https://www.confiduss.com/en/jurisdictions/liberia/demographics/ - Demographics of Liberia

The total population of Liberia is 4,853,516 people. The people of Liberia speak the English language. Linguistic diversity in Liberia is very diverse according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.9038 for Liberia. The average age is around 17.9 years. Life expectancy in Liberia is 62 years. The female fertility rate in Liberia is 4.7. About 5% of Liberia's population is obese. Ethnic diversity is very diverse according to a fractionation scale, which for Liberia is 0.9084. Details of the language, religion, age, gender distribution and advancement of the people of Liberia can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.

Population
In Liberia, the population density is 36 people per square kilometer (94 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. The total population of Liberia is 4,853,516 people. Liberia has approximately 225,484 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Liberia account for 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Liberia account for 5.3 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. The ethnic diversity of Liberia is very diverse according to a fractionation scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionation (EF) is concerned with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of different cultural groups, usually within a state or other defined area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Liberia is 0.9084. This means that there is a very large number of unique ethnic groups in Liberia. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly selected individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Below are Liberia statistics on average age and gender distribution at different ages.

Age
The median age is approximately 17.9 years. The median age for men is 17.7, while the median age for women is 18.1.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.03. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.98; sex ratio over 64 - 0.94; total sex ratio - 0.99. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Liberia is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 85.9% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Liberia are Islam, Judaism. The religious diversity of Liberia is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Liberia. The index of religious fractionalization in Liberia is 0.4883. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.