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Births per woman in Liberia

1960 – 2024 · 65 data points 4 of 42 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Births per woman, 1960 – 2024 children per woman · Liberia · World
−0.76 since 2014
Liberia World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Compared with Births per woman · children per woman
Liberia
3.86
World
2.19

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Liberia · 1960 – 2024
Latest value 3.86 · 2024
First value 6.39 · 1960
Highest 6.92 · 1979
Lowest 3.86 · 2024
Data points 65

By year

All years · 1960 – 2024

YearLiberiaChange World
2024 3.86 −0.09 2.19
2023 3.95 −0.07 2.20
2022 4.02 −0.07 2.22
2021 4.09 −0.08 2.25
2020 4.17 −0.08 2.28
2019 4.26 −0.08 2.35
2018 4.34 −0.06 2.39
2017 4.40 −0.07 2.46
2016 4.46 −0.06 2.49
2015 4.52 −0.10 2.49
2014 4.62 −0.13 2.52
2013 4.75 −0.13 2.52
2012 4.88 −0.09 2.56
2011 4.97 −0.09 2.55
2010 5.06 −0.12 2.57
2009 5.17 −0.15 2.59
2008 5.33 −0.13 2.60
2007 5.46 −0.07 2.60
2006 5.53 +0.01 2.61
2005 5.52 +0.01 2.61
2004 5.51 −0.04 2.63
2003 5.55 −0.11 2.64
2002 5.65 −0.12 2.66
2001 5.77 −0.10 2.69
2000 5.88 −0.08 2.73
1999 5.95 −0.06 2.72
1998 6.02 −0.06 2.75
1997 6.08 −0.05 2.78
1996 6.13 −0.04 2.82
1995 6.17 −0.04 2.87
1994 6.21 −0.04 2.92
1993 6.25 −0.03 2.97
1992 6.28 −0.05 3.04
1991 6.32 −0.05 3.13
1990 6.37 −0.06 3.31
1989 6.43 −0.07 3.35
1988 6.51 −0.07 3.39
1987 6.57 −0.07 3.48
1986 6.64 −0.05 3.51
1985 6.69 −0.04 3.53
1984 6.73 −0.03 3.57
1983 6.76 −0.03 3.59
1982 6.79 −0.05 3.72
1981 6.83 −0.04 3.71
1980 6.87 −0.05 3.73
1979 6.92 +0.03 3.76
1978 6.88 +0.04 3.77
1977 6.84 +0.05 3.84
1976 6.79 +0.05 3.97
1975 6.74 +0.05 4.07
1974 6.69 +0.04 4.26
1973 6.65 +0.05 4.42
1972 6.60 +0.06 4.55
1971 6.54 −0.04 4.69
1970 6.58 −0.07 4.84
1969 6.64 −0.01 4.88
1968 6.66 +0.01 4.98
1967 6.65 +0.02 4.87
1966 6.63 +0.01 4.97
1965 6.62 +0.03 5.08
1964 6.58 +0.03 5.13
1963 6.56 +0.05 5.31
1962 6.50 +0.06 5.02
1961 6.45 +0.05 4.56
1960 6.39 4.69

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBirths per woman
8 Algeria 3.09
16 Argentina 2.17
14 Bangladesh 2.20
24 Brazil 1.74
27 Bulgaria 1.71
35 Canada 1.55
34 Chile 1.56
21 China 1.80
26 Colombia 1.72
3 Congo - Brazzaville 4.50
1 Congo - Kinshasa 6.35
28 Czechia 1.69
17 Ecuador 2.13
7 Egypt 3.31
36 Finland 1.49
20 France 1.89
6 Gabon 3.91
32 Germany 1.57
38 Greece 1.35
10 Honduras 2.66
41 Hong Kong SAR China 1.13
15 India 2.19
13 Indonesia 2.25
39 Italy 1.34
12 Lebanon 2.37
4 Liberia 4.40
33 Lithuania 1.57
19 Mexico 2.04
30 Netherlands 1.62
31 Norway 1.62
11 Philippines 2.52
37 Poland 1.48
22 Romania 1.78
29 Russia 1.62
9 Saudi Arabia 2.67
5 Sierra Leone 4.39
42 South Korea 1.05
40 Spain 1.31
18 Türkiye 2.08
25 United Kingdom 1.74
23 United States 1.77
2 Yemen 4.61

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

What it means

How many children a woman would have over her life at today's birth rates.

How it is calculated

Sum of the birth rates of women at each age in the year (total fertility rate).