Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Akan (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Liberia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Kpelle, Liberia	969000	Kpelle, Liberia	Ethnic Religions
Bassa	817000	Bassa	Christianity
Kru	438000	Klao	Christianity
Maan	385000	Maan	Ethnic Religions
Loma, Loghoma	338000	Loma (Liberia)	Ethnic Religions
Dan, Da	303000	Dan	Ethnic Religions
Kissi, Southern	232000	Kisi, Southern	Ethnic Religions
Vai	214000	Vai	Islam
Gola	200000	Gola	Islam
Bandi	168000	Bandi	Ethnic Religions
Americo-Liberian	148000	Liberian English	Christianity
Grebo, Gboloo	134000	Grebo, Gboloo	Ethnic Religions
Grebo, Seaside	131000	Grebo, Southern	Christianity
Krahn, Western	114000	Krahn, Western	Ethnic Religions
Grebo, Northern	113000	Grebo, Northern	Christianity
Krahn, Eastern	112000	Krahn, Eastern	Christianity
Akan	108000	Akan	Christianity
Manya	108000	Manya	Islam
Maninka, Eastern	81000	Maninkakan, Eastern	Islam
Sapo, Bush Kru	75000	Sapo	Ethnic Religions
Americans, U.S.	69000	English	Christianity
Arab, Lebanese general	69000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Grebo, Globo	63000	Grebo, Central	Ethnic Religions
Konyanka	59000	Konyanka	Islam
Grebo, Barclayville	57000	Grebo, Barclayville	Christianity
Mende	47000	Mende (Sierra Leone)	Islam
Grebo, Gbeapo	34000	Grebo, Northern	Christianity
Kuwaa, Belle	31000	Kuwaa	Christianity
Yoruba	28000	Yoruba	Christianity
Deaf	26000	Language unknown	Unknown
Tajuasohn	23000	Tajuasohn	Ethnic Religions
Grebo, Fopo-Bua	23000	Grebo, Northern	Christianity
Dewoin	19000	Dewoin	Islam
Gbii	13000	Gbii	Ethnic Religions
Glaro-Twabo, Krahn	9300	Glaro-Twabo	Christianity
Glio, Oubi	8400	Glio-Oubi	Ethnic Religions
Krumen, Tepo	6300	Krumen, Tepo	Christianity

Languages

35 languages recorded here.

Akan

Arabic, Levantine

Bandi

Bassa

Dan

Dewoin

English

Gbii

Glaro-Twabo

Glio-Oubi

Gola

Grebo, Barclayville

Grebo, Central

Grebo, Gboloo

Grebo, Northern

Grebo, Southern

Kisi, Southern

Klao

Konyanka

Kpelle, Liberia

Krahn, Eastern

Krahn, Western

Krumen, Tepo

Kuwaa

Language unknown

Liberian English

Loma (Liberia)

Maan

Maninkakan, Eastern

Manya

Mende (Sierra Leone)

Sapo

Tajuasohn

Vai

Yoruba

All catalogue fields

149 fields recorded

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iso3: LBR
iso2: LR
ctry: Liberia
poplpeoples: 5772000
cntpeoples: 37
cntpeopleslr: 6
poplpeopleslr: 687000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 4
religionprimary: Ethnic Religions
percentchristianity: 39.781519573424
percentevangelical: 11.734530131178
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
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regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 14
harvest_rog3: LI
harvest_iso3: LBR
harvest_iso2: LR
harvest_owcountrycode: LIBE
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: LR
harvest_countrynumber: 120
harvest_ctry: Liberia
harvest_ctryshort: Liberia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 利比里亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 利比里亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Liberia
harvest_countrynamefrench: Libéria
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Libéria
harvest_countrynamegerman: Liberia
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Liberia
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Liberia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Liberia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Liberia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Liberia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 라이베리아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 라이베리아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Liberia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Liberia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Libéria
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Libéria
harvest_countrynamerussian: Либерия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Либерия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Liberia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Liberia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Liberia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Liberia
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harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 4
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 011
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_maniregioncode: AW
harvest_capital: Monrovia
harvest_population: 5731000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/liberia.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-li.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/liberia
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harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 51
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harvest_rlg3primary: 4
harvest_pctanimist: 42.5
harvest_pctbahai: 0.27
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 15.5
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0
harvest_pctother: 0.3
harvest_pctchristian: 41.43
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harvest_pctchristianindependent: 9.73
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.95
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 4.92
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.4799999999999999
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 7.07
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
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harvest_hdirank: 177
harvest_internetusers: 7.3
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harvest_flashmapzoomx: -333
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -413
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harvest_googlemaplng: -9.5
harvest_ctrylatitude: 6.428055
harvest_ctrylongitude: -9.429499
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/liberia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 105
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.491874322860238
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=lr&joshua=li
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-liberia
harvest_internetusage: 8
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.biblesociety-liberia.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 43000
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 99067
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 77
harvest_countryphonecode: 231
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 38
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 7.1
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 24.9
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 8.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 38.33
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 9.1
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .lr
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/liberia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00