Liberia People 2008

Population:
3,195,931 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.6% (male 698,382/female 695,409)
15-64 years: 53.6% (male 848,951/female 865,380)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 42,745/female 45,064) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 18.1 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.2 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
4.836% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
43.75 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
22.24 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
26.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.004 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.981 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.949 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 149.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 165.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 133.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 40.39 years
male: 38.93 years
female: 41.89 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
5.94 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
5.9% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
100,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
7,200 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: Lassa fever (2007)

Nationality:
noun: Liberian(s)
adjective: Liberian

Ethnic groups:
indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the Caribbean who had been slaves)

Religions:
Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 40%

Languages:
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence