GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $1.2 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $1.836 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $400 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Monrovia
Population (Estimated July 2012): 3,887,886
Area: 96,917 km2 or 37,420 mi2
Currency: Liberian Dollar (L$)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Presidential Constitutional Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 85% of the population are Christian, 12.2% are Muslim, 1.4% have no religious beliefs and 0.8% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mount Wuteve at 1440m or 4724ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): GMT
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 15 counties; Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado, Nimba, River Cess, River Gee, Sinoe
Leaders: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with Vice President Joseph Boakai.
Additional: Gained Independance from the USA on the 26th of July 1847.
Mount Nimba in Liberia is a one mile high Iron rich mountain. It is has the highest grade iron ore deposit in the world and approximately 1% of the world’s iron production comes from Mount Nimba.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
