ABOUT LIBERIA
Area : 111,369 sq km, a little larger than Tennessee
Population : 4,092,310 (July 2014 est.)
Median age : 17.9 years
Capital : Monrovia (named for U.S. President James Monroe)
Ethnic Groups : Kpelle 20.3%, Bassa 13.4%, Grebo 10%, Gio 8%, Mano 7.9%, Kru 6%, Lorma 5.1%, Kissi 4.8%, Gola 4.4%, other 20.1% ( 2008 Census)
Religion : Christian 85.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Traditional 0.6%, other 1.6% (2008 Census)
GDP : $2.898 billion (2013 est.)
GDP per capita : $700 (2013 est.)
Other Facts
Independence Day is July 26.
English is the official language.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is known as Africa’s “Iron Lady.”
A U.N. report on Liberia’s 14-year civil war (1989-2003) claims that more than 250,000 people died in the conflict and more than 1.3 million were displaced from their homes.
