Editing Demographics of Liberia (section)

==Population==
According to {{UN_Population|source}}, Liberia's total population was {{UN_Population|Liberia}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}. This is compared to 911,000 in 1950.<ref name="WPP 2010"/>

43.5% of Liberians were below the age of 15 in 2010.<ref name="WPP 2010"/> 53.7% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.8% were 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref>

Estimates of Liberia's population prior to the 20th century are unreliable due to the lack of historical censuses.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Reconstructing the Fragments: Liberia's Economic History, 1847–1980 |date=2022 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/sovereignty-without-power/reconstructing-the-fragments/50F73CA82992D6E3DBAC1B14A8260C4D |work=Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822–1980 |series=Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series |pages=1–30 |editor-last=Gardner |editor-first=Leigh A. |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/9781009181082.002 |isbn=978-1-009-18110-5|doi-access=free }}</ref> Estimates by scholars of pre-World War II demographics in Liberia differ wildly.<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Total population
! colspan="3" |Population Age (%)
|-
! width="80pt" |0–14
! width="80pt" |15–64
! width="80pt" |65+
|-
| 1950
| 911 000||41.0||55.9||3.0
|-
| 1955
| 997 000||41.1||56.1||2.8
|-
| 1960
|1 116 000||41.4||55.9||2.7
|-
| 1965
|1 262 000||43.0||54.3||2.6
|-
| 1970
|1 440 000||44.1||53.3||2.6
|-
| 1975
|1 658 000||44.8||52.6||2.6
|-
| 1980
|1 923 000||45.5||51.9||2.6
|-
| 1985
|2 212 000||45.9||51.5||2.6
|-
| 1990
|2 127 000||45.6||52.8||2.6
|-
| 1995
|2 095 000||44.5||52.8||2.6
|-
| 2000
|2 847 000||43.6||53.8||2.6
|-
| 2005
|3 183 000||43.3||54.0||2.7
|-
| 2010
|3 994 000||43.5||53.7||2.8
|}

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 21.III.2008):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2017/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
[[Image:Liberia-demography.png|thumb|330x330px|Liberia's population from 1961-2013.<ref name="Data of FAO, year 2005">Data of [[FAO]], year 2005</ref> Liberia's population tripled in 40 years.<ref name="Data of FAO, year 2005" />]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt" |Age Group
! width="80pt" |Male
! width="80pt" |Female
! width="80pt" |Total
! width="80pt" |%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 739 945
| align="right" | 1 736 663
| align="right" | 3 476 608
| align="right" | 100
|-
!0–14
!736 834
!721 238
!1 458 072
!41.94
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 270 564
| align="right" | 263 911
| align="right" | 534 475
| align="right" | 15.37
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 251 411
| align="right" | 250 520
| align="right" | 501 931
| align="right" | 14.44
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 214 859
| align="right" | 206 807
| align="right" | 421 666
| align="right" | 12.13
|-
!15–64
!945 641
!954 784
!1 900 425
!54.66
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 189 407
| align="right" | 186 288
| align="right" | 375 695
| align="right" | 10.81
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 161 951
| align="right" | 180 979
| align="right" | 342 930
| align="right" | 9.86
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 141 006
| align="right" | 150 852
| align="right" | 291 858
| align="right" | 8.39
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 107 326
| align="right" | 112 306
| align="right" | 219 632
| align="right" | 6.32
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 99 136
| align="right" | 104 400
| align="right" | 203 536
| align="right" | 5.85
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 81 670
| align="right" | 74 067
| align="right" | 155 737
| align="right" | 4.48
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 63 827
| align="right" | 54 980
| align="right" | 118 807
| align="right" | 3.42
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 44 870
| align="right" | 38 070
| align="right" | 82 940
| align="right" | 2.39
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 30 975
| align="right" | 25 485
| align="right" | 56 460
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 25 473
| align="right" | 27 357
| align="right" | 52 830
| align="right" | 1.52
|-
!65-85+
!57 470
!60 641
!118 111
!3.40
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 19 250
| align="right" | 20 557
| align="right" | 39 807
| align="right" | 1.14
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 12 343
| align="right" | 13 403
| align="right" | 25 746
| align="right" | 0.74
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 11 580
| align="right" | 11 333
| align="right" | 22 913
| align="right" | 0.66
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 5 408
| align="right" | 6 599
| align="right" | 12 007
| align="right" | 0.35
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 8 889
| align="right" | 8 749
| align="right" | 17 638
| align="right" | 0.51
|-
|}