Fertility in Liberia, 2010

Liberia
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 5.06 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 154,104 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.06
Births
154,104
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
4,058,890
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
10-146.40.6%1,571
15-19147.014.5%29,999
20-24225.222.3%40,486
25-29207.020.5%32,825
30-34188.518.6%25,303
35-39140.013.8%15,236
40-4473.77.3%6,824
45-4922.92.3%1,780
50-541.30.1%81