| Tours | Unesco WHS | Guidebooks |
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| groups tours with set departures |
0 World Heritage Sites | country, regions and cities |
| Time zone: | GMT 0 (Greenwich mean time) | Daylight savings: None |
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| Main languages: | English |
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| Currency: |
Liberian dollars (LRD) €1 = L$103, $1 = L$93.00, £1 = L$0.00 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .lr | International Dialling Code: 231 |
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For help planning your trip to Liberia including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Liberia trip planning page.
Further information on Liberia
Discover more about Liberia - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 111,370 sq km (15,050 sq km under water)
Coastline: 579 km (Atlantic Ocean)
Neighbours (border lengths): Guinea (563km), Ivory Coast (716km), Sierra Leone (306km)
Climate: Tropical climate with hot and humid conditions. Winters are dry with hot days and cool to cold nights, summers are wet and cloudy with frequent heavy showers.
Highest mountain: Mount Wuteve (1,380m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Liberia from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
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 | Freedom in the World | Partly Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | Hybrid regime | 101/167 |
 | Economic Freedom | Mostly Unfree | 141/179 |
 | Press Freedom | Noticeable problems | 87/179 |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | No rights | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | Medium corruption | 94/174 |
| Overall Ranking: | 127/195 | ||
Other Data & Links
Full name: Republic of Liberia Status: Independent Country
Population: 4,092,310 (rank: 126/196) Density: 36.7 people/sq km (rank: 141/196)
Ethnic groups: indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the Caribbean who had been slaves)
Religions: Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 40%
GDP (PPP): $2.9 billion GDP per capita: $700 (rank: 190/195)
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.