Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1969

Liberia
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.64
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.64 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 69,434 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.64
Births
69,434
Births per 1,000 people
48.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,429,605
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
10-1418.71.4%1,521
15-19189.314.3%12,792
20-24276.420.8%16,393
25-29285.121.5%15,606
30-34255.619.2%12,030
35-39188.914.2%7,460
40-4488.26.6%2,926
45-4925.11.9%676
50-541.40.1%30