Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1956

Liberia
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.24 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 48,619 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.24
Births
48,619
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
1,039,149
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
10-1419.81.6%1,206
15-19184.214.7%9,886
20-24252.320.2%11,623
25-29277.522.2%11,008
30-34241.619.3%8,148
35-39174.213.9%4,684
40-4475.26.0%1,643
45-4922.91.8%402
50-541.30.1%19