| GENERAL
STATISTICS
Population:
2,923,725
(January 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Indigenous
African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn,
Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants
of immigrants from the US who had been slaves)
Religions:
African Traditional
Religionist 70%, Muslim 20%, Christian 10%
Languages:
English 20%
(official), about 20 tribal languages, of which a few can be written and
are used in correspondence |
