Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1954

Liberia
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.16 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 45,637 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.16
Births
45,637
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
994,769
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1420.41.7%1,203
15-19180.814.7%9,259
20-24249.020.2%10,944
25-29274.422.3%10,412
30-34239.019.4%7,581
35-39171.413.9%4,310
40-4474.36.0%1,533
45-4922.61.8%375
50-541.30.1%18