Fertility in Liberia, 2013

Liberia
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 4.75 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 161,977 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.75
Births
161,977
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
4,470,239
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
10-145.90.6%1,584
15-19142.315.0%32,369
20-24209.522.1%41,387
25-29191.920.2%33,997
30-34176.318.6%26,997
35-39135.014.2%16,908
40-4468.67.2%6,993
45-4919.42.0%1,670
50-541.00.1%69