Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1982

Liberia
1982
Total fertility rate: 6.79
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Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.79 children per woman in 1982 — 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, 98,233 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
98,233
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
2,045,073
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
10-1417.41.3%2,102
15-19190.514.0%19,736
20-24287.421.2%24,915
25-29276.220.3%19,918
30-34239.217.6%14,208
35-39189.714.0%10,277
40-44123.39.1%5,767
45-4932.32.4%1,252
50-541.90.1%58