Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Liberia, 1996

Liberia
1996
Total fertility rate: 6.13
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Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 6.13 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 100,353 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.13
Births
100,353
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
2,232,288
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
10-1412.41.0%1,734
15-19153.812.5%18,603
20-24239.819.6%23,827
25-29246.020.1%20,792
30-34227.218.5%16,563
35-39189.915.5%11,488
40-44117.09.5%5,765
45-4937.93.1%1,499
50-542.30.2%81