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Liberia: map and facts
Liberia is in Western Africa. It has about 5.73 million people (2025), the 115th largest population. It covers 111,370 km², the 102nd largest by area. That is about 51 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Wuteve, at 1,440 m.
Facts
- Population: 5,731,206 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 111,370 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 95,700 km².
- Capital: Monrovia
- Highest point: Mount Wuteve, 1,440 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 66.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
Rivers on the map: St. Paul and Cess.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Wuteve: 1,440 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Guinea Highlands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 57.1%, wooded savanna 40.3%, savanna 1.7%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 65.7%, hills 23.9%, plateaus 9.9%.
Forests covered 66.1% of its land in 2024, down from 83.1% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Liberia shares land borders with Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Sierra Leone on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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