Fertility in Cameroon, 1950

Cameroon
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.73 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 190,920 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
190,920
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,330,084
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
10-1418.61.6%4,550
15-19150.813.2%32,935
20-24245.721.4%47,613
25-29241.521.1%41,301
30-34209.018.2%31,112
35-39149.513.0%19,280
40-4499.58.7%11,076
45-4930.22.6%2,891
50-542.00.2%163