Fertility in Liberia, 2024

Liberia
2024
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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 is projected at 3.86 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 171,626 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
171,626
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
5,612,817
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
10-144.30.6%1,493
15-19124.716.1%39,568
20-24173.222.4%45,640
25-29159.220.6%34,074
30-34139.418.0%24,840
35-39112.414.5%17,959
40-4447.66.2%6,672
45-4911.61.5%1,337
50-540.50.1%43