Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Western Africa

How many babies are born in Liberia?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Liberia through history

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Estimated annual births in Liberia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 172K 5.61M 30.6 UN projection
2026 175K 5.85M 29.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Liberia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 175K. 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.