Liberia

Urban population in Liberia

Urban population in Liberia: 12.8% in 1950 and 56.1% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
56.1%
Since 1950
+43.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
145 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
70.6%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in LiberiaUrban population in Liberia: 12.8% in 1950 and 56.1% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 70.6% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 70.6% in 2050.
  • The highest was 58% in 1991, the lowest 12.8% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearLiberia
202556.1
202455.5
202355
202254.5
202153.9
202053.4
201952.9
201852.3
201751.8
201651.3
201550.7
201450.2
201349.7
201249.2
201148.7
201048.1
200947.6
200847.1
200746.6
200646.2
200545.9
200445.4
200345
200244.6
200144.2
200043.8
199943.4
199843.2
199743
199643
199544.5
199448.3
199352.7
199256.4
199158
199043.3
198941.9
198841.3
198740.8
198636.7
198539.5
198439.1
198338.5
198237.7
198136.8
198035.8
197934.8
197833.7
197732.6
197631.5
197530.5
197429.5
197328.6
197227.8
197126.9
197026.1
196925.3
196824.5
196723.7
196622.9
196522.1
196421.4
196320.6
196219.9
196119.3
196018.6
195918
195817.3
195716.7
195616.1
195515.5
195414.9
195314.4
195213.9
195113.3
195012.8
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearLiberia
202656.6
202757.2
202857.7
202958.3
203058.8
203159.4
203260
203360.5
203461.1
203561.7
203662.2
203762.8
203863.4
203964
204064.5
204165.1
204265.7
204366.3
204466.9
204567.5
204668.1
204768.7
204869.3
204970
205070.6

Good to know

  • 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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