Population density rose 2.75% to 43.5 km per capita in Liberia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Liberia reached an all time high of 44.6 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 11.9 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Liberia's main peers, population density in Ghana amounted to 111 km per capita, 46.6 km per capita in Guinea, 62.4 km per capita in Ivory Coast and 82.8 km per capita in Sierra Leone in 2015.
Liberia has been ranked 122nd within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Benin | km per capita | 82.0 | 84.3 | 86.7 | 89.1 | 91.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | km per capita | 55.2 | 56.8 | 58.5 | 60.2 | 61.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | km per capita | 104 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | km per capita | 43.1 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 46.6 | 47.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | km per capita | 58.5 | 59.7 | 61.0 | 62.4 | 63.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Liberia | km per capita | 39.7 | 41.1 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 44.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | km per capita | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal | km per capita | 65.4 | 67.3 | 69.2 | 71.3 | 73.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | km per capita | 78.2 | 79.7 | 81.3 | 82.8 | 84.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | km per capita | 113 | 116 | 119 | 122 | 125 |