Fertility in Liberia, 2009

Liberia
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 5.17 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 153,028 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.17
Births
153,028
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
3,943,028
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
10-147.40.7%1,742
15-19149.014.4%29,577
20-24227.522.0%40,092
25-29211.420.4%32,646
30-34192.618.6%24,870
35-39143.913.9%15,168
40-4477.77.5%7,014
45-4924.32.4%1,833
50-541.40.1%84