Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1956

Cameroon
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.73 children per woman in 1956 — 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 28.8 years old. In total, 210,700 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
210,700
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,788,336
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
10-1419.21.7%5,064
15-19154.913.5%37,062
20-24246.421.5%52,547
25-29240.020.9%45,016
30-34208.118.1%34,289
35-39148.713.0%21,308
40-4496.78.4%11,945
45-4930.92.7%3,283
50-542.10.2%186