Fertility in Liberia, 2023

Liberia
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Liberia was 3.95 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (177 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 170,065 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.95
Births
170,065
Births per 1,000 people
31.0
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
5,493,031
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
10-144.50.6%1,536
15-19126.016.0%38,840
20-24177.022.4%45,060
25-29162.720.6%33,504
30-34142.818.1%24,943
35-39114.614.5%18,029
40-4449.46.3%6,751
45-4912.21.5%1,358
50-540.50.1%44