Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1822 – present

Liberia

A state of 1822 – present — 204 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Republic of Maryland and Colony of Liberia. The atlas records 33 things within it — wars and battles 2 · famine and plague 1 · people 30. Its line of rulers holds 33 people.

  • Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
204 years
and still standing
Rulers
33
the President of Liberia
Most ground
102,400 km²
in 1848
Within it
33
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Liberia in 1848, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Liberia in 1848, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 102,400 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Republic of Maryland: 1854 – 1857Liberia: 1822 – 2026

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

The line of President of Liberia - the office this state names as its head of state.

Joseph Jenkins Roberts · 1848 – 1856 · lost an election, the article saysStephen Allen Benson · 1856 – 1864 · left office aliveDaniel Bashiel Warner · 1864 – 1868 · left office aliveJames Spriggs Payne · 1868 – 1870 · left office aliveEdward James Roye · 1870 – 1871 · left office aliveCharles Dunbar · 1871 – 1871 · left office aliveReginald Sherman · 1871 – 1871 · left office aliveAmos Herring · 1871 – 1871 · no death date to read the end againstJames Skivring Smith · 1871 – 1872 · left office aliveJoseph Jenkins Roberts · 1872 – 1876 · died in office, manner not recordedJames Spriggs Payne · 1876 – 1878 · left office aliveAnthony W. Gardner · 1878 – 1883 · resigned or stood down, the article saysAlfred Francis Russell · 1883 – 1884 · resigned or stood down, the article saysHilary R. W. Johnson · 1884 – 1892 · left office aliveJoseph James Cheeseman · 1892 – 1896 · died in office, manner not recordedWilliam D. Coleman · 1896 – 1900 · resigned or stood down, the article saysGarretson W. Gibson · 1900 – 1904 · left office aliveArthur Barclay · 1904 – 1912 · left office aliveDaniel Edward Howard · 1912 – 1920 · left office aliveCharles D. B. King · 1920 – 1930 · left office aliveEdwin Barclay · 1930 – 1944 · left office aliveWilliam Tubman · 1944 – 1971 · died in office, manner not recordedWilliam Tolbert · 1971 – 1980 · killed, the article saysSamuel Doe · 1986 – 1990 · killedDavid Nimley · 1990 – 1990 · no death date to read the end againstAmos Sawyer · 1990 – 1994 · left office aliveDavid D. Kpormakpor · 1994 – 1995 · left office aliveWilton G. S. Sankawulo · 1995 – 1996 · left office aliveRuth Perry · 1996 – 1997 · left office aliveCharles Taylor · 1997 – 2003 · resigned or stood down, the article saysMoses Blah · 2003 – 2003 · left office aliveGyude Bryant · 2003 – 2006 · left office aliveEllen Johnson Sirleaf · 2006 – 2018 · resigned or stood down, the article saysGeorge Weah · 2018 – 2024 · lost an election, the article saysJoseph Boakai · 2024 – … · still in office1850190019502000
killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Joseph Jenkins Roberts1848 – 18568 yearslost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Stephen Allen Benson1856 – 18648 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Daniel Bashiel Warner1864 – 18684 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
James Spriggs Payne1868 – 18702 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Edward James Roye1870 – 18711 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Charles Dunbar1871 – 1871under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Reginald Sherman1871 – 1871under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Amos Herring1871 – 1871under a yearending not on record
James Skivring Smith1871 – 18721 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Joseph Jenkins Roberts1872 – 18764 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
James Spriggs Payne1876 – 18782 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Anthony W. Gardner1878 – 18835 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Alfred Francis Russell1883 – 18841 yearresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Hilary R. W. Johnson1884 – 18928 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Joseph James Cheeseman1892 – 18964 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
William D. Coleman1896 – 19004 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Garretson W. Gibson1900 – 19044 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Arthur Barclay1904 – 19128 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Daniel Edward Howard1912 – 19208 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Charles D. B. King1920 – 193010 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Edwin Barclay1930 – 194414 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
William Tubman1944 – 197127 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
William Tolbert1971 – 19809 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlein-law
Samuel Doe1986 – 19904 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
David Nimley1990 – 1990under a yearending not on record
Amos Sawyer1990 – 19944 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
David D. Kpormakpor1994 – 19951 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Wilton G. S. Sankawulo1995 – 19961 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ruth Perry1996 – 19971 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Charles Taylor1997 – 20036 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Moses Blah2003 – 2003under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Gyude Bryant2003 – 20063 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf2006 – 201812 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
George Weah2018 – 20246 yearslost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Joseph Boakai2024 – in officein office since 2024still in office

33 rulers, 33 with terms dated as terms, covering 1848 – 2024. Median reign 4 years. 4 of 34 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.72, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

190019502000

102,400 km² in 1852, 100,000 km² in 2022; at its largest 102,400 km² in 1852. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of Liberia
    flag, from 1847Flag of Liberia · Public domain
  • Coat of arms of Liberia
    coat of arms, from 1847Coat of arms of Liberia · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1800 – 1899: 17 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other18001900 – 1999: 15 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19002000 – 2099: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other2000

1800 – 189917 rows

and 9 more in the atlas.

1900 – 199915 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 7 more in the atlas.

2000 – 20991 row

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood204 years

    stood longer than 63% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held102,400 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 46% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century1.0

    had more wars on record per century than 93% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median4 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 13% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record33

    has more rulers on record than 95% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Colony of Liberia · Linked · 1822 – 1847Colony of LiberiaMali Empire · In the article · 1235 · “The Dei, Bassa, Kru, Gola, and Kissi were some of the earliest documented peoples in the area. This influx of these groups was compounded by the decline of th…”Mali EmpireLiberia · 1822 – 2026Liberia1400160018002000
in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q1014 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.