Urban population growth in Liberia

The urban population of Liberia changed by 3.06% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2025 3.06% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.08percentage points 2024: 3.14%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 42nd of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Liberia over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period LiberiaWorld
2025 3.06% 1.36%
2024 3.14% 1.40%
2023 3.19% 1.35%
2022 3.13% 1.33%
2021 3.11% 1.48%
2020 3.08% 1.52%
2019 2.99% 1.74%
2018 2.97% 1.85%
2017 2.97% 1.90%
2016 3.07% 2.02%
2015 3.10% 2.14%
2014 3.13% 2.09%
2013 3.25% 2.20%
2012 4.60% 2.13%
2011 4.99% 2.56%
2010 3.97% 1.97%
2009 4.23% 2.22%
2008 5.12% 2.19%
2007 5.80% 2.34%
2006 6.42% 2.31%
2005 5.38% 2.27%
2004 2.15% 2.32%
2003 1.77% 2.41%
2002 3.54% 2.41%
2001 3.80% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.08 percentage points from 3.14% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.10%, the figure has changed by −0.04 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Liberia has the 42nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Liberia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects