Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1976

Liberia
1976
Total fertility rate: 6.79
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Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.79 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 82,984 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
82,984
Births per 1,000 people
48.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
1,717,060
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%1,908
15-19182.613.4%15,504
20-24286.721.1%20,289
25-29283.420.9%16,793
30-34248.218.3%13,687
35-39195.414.4%9,312
40-44116.28.6%4,609
45-4925.61.9%845
50-541.40.1%36