Fertility in Liberia, 2017

Liberia
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 4.40 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 161,876 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.40
Births
161,876
Births per 1,000 people
33.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
4,848,924
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
10-144.80.5%1,448
15-19135.315.4%34,541
20-24194.422.1%40,875
25-29180.620.5%32,852
30-34157.017.9%25,596
35-39126.514.4%17,752
40-4463.97.3%7,275
45-4915.81.8%1,480
50-540.70.1%56