Liberia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Liberia had an estimated population of 3,065,594 in 2005, with 10 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Liberia today — population now 5,853,949, against 3,065,594 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 3,065,594 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 3,301,015 | 5,853,949 | +77% |
The two sources differ by 7% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monrovia | 1,622,381 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monrovia | Montserrado | 939,524 | 1,542,549 now |
| 2 | Gbarnga | Bong | 45,835 | 86,031 now |
| 3 | Bensonville | Montserrado | 33,188 | — |
| 4 | Harper | Maryland and Grand Kru | 32,661 | 35,503 now |
| 5 | Buchanan | Grand Bassa | 25,731 | 75,854 now |
| 6 | Zwedru | Grand Gedeh | 25,678 | 38,269 now |
| 7 | Yekepa | Nimba | 24,695 | — |
| 8 | Ganta | Nimba | 13,802 | — |
| 9 | Robertsport | Grand Cape Mount | 11,969 | 5,306 now |
| 10 | Tubmanburg | Bomi | 3,155 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montserrado | 954,371 |
| 2 | Nimba | 406,581 |
| 3 | Bong | 343,808 |
| 4 | Loffa | 339,112 |
| 5 | Grand Bassa | 217,594 |
| 6 | Maryland and Grand Kru | 179,438 |
| 7 | Grand Gedeh | 148,061 |
| 8 | Margibi | 141,677 |
| 9 | Grand Cape Mount | 114,074 |
| 10 | Bomi | 83,936 |
| 11 | Sinoe | 82,736 |
| 12 | Rivercess | 54,206 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.