Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1965

Cameroon
1965
Total fertility rate: 5.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.80 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 248,474 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
248,474
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
5,704,686
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
10-1416.91.5%5,322
15-19176.515.2%47,133
20-24259.022.3%63,256
25-29238.620.6%52,336
30-34203.017.5%39,061
35-39144.412.4%24,252
40-4489.97.7%13,147
45-4929.92.6%3,760
50-541.90.2%207