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Age structure > 0-14 years
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43.6 |
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[26th of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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52.8 |
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[207th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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2.8 %
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[198th of 225]
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Birth rate
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42.92 births/1,000 population |
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[11th of 226]
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Chinese population
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120 |
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[103rd of 127]
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Death rate
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21.45 deaths/1,000 population |
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[5th of 226]
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Ethnic groups
indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the Caribbean who had been slaves) |
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Percentage living in urban areas
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47% |
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[128th of 199]
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Population
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3,334,587 |
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[133rd of 242]
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Population growth rate
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3.661% |
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[3rd of 235]
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Population in 2015
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4,381 |
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[121st of 225]
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Projected population growth
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209.98% |
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[7th of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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0.95 |
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[188th of 223]
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Sex ratio > At birth
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1.03 male(s)/female |
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[204th of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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0.99 male(s)/female |
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[116th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1 male(s)/female |
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[217th of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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5.87 children born/woman |
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[14th of 225]
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Total Population
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3,042,004 |
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[134th of 227]
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Urban population
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1,907,578
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[124th of 195]
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Urbanization
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46 |
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[130th of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Liberia, Republic of Liberia
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