Fertility in Liberia, 2008

Liberia
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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 5.33 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 151,553 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.33
Births
151,553
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
3,821,003
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
10-148.20.8%1,855
15-19149.914.1%28,844
20-24231.021.7%39,482
25-29218.820.5%32,543
30-34197.218.5%24,281
35-39150.614.1%15,317
40-4483.27.8%7,274
45-4925.82.4%1,871
50-541.50.1%86