Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1973

Liberia
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.65
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Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.65 children per woman in 1973 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 75,661 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.65
Births
75,661
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,583,588
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
10-1419.21.4%1,778
15-19181.213.6%13,939
20-24276.720.8%17,671
25-29284.621.4%16,455
30-34246.418.5%12,789
35-39194.514.6%8,557
40-44100.27.5%3,671
45-4925.21.9%768
50-541.40.1%33