Fertility in Liberia, 1990

Liberia
1990
Total fertility rate: 6.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.37 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 117,675 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.37
Births
117,675
Births per 1,000 people
52.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
2,223,667
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
10-1416.51.3%2,608
15-19168.513.2%21,971
20-24257.420.2%29,138
25-29259.520.4%25,167
30-34225.417.7%18,113
35-39188.414.8%12,380
40-44117.89.2%6,390
45-4937.42.9%1,815
50-542.30.2%93