Background:

• Official name: Republic of Liberia
• Location: West African Atlantic-coast State bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire
• Capital: Monrovia
• Official language: English
• Population: The 2022 Population and Housing Census recorded 5,250,187 residents: 50.4% male, 49.6% female and 54.5% urban.
• Economy: LISGIS and national finance publications provide the official basis for national validation. World Bank indicators provide secondary, internationally comparable GDP, GDP-per-capita and income-classification data.

REC Membership:

• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Sources:

• Liberia Ministry of Education
• LISGIS – 2022 Population and Housing Census
• ECOWAS – Member States
• World Bank Data – Liberia
• World Bank Country Overview – Liberia