(By way of comparison, a typical resident of Germany is 47 years old.) The average age of its citizens is 18 years. ![]() Population: 5 million (2020) – only about 5% of the population are direct descendants of the African American founders of the state. ![]() President James Monroe, a prominent supporter of the colonization of Liberia by Black Americans. The first president was a freed slave from America.Ĭapital city: Monrovia – It is strikingly clean compared to other African cities. ![]() Liberia was never colonized by Europeans! The land was declared an independent state in 1847, after about 10,000 free African Americans, and some black Caribbean former slaves migrated here. ![]() Neighbors: Sierra Leone and Guinea (north), Ivory Coast (east), The country’s western part has a coastline along the Atlantic Ocean.
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