Liberia: flag, capital & map
Get to know Liberia, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 5,731,206
- Area
- 111,369 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Liberian Dollar (LRD)
- Land neighbours
- Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone
Liberia is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Monrovia.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Liberia
The flag of Liberia is composed of eleven equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.
Where it is
Liberia is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 3 countries in this atlas: Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Liberia has a recorded area of 111,369 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 11 by area, from largest to smallest. Benin is immediately above it in that ordering, at 112,622 km². Sierra Leone is immediately below it, at 71,740 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 5,731,206 people for Liberia in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 51 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Liberian Dollar (LRD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Liberia?
Reveal answer
Monrovia. Liberia is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Monrovia.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Liberia?
Reveal answer
The flag of Liberia is composed of eleven equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.
Which land neighbours of Liberia are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and Sierra Leone. The source classifies Liberia as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Liberia?
Reveal answer
English. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Liberia.
Which currency codes are listed for Liberia?
Reveal answer
Liberian Dollar (LRD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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