Total area:
111,370 km2
Land area:
96,320 km2
Comparative area:
slightly larger than Tennessee
Land boundaries:
1,585 km; Guinea 563 km, Ivory Coast 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km
Coastline:
579 km
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf:
200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Territorial sea:
200 nm
Disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights;
wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
Terrain:
mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low
mountains in northeast
Natural resources:
iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold
Land use:
arable land 1%; permanent crops 3%; meadows and pastures 2%; forest and
woodland 39%; other 55%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Environment:
West Africa's largest tropical rain forest, subject to deforestation

:Liberia People

Population:
2,462,276 (July 1992), growth rate 29.6% (1992)
Birth rate:
44 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
13 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
265 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
119 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
54 years male, 59 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
6.5 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Liberian(s); adjective - Liberian
Ethnic divisions:
indigenous African tribes, including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano,
Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella 95%; descendants of
repatriated slaves known as Americo-Liberians 5%
Religions:
traditional 70%, Muslim 20%, Christian 10%
Languages:
English (official); more than 20 local languages of the Niger-Congo language
group; English used by about 20%
Literacy:
40% (male 50%, female 29%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Labor force:
510,000, including 220,000 in the monetary economy; agriculture 70.5%,
services 10.8%, industry and commerce 4.5%, other 14.2%; non-African
foreigners hold about 95% of the top-level management and engineering jobs;
52% of population of working age
Organized labor:
2% of labor force

:Liberia Government

Long-form name:
Republic of Liberia
Type:
republic
Capital:
Monrovia
Administrative divisions:
13 counties; Bomi, Bong, Grand Bassa, Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru,
Lofa, Margibi, Maryland,