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How many babies are born in Liberia?

175 thousand babies born in Liberia in 2026. That is 0.13% of all births worldwide, and the 90th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Liberia: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Liberia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~6.4K ~160K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~11K ~260K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~14K ~340K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~13.5K ~314K 43.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~21.1K ~490K 43.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 40.3K 919K 43.8 UN estimate
2000 127K 2.93M 43.2 UN estimate
2023 170K 5.49M 31.0 UN estimate
2026 175K 5.85M 29.9 UN projection
2050 193K 8.91M 21.7 UN projection
2075 191K 11.5M 16.7 UN projection
2100 173K 12.7M 13.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Liberia among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 170K. That is roughly 27 times the estimated ~6.38K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.71 children per woman, fertility in Liberia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Liberia each year?

An estimated 175 thousand babies are born in Liberia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 479 a day and 0.13% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Liberia?

Liberia has an estimated 29.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.71 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.