Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1963

Cameroon
1963
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.73 children per woman in 1963 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 238,229 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
238,229
Births per 1,000 people
43.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
5,456,623
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
10-1419.11.7%5,588
15-19178.515.6%46,835
20-24251.922.0%59,650
25-29232.820.3%49,422
30-34200.417.5%37,172
35-39142.612.4%23,105
40-4489.87.8%12,645
45-4929.92.6%3,612
50-542.00.2%202