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title: "Liberia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Liberia: capital Monrovia, area 111,369 km², population 5,731,206 (2025), currency Liberian dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/liberia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Liberia

**Liberia: Capital Monrovia**

111,369 km² · 5,731,206 people (2025) · Liberian dollar

Liberia holds the largest surviving block of the Upper Guinean rainforest, and Sapo National Park protects the biggest single piece of it. Its shipping register is one of the largest in the world by tonnage, so a great many merchant ships fly its flag.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Monrovia
- **Area:** 111,369 km² — 43,000 sq mi
- **Population:** 5,731,206 (2025)
- **Density:** 51.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Liberian dollar (LRD, $)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC+00:00
- **Calling code:** +231
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** LR · LBR
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 103 of 200
- **By population:** 117 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benin | 112,622 | 14,814,460 |
| Honduras | 112,090 | 11,005,850 |
| Liberia ← | 111,369 | 5,731,206 |
| Bulgaria | 110,879 | 6,433,302 |
| Cuba | 110,860 | 10,937,203 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Liberia?

Monrovia

### What currency does Liberia use?

The Liberian dollar (LRD).

### How big is Liberia?

111,369 km², or 43,000 square miles — 103 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Liberia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Benin](https://atoneplace.net/country/benin/)
- [Honduras](https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/)
- [Bulgaria](https://atoneplace.net/country/bulgaria/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]