Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1954

Cameroon
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.74 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (247 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 203,947 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
203,947
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,616,886
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
10-1418.91.6%4,843
15-19152.813.3%35,608
20-24246.521.5%50,857
25-29240.921.0%43,749
30-34208.718.2%33,303
35-39149.213.0%20,593
40-4497.98.5%11,668
45-4930.72.7%3,148
50-542.00.2%178