Territorial change of Liberia (Republic of Liberia)

“Liberia”(Republic of Liberia) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1848 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1848 – 1884, at ≈ 102 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1848 – 1884≈ 102 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1894≈ 101 thousand km²
AD 1895 – 1941≈ 100 thousand km²
AD 1942 – 1942≈ 99 thousand km²
AD 1943 – 2023≈ 100 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 100 thousand km²
AD 1848AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1848 – 1884 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1848≈ 102 thousand km²68 of 147
AD 1849≈ 102 thousand km²67 of 144
AD 1853≈ 102 thousand km²69 of 144
AD 1856≈ 102 thousand km²69 of 149
AD 1857≈ 102 thousand km²67 of 150
AD 1859≈ 102 thousand km²69 of 146
AD 1860≈ 102 thousand km²69 of 142
AD 1861≈ 102 thousand km²69 of 140
AD 1862≈ 102 thousand km²68 of 138
AD 1863≈ 102 thousand km²68 of 139
AD 1864≈ 102 thousand km²68 of 139
AD 1865≈ 102 thousand km²66 of 139
AD 1866≈ 102 thousand km²65 of 133
AD 1868≈ 102 thousand km²63 of 134
AD 1870≈ 102 thousand km²64 of 132
AD 1871≈ 102 thousand km²64 of 113
AD 1873≈ 102 thousand km²61 of 108
AD 1877≈ 102 thousand km²61 of 104
AD 1880≈ 102 thousand km²62 of 104
AD 1884≈ 102 thousand km²63 of 105
AD 1885≈ 101 thousand km²62 of 101
AD 1890≈ 101 thousand km²64 of 99
AD 1895≈ 100 thousand km²61 of 90
AD 1898≈ 100 thousand km²59 of 87
AD 1900≈ 100 thousand km²56 of 84
AD 1905≈ 100 thousand km²58 of 83
AD 1908≈ 100 thousand km²57 of 79
AD 1911≈ 100 thousand km²56 of 76
AD 1912≈ 100 thousand km²58 of 77
AD 1913≈ 100 thousand km²57 of 78
AD 1914≈ 100 thousand km²56 of 76
AD 1915≈ 100 thousand km²56 of 75
AD 1916≈ 100 thousand km²57 of 71
AD 1917≈ 100 thousand km²57 of 71
AD 1918≈ 100 thousand km²60 of 80
AD 1919≈ 100 thousand km²66 of 88
AD 1920≈ 100 thousand km²63 of 84
AD 1922≈ 100 thousand km²64 of 87
AD 1924≈ 100 thousand km²63 of 86
AD 1926≈ 100 thousand km²62 of 84
AD 1927≈ 100 thousand km²62 of 84
AD 1928≈ 100 thousand km²62 of 85
AD 1929≈ 100 thousand km²62 of 85
AD 1930≈ 100 thousand km²63 of 86
AD 1932≈ 100 thousand km²66 of 88
AD 1936≈ 100 thousand km²65 of 89
AD 1938≈ 100 thousand km²66 of 88
AD 1939≈ 100 thousand km²65 of 86
AD 1940≈ 100 thousand km²64 of 77
AD 1941≈ 100 thousand km²60 of 74
AD 1942≈ 99 thousand km²61 of 75
AD 1943≈ 100 thousand km²58 of 73
AD 1944≈ 100 thousand km²54 of 73
AD 1945≈ 100 thousand km²58 of 76
AD 1946≈ 100 thousand km²63 of 83
AD 1947≈ 100 thousand km²70 of 92
AD 1948≈ 100 thousand km²71 of 96
AD 1949≈ 100 thousand km²73 of 96
AD 1950≈ 100 thousand km²71 of 94
AD 1953≈ 100 thousand km²73 of 97
AD 1956≈ 100 thousand km²78 of 103
AD 1958≈ 100 thousand km²77 of 101
AD 1960≈ 100 thousand km²83 of 107
AD 1961≈ 100 thousand km²95 of 122
AD 1962≈ 100 thousand km²95 of 122
AD 1963≈ 100 thousand km²98 of 129
AD 1967≈ 100 thousand km²101 of 140
AD 1969≈ 100 thousand km²101 of 145
AD 1973≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 152
AD 1974≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 152
AD 1976≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 157
AD 1979≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 161
AD 1983≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 162
AD 1987≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 164
AD 1990≈ 100 thousand km²103 of 164
AD 1991≈ 100 thousand km²102 of 164
AD 1992≈ 100 thousand km²109 of 185
AD 1996≈ 100 thousand km²109 of 186
AD 2000≈ 100 thousand km²107 of 188
AD 2006≈ 100 thousand km²106 of 187
AD 2008≈ 100 thousand km²106 of 187
AD 2011≈ 100 thousand km²106 of 187
AD 2014≈ 100 thousand km²108 of 191
AD 2022≈ 100 thousand km²108 of 191
AD 2024≈ 100 thousand km²107 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1944: number 73 of 54.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Colony of Liberia · Republic of Maryland

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest.

Wikipedia (English) “Liberia”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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