Fertility in Cameroon, 1961

Cameroon
1961
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.73 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 230,255 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
230,255
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
5,239,272
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
10-1419.81.7%5,512
15-19171.414.9%43,906
20-24251.822.0%58,165
25-29233.920.4%47,814
30-34202.217.6%36,190
35-39143.812.5%22,514
40-4491.58.0%12,399
45-4930.62.7%3,555
50-542.00.2%202