Fertility in Liberia, 2000

Liberia
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.87
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 5.87 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 126,606 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.87
Births
126,606
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
2,928,116
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
10-1412.71.1%2,253
15-19145.312.4%22,784
20-24232.919.8%31,131
25-29242.520.6%26,508
30-34217.318.5%20,444
35-39179.615.3%14,393
40-44107.49.1%7,077
45-4936.03.1%1,920
50-542.20.2%95