Ireland vs Liberia: Population

Ireland

5.20 million people

in 2023

Liberia

5.49 million people

in 2023

Ireland rank

122nd

Liberia rank

120th

Population over time

Liberia currently reports 5.49 million people against 5.20 million people in Ireland, a difference of 296,410 people.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 122nd and Liberia ranks 120th of 238 regions.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.