Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1953

Cameroon
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.74 children per woman in 1953 — 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, 200,581 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
200,581
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,538,446
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
10-1418.81.6%4,761
15-19151.813.2%34,832
20-24246.521.5%50,027
25-29241.221.0%43,136
30-34209.018.2%32,788
35-39149.413.0%20,252
40-4498.48.6%11,527
45-4930.62.7%3,082
50-542.00.2%175