Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1985

Liberia
1985
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.69 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 106,559 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
106,559
Births per 1,000 people
47.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
2,240,539
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
10-1418.61.4%2,464
15-19191.114.3%21,652
20-24280.120.9%27,071
25-29271.320.3%21,849
30-34231.517.3%15,414
35-39187.614.0%10,450
40-44120.29.0%6,067
45-4935.82.7%1,517
50-542.20.2%75