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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Liberia & Nigeria

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STAT Liberia Nigeria HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Illegal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 79.3%
Ranked 41st. 37% more than Nigeria
57.7%
Ranked 30th.

Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 66%
Ranked 19th. 47% more than Nigeria
44.8%
Ranked 14th.

Average age of mother at childbirth 28.7
Ranked 13th.
29.8
Ranked 6th. 4% more than Liberia

Births attended by skill personnel 46.3%
Ranked 56th. 19% more than Nigeria
38.9%
Ranked 49th.

Caesarean birth rate 4%
Ranked 108th. Twice as much as Nigeria
2%
Ranked 121st.

Crude birth rate 40.3
Ranked 2nd.
40.6
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Liberia

Future births 220.39
Ranked 80th.
14,290.93
Ranked 2nd. 65 times more than Liberia

Future births per million people 35.28
Ranked 28th.
39.5
Ranked 13th. 12% more than Liberia

Infant mortality rate 56
Ranked 29th.
77.8
Ranked 9th. 39% more than Liberia

Maternal death rate 770 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 7th. 22% more than Nigeria
630 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 9th.

Number of births 140,131
Ranked 11th.
5.97 million
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Liberia

Number of births per thousand people 39.78
Ranked 2nd.
40.53
Ranked 1st. 2% more than Liberia

Teenage birth rate 177.3
Ranked 2nd. 57% more than Nigeria
113
Ranked 8th.

Total fertility rate 2.05%
Ranked 16th.
2.18%
Ranked 7th. 6% more than Liberia

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Illegal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Legal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables

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