Fertility in Cameroon, 1959

Cameroon
1959
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.73 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 222,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
222,207
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
5,070,071
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
10-1420.01.7%5,432
15-19163.014.2%40,443
20-24250.221.8%56,223
25-29236.120.6%46,619
30-34204.917.9%35,473
35-39146.012.7%22,125
40-4493.88.2%12,239
45-4930.82.7%3,457
50-542.10.2%196