Counties of Liberia

Counties of Liberia
Counties of Liberia;
	A clickable map of Liberia exhibiting its fifteen counties.
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Liberia
Number	15 counties
Populations	90,777 (Rivercess) – 1,920,914 (Montserrado)
Areas	4,020 km2 (1,553 sq mi) (Montserrado) – 11,600 km2 (4,460 sq mi) (Nimba)
Government	County Government;
Subdivisions	District;

The Republic of Liberia is divided into fifteen counties. Each is administered by a superintendent appointed by the President.

Counties

Map #	County	Capital	Population^[1]	Total area^[1]		Number of districts	Date created	Parent county	Region
Map #	County	Capital	Population^[1]	mi²	km²	Number of districts	Date created	Parent county	Region
1	Bomi	Tubmanburg	133,705	750	1,200	5	1984	Montserrado	West
2	Bong	Gbarnga	467,561	3,386	8,770	12	1964	Bong^[a]	Central
3	Gbarpolu	Bopolu	95,995	3,741	9,690	5	2001	Lofa	West
4	Grand Bassa	Buchanan	293,689	3,064	7,940	8	1839	Grand Bassa^[b]	Central
5	Grand Cape Mount	Robertsport	178,867	1,993	5,160	6	1844	Grand Cape Mount^[b]	West
6	Grand Gedeh	Zwedru	216,692	4,048	10,480	8	1964	Grand Gedah^[c]	East
7	Grand Kru	Barclayville	109,342	1,504	3,900	19	1984	Maryland	East
8	Lofa	Voinjama	367,376	3,854	9,980	11	1964	Lofa^[d]	West
9	Margibi	Kakata	304,946	1,010	2,600	5	1985	Montserrado	West
10	Maryland	Harper	172,587	887	2,300	7	1857	Maryland^[b]	East
11	Montserrado	Bensonville	1,920,965	737	1,180	15	1839	Montserrado^[b]	West
12	Nimba	Sanniquellie	621,841	4,460	11,600	17	1964	Nimba^[a]	Central
13	Rivercess	River Cess	90,819	2,160	5,600	10	1985	Grand Bassa	Central
14	River Gee	Fish Town	124,653	1,974	5,110	10	2000	Grand Gedah	East
15	Sinoe	Greenville	151,149	3,914	10,140	20	1843	Simoe^[b]	East
	Total	Monrovia	5,250,187	37,482	97,080	158

1 2 Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. "2022 Liberia Population and Housing Census: FINAL RESULTS" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-10-08.