West Africa(UN: Western Africa)
Liberia
Republic of Liberia
Founded as a settlement for freed African Americans in 1822, Africa's first modern republic, later torn by 14 years of civil war and reshaped by the world's first elected woman head of state in Africa.
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Liberia in pictures
Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.
Flag
Flag of Liberia
National flag
- Monrovia
Landscape
Monrovia
A real place in Liberia
- Sapo National Park
Landmark
Sapo National Park
Home of the rare pygmy hippopotamus, no bigger than a large pig.
- Providence Island
Landmark
Providence Island
Where the first settlers from America landed in 1822.
- Zebra duiker
Wildlife
Zebra duiker
Its gold coat carries black stripes like a tiny zebra.
- Pygmy hippopotamus
Wildlife
Pygmy hippopotamus
Only a tenth the weight of its river cousin, and it lives alone.
- Monrovia
City
Monrovia
Capital of Liberia
Capital
Monrovia
Population
5,731,206
World Bank, 2025
Area
111,369 km²
Currency
Liberian dollar
GDP per person
$915
Current US$, 2025
Life expectancy
62.3 yrs
World Bank, 2024
Urban population
56.1%
UN member
Yes
Quick facts
Did you know?
The Vai people invented their own script in the 1830s, still in use.
Liberia's ship registry is one of the largest in the world.
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Reference figures come from the World Bank Open Data API and the ISO 3166 country dataset, each shown with its year. Historical and cultural text is written by our editors and marks contested dating where scholars disagree. The "go deeper" chapters are generated live by Africa AI from that same reference data and our sourced library — check them before quoting. Borders shown are for orientation and do not imply a position on any dispute.