Liberia
Republic of Liberia
Liberia (LR, LBR) is a country in Western Africa, with Monrovia as its capital. The currency is the Liberian Dollar (LRD, LRD). The international dialling code is +231 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 077 012 3456. The time zone is Africa/Monrovia. Official language: English.
CurrencyLRDLRD
Dial code+231e.g. 077 012 3456
Time zoneMonroviaUTC+00:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalMonrovia
Population5.4M111.4K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Liberia
- Native name
- Liberia
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- LR
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- LBR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 430
- IOC code
- LBR
- Demonym
- Liberian
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .lr
- Coordinates
- 6.5, -9.5
- Area
- 111,369 km²
- Population
- 5,437,250
- GDP
- $8.9B ($1.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 60.8%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Liberian Dollar LRD
- Symbol
- LRD narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 83% (4.5M) | |
| lir lir | 74% (4M) | ||
| Kpelle kpe | 20% (1.1M) | ||
| bsq bsq | 14% (761.2K) | ||
| kro kro | 10% (543.7K) | ||
| Grebo grb | 9.9% (538.3K) | ||
| dnj dnj | 7.9% (429.5K) | ||
| mev mev | 7.2% (391.5K) | ||
| kss kss | 4.3% (233.8K) | ||
| Vai vai | 3.8% (206.6K) | ||
| bza bza | 2.9% (157.7K) | ||
| Mende men | 1.7% (92.4K) | ||
| Fula ff | 0% (0) | ||
| Fula (Adlam) ff-Adlm | 0% (0) | ||
| Vai (Latin) vai-Latn | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Monrovia | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +231
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 355 pattern 355|911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 021 234 567 | +231 21 234 567 | XXX XXX XXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 077 012 3456 | +231 77 012 3456 | XXX XXX XXXX | 7, 9 |
| Premium rate | 033 202 1234 | +231 33 202 1234 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 4[67]|[56] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 2 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2-578] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4}- Examples
- 1000
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- US customary
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Liberia) locale (en-LR), amounts in LRD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (LRD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- ($1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Liberian dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C