Fertility in Liberia, 2019

Liberia
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 4.26 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 163,574 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.26
Births
163,574
Births per 1,000 people
32.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
5,043,721
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%1,484
15-19132.015.5%35,625
20-24189.322.2%41,987
25-29175.220.6%32,469
30-34152.417.9%25,320
35-39123.814.5%18,066
40-4458.96.9%7,140
45-4914.71.7%1,433
50-540.60.1%51