Liberia - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Liberia was 1,569,013 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,569,013 in 2021 and a minimum value of 75,057 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 75,057
1961 88,055
1962 100,834
1963 107,164
1964 113,902
1965 121,043
1966 128,643
1967 136,719
1968 145,315
1969 154,426
1970 164,121
1971 174,425
1972 185,392
1973 197,015
1974 210,374
1975 226,162
1976 243,158
1977 261,380
1978 280,995
1979 302,083
1980 324,785
1981 349,123
1982 375,323
1983 403,490
1984 446,331
1985 513,979
1986 591,995
1987 681,853
1988 785,503
1989 904,557
1990 1,041,858
1991 1,200,000
1992 945,962
1993 746,192
1994 588,417
1995 464,002
1996 836,241
1997 805,755
1998 776,341
1999 748,000
2000 835,532
2001 933,022
2002 1,042,046
2003 1,163,810
2004 1,300,000
2005 1,202,031
2006 1,111,324
2007 1,027,462
2008 980,861
2009 1,017,688
2010 1,055,952
2011 1,095,654
2012 1,136,906
2013 1,179,592
2014 1,223,881
2015 1,269,832
2016 1,317,509
2017 1,366,976
2018 1,418,300
2019 1,467,026
2020 1,517,235
2021 1,569,013

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Liberia was 57.62 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 100.00 in 1991, while its lowest value was 36.01 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 36.01
1961 39.96
1962 43.28
1963 43.51
1964 43.75
1965 43.97
1966 44.20
1967 44.42
1968 44.63
1969 44.83
1970 45.02
1971 45.20
1972 45.37
1973 45.52
1974 45.87
1975 46.51
1976 47.19
1977 47.89
1978 48.60
1979 49.26
1980 49.84
1981 50.31
1982 50.75
1983 51.35
1984 53.06
1985 56.53
1986 61.01
1987 66.57
1988 73.33
1989 81.31
1990 90.56
1991 100.00
1992 85.90
1993 72.58
1994 60.47
1995 49.38
1996 90.09
1997 79.99
1998 70.66
1999 62.99
2000 66.17
2001 70.70
2002 76.53
2003 83.38
2004 90.71
2005 81.11
2006 71.95
2007 63.50
2008 57.74
2009 57.14
2010 56.75
2011 56.59
2012 56.58
2013 56.68
2014 56.83
2015 56.99
2016 57.16
2017 57.34
2018 57.54
2019 57.57
2020 57.59
2021 57.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization