Fertility in Liberia, 2018

Liberia
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 4.34 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 162,953 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.34
Births
162,953
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
4,944,726
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
10-144.60.5%1,445
15-19133.415.4%35,019
20-24193.322.3%41,651
25-29178.420.6%32,707
30-34153.917.7%25,343
35-39125.814.5%18,024
40-4461.77.1%7,246
45-4915.31.8%1,465
50-540.70.1%55