Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1966

Liberia
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.63
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Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.63 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 64,981 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.63
Births
64,981
Births per 1,000 people
49.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,324,383
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
10-1418.31.4%1,349
15-19185.514.0%11,468
20-24271.720.5%15,821
25-29294.722.2%15,064
30-34258.519.5%11,203
35-39187.914.2%6,895
40-4483.66.3%2,556
45-4924.91.9%599
50-541.40.1%27