Liberia

Liberia is a country in Africa with its capital in Monrovia and about 5.7 million people. Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic and flies a flag modelled on the US flag.

Liberia in purple, with Monrovia marked. Outline from the same detailed coastlines the games use.

Capital: Monrovia
Continent: Africa
Population (2025): 5.7 million
Land area: 96,320 km² (37,189 sq mi)

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The story of Liberia

Where the name comes from

Liberia comes from Latin liber, “free”, recalling its founding as a settlement for formerly enslaved African Americans.

First people

Kru, Kpelle, Bassa and other Indigenous peoples lived here before the 1800s.¹

Known for

Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic and flies a flag modelled on the US flag.²

Outside rule

The first settlers arrived in 1822, sponsored by the private American Colonization Society; Liberia was never a US colony, but settlers and their descendants kept many Indigenous communities from power for generations.³