Liberia statistics
Population: 3.44 million
Population below poverty line: 80.0%
Life expectancy at birth (total population): 42.46 years
Median age: 18 years
Infant mortality rate: 138 deaths/1,000 live births (3rd highest in the world)
Area: approximately the same size as the state of Tennessee
Major Infectious Diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever
aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: Lassa fever
Literacy (age 15+ can read and write):
Total population: 57.5%
male: 73.3%
female: 41.6%
Average school life expectancy: 10 years
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Sources:
CIA World Factbook (Sept 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (Sept 2009)
