | -0.9-115.4–86.6 |
| 2085 | 0.7-118.3–86.1 |
| 2086 | 0.7-115.9–87.5 |
| 2087 | -1.4-112.2–84 |
| 2088 | -1.5-113.7–84.3 |
| 2089 | 0.4-127–89.4 |
| 2090 | -0-121.5–89.9 |
| 2091 | -1.4-117.8–92.8 |
| 2092 | -1.3-124.6–95.8 |
| 2093 | -0-128–89.6 |
| 2094 | -0.8-132.5–93.5 |
| 2095 | -0.7-133.9–92.8 |
| 2096 | 0.1-130.5–89.9 |
| 2097 | -0.1-121.5–91.4 |
| 2098 | -0.8-126.2–92 |
| 2099 | -1.1-129.8–93 |
| 2100 | -0.1-128.3–99.2 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- 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.
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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