Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Liberia

Total fertility rate in Liberia in 2024 — 3.86 births. Ranked 29 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 39.5%.

2024 3.86 births −2.18% vs 2023
World rank 29of 217
Period maximum 6.92 births1979
Period minimum 3.86 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Liberia, 1960–20243456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.39 births1962: 6.5 births1964: 6.59 births1966: 6.63 births1968: 6.66 births1970: 6.58 births1972: 6.6 births1974: 6.69 births1976: 6.79 births1978: 6.88 births1980: 6.87 births1982: 6.79 births1984: 6.73 births1986: 6.64 births1988: 6.51 births1990: 6.37 births1992: 6.28 births1994: 6.21 births1996: 6.13 births1998: 6.02 births2000: 5.88 births2002: 5.65 births2004: 5.51 births2006: 5.53 births2008: 5.33 births2010: 5.06 births2012: 4.88 births2014: 4.62 births2016: 4.46 births2018: 4.34 births2020: 4.17 births2022: 4.02 births2024: 3.86 births
Change over the period: −2.53 (−39.54%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia 3.86 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Western Africa computed 4.37 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 3.86 −0.09 −2.18%
2023 3.95 −0.07 −1.64%
2022 4.02 −0.07 −1.79%
2021 4.09 −0.09 −2.04%
2020 4.17 −0.08 −1.95%
2019 4.26 −0.08 −1.82%
2018 4.34 −0.06 −1.36%
2017 4.4 −0.07 −1.46%
2016 4.46 −0.06 −1.37%
2015 4.52 −0.1 −2.14%
2014 4.62 −0.13 −2.67%
2013 4.75 −0.13 −2.7%
2012 4.88 −0.09 −1.79%
2011 4.97 −0.09 −1.74%
2010 5.06 −0.12 −2.24%
2009 5.17 −0.15 −2.89%
2008 5.33 −0.13 −2.45%
2007 5.46 −0.07 −1.23%
2006 5.53 +0.01 +0.2%
2005 5.52 +0.01 +0.24%
2004 5.51 −0.04 −0.74%
2003 5.55 −0.11 −1.88%
2002 5.65 −0.12 −2.1%
2001 5.77 −0.1 −1.72%
2000 5.88 −0.08 −1.31%
1999 5.95 −0.06 −1.06%
1998 6.02 −0.06 −1.02%
1997 6.08 −0.05 −0.82%
1996 6.13 −0.04 −0.71%
1995 6.17 −0.04 −0.6%
1994 6.21 −0.04 −0.58%
1993 6.25 −0.03 −0.49%
1992 6.28 −0.05 −0.73%
1991 6.32 −0.05 −0.74%
1990 6.37 −0.06 −0.99%
1989 6.43 −0.07 −1.12%
1988 6.51 −0.07 −0.99%
1987 6.57 −0.07 −0.99%
1986 6.64 −0.05 −0.82%
1985 6.69 −0.04 −0.52%
1984 6.73 −0.03 −0.47%
1983 6.76 −0.03 −0.41%
1982 6.79 −0.05 −0.67%
1981 6.83 −0.04 −0.55%
1980 6.87 −0.05 −0.68%
1979 6.92 +0.03 +0.51%
1978 6.88 +0.04 +0.63%
1977 6.84 +0.05 +0.71%
1976 6.79 +0.05 +0.73%
1975 6.74 +0.05 +0.79%
1974 6.69 +0.04 +0.6%
1973 6.65 +0.05 +0.79%
1972 6.6 +0.06 +0.87%
1971 6.54 −0.04 −0.55%
1970 6.58 −0.07 −0.99%
1969 6.64 −0.01 −0.2%
1968 6.66 +0.01 +0.11%
1967 6.65 +0.02 +0.33%
1966 6.63 +0.01 +0.17%
1965 6.62 +0.03 +0.49%
1964 6.59 +0.03 +0.44%
1963 6.56 +0.05 +0.8%
1962 6.5 +0.06 +0.9%
1961 6.45 +0.05 +0.86%
1960 6.39

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.