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The Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) is an agency of the Liberian government. It organized a census in March 2008, 24 years after the last one. It organized a census in March 2008, 24 years after the last one.
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4], Liberia's total population was 5,193,416 in 2021. This is compared to 911,000 in 1950. [5] 43.5% of Liberians were below the age of 15 in 2010. [5] 53.7% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.8% were 65 years or older. [5]
Map # County Capital Population (2022 Census) [1] Area (mi 2) [2] Number of Districts Date Created Parent County 1 Bomi: Tubmanburg: 133,668 749 sq mi (1,940 km 2) : 4
As of the 2022 Census, it had a population of 1,920,914, making it the most populous county in Liberia. [2] [3] The area of the county measures 738.5 square miles (1,913 km 2), the smallest in the country. [4] Bensonville serves as the capital. Created in 1847 at the foundation of the Liberian republic, the county is the oldest in Liberia.
The county had an area of 3,854 sq mi, and the density per sq mi was 72. The density during the 1984 census stood at 52. [2] Liberia experienced civil war during various times, and the total number of people displaced on account of wars as of 2008 in the county was 128,178. [12]
Rank County HDI (2022) Medium human development 1: Montserrado: 0.554 Low human development – Liberia 0.487: 2: River Gee: 0.478 3: Maryland: 0.477 4: Grand Gedeh
As of the 2022 Census, it had a population of 172,202, making it the ninth most populous county in Liberia. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Named after the State of Maryland in the United States, it was an independent country as the Republic of Maryland from 1854 until it joined Liberia in 1857.
The 2008 Liberian census showed that Bomi County had a population of 84,119, making it the eleventh most populous county in Liberia. [5] The County had at that time a population density of 113 persons per square mile (44 persons per km 2). [5] Bomi contains five chiefdoms and 18 clans. [9]