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Liberia

Liberia's best placing is 9th of 194 for forest by area.

Best placing: #9Forest by area
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 5.7 million
Land area: 96,320 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Liberia is.

Forest by area

#9 of 194

78.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#15 of 179

2,391 mm of precipitation per year

3rd in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest per person

#33 of 194

0.0131 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#61 of 194

75,267 km² of forest

20th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#68 of 194

0.017 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#106 of 194

96,320 km² of land

38th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#89 of 151

579 km of coastline

19th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#115 of 195

5,731,206 people

37th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#117 of 192

3.32 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#85 of 134

74.85 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2008

Population by area

#127 of 194

59.50 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#129 of 191

1.97 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways by area

#92 of 133

4.45 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2008

Airports

#135 of 193

19 airports

35th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#150 of 182

5,245,938,900 US$ (current prices)

41st in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#117 of 135

429 km of railway

33rd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2008

GDP per person

#173 of 182

915 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

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