Population: 2,972,766 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.33% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 43.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 12.34 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 113.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 57.73 years
male: 55.27 years
female: 60.25 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.36 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Liberian(s)
adjective: Liberian

Ethnic divisions: indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of repatriated slaves)

Religions: traditional 70%, Muslim 20%, Christian 10%

Languages: English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 40%
male: 50%
female: 29%
Labor force: 510,000 including 220,000 in the monetary economy
by occupation: agriculture 70.5%, services 10.8%, industry and commerce 4.5%, other 14.2%
note: non-African foreigners hold about 95% of the top-level management and engineering jobs; 52% of population of working age

NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.