Fertility in Liberia, 2026

Liberia
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Liberia is projected at 3.71 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 174,971 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.71
Births
174,971
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
5,853,949
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
10-144.10.5%1,435
15-19122.316.4%40,347
20-24166.822.4%47,032
25-29153.220.6%35,399
30-34133.517.9%25,030
35-39108.614.6%17,853
40-4444.66.0%6,539
45-4910.41.4%1,294
50-540.40.1%40