Much of the conflict was fueled by control over liberia s natural resources. Liberias high fertility rate of nearly 5 children per woman and large youth cohort more than 60% of the population is under the age. And, fast growing developing countries have increasingly become a strong magnet for people from other parts of the developing world. Africa liberia the world factbook central intelligence agency. The economy of liberia is extremely underdeveloped, largely due to the first liberian civil war from 198996. Two years later it joined the united provinces of central america, but this federation disintegrated in 1838, at which time costa rica proclaimed its sovereignty and independence. With the conclusion of fighting and the installation of a democratically elected government in 2006, businesses that had fled the country began to return. The following countries do not show world bank 20 data. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of liberia 2020 information contained here. In 1824 the territory was named liberia, and its main settlement was named monrovia, which is the presentday capital. The information regarding liberia on this page is republished from the 20 world fact book of the united states central intelligence. Liberia itself is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
Cia world fact book, 2004liberia wikisource, the free. This comprehensive guide is packed with detailed information on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2015. According to the cia world factbook, the average age of its citizens is 17. The united nations mission in liberia unmil, which maintains a strong presence throughout the country, completed a. The official print version is available from the government printing office. However, a cia officer told me that kessler tends to take topics he is ignorant of and speculate about them yet writting as if it were objective fact. Liberia is 171 years old today, but it is also one of the world s youngest countries. Liberia was the first independent modern republic of africa.
This profile contains information on history, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Liberia the world factbook central intelligence agency. The 1990 cia world factbook library of congress classification. Us authorities say war crimes suspect and former liberian leader charles taylor worked for its intelligence agencies, including the cia, us media report. Following the dissolution of the republican party in 1876, the true whig party dominated the. The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the u. This image contains digital watermarking or credits in the image itself. Cia world factbook costa rica central intelligence agency.
The factbook has been an annual publication, but selected data and maps will be updated periodically during the coming year. A country report for turks and caicos islands is presented from the u. In 1821, costa rica became one of several central american provinces that jointly declared their independence from spain. If a nonwatermarked version of the image is available, please upload it under the same file name and then remove this template.
Somah refutes the prevailing belief that european missionaries went to africa eden to spread the message of god. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2016 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. The directorate of plans now the directorate of operations had a bit of a head start, owi. The information regarding liberia on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. Tubman launched his signature program of national unification and integration. The factbook provides a two to threepage summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 272 countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world. According to david crystals book english as a global language. Twelve per cent of all the worlds ships are registered in liberia credit. In general, information available as of 1 january, 2004 was used in the preparation of the world factbook 2004. How reliable and accurate is the cias the world factbook. Liberia transnational issues 2015, cia world factbook photius. The country achieved high growth during the period 2010 due to favorable world prices for its commodities.
The number of international migrants is expected to surpass 250 million this year, an alltime high, as people search for economic opportunity. Central intelligence agency author of the cia world fact. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced by the central intelligence agency cia with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. Please select a country to view, world afghanistan akrotiri albania algeria american samoa andorra. Cia world fact book all values, unless otherwise stated, are in us dollars. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a book that contains the central intelligence agencys information about the worlds countries. The national transitional government of liberia ntgl which is composed of rebel, government, and civil society groups assumed control in october 2003. World bank world development indicators wdi population median age.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The information regarding liberia on this page is republished from the 2015 world fact book of the. The republic of liberia declared its independence from the united states on july 26, 1847, but it was not recognized until february 5, 1862. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military. Liberia observer may 14, 2020 would be some 50 years since president william v. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. The cia world factbook with global information on geography, people, governments, economies, communications, transportation, the military, and international issues. Liberias modern sector has three equal branches of government in the constitution, though in practice the executive branch headed by president of liberia is the strongest of the three.
Liberia is the only black state in africa never subjected to colonial rule and is africas oldest republic. He explains how the missionaries propagated their concept of god and ignored the african edenic concept of spirituality and preached alien deity. The cia world factbook is produced by the united states government and provides essential information about all the countries and territories of the world, including maps, flags, and statistical data on almost every key issue. Central intelligence agency cia, with topics including economic condition, political structure, and information on its transportation. Cia the world factbook country comparison birth rate. This fact book is based on the cia world fact book, with added information and links. Liberia transnational issues 2015, cia world factbook. In general, information available as of 1 january 2002 was used in the preparation of the world factbook 2002. Intelligence community ic, the cia reports to the director of national intelligence. Settlement of freed slaves from the us in what is today liberia began in 1822. Liberia transnational issues 2020, cia world factbook.
Liberia cia world factbook the best country factbook. Migration and remittances factbook 2016 world bank. Ensure that removed information is present in the image description page and replace this template with metadata from image or attribution. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Cia world fact book, 2004liberia wikisource, the free online library. The information regarding liberia on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence. In the early years after the cia was established, everything had to be started pretty much from scratch, invented on the fly, and adjusted later as needed.