Fertility in Cameroon, 1955

Cameroon
1955
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.74 children per woman in 1955 — 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 28.8 years old. In total, 207,455 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
207,455
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,700,258
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
10-1419.01.7%4,947
15-19154.013.4%36,384
20-24246.721.5%51,722
25-29240.621.0%44,404
30-34208.618.2%33,816
35-39149.113.0%20,965
40-4497.48.5%11,816
45-4930.82.7%3,216
50-542.10.2%182