Fertility in Liberia, 2015

Liberia
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 4.52 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 160,019 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.52
Births
160,019
Births per 1,000 people
34.3
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
4,659,431
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
10-145.40.6%1,534
15-19140.315.5%33,763
20-24197.921.9%39,949
25-29183.420.3%32,897
30-34165.718.3%26,204
35-39128.314.2%17,069
40-4464.97.2%6,943
45-4917.72.0%1,596
50-540.90.1%64