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Liberia

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Liberia is a country. The capital city is Monrovia, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 96,320 km², a population of 5,493,031 people and uses the currency U.S. dollar. The President is George Weah.

Key facts

currency: U.S. dollar
capital city: Monrovia
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 96,320 km²
population: 5,493,031 people
political leader: George Weah (President)

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central government debt: 20.32 % of GDP
expense: 34.38 % of GDP
GDP: 4,240,000,000.00 current US$
inflation: 10.09 annual %
self-employed workers: 79.03 % of total employment
tax revenue: 12.46 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.93 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 77.61 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
democracy score: 5.35
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 23,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 23.50 % of population
military expenditure: 2.30 % of GDP
net migration: -5,002 people
press freedom: 2.48
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 10.96 %
birth rate: 31.00 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.63 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 112.27 current US$
health expenditure: 16.62 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.59 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 61
suicide mortality rate: 4.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 19,230.40 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 31.80 % of population
fertility rate: 4.02 births per woman
forest area: 75,569 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 4.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.40
methane emissions: 2.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 2,751,688 people
male population: 2,741,343 people
renewable energy consumption: 92.80 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 95,557.59 km²
rural population: 2,550,579 people
urban land area: 652.56 km²
urban population: 2,942,452 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 9.52 % of total population

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Liberia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of diseases in Liberia by start date

Distribution of universities in Liberia per foundation year

Distribution of politicians from Liberia by birth year

Distribution of artists from Liberia by birth year

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Liberia with forecast

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Liberia with forecast

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Correlation of methane emissions and population by countries yearly in Liberia

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Correlation of urban land area and population by countries yearly in Liberia

Correlation of cases and deaths of diseases daily in Liberia

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