Liberia, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.

Image of Monrovia, capital city of Liberia
Liberia is a West-African country registering a major world merchant fleet, upgrading transport infrastructure, and expanding specialty coffee and rainforest ecotourism.
Liberia in one word would be “Rubber,” meaning latex export.
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Liberia armorial
Liberia is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Western Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.
Easy learning about Liberia |
The capital city of Liberia is Monrovia.
Liberia is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Western Africa Africa Continent |
Liberia has a population of | 5,493,031 inhabitants within a total area of 111,370 Km2 (69,202 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
Liberia’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 69 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.03 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
Human Development Index (HDI) | Liberia HDI ranks in position nº 177 worldwide HDI of 0.510 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
Liberia’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 51 countries Liberia passport ranks 87th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
Liberia GDP per capita is | $908 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
Liberia ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are illegal (2025 ILGA data) |
Latitude & Longitude | 6° 30' N, 9° 30' W Open in Google Maps |
Neighbouring countries | Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Guinea. |
Liberia Climate | tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers |
Most predominant religion | Christian, |
Second most predominant religion | Muslim, |
Currency name & code | Dollar (LRD) |
Internet ccTLD | .lr |
Liberia calling code | +231 |
Liberia administrative divisions
15 counties- Bomi
- Bong
- Gbarpolu
- Grand Bassa
- Grand Cape Mount
- Grand Gedeh
- Grand Kru
- Lofa
- Margibi
- Maryland
- Montserrado
- Nimba
- River Cess
- River Gee
- Sinoe
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